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For the week of Monday, July 1st thru Friday, July 5th:
Monday, July 1st:
*Trial set to begin (Federal case) (@ am ET) – FL – *Tony Lee J. “TJ” Wiggins, Jr. (26/now 30) aka John L. Wiggins Federal indictment (June, 2023) & a superseding indictment filed (Oct. 2023) & charged (10/2023) with 2 counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The indictment said Wiggins "did knowingly possess, in & affecting foreign commerce, a firearm, that is, a Norinco model Mak90 rifle." In Citrus County jail awaiting the federal trial.
Federal trial set to begin on 7/1/24. Judge Philip R> Lammens presiding.
Murder trial was set to begin on 7/22/24 for jury selection & continued due to Federal trial starting first. No further dates.
Murder crime & court info from 7/22/20 thru 12/7/23 reference post #96 here:
[URL='https://www.websleuths.com/fo...-frostproof-17-july-2020-3.682061/page-5[/url]
4/26/24 Update: At Friday's hearing, Wiggns' attorney, Bjorn Brunvand, said his client was currently being held in the Citrus County Jail awaiting the federal trial. Federal court records show an indictment against Wiggins in 6/23/23 on one count of possession of ammunition by a felon. Until Wiggins’ next court appearance in Bartow, he is set for a trial in federal court on 7/1/24. The federal case was filed on 6/21/23 in the U.S. Middle District Court in Tampa, records show. On 7/21/23, in a detention order, federal marshals took Wiggins from state custody into federal custody. According to Chief Assistant State Attorney Jacob Orr, the state will be prepared for trial once the federal trial is over.
*Trial continues (Day 5) (@ 9am MT) - CO - Bethany Maclaren (70) wife & Ruth Jennifer Maclaren (35) daughter found after 911 call by Maclaren in living room with substantial injuries & no signs of life, Mar. 25, 2023 Englewood. *Reginald Livingstone Maclaren (81/now 83) arrested (3/25/23) & charged (4/3/23) & arraigned (1/23/24) with 2 counts of 1st degree murder willful/family/ weapon, tampering with evidence & false reporter. Held without bond. Bond set (7/19/23) at $2M Cash or Surety. Confessed to detectives. Plead not guilty.
Trial began on 6/21/24 with jury selection & ended on 6/24/24). Trial began on 6/25/24. (Trial thru 7/2/24)
District Judge Michelle Amico presiding. Chief Deputy DA Jacob Adkins & Senior Deputy DA Corrie Caler. Defense attorneys Regina Fountain & Anddrea Kremer.
Case info from 3/20/23 thru 6/20/24 & Jury Selection Day 1-2 (6/21-6/24) & Trial Day 1 (6/25/24) reference post #43 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...d-arapahoe-county-25-march-2023.672086/page-3
6/26/24 Wednesday, Trial Day 2: State witnesses: No info available yet. Trial continues on Thursday, 6/27/24.
6/27/24 Thursday, Trial Day 3: No info available. Trial continues on Friday, 6/28/24.
6/28/24 Friday, Trial Day 4: No info available. Trial continues on Monday, 7/1/24.
*Trial continues (Day 35) (@ 9am PT) – CA – Blaze Bernstein (19) (Jan. 2, 2018, Lake Forest; found Jan. 9, 2018; he was stabbed 19 times in his neck; 14 times on the left, 5 on the right & 1 stab wound in his left knee) – *Samuel Lincoln Woodward (20/now 26) arrested (1/15/18) & charged (1/17/18) & arraigned (11/9/18) with 1 count of felony murder with a hate crime enhancement for killing someone because of their sexual orientation & sentencing enhancement-personal use of a knife. Plead not guilty (again on 11/9/18). $5M bail, bail revoked (11/9/18). In custody of the Theo Lacy jail.
Trial began on 4/9/24. Court DARK on most Fridays.
Judge Kimberly K. Menninger presiding. Prosecutor DA Todd Spitzer & Senior Deputy DA Jennifer Walker; Defense attorney assistant public defender Kenneth S. Morrison (from the Orange County Public Defender’s Office).
State rested their case (I think) on 5/7/24. Defense began on 5/8/24.
Court hearings from 2/2/18 thru 2/29/24 & Jury Selection Days 1-14 (3/6 thru 4/4/24) & Trial Day 1-33 (4/9-6/27/24) reference post #425 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ake-forest-2-jan-2018-8-arrest.618349/page-22
6/28/24 Friday, Trial Day 34: No info available. Defense COULD have rested. Trial continues on Monday, 7/1/24.
Friday, July 5th:
*Trial continues (Day 26) (@ 9am CET) – Germany/Portugal - Hazel Behan (20 @ time/now 40) (in her home, June 16, 2004, Praia de Rocha on the Algarve coast, 10 miles from Praia de Luz, Portimao, Portugal) - *Christian Stefan Brückner (Bruekner) (27 @ time of 1st crime (2004)/45/now 47) charged (Oct. 11, 2022) with sexual assault (suspect held a knife & brutally raped her. The accused then tied & gagged the woman to a table & raped her again. He then whipped the victim on the back with a whip he had brought with him & finally forcibly performed oral sex with the victim. The accused filmed large parts of the events with a video camera he had brought with him). Braunschweig Regional District Court
Germany/Portugal – *Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 - a 14 year old teenager (unknown victim) (on tape: assaulted/hit the naked girl with a whip. Said to have brutally forced the girl to have oral sex. The accused also videotaped this act). Took place between Dec. 28, 2000 to April 8, 2006 on the Praia da Luz, Algarve coast, Portugal.
Germany/Portugal - *Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 - an elderly woman 70-80 yrs old (unknown victim) a Tour Rep (tied up & raped the victim in her holiday apt. He then hit the victim several times with a whip. The accused is said to have recorded the entire event with a video camera). Took place around the same time (between Dec. 28, 2000 to April 8, 2006) on the Praia de Luz, Algarve coast, Portugal.
Germany/Portugal – *Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 - 10 year old German girl (Joana E.) (wearing only shoes & otherwise naked. He grabbed the child's wrist & began to perform masturbation movements on his naked penis). On Salema (Zalema) beach, near Praia de Luz, Portugal, April 7, 2007).
Germany/Portugal – *Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 – Ines VP (11 year old Portuguese girl) (pulled down his trousers & underpants & made masturbation movements on his naked penis in order to sexually arouse himself, until the frightened girl ran to her father for help. The suspect was arrested on the spot by the Portuguese police). Exposed himself in playpark, São Bartolomeu de Messines, June 11, 2017).
Trial began on February 16, 2024. (And continued on Feb. 23rd, Mar. 1st & 14th, Apr. 2nd, 10th, 12th, 17th, 19th, 24th & 26th, May 2nd, 15th, 166th, 17th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 28th, 29th & June 4th & 5th & 28th).
Next Trial dates: July 5, August 5, 15, 16, Sept. 5, 26, 27, Oct. 2, 7, 8, 21 & Oct. 22, 2024. (Expected to last up to 8 months, it was 3 months).
Presiding Judge Dr. Engemann. Lead Prosecutor Ute Lindermann. Defense attorneys Dr. Friedrich Fülscher, Philipp Marquort, Dennis Bock & Atilla Aykac.
Brueckner is currently serving a 7 year sentence for the 2005 rape on a pensioner; was sentenced in 2019. Release in 2026.
For Summary of events in trial so far – see post #329, page 17, thread #4.
Case info & charges & Brueckner info from June 1, 2020 thru Jan. 18, 2024 & Trial Day 1-24 (Feb. 16 thru June 6) reference post #389 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...imes-praia-de-rocha-portugal-4.714269/page-20
June 28, 2024 Friday, Day 25: The Braunschweig Regional Court did not want to comment in advance on the possible content of the evidence program on Friday. However, it is likely to be a short day of trial because the trial is scheduled to begin at 12pm & the Braunschweig courthouse usually closes at around 1pm on Fridays. An ophthalmologist is expected as a witness. The defense had requested an appropriate opinion to clarify whether a perpetrator could only be recognized by the eyes. In the case of an Irish woman who was raped in Portugal in 2004, the person concerned had reported as a witness of „ piercing blue eyes “. „ His eyes, I think this man is the attacker “, she told the court. The defense simply considers recognition based on the blue eye color to be impossible.
For more info see posts #395 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...imes-praia-de-rocha-portugal-4.714269/page-20
Trial continues on Friday, July 5, 2024.
Monday, July 1st:
*Trial set to begin (Federal case) (@ am ET) – FL – *Tony Lee J. “TJ” Wiggins, Jr. (26/now 30) aka John L. Wiggins Federal indictment (June, 2023) & a superseding indictment filed (Oct. 2023) & charged (10/2023) with 2 counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The indictment said Wiggins "did knowingly possess, in & affecting foreign commerce, a firearm, that is, a Norinco model Mak90 rifle." In Citrus County jail awaiting the federal trial.
Federal trial set to begin on 7/1/24. Judge Philip R> Lammens presiding.
Murder trial was set to begin on 7/22/24 for jury selection & continued due to Federal trial starting first. No further dates.
Murder crime & court info from 7/22/20 thru 12/7/23 reference post #96 here:
[URL='https://www.websleuths.com/fo...-frostproof-17-july-2020-3.682061/page-5[/url]
4/26/24 Update: At Friday's hearing, Wiggns' attorney, Bjorn Brunvand, said his client was currently being held in the Citrus County Jail awaiting the federal trial. Federal court records show an indictment against Wiggins in 6/23/23 on one count of possession of ammunition by a felon. Until Wiggins’ next court appearance in Bartow, he is set for a trial in federal court on 7/1/24. The federal case was filed on 6/21/23 in the U.S. Middle District Court in Tampa, records show. On 7/21/23, in a detention order, federal marshals took Wiggins from state custody into federal custody. According to Chief Assistant State Attorney Jacob Orr, the state will be prepared for trial once the federal trial is over.
*Trial continues (Day 5) (@ 9am MT) - CO - Bethany Maclaren (70) wife & Ruth Jennifer Maclaren (35) daughter found after 911 call by Maclaren in living room with substantial injuries & no signs of life, Mar. 25, 2023 Englewood. *Reginald Livingstone Maclaren (81/now 83) arrested (3/25/23) & charged (4/3/23) & arraigned (1/23/24) with 2 counts of 1st degree murder willful/family/ weapon, tampering with evidence & false reporter. Held without bond. Bond set (7/19/23) at $2M Cash or Surety. Confessed to detectives. Plead not guilty.
Trial began on 6/21/24 with jury selection & ended on 6/24/24). Trial began on 6/25/24. (Trial thru 7/2/24)
District Judge Michelle Amico presiding. Chief Deputy DA Jacob Adkins & Senior Deputy DA Corrie Caler. Defense attorneys Regina Fountain & Anddrea Kremer.
Case info from 3/20/23 thru 6/20/24 & Jury Selection Day 1-2 (6/21-6/24) & Trial Day 1 (6/25/24) reference post #43 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...d-arapahoe-county-25-march-2023.672086/page-3
6/26/24 Wednesday, Trial Day 2: State witnesses: No info available yet. Trial continues on Thursday, 6/27/24.
6/27/24 Thursday, Trial Day 3: No info available. Trial continues on Friday, 6/28/24.
6/28/24 Friday, Trial Day 4: No info available. Trial continues on Monday, 7/1/24.
*Trial continues (Day 35) (@ 9am PT) – CA – Blaze Bernstein (19) (Jan. 2, 2018, Lake Forest; found Jan. 9, 2018; he was stabbed 19 times in his neck; 14 times on the left, 5 on the right & 1 stab wound in his left knee) – *Samuel Lincoln Woodward (20/now 26) arrested (1/15/18) & charged (1/17/18) & arraigned (11/9/18) with 1 count of felony murder with a hate crime enhancement for killing someone because of their sexual orientation & sentencing enhancement-personal use of a knife. Plead not guilty (again on 11/9/18). $5M bail, bail revoked (11/9/18). In custody of the Theo Lacy jail.
Trial began on 4/9/24. Court DARK on most Fridays.
Judge Kimberly K. Menninger presiding. Prosecutor DA Todd Spitzer & Senior Deputy DA Jennifer Walker; Defense attorney assistant public defender Kenneth S. Morrison (from the Orange County Public Defender’s Office).
State rested their case (I think) on 5/7/24. Defense began on 5/8/24.
Court hearings from 2/2/18 thru 2/29/24 & Jury Selection Days 1-14 (3/6 thru 4/4/24) & Trial Day 1-33 (4/9-6/27/24) reference post #425 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ake-forest-2-jan-2018-8-arrest.618349/page-22
6/28/24 Friday, Trial Day 34: No info available. Defense COULD have rested. Trial continues on Monday, 7/1/24.
Friday, July 5th:
*Trial continues (Day 26) (@ 9am CET) – Germany/Portugal - Hazel Behan (20 @ time/now 40) (in her home, June 16, 2004, Praia de Rocha on the Algarve coast, 10 miles from Praia de Luz, Portimao, Portugal) - *Christian Stefan Brückner (Bruekner) (27 @ time of 1st crime (2004)/45/now 47) charged (Oct. 11, 2022) with sexual assault (suspect held a knife & brutally raped her. The accused then tied & gagged the woman to a table & raped her again. He then whipped the victim on the back with a whip he had brought with him & finally forcibly performed oral sex with the victim. The accused filmed large parts of the events with a video camera he had brought with him). Braunschweig Regional District Court
Germany/Portugal – *Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 - a 14 year old teenager (unknown victim) (on tape: assaulted/hit the naked girl with a whip. Said to have brutally forced the girl to have oral sex. The accused also videotaped this act). Took place between Dec. 28, 2000 to April 8, 2006 on the Praia da Luz, Algarve coast, Portugal.
Germany/Portugal - *Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 - an elderly woman 70-80 yrs old (unknown victim) a Tour Rep (tied up & raped the victim in her holiday apt. He then hit the victim several times with a whip. The accused is said to have recorded the entire event with a video camera). Took place around the same time (between Dec. 28, 2000 to April 8, 2006) on the Praia de Luz, Algarve coast, Portugal.
Germany/Portugal – *Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 - 10 year old German girl (Joana E.) (wearing only shoes & otherwise naked. He grabbed the child's wrist & began to perform masturbation movements on his naked penis). On Salema (Zalema) beach, near Praia de Luz, Portugal, April 7, 2007).
Germany/Portugal – *Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 – Ines VP (11 year old Portuguese girl) (pulled down his trousers & underpants & made masturbation movements on his naked penis in order to sexually arouse himself, until the frightened girl ran to her father for help. The suspect was arrested on the spot by the Portuguese police). Exposed himself in playpark, São Bartolomeu de Messines, June 11, 2017).
Trial began on February 16, 2024. (And continued on Feb. 23rd, Mar. 1st & 14th, Apr. 2nd, 10th, 12th, 17th, 19th, 24th & 26th, May 2nd, 15th, 166th, 17th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 28th, 29th & June 4th & 5th & 28th).
Next Trial dates: July 5, August 5, 15, 16, Sept. 5, 26, 27, Oct. 2, 7, 8, 21 & Oct. 22, 2024. (Expected to last up to 8 months, it was 3 months).
Presiding Judge Dr. Engemann. Lead Prosecutor Ute Lindermann. Defense attorneys Dr. Friedrich Fülscher, Philipp Marquort, Dennis Bock & Atilla Aykac.
Brueckner is currently serving a 7 year sentence for the 2005 rape on a pensioner; was sentenced in 2019. Release in 2026.
For Summary of events in trial so far – see post #329, page 17, thread #4.
Case info & charges & Brueckner info from June 1, 2020 thru Jan. 18, 2024 & Trial Day 1-24 (Feb. 16 thru June 6) reference post #389 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...imes-praia-de-rocha-portugal-4.714269/page-20
June 28, 2024 Friday, Day 25: The Braunschweig Regional Court did not want to comment in advance on the possible content of the evidence program on Friday. However, it is likely to be a short day of trial because the trial is scheduled to begin at 12pm & the Braunschweig courthouse usually closes at around 1pm on Fridays. An ophthalmologist is expected as a witness. The defense had requested an appropriate opinion to clarify whether a perpetrator could only be recognized by the eyes. In the case of an Irish woman who was raped in Portugal in 2004, the person concerned had reported as a witness of „ piercing blue eyes “. „ His eyes, I think this man is the attacker “, she told the court. The defense simply considers recognition based on the blue eye color to be impossible.
For more info see posts #395 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...imes-praia-de-rocha-portugal-4.714269/page-20
Trial continues on Friday, July 5, 2024.