A Minnesota man who served nearly 25 years in connection with his wife’s death walked out of prison on Friday after authorities vacated his murder convictions and allowed him to plead guilty to manslaughter, citing a problem with expert testimony from a doctor whose statements in other cases have also come under scrutiny. Thomas Rhodes,…
Minnesota Man Sentenced in Killing of Tribal Police Officer
ST. PAUL, Minn.—A Minnesota man was sentenced Tuesday to 37 years in prison for the shooting death of a tribal police officer. David Brian Donnell Jr., 30, pleaded guilty in April to second-degree murder in the killing of 37-year-old Officer Ryan Bialke. On July 27, 2021, five officers with the Red Lake Tribal Police Department…
Police: Father Killed 4 Relatives, Self in Weekend Shooting
HIGH POINT, N.C.—A shooting that left five dead in North Carolina occurred when a man shot and killed his wife and three children and then himself, police said Monday. The High Point Police Department issued a news release saying that Robert Crayton Jr., 45, shot the other four and then died of a self-inflicted gunshot…
Police: Attacker Kills 4, Then Self, in North Carolina Home
HIGH POINT, N.C.—Five people were found dead in a North Carolina home after one of them apparently killed the other four and then took their own life, police said. High Point police said in a news release that officers found the bodies of two adults and three minors in the home on Saturday. All were…
Man Charged in Takeoff’s Death Released on $1 Million Bond
HOUSTON—The man charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Migos rapper Takeoff in Houston has been released on $1 million bond. Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, was released from the Harris County jail Tuesday, according to court records. Clark was arrested Dec. 1 on a murder charge. His attorney, Letitia Quinones, has said Clark has…
Daughter of Former US Intelligence Director Guilty of Murder
ROCKVILLE, Md.—The daughter of former U.S. intelligence director John Negroponte has been found guilty of fatally stabbing a 24-year-old man after a drunken argument inside a Maryland home. A Montgomery County jury on Tuesday convicted Sophia Negroponte, 29, of second-degree murder in the February 2020 death of Yousuf Rasmussen, news outlets reported. She faces up…
Suspect in Idaho Slayings Not Expected to Fight Extradition
STROUDSBURG, Pa.— A criminology graduate student facing first-degree murder charges in the November slayings of four University of Idaho students is not expected to fight extradition at a hearing Tuesday in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested last week at his parents’ home. Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old doctoral student and teaching assistant at Washington State University,…
National Association of Police Chiefs Calls for Bail Reform After Murder of Constable
A national law enforcement organization has joined other law enforcement groups in calling for reform in Canada’s bail policies for violent repeat offenders and criminals who use firearms to break the law. Following the shooting death of rookie Ontario Province Police (OPP) officer Grzegorz Pierzchala, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) issued a…
Suspect Arrested in Murders of 4 University of Idaho Students: Arrest Papers
A suspect in the killings of four University of Idaho students was arrested in eastern Pennsylvania, according to arrest papers that were filed Friday. Arrest paperwork filed in Monroe County Court said Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was being held for extradition to Idaho on a warrant for first degree murder, authorities told The Associated Press…
Senate Fails to Confirm Biden Judicial Nominee Who Released Convicted Criminal Involved in Shooting Death of Boy
President Joe Biden’s nominee for the U.S. District Court of Washington, D.C., Judge Todd Edelman, has failed to garner enough votes in the Senate Judiciary Committee, meaning his nomination will expire on Jan. 3, when the 117th Congress ends. Edelman, who currently sits on the district’s Superior Court, was nominated by Biden in September. During his nomination hearing with…
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