TORONTO - Jurors have begun their deliberations in the trial of Umar Zameer, who has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Toronto police Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup. The officer, who was in plain clothes, died on July 2, 2021, after he was hit by a vehicle in an underground parking garage at Toronto City Hall. Prosecutors said Zameer made deliberate choices to drive dangerously while there were people nearby, killing the officer. But the defence argued Zameer did not...
The judge overseeing the trial of a man accused of fatally running over a Toronto police officer repeatedly raised concerns over the prosecution’s changing theory of what happened that night and at one point indicated she did not see how a jury could reach a guilty verdict on murder based on evidence presented in court. During legal arguments not heard by the jury, Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy on several occasions asked the Crown to lay out its narrative for how Umar Zameer...
A Lauderdale County jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the trial of man accused of murdering a 48-year-old woman on Valentine’s Day 2021.
The “totally uncommon” prospect of two lawyers serving on the same jury
Prosecution counsel Sam Magee KC was opening the case against Cresswell (36), who is accused of Katie Simpson's murder on August 9, 2020 and who also stands accused of one charge of rape on a date between August 2 and August 4, 2020. The trial is being held at Derry Crown Court sitting in Coleraine and Mr Magee was outlining the prosecution case. He said that the prosecution would maintain Cresswell had 'strangled and killed' Katie Simpson, with whom he had previously had relations. The jury was...
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A Toronto Police officer has been suspended with pay pending the outcome of an assault investigation in which the alleged victims were two women. Police said officers started an investigation on April 20 after a man allegedly showed up at an address and assaulted two women. Const. Nickolas Kalatzopoulos, 51, a 25-year-veteran assigned to the […]
Prosecutors said Kelly recklessly fired nine shots from an AK-47 rifle toward a group of men, including Cuen-Buitimea, about 100 yards (90 meters) away on his cattle ranch. Kelly has said he fired warning shots in the air, but he didn't shoot directly at anyone.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Alijah Archuleta, facing charges of shooting at a woman while she was holding their baby, will be held behind bars. Archuleta's girlfriend told police the two were having an argument on March 29 and he wouldn't let her or their one-year-old child leave his car. After she got away, she says he []
Jury selection is underway in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for a city man accused of assaulting a young girl over a period of months.
George Alan Kelly, an Arizona rancher who was accused of killing an undocumented immigrant alleged to have run across his property, is receiving a hero's welcome in conservative media after his case ended in a mistrial. Kelly was charged with second-degree murder after an investigation into the shooting of an unarmed man named Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea in 2023. Prosecutors said that Kelly recklessly fired an AK-47 at a group of men on his cattle ranch, while Kelly said that he only fired warning...
An Oregon man is facing multiple charges after he dumped bleach into a tank at a Douglas County hatchery, killing roughly 18,000 young Chinook salmon, according to state and local authorities.In a statement announcing the arrest of Joshua Heckathorn, 20, of Gardiner, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) called the poisoning of thousands of fish that are a protected species, a "significant poaching incident." The fish were killed at a volunteer-run hatchery.The investigation began on...