The former warden of an abuse-plagued federal women’s prison known as the “rape club” went on trial Monday, accused of molesting inmates and forcing them to pose naked in their cells. Ray J. Garcia, who retired after the FBI found nude photos of inmates on his government-issued phone last year, …
Read More »Former Minneapolis police officer pleads guilty to aiding, abetting manslaughter in George Floyd’s killing
One of the four former Minneapolis police officers convicted in the killing of George Floyd pleaded guilty on Monday to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter, just as jury selection for his state trial was set to begin. The plea deal for J. Alexander Kueng calls for 3 1/2 years in prison, with …
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A 26-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for killing a retired St. Louis police captain as he tried to stop a pawn shop from being looted during racial injustice protests two years ago. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the life term was mandatory after Stephan Cannon, …
Read More »911 calls released in killings of 2 teens in North Carolina: “They’re just laying on the side of the road”
A sheriff’s office in North Carolina has released 911 calls related to the deaths of two teenagers who were found shot over the weekend. The calls were released two days after a juvenile petition was filed against a 17-year-old suspect for two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of …
Read More »Las Vegas police release images of possible suspect in stabbing death of Review
Police released surveillance images Monday of a possible suspect in the fatal stabbing of a Las Vegas newspaper’s investigative reporter, although the images don’t show the person’s full face. The images distributed Monday by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department show a person wearing a wide straw hat, bright orange …
Read More »Oklahoma executes James Coddington by lethal injection for 1997 hammer killing
Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for a 1997 killing, despite a recommendation from the state’s Pardon and Parole Board that his life be spared. James Coddington, 50, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was pronounced dead at 10:16 a.m. Gov. Kevin Stitt declined to …
Read More »Former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and top aide arrested, accused of using fictitious person to secretly profit from “fraudulent venture”
Tennessee’s disgraced former House Speaker Glen Casada and his top aide were arrested Tuesday on federal charges including bribery, kickbacks and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Their indictments follow the abrupt resignation in March of Republican Rep. Robin Smith, who pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges involving Casada and …
Read More »Kevin Ware, former NFL player, charged in 2021 killing of girlfriend Taylor Pomaski
A former NFL player was charged with murder Thursday in the killing of his girlfriend, whose remains were found months after she was reported missing last year. Kevin Ware, who played tight end in 2003 and 2004 for Washington and San Francisco, is also charged with tampering with evidence, specifically …
Read More »Detroit homicide clearance rates rise as national rates fall
According to the FBI and the Detroit Police Department, the homicide clearance rates have risen as the national average has fallen. That’s good news for Detroit, as this means the rate of homicide cases that have been solved has increased while the national rate has gone down. Clearance rates are …
Read More »Richard Cottingham, convicted serial killer, charged in 1968 murder of Diane Cusick
More than five decades after Diane Cusick’s lifeless body was discovered in the parking lot of a mall on New York’s Long Island, authorities have linked her death to the so-called “Torso Killer,” a serial killer already convicted in 11 other killings. The suspect, Richard Cottingham — believed to be …
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