SEATTLE >> Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a suburban Seattle police officer charged with murder in the death of a 26-year-old man outside a convenience store in 2019 — the third person the officer had killed in the past eight years.
Toronto police say a 27-year-old man who was shot after stabbing a police officer in Toronto’s west end last week is facing a number of charges, including attempted murder. The altercation occurred at around 1:30 p.m. in the parking lot of a plaza in the area of College Street and Lansdowne Avenue. A spokesperson for the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) previously said that Toronto police were first called to the area for reports of a person in crisis. Officers located the man outside a...
Jury selection is underway in the trial of a suburban Seattle police officer charged with murder in the death of a 26-year-old man outside a convenience store
SEATTLE (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a suburban Seattle police officer charged with murder in the death of a 26-year-old man outside a convenience store in 2019 — the third
Toronto’s police chief has asked that Ontario Provincial Police conduct an “independent review” after the judge in the Umar Zameer trial raised concerns about the reliability of officer testimony. Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy previously told jurors that the police officers’ testimony that was at the centre of the case against Zameer didn’t match the physical evidence and advised them to watch out for possible collusion. Zameer was ultimately found not guilty of first-degree murder...
A Watsonville man accused of killing a 42-year-old man back in August 2023 was deemed competent to stand trial.
Baltimore prosecutors on Wednesday announced the arrest of a man in the cold case homicide of an off-duty Washington, D.C., police officer in 2017. The officer, Sgt. Tony Anthony Mason Jr., was shot to death while sitting in a parked car with a woman he had been dating, according to police. She was also shot but survived. The case sat unsolved for five years until detectives received a tip in early 2023 that reinvigorated their investigation and led to charges against Dion Thompson, 24,...
Photos taken by a police forensic identification officer after a Sarnia retiree was discovered stabbed to death in his home were the focus of a joint murder trial Tuesday. Sarnia police Sgt. Aaron Johnston, who a day earlier took the jury through photos of the alleged murder weapon under Crown questioning, was asked to focus […]
In the video, the officer can be heard saying: “Hi sir, Albuquerque Police. Go ahead and grab all your money. Let’s walk out, ok?”
Sobs of relief and frustration erupted in a Toronto courtroom Sunday as a man accused of fatally running over a city police officer was found not guilty in his death. Umar Zameer appeared to collapse when the verdict was read out on the fourth day of jury deliberations, leaning on his lawyers for support before rushing to his wife for a long and tearful hug. Zameer had pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup, who died on July 2, 2021 after he...
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...
Ranei Wilks, 22, appeared via video link from HMP Hull for the short hearing. Wilks was arrested last week at Leeds Bradford Airport after stepping off a flight from Turkey. He had been on the run for more than a year following the death of 18-year-old Jamie Meah. He is also charged with attempted murder of a 16-year-old and possession of a knife. A provisional trial date of October 7 has been agreed and it could last up to two weeks. No pleas were entered. Wilks is scheduled to appear again...