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...
TORONTO - A man accused of fatally running over a Toronto police officer did not intend to kill anyone and behaved reasonably in the face of what he thought was an imminent threat to his family, defence lawyers said Wednesday, while prosecutors argued he deliberately chose to drive dangerously. The two sides made their final pitches to jurors at the trial of Umar Zameer -- who has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup -- with lawyers...
Authorities relied on text messages, witnesses, security video and phone-tracking data to build a case against a man accused of killing and dismembering a Milwaukee woman with whom he was on a date, court records show. Maxwell Anderson, 33, also of Milwaukee, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse and arson in the slaying of Sade Robinson, 19. The two went on a date April 1, the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office said in a criminal complaint filed last week. A...
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 []
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WDTN) -- The trial of the man accused of causing a deadly school bus crash last August began Monday with the seating of the jury. After questioning the potential jurors, attorneys for both the prosecution and defense settled on a dozen and three alternates. The judge gave those jurors instructions about their responsibilities []
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) -- The trial for a man accused of causing a deadly school bus crash is set to begin on Monday. Hermanio Joseph faces involuntary manslaughter and vehicular homicide charges for a crash in Clark County last August. 2 NEWS is breaking down what we know ahead of the trial. On Aug. 22, []
Wildlife advocates are leading a call for a boycott of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming over laws that give people wide leeway to kill gray wolves with little oversight.
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 jury returned to the judge with a number of questions in relation to the case.
Popular AJ Doyle, who was 30-years-old, was sadly killed in a motorbike collision in Perth, Australia, over Easter weekend. Following his untimely death, the Buncrana man’s friends launched a fundraiser to help support his family and get AJ and his possessions home to Inishowen. To date, it has raised over $160,000/ 96,573 euro or £82,634. They also held a memorial service in honour of AJ at Roe Gardens, Kings Park in Australia on Sunday, April 7. AJ’s funeral will take place on Saturday, April...