Vallejo, CA – A Vallejo couple is set to stand trial in Solano County Superior Court for a fatal 2018 robbery. Devonte Levan Hicks, 28, and Jessica Marie McCraven, 36, appeared in court on Friday, where they were ordered by Judge John B. Ellis to return for a jury trial on September 4th in Vallejo’s … Read more
Houston, Texas – A Houston grand jury has decided not to indict rap star Travis Scott and five others on criminal charges related to the deaths of 10 people at the 2021 Astroworld Festival in Houston. This decision arrived nearly 20 months after the music festival at NRG Park that injured hundreds and left concertgoers … Read more
HEBRON, N.Y. – Jury selection began this week for the trial of 66-year-old Kevin Monahan, who is accused of fatally shooting 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis on April 15 last year. Monahan faces charges of second-degree murder, reckless endangerment, and tampering with evidence, with the murder charge carrying a potential sentence of 25 years to life in … Read more
HOUSTON, TEXAS – A grand jury in Harris County, Texas, has decided not to press charges against a man who shot and killed a robber at a restaurant in Houston last year. According to a statement released by the Harris County District Attorney’s office, the grand jury chose not to file charges against the unidentified … Read more
HOUSTON, Texas – The attorney representing the man who fatally shot an armed robber at a taqueria in southwest Houston has expressed satisfaction with the decision made by a Harris County grand jury. Juan L. Guerra, Jr., the shooter’s attorney, stated that “Twelve people of Harris County concluded what all of us concluded: it was … Read more
Houston, Texas – A grand jury in Houston, Texas has chosen not to press charges against a man who shot and killed a robber inside a local taqueria last year. This decision came after the man, whose identity remains unknown, fatally shot 30-year-old Eric Eugene Washington, who had entered the El Ranchito taqueria in January … Read more
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A grand jury has decided not to press charges against the man who shot and killed a robber at a southwest Houston taqueria last year. The incident took place on January 5, 2023, at the El Ranchito taqueria on South Gessner Road. Eric Eugene Washington, 30, was shot and killed as … Read more
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Timothy Williams, 59, is facing a new trial for the rape and murder of Wendy Jerome, a 14-year-old who was murdered 40 years ago. His previous trial in November 2023 ended in a mistrial due to jury misconduct. Jerome’s body was found after her family reported her missing on Thanksgiving 1984. She … Read more
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. – A federal jury has convicted a father and son from Niagara Falls in the shooting death of an up-and-coming Buffalo rapper. The case, which involved a narcotics conspiracy, resulted in the conviction of Lavon Parks, 32, and his father, James C. Parks, 58. They were found guilty of discharging a firearm … Read more