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...
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A status hearing will be held Thursday for a man accused of murdering his common-law wife due to jealousy. Abel Giovani Nava is facing a charge of first-degree murder in the killing of 22-year-old Jocelyn Morales on Aug. 16, 2023. An indictment accuses Nava of suffocating Morales with a pillow and []
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 []
Lawyers for a Winnipeg man accused of killing four women plan to argue that
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...
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.
Avis Coward faces a number of charges related to allegedly hiding evidence after his friend's 2-year-old son shot himself at a gas station.