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Two teens apparently sped up to chase and then fire the shots that killed a young Waukegan coach last month, a prosecutor said at a Friday bond hearing in Lake County Court.Judge Theodore Potkonjak ordered Yahir Torricella and David DeJesus to be held in lieu of $5 million bail in the death of Niolis Collazo, 23, of Waukegan.

Waukegan police said Thursday evening they have charged two juveniles in the killing of Niolis Collazo, the young Waukegan High School coach and school counselor who was fatally shot last month.Police issued a statement saying that at around 8 a.m.Thursday, officers executed search warrants at two locations in Waukegan and took two teen boys into custody.

A judge entered a not guilty plea Monday for a man charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, setting the stage for a trial in which he could potentially face the death penalty.The Nov. 13, 2022, killings stunned the rural community of Moscow, Idaho, and prompted many students to leave campus early, switching to remote learning for the remainder of the semester.

A Chicago man has been charged with murder and arson in the 2020 death of a 34-year-old woman who was found inside a burning home, police said Sunday.Victor Terrell, 35, was arrested Friday and charged with first-degree murder, aggravated arson and arson concealing a death, according to Chicago police.

A Vermont man died in jail on Thursday morning while awaiting trial on federal charges that he had lured his mother on a fishing trip, killed her and sank the boat in a scheme to inherit his family's estate, the U.S. Marshals Service said.The Marshals Service, which announced the death in a statement, did not say how the man, Nathan Carman, 29, of Vernon, Vt., had died.

A letter carrier named Angela Summers was delivering mail on her usual route when she walked past a house where the Postal Service had recently stopped delivering because of concerns about a dog on the property.Upset that the mail had been stopped, a resident of that house, Tony Cushingberry, pursued Ms. Summers and fatally shot her on his street in Indianapolis on April 27, 2020, federal prosecutors said.

New surveillance video released on Wednesday shows a group of sheriff's deputies rushing into Irvo Otieno's jail cell in Henrico County, Va., and physically overpowering him, with one of them appearing to punch down multiple times before the officers carry his limp body out to a transport van.The video was recorded on the afternoon of March 6, several hours before Henrico County sheriff's deputies brought Mr. Otieno, 28, into Central State Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Dinwiddie County roughly 50 miles away.

Surveillance video from a state psychiatric hospital in Virginia shows a group of sheriff's deputies and medical staff piling on a handcuffed man, Irvo Otieno, and pinning him for nearly 11 minutes until his death on March 6.The video, which was obtained by The Washington Post before its expected release on Tuesday, shows at least seven deputies from the Henrico County sheriff's office enter a room at Central State Hospital in Dinwiddie County dragging Mr. Otieno, who is shirtless and in handcuffs and leg shackles.

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Authorities arrested a Boerum Hill man for allegedly fatally stabbing his 83-year-old neighbor thirty times inside the elevator of their shared apartment building.Joevani Vale, 27, was arraigned Friday on an indictment for murder, along with assault and attempted assault, in connection with three other incidents that occurred hours before and after the fatal stabbing of Ramon Cintron on April 8.
"I am heartbroken that 83-year-old Ramon Cintron died in such a violent and horrifying way and my condolences go out to his family, friends and neighbors," said Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.

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An East Flatbush man was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison Wednesday for the 2017 murder of up-and-coming Brooklyn rapper Mook Mula.James Oliver, 44, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in April to the killing of his associate Darnell Pettway, whom he shot multiple times in the chest after Pettway did not stick up for him during a fight.

A Ridgewood man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on May 5 for killing his former girlfriend, who was the mother of his two children, during a murderous rampage in Bushwick, Brooklyn, in 2018.Gabriel Rivera, 30, of Linden Street, pleaded guilty in March to second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, third-degree attempted assault, and first-degree stalking in the fatal shooting of Sanchez and the attempted murder of her mother.

An East Harlem man accused of fatally shooting an off-duty NYPD officer during a botched Brooklyn robbery is facing life in prison if convicted, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Tuesday.Randy Jones was arraigned on charges including murder and attempted robbery before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun, who ordered the 38-year-old defendant be held without bail, Gonzalez said.