Tag: Crime and Incidents

Nurse Pleads Guilty to Replacing Fentanyl With Saline

April 15, 2023
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MIAMI—A nurse who previously worked at a Florida outpatient surgical center has been convicted of stealing fentanyl and replacing the powerful pain medication with saline. Catherine Shannon Dunton, 54, pleaded guilty Tuesday to tampering with a consumer product in Fort Pierce federal court, according to court records. She faces up to 10 years in prison…

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Wisconsin Man Gets Life in Prison for Wife’s 1998 Slaying

April 15, 2023
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KENOSHA, Wis.—A Wisconsin man convicted for a second time of killing his wife with antifreeze and by suffocation in 1998 was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole. A Kenosha County judge sentenced Mark Jensen, 63, who was convicted by a jury in February of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of his wife,…

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Attorney: Mom of Virginia Boy Who Shot Teacher Was Depressed

April 15, 2023
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va.—The mother of a 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot and wounded his teacher had a series of miscarriages and post-partum depression in the year before the shooting, her attorney said Friday, after she was arraigned on charges of child neglect and failing to secure the handgun her son used in the shooting. Police…

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Memphis Signee Mikey Williams Arrested in March Shooting

April 14, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—High school basketball star and Memphis signee Mikey Williams has been arrested in a March shooting in San Diego County, authorities said. The 18-year-old who is a top recruit in the 2023 class was arrested Thursday on multiple counts of assault with a firearm and was released after paying a $50,000 bond early Friday,…

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Bob Lee Stabbing Suspect’s Arraignment Postponed

April 14, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO—A judge has rescheduled the arraignment of Nima Momeni, the 38-year-old suspect in Bob Lee’s murder, for April 25. According to the motion to detain Momeni without bail, which was released on April 14, Momeni drove the victim to a deserted spot and stabbed him due to a dispute about his sister. Momeni appeared…

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Suspect in Cash App Founder Killing Makes Court Appearance

April 14, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO—The 38-year-old tech consultant charged with the murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee made his first appearance in a San Francisco courtroom Friday but did not enter a plea. Nima Momeni, who police say knew Lee, is now scheduled to be arraigned April 25. The judge ordered Momeni held in jail without bail,…

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DA Says Elon Musk’s Tweet Related to Tech CEO’s Murder Is ‘Irresponsible’

April 14, 2023
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San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins denounced a social media post shared by Tesla founder and Twitter CEO Elon Musk in relation to the recent stabbing murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee. Lee, a 43-year-old tech executive, died at a hospital after being found wounded on a sidewalk in a San Francisco suburb earlier…

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US Will Not Prosecute Suspect in US Tourist Death in Mexico

April 14, 2023
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CHARLOTTE, N.C.—U.S. officials in North Carolina will not federally prosecute the person suspected of killing a Charlotte-area woman vacationing in Mexico last year, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Federal prosecutors say they have presented the findings of their investigation to the family of Shanquella Robinson, who was seen being beaten in a viral…

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What We Know About Jack Teixeira, Accused of Involvement in Classified Documents Leak

April 14, 2023
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A 21-year-old has been taken into custody for allegedly being involved in the leak of secret U.S. military documents. Jack Teixeira of the Massachusetts Air National Guard was arrested on April 13 at a home in southern Massachusetts, about 18 miles east of Providence, Rhode Island. Here’s what we know about Teixeira. IT Specialist After…

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Judge Who Sentenced Parkland Shooter Removed From Other Case

April 14, 2023
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—The judge who oversaw the sentencing of the Parkland massacre gunman was removed from another death penalty murder case Thursday by the Florida Supreme Court, which agreed she showed unfair sympathy for prosecutors in the Parkland school shooting case. The court removed Judge Elizabeth Scherer from overseeing any post-conviction proceedings for Randy Tundidor, who…

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