Leatham also faces charges of intentionally causing the permanent disability and disfigurement and deprivation of a limb, organ, and body of Lind, who lost an eye in the attack. In court Tuesday, Leatham rocked in his chair and listened as Solano County Deputy Sheriff Wes Simpson was called to testify about the alleged escape attempt that he said occurred in December while Leatham was transported to court in Vallejo.
A 19-year-old has been arrested in connection with a shooting at a Halloween party in Santa Clarita that left two people dead. On Monday, Alejandro Trujillo of Newhall was arrested in connection with the deaths of 30-year-old Elijah Harts and 27-year-old Anthony Mora, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department news release. The deaths occurred Oct. 31 in the 25000 block of De Wolfe Road.
An Amazon fulfillment center in Texas became a murder scene after a dispute between co-workers spiraled into a shooting that left one man dead and two others implicated in his murder. The incident unfolded just after 10 p.m. on January 10 at a San Antonio Amazon facility located at U.S. Highway 90 and Loop 1604, local news station WOAI reports.
Nick Reiner, who's charged with the murder of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, was previously under a yearlong conservatorship in 2020, according to the New York Times. Licensed fiduciary Steven Baer, who was appointed as the conservator for Nick, said to the Times that mental illness "is an epidemic that is widely misunderstood, and this is a horrible tragedy."
I want him to get the most robust defense that he possibly can get. I know he will, in the hands of the public defender's office, said Jackson. There's very little in the law that's indefensible. I never approach a case like I'm just defending an individual. We're defending the Constitution. Jackson said his line of work, which has included clients such as Karen Read, Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey, is defending an idea.
Rob Reiner, who played Michael Stivic in 1970s sitcom All in the Family, went on to direct films including Stand By Me, A Few Good Men and When Harry Met Sally. His wife, Michele Singer Reiner, was a photographer, and they were found dead in their Brentwood, California, home Sunday afternoon. Nick Reiner was taken into custody Sunday evening. His Tuesday appearance was postponed because medical reasons prevented him from being transported from jail to the courthouse, according to the Associated Press.
The leaders of a mysterious "cult-like" California religious group allegedly tied to the death of a 4-year-old boy and a man who disappeared from a coffee shop have been charged with murder. The arrests of leading members of what authorities are calling a "religious high-control group" named His Way Spirit Led Assemblies are connected to the alleged murder of Emilio Ghanem, 40, who went missing in 2023, and the alleged murder of 4-year-old Timothy "Timo" Thomas.
The public court schedule only says that Mangione is scheduled to be in court on Monday, December 1. The request for five pairs of socks signals that Mangione's defense team could be bracing for a possible Monday-through-Friday hearing lasting the entirety of the first week of December - including December 4, the one-year anniversary of Thompson's shooting on a Manhattan sidewalk.
At the reconsideration hearing held Friday in a San Jose courtroom, Ramon rejected pleas from the district attorney's office to give more weight to the allegations in the murder charges. He ultimately sided with public defense attorneys who argued that the defendants' lack of violent histories, as well as their local family ties and community contributions, did not make them imminent public dangers or flight risks.
September 17, 2025 Erika Kirk Announcement In Ecclesiastes, King Solomon wrote that mankind is to be tested by God. Today we are facing such a test, yet we also know that God has prepared us with everything we need to overcome this ordeal. It was the honor of our lives to serve as board members at Charlie's side. Charlie prepared all of us for a moment like this one. He worked tirelessly to ensur
A 95-year-old woman with dementia was arrested Tuesday two days after she allegedly beat a fellow Coney Island nursing home resident to death with a metal wheelchair piece. Galina Smirnova was cuffed Tuesday afternoon for allegedly striking 89-year-old Holocaust survivor Nina Kravtsov multiple times in the head when a feud erupted just after 10 p.m. Sunday inside the Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, according to authorities.
The charge means Robinson could face the death penalty if convicted of killing Mr Kirk last week. Announcing the charges, Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray said: "The murder of Charlie Kirk is an American tragedy." Mr Kirk was shot on September 10 as he spoke with students at a university in Utah and died soon after. Prosecutors allege Robinson shot Mr Kirk in the neck with a bolt-action rifle from the roof of a nearby campus building.
Judge Gregory Carro did not throw out the entirety of the murder charges against Mangione, but said two of the most serious charges - murder in the first degree as a crime of terrorism and a second-degree charge related to terrorism - were not proven by the prosecution's case presented to a grand jury. The judge indicated that just because Mangione may have been motivated by ideological opposition to the for-profit industry, that does not de facto make it terrorism under New York statute.
A Stockton man faces multiple charges after a Napa County crash killed six people on Sunday. Norberto Celerino, 53, faces charges of murder, felony DUI and causing injury while intoxicated, according to Napa County jail records. He was arrested Sunday after the Toyota Sienna minivan he was allegedly driving crashed into a tree in Napa County, according to CHP Sgt. Andrew Barclay.
On Friday, Aug. 22, Iryna Zarutska boarded the CATS Blue Line and sat in an aisle seat in front of Decarlos Brown. Video footage shows that she was wearing headphones, and the two had no interaction, according to ABC affiliate WSOC. The train was en route to the East/West Boulevard Station, and there were many passengers on board. During the ride, Brown, unprovoked, pulled out a knife and stabbed Zarutska to death.
The men were also charged with firearm possession by a felon, with Pedroza facing one count and Rios facing two counts. Innocent people simply traveling the freeway, just trying to get to their destination, could easily have been caught in the crossfire and killed, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said in a statement. My office will hold these defendants accountable for their cruelty and ensure that justice is delivered to the victims and their families.
