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Mexico charges migrant in detention center fire that killed 40
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A federal judge in Mexico has charged another Venezuelan migrant for his alleged role in the March blaze at a Mexican detention center that left 40 dead and dozens more wounded. Mexico prosecutor's office said Thursday in a statement that a man identified as...
Man who killed manager, shot colleagues at Long Island supermarket gets 50 years to life in prison
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A shopping cart collector who killed a manager and wounded two workers at a Long Island grocery store in 2021 was sentenced Thursday to 50 years to life in prison. Gabriel DeWitt Wilson, 33, was convicted last month of murder and attempted murder in the...
Alabama prisoner who escaped with jailer's help gets life sentence
FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama prisoner received a life sentence on Thursday for escaping with the help of a jail official who ultimately took her own life as police closed in following a manhunt across three states. Casey White, 39, told those gathered in the Lauderdale County...
Family of 'Serial' podcast murder victim demands right to take part in hearings
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The family of the murder victim whose case is chronicled by the hit podcast “Serial” asked Maryland’s highest court on Thursday to give crime victims a right to be heard and challenge evidence at hearings. Young Lee, whose sister Hae Min Lee was killed...
2 men charged with killing cellmate in West Virginia jail
BEAVER, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia authorities have charged two men with killing a fellow inmate at Southern Regional Jail. Lucas Mathew Wagnar, 28, and Isaiah Marshall McBride, 27, have been charged with murder in the death of Douglas Alan Cunningham, 79, The Register-Herald...
Mentally ill or deliberate killer? Trial starts for man charged with killing Massachusetts officer
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — The prosecutor in the murder trial of a man charged with killing a Massachusetts police officer and an innocent bystander nearly five years ago told jurors in opening statements on Thursday that the suspect acted with deliberation when he used the officer's own gun to shoot...
Suspect in West Virginia trooper's killing to appear in court days after funeral
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting West Virginia Sgt. Cory S. Maynard is set to appear in court Friday, two days after services were held to honor the slain state police officer. Timothy Kennedy is scheduled to appear before a Mingo County magistrate for a...
Father accused of killing Harmony Montgomery is convicted on unrelated gun charges
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire father charged in the murder of his missing 5-year-old daughter Harmony Montgomery was convicted of unrelated gun charges Thursday. A jury found Adam Montgomery, 33, guilty of six charges: two counts each of being an armed career criminal,...
Australian man sentenced to 9 years in prison for gay American's 1988 manslaughter
SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian man who admitted killing a gay American by punching him off a cliff top in Sydney in 1988 was sentenced on Thursday to nine years in prison, ending the victim's family’s 35-year battle for justice. Scott Phillip White, 52, had pleaded guilty in the New...
Phoenix man convicted of killing 2 young women in early 1990s sentenced to death
PHOENIX (AP) — A man convicted of sexually attacking and fatally stabbing two young Phoenix women in separate killings in the early 1990s was sentenced to death by a judge Wednesday. Bryan Patrick Miller, 50, was convicted in April on two counts of first-degree murder, kidnapping...
