Trials & Sentencings for August, 2023

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For the week of Tuesday, August 1st thru Friday, August 4th:

Tuesday, August 1st:
*Plea Hearing (@ 8:30am CT) – TX – Michael Lee Swearingin (32) & Jenna Kay Scott (28) (Jan. 4, 2019, Temple; found in Clearview, OK 1/9/19) – *Maya Renee Maxwell (26/now 29) (Mark’s GF) arrested (1/11/19) & extradited from MI to TX (1/16/19), charged (1/16/19), indicted (4/3/19) & arraigned (4/26/19) with capital murder of multiple persons & 3rd degree tampering or fabricating physical evidence. $750K bond. Bond reduction denied (8/18/20).
Maxwell admitted in an arrest affidavit she took Swearingin’s car and drove it to Austin to hide it, was in the house with Marks when he reportedly killed Swearingin and Scott, drove with him to Oklahoma and was there when the bodies were buried.
Trial was set to begin on 11/15/21 continued no further dates. Maxwell is accepting a plea deal to serve 20 years for two counts of tampering with evidence with chance of parole for testifying at Marks' trial. And capital murder charge is dismissed.
Court info from 4/3/19 thru 2/9/23 reference post #306 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...emple-bell-county-4-jan-2019-2.577817/page-16
3/31/23 Update: Next pretrial hearing on 5/19/23 @ 8:30am. Maxwell is accepting a plea deal to serve 20 years for two counts of tampering with evidence with chance of parole for testifying at Marks' trial. 5/19/23 Update: Next pretrial hearing on 7/7/23 @ 8:30am.
7/7/23 Update: Plea hearing on 7/11/23. 7/11/23 Update: The hearing for Maxwell was set for early this morning, but it is now rescheduled for 8/1/23. According to Maxwell’s defense attorney Kyle Watkins, “the basis of their motion was that Mr. Garza was not in town & he wanted to be here.” The decision of the court was to grant continuance for the plea deal, but the judge emphasized the need to ensure a date was set quickly to avoid further delay. Maxwell has an agreement with the state to plead guilty to tampering two counts of tampering with a corpse, which is punishable by 2 to 20 years in exchange for the dismissal of the capital murder charge & we were set for a plea today” says Watkins. She has already served over 4 years in jail, making her eligible to be considered for parole.
*Cedric Joseph Marks – Trial began on 4/17/23 & ended 6/9/23 with a guilty verdict of all charges & sentenced to death.
*Ginell Marie McDonough – 1/31/20: Plead guilty. Sentencing was on 11/19/20: charges dismissed testified against Marks.


Thursday, August 3rd:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 3pm CT) – MO – Goodknight Berretta June Ribando (7 wks old) & Ireland Autumn Jane Ribando (2) (July 4, 2018, Kearney) – *Jenna Boedecker Ribando (29/now 33) “mom” arrested (7/4/18) for a prior incident (7/3/18) & placed on 24-hour hold; was formally charged (7/6/18) & indicted (8/8/18) with 3rd degree domestic assault, armed criminal action & 1st degree property damage. Charges stem from an argument w/husband re his infidelity on night of 7/3. Plead not guilty. $75K reduced (7/31/18) to $25K cash or Surety only bond, & then changed (8/16/18) to $200K.
*Recharged (1/29/19) with 2 counts of 2nd degree murder, 4 counts of 1st degree endangering the welfare of a child creating substantial risk, 3rd degree domestic assault, 1st degree armed criminal action & 1st degree property damage. $500K bond. Bond reduced (10/3/19) to $50K Cash or Surety. Posted 10%. Upon written motion by defendant, defendant's bond is modified as follows (6/25/20): Radius of GPS monitoring increased to 50 miles & curfew changed to 9:00pm to 6:00am. Bond modified to allow Ribando to travel to Colorado & Missouri (5/10/21). Bond changed (5/22/23) to $5M Cash or Surety after guilty verdict & taken into custody.
Trial began on 5/15/23 & ended on 5/19/23 after about 2 ½ hours of deliberations came back with a guilty verdict on 2 counts of 2nd degree murder, 4 counts of child endangerment, 1 count of 4th degree domestic assault & 1 count of 2nd degree property damage. Jurors did not convict Boedecker of 1 count of armed criminal action related to the case.
Bond conditions & court dates from 8/30/18 thru 5/11/23 & Trial Days 1-5 (5/15-5/19/23) reference post #745 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-home-kearney-july-2018-arrest.379893/page-38
5/22/23 Monday, Trial Day 6/Sentencing Phase Day 1 & 2nd Phase - Sentencing Verdicts: Count 1: 22 years. Count 2: 22 years. Count 3: 7 years. Count 4: 7 years. Count 5: 1 ½ years. Count 6: 1 ½ half years. Count 7: 6 months. Count 9: 3 months. Jury discharged. MFNT due no later than 6/16/23. SAR Ordered. If MFNT denied, Court will immediately proceed to Sentencing. Oral motion for Bond Modification by Plaintiff-Granted. Bond now set at $5M cash or surety. Sent Assessment Report Ordered. Motion for Acquittal. Exhibit filed. State's Witness List & exhibits. Questions to Judge from Jury. Jury Instructions filed. The jury recommended 22 years on each of the 2nd degree murder convictions & a total of nine years for the endangering the welfare of a child convictions. It is up to a judge to consider the jury’s recommendations & then sentence Boedecker. Total of 50 years. Judge raised bond to $5M cash or surety & she was taken into custody. The sentencing is scheduled for 8/3/23 @ 3pm.
6/1/23 Update: Motion for acquittal. Motion for judgment of acquittal following discharge of jury & alternative. Motion for new trial filed by defense.

*Sentencing Hearing (@ am PT) – CA - Jackson Telnas (12) & Jacob Ray, Jr. (7) (Jackson drowned, June 29, 2019, Porterville; Jacob was in critical condition, but died July 7, 2019) - *Sherri Renee Telnas (45/now 49) arrested & charged (6/29/19) & arraigned (7/2/19) & re arraigned (4/26/21) with 2 counts of homicide, 1 count of gassing & 1 count resisting arrest. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will seek DP.
Trial was set to begin on 10/16/23 but began on 6/23/23.
Information (4/16/08) & court info from 7/2/19 thru 3/29/23 reference post #165 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-a-baby-porterville-29-jun-2019.456484/page-9
6/20/23 Update: Pretrial Conference Heard: Matter Set. 6/23/23 Update: 1:30pm Court Trial - NGI Court Trial: Ongoing. Change of Plea Heard: Orders Made. On 6/28/23 @ 8:30am a pretrial conference to be held. Matter Off Calendar-B/F Court date. On 6/30/23 @ 1:30pm Court Trial - Ongoing - NGI. On 10/12/23 @ 8:30am there will be a trial confirmation matter off calendar. On 10/16/23 @ 10am a jury trial matter off calendar.
6/28/23 Update: Trial continues on Friday, 6/30/23.
6/30/23 Update: Was found not guilty-reason of insanity. Sentencing hearing on 8/3/23.


Friday, August 4th:
*Sentencing Hearing (father only) (@ am MT) - Canada- *6 week old baby girl brutal assault & SA, Jan. 18, 2023, Lathbridge, Alberta - *Man (52) arrested & charged (1/20/23) with aggravated assault, sexual assault, sexual interference & failing to provide the necessaries of life. Calgary Court, Alberta
*Woman (31) arrested & charged (1/20/23) with failing to provide the necessaries of life. Plead guilty on 6/17/23.
6/17/23 Update: According to an agreed statement of facts released in court on Friday, police were called to the home the mother shared with the child's father & a roommate in Lethbridge on Jan. 18 after the roommate reported suspicions of abuse. When officers arrived, they found a six-week-old girl in medical distress. The child was having trouble breathing & her hand was twitching. The agreed statement of facts says that the father had abused the child, slapping her face, throwing her on the bed & shoving a bottle down her throat. The child's father was also in court. His name has also been withheld to protect the identity of the child. He is charged with aggravated assault, sexual assault, sexual interference & failing to provide the necessaries of life. A resolution may be reached at his next court appearance on 6/23/23. John Oman, the lawyer for the woman, entered plea of guilty in court on Friday. Sentencing hearing on 8/18/23.
6/23/23 Update: The Lethbridge father has plead guilty in a horrific case of abuse that left a six-week-old girl hospitalized with traumatic injuries. The father, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the child, plead guilty to aggravated assault & failing to provide the necessaries of life during a Friday court appearance. In addition, the Crown has withdrawn charges of sexual assault & sexual interference laid against the father, stating there was no evidence of injuries consistent with a sexual assault. If not for the guilty plea, which is considered a sign of remorse, the father could have faced, after a trial, 10-12 years in a federal penitentiary, Crown Prosecutor Suzanne Kendall told the judge. “By taking into account the early guilty plea & (the father’s) expression of remorse & his background, that was how we came to a sentence today of seven years incarceration,” Kendall said. After the agreed statement of facts was shared, Judge Kristin Ailsby gave the father a chance to speak on the matter. He told court "I hope my daughter develops as normal as possible & has a safe, happy & healthy life." The defense says the father is remorseful for his actions & has wanted to resolve the matter since April. The father is set to be sentenced on 8/4/23.

*Probation/Sentencing Hearing (@ 8:30am PT) - CA - Kris Anderson (57) (June 11, 2016, Santa Monica, stabbed in the head) - *Theo Andrew Krah (28 @ time of crime/31/now 36, Navy SEAL) indicted & arrested (6/13/16) & arraigned & charged (10/21/16) with 1st degree murder. Plead not guilty. $2M bond.
Trial began on 6/15/22 & restarted on 6/21 thru 6/30/22 (Day 1-8), 7/5 thru 7/8/22 (Day 9-12) & Jury deliberations Day 1-2 (7/7-7/8/22).
Jurors reached a verdict (7/8/22) guilty on 2nd degree murder. Sentencing hearing on 8/1/22 reset on 9/9/22 & reset to 12/9/22 & reset to 2/17/23 & reset to 6/2/23 & reset to 8/4/23.
Court info from 7/31/18 thru 4/12/22 & Trial Days 1-12 (6/15–6/30, 7/5-7/8/22) & 12/9/22 thru 6/19/23 reference post #445 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/my-friend-was-murdered-last-saturday.310412/page-23
6/1/23 Update: Probation/sentencing hearing has been delayed. Next motion hearing on 7/28/23 @ 8:30am & probation/sentencing hearing rescheduled on 8/4/23 @ 8:30am. 7/28/23 Update: No info on motions hearing. Next probation/sentencing hearing on 8/4/23 @ 8:30am.

 

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Wednesday, August 2nd:
*Plea Hearing (@ 8:30am ET) - FL – Baby June (4 to 7 days old) (found floating in Boynton Beach Inlet on June 1, 2018. The baby was born alive & died due to asphyxia) - *Arya Singh (25 @ time of crime/29/now 30) arrested & charged (12/16/22) with 1st degree murder. (No action taken by DA on 1/13/23). Recharged & arraigned (1/13/23) with 2nd degree murder & abuse of a dead human body. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Case info from 12/16/22 thru 7/11/23 reference post #242 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...nton-beach-june-2018-baby-june.375465/page-12
7/31/23 Update; Status check hearing was rescheduled as Plea hearing on 8/2/23.
8/2/23 Update: Singh plead guilty & was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

 

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Tuesday, August 1st:
*Plea Hearing (@ 8:30am CT) – TX – Michael Lee Swearingin (32) & Jenna Kay Scott (28) (Jan. 4, 2019, Temple; found in Clearview, OK 1/9/19) – *Maya Renee Maxwell (26/now 29) (Mark’s GF) arrested (1/11/19) & extradited from MI to TX (1/16/19), charged (1/16/19), indicted (4/3/19) & arraigned (4/26/19) with capital murder of multiple persons & 3rd degree tampering or fabricating physical evidence. $750K bond. Bond reduction denied (8/18/20).
Maxwell admitted in an arrest affidavit she took Swearingin’s car and drove it to Austin to hide it, was in the house with Marks when he reportedly killed Swearingin and Scott, drove with him to Oklahoma and was there when the bodies were buried.
Trial was set to begin on 11/15/21 continued no further dates. Maxwell is accepting a plea deal to serve 20 years for two counts of tampering with evidence with chance of parole for testifying at Marks' trial. And capital murder charge is dismissed.
Court info from 4/3/19 thru 7/7/23 reference post #361 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...emple-bell-county-4-jan-2019-2.577817/page-19
7/11/23 Update: The hearing for Maxwell was set for early this morning, but it is now rescheduled for 8/1/23. According to Maxwell’s defense attorney Kyle Watkins, “the basis of their motion was that Mr. Garza was not in town & he wanted to be here.” The decision of the court was to grant continuance for the plea deal, but the judge emphasized the need to ensure a date was set quickly to avoid further delay. Maxwell has an agreement with the state to plead guilty to tampering two counts of tampering with a corpse, which is punishable by 2 to 20 years in exchange for the dismissal of the capital murder charge & we were set for a plea today” says Watkins. She has already served over 4 years in jail, making her eligible to be considered for parole.
8/1/23 Update: 426th District Court Judge Steve Duskie sentenced Maxwell to 20 years in a Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice prison with credit for time served on two counts of tampering with a corpse, both third-degree felonies. Maxwell plead guilty to two lesser charges on Tuesday afternoon after accepting a plea bargain agreement with the Bell County District Attorney’s office with no right to appeal.
*Cedric Joseph Marks – Trial began on 4/17/23 & ended 6/9/23 with a guilty verdict of all charges & sentenced to death.
*Ginell Marie McDonough – 1/31/20: Plead guilty. Sentencing was on 11/19/20: charges dismissed testified against Marks.

 

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Friday, August 4th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 3pm CT) – MO – Goodknight Berretta June Ribando (7 wks old) & Ireland Autumn Jane Ribando (2) (July 4, 2018, Kearney) – *Jenna Boedecker Ribando (29/now 33) “mom” arrested (7/4/18) for a prior incident (7/3/18) & placed on 24-hour hold; was formally charged (7/6/18) & indicted (8/8/18) with 3rd degree domestic assault, armed criminal action & 1st degree property damage. Charges stem from an argument w/husband re his infidelity on night of 7/3. Plead not guilty. $75K reduced (7/31/18) to $25K cash or Surety only bond, & then changed (8/16/18) to $200K.
*Recharged (1/29/19) with 2 counts of 2nd degree murder, 4 counts of 1st degree endangering the welfare of a child creating substantial risk, 3rd degree domestic assault, 1st degree armed criminal action & 1st degree property damage. $500K bond. Bond reduced (10/3/19) to $50K Cash or Surety. Posted 10%. Upon written motion by defendant, defendant's bond is modified as follows (6/25/20): Radius of GPS monitoring increased to 50 miles & curfew changed to 9:00pm to 6:00am. Bond modified to allow Ribando to travel to Colorado & Missouri (5/10/21). Bond changed (5/22/23) to $5M Cash or Surety after guilty verdict & taken into custody.
Trial began on 5/15/23 & ended on 5/19/23 after about 2 ½ hours of deliberations came back with a guilty verdict on 2 counts of 2nd degree murder, 4 counts of child endangerment, 1 count of 4th degree domestic assault & 1 count of 2nd degree property damage. Jurors did not convict Boedecker of 1 count of armed criminal action related to the case.
Bond conditions & court dates from 8/30/18 thru 5/11/23 & Trial Days 1-6 (5/15-5/22/23) & Sentencing Phase Day 1-2 (5/22/23) reference post #745 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-home-kearney-july-2018-arrest.379893/page-38
5/22/23 Monday, Trial Day 6/Sentencing Phase Day 1. 2nd Phase - Sentencing Verdicts: Count 1: 22 years. Count 2: 22 years. Count 3: 7 years. Count 4: 7 years. Count 5: 1 ½ years. Count 6: 1 ½ half years. Count 7: 6 months. Count 9: 3 months. Jury discharged. MFNT due no later than 6/16/23. SAR Ordered. If MFNT denied, Court will immediately proceed to Sentencing. Oral motion for Bond Modification by Plaintiff-Granted. Bond now set at $5M cash or surety. Sent Assessment Report Ordered. Motion for Acquittal. Exhibit filed. State's Witness List & exhibits. Questions to Judge from Jury. Jury Instructions filed. The jury recommended 22 years on each of the 2nd degree murder convictions & a total of nine years for the endangering the welfare of a child convictions. It is up to a judge to consider the jury’s recommendations & then sentence Boedecker. Total of 50 years. Judge raised bond to $5M cash or surety & she was taken into custody. The sentencing is scheduled for 8/3/23 @ 3pm.
6/1/23 Update: Motion for acquittal. Motion for judgment of acquittal following discharge of jury & alternative. Motion for new trial filed by defense.
8/4/23 Update: In Count I, the Court sentences Defendant to Twenty Two (22) years in the Missouri Dept. of Corrections. In Count II, the Court sentences Defendant to Twenty Two (22) years in the Missouri Dept. of Corrections to be served consecutive with Count I. In Count III, the Court sentences Defendant to Seven (7) years in the Missouri Dept. of Corrections to be served consecutive with Count I & II. In Count IV, the Court sentences Defendant to Seven (7) years in the Missouri Dept. of Corrections to be served consecutive with Count I, II, & III. In Count V, the Court sentences Defendant to One (1) year in the Missouri Dept. of Corrections. In Count VI, the Court sentences Defendant to One (1) year in the Missouri Dept. of Corrections. In Count VII, the Court sentences Defendant to Six (6) months in the Missouri Dept. of Corrections. In Count IX, the Court sentences Defendant to Three (3) months in the custody of Clay County Detention Center.

 

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Friday, August 4th:
*Probation/Sentencing Hearing (@ 8:30am PT) - CA - Kris Anderson (57) (June 11, 2016, Santa Monica, stabbed in the head) - *Theo Andrew Krah (28 @ time of crime/31/now 36, Navy SEAL) indicted & arrested (6/13/16) & arraigned & charged (10/21/16) with 1st degree murder. Plead not guilty. $2M bond.
Trial began on 6/15/22 & restarted on 6/21 thru 6/30/22 (Day 1-8), 7/5 thru 7/8/22 (Day 9-12) & Jury deliberations Day 1-2 (7/7-7/8/22).
Jurors reached a verdict (7/8/22) guilty on 2nd degree murder. Sentencing hearing on 8/1/22 reset on 9/9/22 & reset to 12/9/22 & reset to 2/17/23 & reset to 6/2/23 & reset to 8/4/23.
Court info from 7/31/18 thru 4/12/22 & Trial Days 1-12 (6/15–6/30, 7/5-7/8/22) & 12/9/22 thru 6/1/23 reference post #450 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/my-friend-was-murdered-last-saturday.310412/page-23
7/28/23 Update: No info on motions hearing. Next probation/sentencing hearing on 8/4/23 @ 8:30am.
8/4/23 Update: Sentenced to 15 years to life.

 

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Friday, August 4th:
*Sentencing Hearing (father only) (@ am MT) - Canada- *6 week old baby girl brutal assault & SA, Jan. 18, 2023, Lathbridge, Alberta - *Man (52) arrested & charged (1/20/23) with aggravated assault, sexual assault, sexual interference & failing to provide the necessaries of life. Calgary Court, Alberta
*Woman (31) arrested & charged (1/20/23) with failing to provide the necessaries of life. Plead guilty on 6/17/23.
Sentencing hearing on 8/18/23.
Case info from 6/17/23 reference post #56 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-alta-jan-23-warning-disturbing.658556/page-3
6/23/23 Update: The Lethbridge father has plead guilty in a horrific case of abuse that left a six-week-old girl hospitalized with traumatic injuries. The father, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the child, plead guilty to aggravated assault & failing to provide the necessaries of life during a Friday court appearance. In addition, the Crown has withdrawn charges of sexual assault & sexual interference laid against the father, stating there was no evidence of injuries consistent with a sexual assault. If not for the guilty plea, which is considered a sign of remorse, the father could have faced, after a trial, 10-12 years in a federal penitentiary, Crown Prosecutor Suzanne Kendall told the judge. “By taking into account the early guilty plea & (the father’s) expression of remorse & his background, that was how we came to a sentence today of seven years incarceration,” Kendall said. After the agreed statement of facts was shared, Judge Kristin Ailsby gave the father a chance to speak on the matter. He told court "I hope my daughter develops as normal as possible & has a safe, happy & healthy life." The defense says the father is remorseful for his actions & has wanted to resolve the matter since April. The father is set to be sentenced on 8/4/23.
8/4/23 Update: Man: Judge Kristin Ailsby handed down her sentence, saying the Crown & defence's joint submission was "fit and proper." He has been sentenced to seven years in prison. The 52-year-old father will serve his sentence at the Bowden Institution. He plead guilty to aggravated assault & failing to provide the necessaries of life. The Crown had withdrawn charges of sexual assault & sexual interference, stating there was no evidence of injuries consistent with a sexual assault.''

 

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For the week of Monday, August 7th thru Friday, August 11th:

Monday, August 7th:
*Sentencing Hearing (State) (@ 9am CT) - MN – George Perry Floyd, Jr. (46) (May 25, 2020, Minneapolis, arrested for forgery & killed in police custody) – for *Tou Thao (34/now 37) was fired (5/26/20), arrested (6/3/20) & charged (6/4/20) with aiding & abetting 2nd degree murder-unintentional-while committing a felony & aiding & abetting 2nd degree manslaughter-culpable negligence creating unreasonable risk. Bond set at $1M for all or bond conditions @ $750K. Thao released (7/4/20) on $750K bond with conditions.
As of 10/7/22 Kueng is in custody at the Elkton, Ohio, federal prison & Thao remains at the federal medical center in Lexington.
Trial was set to begin on 10/24/22 with jury selection, but Kueng plead guilty on 10/24/22 to aiding & abetting 2nd degree manslaughter. Sentenced on 12/9/22 to 3 ½ years in Federal prison. Thao requested a Bench Trial. Judge will have decision in 90 days after 11/17/22 when evidence is submitted.
Bond conditions & court info from 6/3/20 to 4/28/23 reference post #458 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ody-minneapolis-25-may-2020-21.586952/page-23
5/1/23 Update: Thao will be in court Monday, 5/1/23 to learn his future.
5/1/23 Update: Judge Peter Cahill has ruled that former Minneapolis police officer Thao is GUILTY of aiding & abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd. Sentencing is scheduled for Monday, 8/7/23 @ 9am at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis.
*Thomas Kiernan Lane (37/now 40) - plead guilty (5/18/22) to a State charge of aiding & abetting 2nd degree manslaughter. As part of Wednesday’s plea deal, Lane will have a count of aiding & abetting 2nd degree unintentional murder dismissed. Per plea will only serve 3 years in Federal prison currently with his federal sentence of violating Floyd’s civil rights. Sentenced on 9/21/22. Sentenced to 3 years in Federal prison.
*J. Alexander Kueng (26/now 29) - plead guilty (10/24/22) to a State charge of aiding & abetting 2nd degree manslaughter. As part of Friday’s plea deal, Kueng will have a count of aiding & abetting 2nd degree unintentional murder dismissed. Per plea will only serve 3 ½ years in Federal prison currently with his Federal sentence of violating Floyd’s civil rights. Sentenced on 12/9/22. Sentenced to 3 ½ years in Federal prison.
*Derek Michael Chauvin (44/now 47) - Found guilty of all charges. Sentenced on 6/24/21 to 22½ years in Federal prison currently with his Federal sentence of violating Floyd’s civil rights.

*Trial continues (Day 6) (@ 8:30am CT) – TX – Antonio & Dawn Armstrong (both 42) (July 29, 2016, Houston) – *Antonio “A.J.” Armstrong, Jr. (16 @ time of crime/17/now 23) arrested (7/29/16), charged (8/1/16) & arraigned (7/26/17) with capital murder. Plead not guilty. $200K bond. Out on bond 4/12/17.
First trial: after ~20 hours of deliberations verdict was 8 Guilty & 4 Not guilty. Judge declares mistrial.
2nd Re-trial After ~18 hours of deliberations verdict was 4 for Guilty & 8 not guilty. Judge Kelli Johnson declared (another) mistrial.
3rd Re-trial began on 5/2/23 with jury selection & ended 5/19/23 with total of 48 potential jurors back on 5/31/23 for final jury selection.
12 jurors & 4 alternates were selected. (6 women (4 white & 2 Hispanic women) & 10 men (4 Hispanic, 2 Black, 2 white & 2 Asian men). Four of these jurors are alternates, but those 4 are not being told that until it’s time to deliberate.
There are two Marines, engineers in the oil & gas industry, a retired teacher, a Space Center Houston worker & therapists who work or have worked with mental health patients. The jurors range in age from a 26-year-old man to a 65-year-old grandmother. 6/27/23 Update: One of the original twelve jurors was excused for personal reasons. That means one of the four alternates is moving into the jury of 12 to hear the case, leaving the court with three alternate jurors.
12 jurors & 3 alternates as of 6/27/23. (6 women & 9 men).
Trial began on 7/31/23. Judge Kelli Johnson presiding. Prosecutors John Jordan, Ryan Trask & Sarah Seely. Defense attorneys Rick Detoto, Jennifer Carpenter & Chris Collings.
Court info from 12/11/19 thru 10/26/22 (2nd trial) thru Jury Selection 5/31/23 thru 6/14/23 & thru 6/27/23 & Trial Day 1-4 (7/31-8/3/23) reference post #576 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...l-2016-mistrial-retrial-1-6-20.313665/page-27
8/4/23 Friday, Trial Day 5: State witnesses: Anna Lopez with the Harris County Medical Examiner's office. HPD Sgt. Jimmy James, formerly a crime scene unit investigator. Latent print expert Rebecca Green from Houston Forensic Science Center. Arson analysis expert Debora Lind, also with HFSC. Chandler Bassett, a firearms examiner with HFSC,
For more info see posts 531 to 534 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...16-mistrials-3rd-trial-in-2023.313665/page-27
Trial continues on Monday, 8/7/23.

*Trial continues (Day 12)-Sentencing Phase (Day 3) (@ 8:30am Hawaiian-Aleutian Time) - HI - Telma Boinville (51) (Dec. 6, 2017, Oahu) *Hailey Kai Dandurand (20/now 25) arrested (12/13/17), charged & arraigned (12/18/17) with 2nd degree murder, 4 counts kidnapping , 1st degree burglary, 1 count of 2nd degree unauthorized entry into motor vehicle & 1 count of felony unauthorized possession of confidential personal information. Plead not guilty. Bond $500K. Bond reduction denied on 8/25/20.
Telma’s 8 yr. old daughter was found bound & gagged with duct tape.
Trial began with jury selection on 7/10/23. Jury selection ended on 7/17/23. Juror #9 excused & alternate #1 in his place.
Trial began on 7/18/23. State rested their case on 7/25/23. Defense rested their case on 7/27/23.
Jury started deliberations on 7/28/23 (~2 hours). 7/31/23: 7 hours & 15 minutes. 8/1/23: 1 hours & 40 minutes. Total Jury deliberations = ~10 hours. Found guilty of all charges. Sentencing phase began on 8/3/23. Deliberations on 8/3/23: ~4 hours 15 minutes. Deliberations on 8/4/23: ~7 hours & 15 minutes. Total Sentencing phase deliberations: 11 hours & 30 minutes. Sentencing hearing set on 11/15/23 @ 1:30pm.
Court information from 2/19/18 thru 7/7/23 & Jury Selection Day 1-5 (7/10-7/17/23) & Trial Day 1-7 (7/18-7/28/23) & Jury Deliberations Day 1-3 (7/28 & 8/1/23) reference post #231 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-death-oahu-6-dec-2017-arrests.359003/page-12
8/3/23 Thursday, Trial Day 10/Sentencing Phase Day 1: (1009) Docket deleted. Order granting State's oral motion to commit defendant without bail. Docket code Ordering was deleted on 8/2/23. Clerical error (1010-1012). 8/2/23: Order Denied (1013 & 1014): Order denying ex-parte motion to withdraw as counsel-sealed. Order (1015 & 1016) granting State's oral motion to commit defendant without bail. Motion (1017 & 1018 & 1020) to continue hearing.
8/3/23: (1021 & 1022) State's memorandum in opposition to defendant Dandurand's motion to continue hearing on extended term sentencing. Minutes (1023). Court convened without jury present. Case called & appearances were entered by counsel & defendant in custody. Defense state he filed motion to continue yesterday & presented argument. State objected & presented argument. Court made its findings, Stated defense's oral motion to continue was granted on Tuesday until today & defense should have been prepared. Court further state the continuance is unreasonable & imperative that this jury hear this portion of the trial. Denied motion to continue & stated this portion of the trial will proceed today. Jury present. Court read extended term of imprisonmentl instructions to the jury. State's Opening statements. Defense's opening states. States Exhibits 1-5 were marked & received into evidence. State rested. Lorre Purdy was sworn in for testimony, cross exam, testimony concluded. Sunshine Dandurand sworn in, testimony concluded. Defense rested. Jury excused. Court administered Tachibana Colloquy. Defendant acknowledged her understand & stated her decision not to testify. Disccusion had re jury instructions. Court reconvened with jury present. Attorney Nelson Goo was present & explained his brief conversation with Juror #2. Juror #2 present; brief voir dire. Counsel satisfied. Remaining jurors present. Court instructions to the jury. Off record: Defense mad oral motion/JA; arguments had. Court made its findings & denied. Court ordered the jury to disregard pages 16-18 & will make the necessary corrections. Court noted the corrections to the jury instructions. Defense requested curative instruction. Court stated it will give such. Court reconvened with jury present. Continuation of court's instructions to the jury. State's closing arguments. Defense's closing arguments. State's rebuttal. Bailiff oath administered. Jury deliberations have commenced from 12pm to 4:15pm
Sentencing phase begins on Friday, 8/4/23.
8/4/23 Friday, Trial Day 11/Sentencing Phase Day 2: Jury communications (1024 thru 1033) #5 thru #9. Special interrogatory (1034 thru 1042) #4 thru #8. Jury continues deliberations on Monday, 8/7/23 @ 8:30am. Sentencing hearing on 11/15/23 @ 1:30pm.
*Stephen Brown (23/now 28) – Trial began on 1/3/23 with jury selection & trial ended with a guilty verdict on 1/20/23. Sentencing hearing on 8/30/23.

 

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Monday, August 7th:
*Sentencing Hearing (State) (@ 9am CT) - MN – George Perry Floyd, Jr. (46) (May 25, 2020, Minneapolis, arrested for forgery & killed in police custody) – for *Tou Thao (34/now 37) was fired (5/26/20), arrested (6/3/20) & charged (6/4/20) with aiding & abetting 2nd degree murder-unintentional-while committing a felony & aiding & abetting 2nd degree manslaughter-culpable negligence creating unreasonable risk. Bond set at $1M for all or bond conditions @ $750K. Thao released (7/4/20) on $750K bond with conditions.
As of 10/7/22 Kueng is in custody at the Elkton, Ohio, federal prison & Thao remains at the federal medical center in Lexington.
Trial was set to begin on 10/24/22 with jury selection, but Kueng plead guilty on 10/24/22 to aiding & abetting 2nd degree manslaughter. Sentenced on 12/9/22 to 3 ½ years in Federal prison. Thao requested a Bench Trial. Judge will have decision in 90 days after 11/17/22 when evidence is submitted.
Bond conditions & court info from 6/3/20 to 5/1/23 reference post #478 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ody-minneapolis-25-may-2020-21.586952/page-25
5/1/23 Update: Judge Peter Cahill has ruled that former Minneapolis police officer Thao is GUILTY of aiding & abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd. Sentencing is scheduled for Monday, 8/7/23 @ 9am at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis.
8/7/23 Update: Thao has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for his role in the 2020 killing of George Floyd. The sentence handed to Thao by the county judge was six months longer than the sentence proposed by Minneapolis prosecutors. 'I was hoping for a little more remorse, regret, acknowledgment of some responsibility. And less preaching,' Judge Peter Cahill said to Thao during sentencing on Monday.

 

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Shoot - I forgot to post the week for Monday, August 14th thru Friday, August 18th.

I went on a road trip yesterday (Monday) - so will post from Wednesday, Aug. 16th.

Wednesday, August 16th:
*Bench Trial continues (Day 5) (@ 9:30am ET) - IA - Breasia Terrell (10) (last seen E. 53rd & near Lorton Ave on July 10, 2020, Davenport; found March 22, 2021 by fishermen near 270th Ave in Dewitt in Clinton County. Id'd on March 31, 2021) - *Henry Earl Dinkins (48/now 51) arrested (5/5/21), charged (5/6/21) & arraigned (6/16/21) on 1st degree murder & 1st degree kidnapping. Plead not guilty. Held with no bond in the Clinton County jail.
Bench Trial began on 8/10/23. Trial will be in Scott County.
Case & court info from 5/6/21 thru 8/8/23 & Trial Day 1-3 (8/10-8/14/23) reference post #926 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-davenport-10-july-2020-arrest.531556/page-47
8/15/23 Tuesday, Bench Trial Day 4: State witnesses: no info yet.
Bench trial continues on Wednesday, 8/16/23.

*Trial continues (Day 13)-VERDICT WATCH! (@ 9:30am CT) – TX – Antonio & Dawn Armstrong (both 42) (July 29, 2016, Houston) – *Antonio “A.J.” Armstrong, Jr. (16 @ time of crime/17/now 23) arrested (7/29/16), charged (8/1/16) & arraigned (7/26/17) with capital murder. Plead not guilty. $200K bond. Out on bond 4/12/17.
First trial: after ~20 hours of deliberations verdict was 8 Guilty & 4 Not guilty. Judge declares mistrial.
2nd Re-trial After ~18 hours of deliberations verdict was 4 for Guilty & 8 not guilty. Judge Kelli Johnson declared (another) mistrial.
3rd Re-trial began on 5/2/23 with jury selection & ended 5/19/23 with total of 48 potential jurors back on 5/31/23 for final jury selection.
12 jurors & 4 alternates were selected. (6 women (4 white & 2 Hispanic women) & 10 men (4 Hispanic, 2 Black, 2 white & 2 Asian men). Four of these jurors are alternates, but those 4 are not being told that until it’s time to deliberate.
There are two Marines, engineers in the oil & gas industry, a retired teacher, a Space Center Houston worker & therapists who work or have worked with mental health patients. The jurors range in age from a 26-year-old man to a 65-year-old grandmother. 6/27/23 Update: One of the original twelve jurors was excused for personal reasons. That means one of the four alternates is moving into the jury of 12 to hear the case, leaving the court with three alternate jurors.
12 jurors & 3 alternates as of 6/27/23. (6 women & 9 men).
Trial began on 7/31/23. Judge Kelli Johnson presiding. Prosecutors John Jordan, Ryan Trask & Sarah Seely. Defense attorneys Rick Detoto, Jennifer Carpenter & Chris Collings.
State rested their case on 8/11/23. Defense rested their case on 8/14/23. Closing arguments done on 8/15/23. Jury started deliberations...
Court info from 12/11/19 thru 10/26/22 (2nd trial) thru Jury Selection 5/31/23 thru 6/14/23 & thru 6/27/23 & Trial Day 1-11 (7/31-8/14/23) reference post #598 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...l-2016-mistrial-retrial-1-6-20.313665/page-30
8/15/23 Tuesday, Trial Day 12: Closing arguments
It’s not clear if both sides will give their closing arguments Monday or if it will happen on Tuesday morning.
Trial continues on Wednesday, 8/16/23.

*Trial continues (@ 10am PT) – British Columbia, Canada – M. S. (13) (last seen alive on July 18, 2017 at a local Tim Hortons, Burney B.C. & her body was found 5 hours later on July 19, 2017 in Burnaby’s Central Park, Vancouver) - *Ibrahim Ali (28/now 32) arrested & charged (9/7/18) & indicted (11/25/19) with 1st degree murder. Plead not guilty. Held without bail.
Police used a new & somewhat controversial “DNA dragnet” technique, after collecting DNA at the crime scene that indicated a suspect of Middle Eastern descent. (He is a Syrian refugee who entered Canada 3 months before murder).
Trial began on 3/17/23 with jury selection & ended on 3/23/23.
Trial began on 4/5/23 & continued on 4/11/23. (expected to run thru June 30 & changed (5/17/23) maybe thru September). B.C. Supreme Court Justice Lance Bernard presiding. Crown prosecutor Isobel Keeley & defense attorney Ben Lynskey.
Case & court info from 1/29/19 thru Trial Days 1-43 (4/28 thru 7/27/23) reference post #136 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-o-girl-burnaby-bc-18-july-2017.673539/page-7
7/31/23 Monday, Trial Day 44: Crown witness: No info available yet. Trial continues on Tuesday, 8/1/23.
8/1/23 Tuesday, Trial Day 45: No info available yet. Trial continues on Wednesday, 8/2/23.
8/2/23 Wednesday, Trial Day 46: No info available yet. Trial continues on Thursday, 8/3/23.
8/3/23 Thursday, Trial Day 47: No info available yet. Trial continues on Friday 8/4/23.
8/14/23 Monday, Trial Day: Crown witnesses: Diane Fairley, who worked as an RCMP search technologist at the police agency's national laboratory in 2018. Fairly was among three technical DNA witnesses who testified on Monday. She said she also worked on a known DNA blood sample from a source with the initials I.A. on Sept. 20, 2018. Known DNA samples are samples of known origin. Amanda Gladas, a lab attendant who also handled the exhibit, described the blood sample as being obtained by a DNA warrant. Both lab workers told the jury they followed standard operating procedures while handling the exhibit to prevent any contamination. See post 144 on page 8.
Trial continues on Tuesday, 8/15/23.
8/15/23 Tuesday, Trial Day: Crown witnesses: No info available. Trial continues on Wednesday, 8/16/23.


Friday, August 18th:
*Sentencing Hearing (mother only) (@ am MT) - Canada- *6 week old baby girl brutal assault & SA, Jan. 18, 2023, Lathbridge, Alberta - *Man (52) arrested & charged (1/20/23) with aggravated assault, sexual assault, sexual interference & failing to provide the necessaries of life. Calgary Court, Alberta
*Woman (31) arrested & charged (1/20/23) with failing to provide the necessaries of life. Plead guilty on 6/17/23.
Sentencing hearing on 8/18/23.
Case info from 6/17/23 reference post #56 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-alta-jan-23-warning-disturbing.658556/page-3
6/23/23 Update: The Lethbridge father has plead guilty in a horrific case of abuse that left a six-week-old girl hospitalized with traumatic injuries. The father, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the child, plead guilty to aggravated assault & failing to provide the necessaries of life during a Friday court appearance. In addition, the Crown has withdrawn charges of sexual assault & sexual interference laid against the father, stating there was no evidence of injuries consistent with a sexual assault. If not for the guilty plea, which is considered a sign of remorse, the father could have faced, after a trial, 10-12 years in a federal penitentiary, Crown Prosecutor Suzanne Kendall told the judge. “By taking into account the early guilty plea & (the father’s) expression of remorse & his background, that was how we came to a sentence today of seven years incarceration,” Kendall said. After the agreed statement of facts was shared, Judge Kristin Ailsby gave the father a chance to speak on the matter. He told court "I hope my daughter develops as normal as possible & has a safe, happy & healthy life." The defense says the father is remorseful for his actions & has wanted to resolve the matter since April. The father is set to be sentenced on 8/4/23.
8/4/23 Update: Man: Judge Kristin Ailsby handed down her sentence, saying the Crown & defence's joint submission was "fit and proper." He has been sentenced to seven years in prison. The 52-year-old father will serve his sentence at the Bowden Institution. He plead guilty to aggravated assault & failing to provide the necessaries of life. The Crown had withdrawn charges of sexual assault & sexual interference, stating there was no evidence of injuries consistent with a sexual assault.''

 

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Monday, August 14th:
*Sentencing Hearing (Federal case) (@ 9am CT) - TX – Army Specialist PFC Vanessa Guillén (20) (last seen sometime between 11:30am & 12:30pm on April 22, 2020 in the parking lot of her 3rd Cavalry Regiment Engineer Squadron Headquarters. Keys to her car & her barracks room & her ID card & wallet were later found in the armory room where she had worked earlier in the day; reported missing April 23, 2020, Ft. Hood military base, remains were found by contractors working on a fence along the Leon River in Bell County on June 30, 2020 in 3 shallow graves & the remains were sealed in concrete in Belton; ID’d on July 6, 2020) - *Cecily Ann Aguilar (22/now 25) – (Robinson’s GF) – arrested (7/1/20), charged (7/2/20) & arraigned & indicted (7/14/20) with 1 count 2nd degree conspiracy to tamper with evidence with intent to impair a human corpse, to corruptly alter, destroy, mutilate or conceal an object, or attempts to do so, with the intent to impair the objects integrity or availability for use in a criminal case & 1 count conspiracy felony tampering with witness, victim or informant & 1 count felony tampering with witness, victim or informant. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Superseding indictment: *Indicted & charged (7/13/21) with conspiracy to tamper with documents or proceedings, 2 counts of tampering with documents or proceedings. 3 counts of accessory after the fact, 1 count of destruction, alteration or falsification of records in a Federal investigation & 4 counts of false statement or representation. Plead not guilty (in waiver on 8/11/21). Held without bond.
A federal affidavit released on July 2, 2020 says Robinson beat Guillen, with a hammer & that her body was later dismembered & burned. If convicted, Aguilar could face up to 20 years in prison with a maximum fine of $250K.
Trial was set to begin on 1/23/23 was cancelled due to guilty plea on 11/29/22. Sentencing hearing on 8/14/23.
Robinson info, Timeline see post #534 & court info from 1/5/21 to 3/30/23 reference post #415 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...t-behind-22-apr-2020-arrests-4.537878/page-21
4/3/23 Update: A federal judge approved a request by the defendant to postpone the sentencing hearing. Aguilar is now set to be sentenced on 8/14/23.
8/14/23 Update: Aguilar has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. Aguilar pleaded guilty last year to one count of accessory after the fact & three counts of making a false statement. Aguilar’s boyfriend at the time, Spc. Aaron Robinson, is accused of killing & dismembering Guillen & then recruiting Aguilar to assist in disposing her body near Fort Cavazos, Texas, formerly known as Fort Hood.

 

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Update!

Wednesday, August 16th:
*Trial continues (Day 13)-VERDICT REACHED! (@ 9:30am CT) – TX – Antonio & Dawn Armstrong (both 42) (July 29, 2016, Houston) – *Antonio “A.J.” Armstrong, Jr. (16 @ time of crime/17/now 23) arrested (7/29/16), charged (8/1/16) & arraigned (7/26/17) with capital murder. Plead not guilty. $200K bond. Out on bond 4/12/17.
First trial: after ~20 hours of deliberations verdict was 8 Guilty & 4 Not guilty. Judge declares mistrial.
2nd Re-trial After ~18 hours of deliberations verdict was 4 for Guilty & 8 not guilty. Judge Kelli Johnson declared (another) mistrial.
3rd Re-trial began on 5/2/23 with jury selection & ended 5/19/23 with total of 48 potential jurors back on 5/31/23 for final jury selection.
12 jurors & 4 alternates were selected. (6 women (4 white & 2 Hispanic women) & 10 men (4 Hispanic, 2 Black, 2 white & 2 Asian men). Four of these jurors are alternates, but those 4 are not being told that until it’s time to deliberate.
There are two Marines, engineers in the oil & gas industry, a retired teacher, a Space Center Houston worker & therapists who work or have worked with mental health patients. The jurors range in age from a 26-year-old man to a 65-year-old grandmother. 6/27/23 Update: One of the original twelve jurors was excused for personal reasons. That means one of the four alternates is moving into the jury of 12 to hear the case, leaving the court with three alternate jurors.
12 jurors & 3 alternates as of 6/27/23. (6 women & 9 men).
Trial began on 7/31/23. Judge Kelli Johnson presiding. Prosecutors John Jordan, Ryan Trask & Sarah Seely. Defense attorneys Rick Detoto, Jennifer Carpenter & Chris Collings.
State rested their case on 8/11/23. Defense rested their case on 8/14/23. Closing arguments done on 8/15/23. Jury started deliberations on 8/15/23 @ ~1:45pm to 7pm=~7 hours. 8/16/23: @ 9:30am to 3:40pm=~6 hours – Total deliberations: ~13 hours. Found guilty & sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 40 years.
Court info from 12/11/19 thru 10/26/22 (2nd trial) thru Jury Selection 5/31/23 thru 6/14/23 & thru 6/27/23 & Trial Day 1-12 (7/31-8/15/23) & Jury Deliberations Day 1 (8/15/23) reference post #632 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...l-2016-mistrial-retrial-1-6-20.313665/page-32
8/16/23 Wednesday, Trial Day 13: Jury continues deliberations. Jury deliberated for about 6 hours & Armstrong has been found guilty in his third capital murder trial. He is sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 40 years.
For more info see posts #661 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...16-mistrials-3rd-trial-in-2023.313665/page-34

 

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Update!

Friday, August 18th:
*Sentencing Hearing (mother only) (@ am MT) - Canada- *6 week old baby girl brutal assault & SA, Jan. 18, 2023, Lathbridge, Alberta - *Man (52) arrested & charged (1/20/23) with aggravated assault, sexual assault, sexual interference & failing to provide the necessaries of life. Calgary Court, Alberta
*Woman (31) arrested & charged (1/20/23) with failing to provide the necessaries of life. Plead guilty on 6/17/23. Sentencing hearing on 8/18/23.
Case info from 6/17/23 reference post #56 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-alta-jan-23-warning-disturbing.658556/page-3
6/23/23 Update: The Lethbridge father has plead guilty in a horrific case of abuse that left a six-week-old girl hospitalized with traumatic injuries. The father, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the child, plead guilty to aggravated assault & failing to provide the necessaries of life during a Friday court appearance. In addition, the Crown has withdrawn charges of sexual assault & sexual interference laid against the father, stating there was no evidence of injuries consistent with a sexual assault. If not for the guilty plea, which is considered a sign of remorse, the father could have faced, after a trial, 10-12 years in a federal penitentiary, Crown Prosecutor Suzanne Kendall told the judge. “By taking into account the early guilty plea & (the father’s) expression of remorse & his background, that was how we came to a sentence today of seven years incarceration,” Kendall said. After the agreed statement of facts was shared, Judge Kristin Ailsby gave the father a chance to speak on the matter. He told court "I hope my daughter develops as normal as possible & has a safe, happy & healthy life." The defense says the father is remorseful for his actions & has wanted to resolve the matter since April. The father is set to be sentenced on 8/4/23.
8/4/23 Update: Man: Judge Kristin Ailsby handed down her sentence, saying the Crown & defence's joint submission was "fit and proper." He has been sentenced to seven years in prison. The 52-year-old father will serve his sentence at the Bowden Institution. He plead guilty to aggravated assault & failing to provide the necessaries of life. The Crown had withdrawn charges of sexual assault & sexual interference, stating there was no evidence of injuries consistent with a sexual assault.'' Mother to be sentenced on 8/18/23.
8/18/23 Update: Woman: Sentenced to 2 years in prison, less time served.

 

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For the week of Monday, Aug. 21st thru Friday, Aug. 25th

Monday, August 21:
*Jury Selection begins (all) (State case-Antrim County) (@ 8:30am CT) – MI – Plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer - *Eric Molitor (36/now 38) of Cadillac arrested & charged (10/7/20) & arraigned (10/8/20) with providing material support for terrorist acts & carrying or possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony. Bond set at $250K (10% cash or surety). Bond reduced (1/13/21) to $100K (10% cash or surety). Out on bond (1/13/21) with GPS monitor & other conditions. No longer on GPS (9/16/22). Represented by William Barnett
*Michael Null (38/now 40) of Plainwell arrested & charged (10/7/20) & arraigned (10/8/20) with providing material support for terrorist acts & carrying or possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony. Cash bond of $250K. Bond reduced (12/16/20) to 10%, cash or surety. Bond was posted, out of jail (1/13/21). Remains on electronic monitoring. No longer on GPS (9/16/22). Represented by Thomas Siver
*William Null (38/now 40) of Shelbyville arrested & charged (10/7/20) & arraigned (10/8/20) with providing material support for terrorist acts & carrying or possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony. Cash bond of $250K. Bond reduced (12/16/20) to 10% cash or surety. Bond was posted & is out of jail (1/13/21). Remains on electronic monitoring. No longer on GPS (9/16/22). Represented by Damian Dunzio
*Shawn Michael Fix (38/now 40) - 6/7/23: Fix plead guilty to providing material support for an act of terrorism, namely the strategy to snatch Whitmer at her vacation home in Antrim County. Prosecutors agreed to drop a weapon charge. Fix acknowledged helping plot leader Adam Fox pinpoint the location of Whitmer’s home, key information that was used for a 2020 ride to find the property in northern Michigan. Fix, who faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, agreed to testify if called by prosecutors.
*Brian Higgins (51/now 54) – 3/15/23: Higgins plead guilty in Antrim County Circuit Court to attempting to provide material support for terrorism, a potential five-year felony; he had faced a 20-year charge & agreed to cooperate with authorities in an alleged plot to kidnap the governor. Higgins won't be sentenced by Judge Charles Hamlyn until after the August 21, 2023 trial of his four co-defendants. His cooperation could improve his chances for a lighter sentence.
Trial set to begin on 8/21/23 with jury selection. (Trial 8/23/23 thru 9/11/23) Prosecutors: William Rollstin, John Pallas, Phillip Jacques & Daniel Grano.
13th Circuit Court Judge Kevin Eisenheimer assigned Fix & Nulls’ case. 13th Circuit Court Judge Charles Hamlyn assigned Molitor’s.
Court info from 10/8/20 thru 6/7/23 reference post #817 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...rnor-gretchen-whitmer-oct-2020.546457/page-41
8/15/23 Update: Final pretrial status conference hearing was held on 8/15/23. Jury selection set to begin on 8/21/23 @ 8:30am.

*Trial set to begin (@ 8:30am MT) - NM - Pronoy Bhattacharya (7) (Hit & run on Dec. 12, 2021, River of Lights display, Albuquerque & seriously injured Pronoy father Aditya Bhattacharya) - Sergio Alfred Almanza (27/now 29) warrant served for his arrest (12/13/21), surrendered (1/31/22) charged & arraigned (2/14/22) with homicide by vehicle (driving while under the influence or homicide by vehicle (reckless driving), great bodily harm by vehicle (driving while under the influence) or homicide by vehicle (reckless driving), knowingly leaving the scene of an accident (great bodily harm or death), 2 counts of tampering with evidence & driving an off-highway motor vehicle on a paved street or highway. Plead not guilty. No bond.
Trial set to begin on 8/21/23. (thru 8/30/23)
Info on hit & run & court info from 2/4/22 to 8/10/23 reference post #30 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ver-albuquerque-dec-2021-arrest.607490/page-2
8/11/23 Update: Motions hearing reset on 8/15/23 @ 3pm via Zoom. Also had a presentation hearing. 8/15/23 Update: Next trial set to begin on 8/21/23.

*Bench Trial continues (Day 8) (@ 9:30am ET) - IA - Breasia Terrell (10) (last seen E. 53rd & near Lorton Ave on July 10, 2020, Davenport; found March 22, 2021 by fishermen near 270th Ave in Dewitt in Clinton County. Id'd on March 31, 2021) - *Henry Earl Dinkins (48/now 51) arrested (5/5/21), charged (5/6/21) & arraigned (6/16/21) on 1st degree murder & 1st degree kidnapping. Plead not guilty. Held with no bond in the Clinton County jail.
Bench Trial began on 8/10/23. Trial will be in Scott County.
Case & court info from 5/6/21 thru 8/8/23 & Trial Day 1-6 (8/10-8/17/23) reference post #948 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-davenport-10-july-2020-arrest.531556/page-48
8/18/23 Friday, Bench Trial Day 7: State witness: Davenport Police Corporal Evan Obert, lead detective.
For more info see post #951 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-davenport-10-july-2020-arrest.531556/page-48
Bench trial continues on Monday, 8/21/23.


Tuesday, August 22nd:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ am MT) – MT – James Alexander Hurley (12) (found Feb. 3, 2020 deceased in living room, West Yellowstone) - *Patricia “Trish” Lynn Batts (48/now 51) aka Patricia Sasser & Patricia Rone (paternal grandmother) arrested (2/12/20), charged (2/13/20) & arraigned (3/24/20) with 1 count of felony deliberate homicide. Charged (3/5/20) & arraigned (3/24/20) with aggravated kidnapping, criminal child endangerment, 1st degree strangulation & tampering with witnesses & informants. Plead not guilty to all charges. $750K bond. DA will seek DP. DA will not seek DP (1/27/23).
Trial was set to begin on 7/10/23 was cancelled due to plea deal & a guilty plea.
James' info & Court info from 2/13/20 thru 2/2/23 reference post #85 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...0-grandparents-uncle-arrested-2.574078/page-5
5/25/23 Update: A plea agreement comes four months after Gallatin County Attorney Audrey Cromwell withdrew the county’s intent to pursue the death penalty against Batts. The details of the agreement were unavailable Thursday. Change of plea hearing on 5/26/23.
5//26/23 Update: Batts is charged with five felonies, including deliberate homicide, aggravated kidnapping, criminal child endangerment, strangulation of a partner or family member, and tampering with witnesses & informants. With the plea agreement Batts plead guilty to deliberate homicide, criminal child endangerment & tampering with witnesses & informants in an agreement that calls for her to spend the rest of her life in prison. Sentencing hearing on 7/11/23.
6/21/23 Update: The sentencing for Batts was originally scheduled to be sentenced on 7/11/23, but Gallatin County District Court Judge John Brown moved to delay the date until 8/22/23 at a hearing on Wednesday.
*James Danny Sasser, Jr. (47/now 49) (paternal grandfather) - 3/4/22: was sentenced to 100 years for the count on deliberate homicide on 3/4/22 Friday afternoon by Judge John Brown. He was also sentenced to 10 years for the charge of criminal child endangerment & 10 years for tampering with evidence.
*James Danny Sasser III (14/now 16) (2/12/20 date of offense) - 10/29/20: Judge Brown handed down a sentence that requires the teen to be detained at a juvenile detention facility until he turns 18. After his release, he will be on probation until he turns 25. The 15-year-old will not be registered as a violent offender.
*Gage Anthony Roush (18/now 20) - 11/18/20: Per peal deal Roush was given a 5 year deferred sentence for assaulting James.
*Madison Sasser (18/now 20) - 1/29/21: Per plea agreement Madison was sentenced to youth probation with the Montana Dept. of Corrections until she turns 21. After that she’ll be on adult probation until she turns 25. As part of a plea deal, prosecutors dropped the felony negligent homicide charge against her. Part of plea agreement she will testify at trial.


Friday, August 25th:
*Surrender Date (by 12pm ET) – State of Georgia vs. Donald J. Trump (77) indicted & charged (8/14/23) with 1 count (1) of violation of the Georgia RICO (Racketeer Influenced & corrupt organizations) Act (there are 161 acts listed), 4 counts (5, 9, 28, 38) of solicitation of violation of oath by public officer, 2 counts (13 & 19) conspiracy to commit false statements & writings, 1 count (15) conspiracy to commit filing false documents, 2 counts (11 & 17) conspiracy to commit forgery in the 1st degree, 1 count (27) filing false documents & 2 counts (29 & 39) of false statements & writings. (total 13 counts).
vs. Rudolph William Louis Giuliani (79) (Trump lawyer) indicted & charged (8/14/23) with 1 count violation of the Georgia RICO Act (1), 3 counts (2, 6 & 9) of conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer. 2 counts (3 & 7) false statements & writings, 2 counts (11 & 17) conspiracy to commit forgery in the 1st degree, 2 counts (13 & 19) conspiracy to commit false statements & writings, 1 count (15) conspiracy to commit filing false documents, 1 count (23) solicitation of violation of oath by public officer & 1 count (24) false statements & writings. (total 13 counts).
vs. John Charles Eastman (63) (White House Chief of Staff) indicted & charged (8/14/23) with 1 count violation of the Georgia RICO Act (1), 1 count of solicitation of violation of oath by public officer (2), 1 count of conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer (9), 2 counts of conspiracy to commit forgery in the 1st degree (11 & 17), 2 counts of conspiracy to commit false statements & writings (13 & 19), 1 count of conspiracy to commit filing false documents (15) & 1 count of filing false documents. (total 9 counts).
vs. Mark Randall Meadows (64) (Trump lawyer) indicted & charged (8/14/23) with 1 count of violation of the Georgia RICO Act (1) & 1 count of solicitation of violation of oath by public officer (28). (total 2 counts).
vs. Kenneth John Chesebro (61) (Trump lawyer) indicted & charged (8/14/23) with 1 count of violation of the Georgia RICO Act (1), 1 count of conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer (9), 2 counts of conspiracy to commit forgery in the 1st degree (11 & 17), 2 counts of conspiracy to commit false statements & writings (13 & 19) & 1 count of conspiracy to commit filing false documents (15). (total 7 counts).
vs. Jeffrey Bossert Clark (56) (pro-Trump lawyer) indicted & charged (8/14/23) with 1 count violation of the Georgia RICO Act (1) & 1 count criminal attempt to commit false statements & writings (22). (total 2 counts).
vs. Lynn Ellis (top Justice Dept. official) indicted & charged (8/14/23) with count violation of the Georgia RICO Act (1) & 1 count of solicitation of violation of oath by public officer (2). (total 2 counts).
vs. Ray Stallings Smith III (Coffee County election supervisor) indicted & charged (8/14/23) with 1 count violation of the Georgia RICO Act (1), 2 counts of solicitation of violation of oath by public officer (2 & 6), 3 counts of false statements & writings (4, 13 & 19), 1 count conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer (9), 2 counts of conspiracy to commit forgery in the 1st degree (11 & 17), 1 count conspiracy to commit filing false documents (15), 1 count criminal attempt to commit false statements & writings (23) & 1 count of false statements & writings (25). (total 12 counts).
vs. Robert David Cheeley (Trump campaign lawyer) indicted & charged (8/14/23) with 1 count of violation of the Georgia RICO Act (1), 1 count of conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer (9), 2 counts of conspiracy to commit forgery in the 1st degree (11 & 17), 2 counts of conspiracy to commit false statements & writings (13 & 19), 1 count of conspiracy to commit filing false documents (15), 1 count of solicitation of violation of oath by public officer (23), 1 count false statements & writings (26) & 1 count of perjury (41). (total 10 counts).
vs. Michael A. Roman (lawyer) indicted & charged (8/14/23) with 1 count of violation of the Georgia RICO Act (1), 1 count of conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer (9), 2 counts of conspiracy to commit forgery in the 1st degree (11 & 17), 2 counts of conspiracy to commit false statements & writings (13 & 19) & 1 count of filing false documents (15). (total 7 counts).
vs. David James Shafer (58) (Trump campaign official) indicted & charged (8/14/23) with 1 count violation of the Georgia RICO Act (1), 1 count of impersonating a public office (8), 1 count of forgery in the 1st degree (10), 2 counts of false statements & writings (12 & 40), 2 counts of criminal attempt to commit false documents (14 & 18), 1 count of forgery in the 1st degree (16) & (total 8 counts).
vs. Shawn Micah Tresher Still (Georgia GOP chair & fake elector) indicted & charged (8/14/23) with 1 count of violation of the Georgia RICO Act (1), 1 count of impersonating a public office (8), 1 count of forgery in the 1st degree (10), 1 count of false statements & writings (12), 2 counts of criminal attempt to commit false documents (14 & 18), 1 count of forgery in the 1st degree (16). (total 7 counts).
vs. Stephen Clifford Lee (Fake GOP elector) indicted & charged (8/14/23) with 1 count violation of the Georgia RICO Ac6t (1), 2 counts criminal attempt to commit influencing witnesses (20 & 21), 1 count of criminal attempt to commit false statements & writings (22), 2 counts solicitation of violation of oath by public officer(23 & 28), 4 counts of False statements & writings (24, 25, 26 & 29), 1 count of filing false documents (27), 1 count conspiracy to commit solicitation of false statements & writings (30), 1 count of influencing witnesses (31) & 1 count of conspiracy to commit election fraud (32). (total 14 counts).
vs. Harrison William Prescott Floyd aka Willie Lewis Floyd III (pastor tied to intimidation of election workers) indicted & charged (8/14/23 with 1 count violation of the Georgia RICO Act (1), 1 count of conspiracy to commit solicitation of false statements & writings (30) & 1 count of influencing witnesses (31). (total 3 counts).
vs. Trevian C. Kutti (53) (leader of Black Voices for Trump) indicted & charged (8/14/23) with 1 count of violation of the Georgia RICO Act (1), 1 count of conspiracy to commit solicitation of false statements & writings (30) & 1 count of influencing witnesses (31). (total 3 counts).
vs. Sidney Katherine Powell (68) (publicist tied to intimidation of election workers) indicted & charged (8/14/23) with 1 count of violation of the Georgia RICO Act (1), 2 counts of conspiracy to commit election fraud (32 & 33), 1 count of conspiracy to commit computer theft (34), 1 count conspiracy to commit computer trespass (35), 1 count conspiracy to commit computer invasion of privacy (36) & 1 count conspiracy to defraud the State. (total 7 counts).
vs. Cathleen Alston Latham (Trump campaign lawyer) indicted & charged (8/14/23) with 1 count violation of the Georgia RICO Act (1), 1 count of impersonating a public officer (8), 1 count of forgery in the 1st degree (10), 1 count of false statements & writings (12), 1 count of criminal attempt to commit false documents (14), 2 counts conspiracy to commit election fraud (32 & 33), 1 count conspiracy to commit computer theft (34), 1 count conspiracy to commit computer trespass (35), 1 count of conspiracy to commit computer invasion of privacy (36) & 1 count conspiracy to defraud the State (37). (total 11 counts).
vs. Scott Graham Hall (fake GOP elector tied to Coffee County breach) indicted & charged (8/14/23) with 1 count violation of the Georgia RICO Act (1), 2 counts conspiracy to commit election fraud (32 & 33), 1 count conspiracy to commit computer theft (34), 1 count conspiracy to commit computer trespass (35), 1 count of conspiracy to commit computer invasion of privacy (36) & 1 count conspiracy to defraud the State (37). (total 7 counts).
vs. Misty Hampton aka Emily Misty Hayes (tied to Coffee County election system breach) indicted & charged (8/14/23) with 1 count of violation of the Georgia RICO Act (1), 2 counts conspiracy to commit election fraud (32 & 33), 1 count conspiracy to commit computer theft (34), 1 count conspiracy to commit computer trespass (35), 1 count of conspiracy to commit computer invasion of privacy (36) & 1 count conspiracy to defraud the State (37). (total 7 counts).
Fulton County, Georgia Criminal Election Influence Investigation. Prosecuting Office: Fulton County, GA District Attorney’ Fani Willis’ Office. Case #23SC188947
Officials with the Fulton county court handed the indictment to judge Robert McBurney.
Proposed trial date on 3/4/24. Judge Scott McAfee presiding. Though McAfee was assigned the case soon after the indictment was handed up on Monday evening, it could be transferred to a different judge later in the process.
8/17/23 Update from CNN: Fulton County’s sweeping indictment against Trump & 18 additional co-defendants also includes details involving 30 “unindicted co-conspirators” – people who Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis alleges took part in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. Some of the co-conspirators are key Trump advisers, like Boris Epshteyn, while several others are likely Georgia officials who were the state’s fake electors for Trump. One of the unindicted co-conspirators who appears multiple times in the indictment is Georgia’s Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones. Willis was barred by a state judge from investigating Jones after she hosted a fundraiser last year for Jones’ Democratic opponent when he was a state senator running for lieutenant governor. The 98-page document alleges the 30 unindicted co-conspirators, who are not named, “constituted a criminal organization whose members & associates engaged in various related criminal activities” across the 41 charges laid out in the indictment. Unindicted co-conspirators per CNN: Co-conspirator 1 is Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch, Co-conspirator 3 is Boris Epshteyn, Trump political adviser, Co-conspirator 4 is Robert Sinners, Trump’s Georgia election day operations lead, Co-conspirator 5 is Bernie Kerik, former NYPD Commissioner, Co-conspirator 6 is GOP operative Phil Waldron, Co-conspirator 8 is Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, Co-conspirators 9 is former Georgia Republican Party Treasurer Joseph Brannan, Co-conspirators 10 & 11 are Georgia GOP officials Carolyn Fisher & Vikki Consiglio, Co-conspirators 2 & 8-19 are the fake electors, Co-conspirator 20 is unclear-The indictment says Individual 20 was part of a meeting at the White House on December 18, 2020, with Trump, Giuliani & Powell, known to have discussed the possibility of seizing voting machines. Co-conspirators 21 & 22 are Conan Hayes & Todd Sanders, Co-conspirators 23-30 are related to Coffee County voting machines, Co-conspirator 25 & 29 are a Cyber Ninjas CEO Doug Logan & analyst Jeffrey Lenberg, Co-conspirator 28 is Jim Penrose.
Case & court info from 2/10/21 thru 8/13/23 reference post #165 here:
{URL unfurl=false"]GA - Former President Donald Trump indicted, 10 counts in 2020 election interference, violation of RICO Act, 14 Aug 2023
8/14/23: Page 15 of GA indictment says there are 30 un-indicted co-conspirators. “I am giving the defendants the opportunity to voluntarily surrender no later than Friday 8/25/23 at noon” says Fulton County DA Fani Willis. She will be proposing a trial date within the next six months. Link to indictment: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23909543/23sc188947-criminal-indictment.pdf
8/15/23 Update: Mark Meadows officially filed to move the election interference case from Fulton County to Federal court. The motion, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, argues that the charges filed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) covers Meadows’s conduct while he was a federal official working as the top aide to then-President Trump. In the motion, Meadows’s attorneys cite a federal law known as the “removal statute,” which generally allows “any officer … of the United States” who is facing criminal prosecution in state court to move those proceedings to federal court if the case relates to actions that were part of the individual’s duties as a federal official.
8/16/23: A state agency is moving ahead with plans that will determine whether Lt. Gov. Burt Jones faces criminal charges as part of a scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia, said he has reviewed the Fulton County indictment & hopes to appoint a special prosecutor to consider Jones’ actions soon. Jones is one of 30 people who prosecutors said participated in a conspiracy to overturn the election but were not charged in a Fulton County indictment released late Monday. But Jones may yet face charges & his fate will rest with a special prosecutor who will determine whether further investigation is needed.
8/16/23 Update: Per DA's office & presiding Judge - It is expected that all 19 defendants named in the indictment will be booked at the Rice Street Jail. 8/16/23 Update: Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is seeking to move the Fulton County, Georgia, prosecution against him to federal court so that he can try to get the case dismissed under federal law. On Wednesday, a federal judge scheduled an 8/28/23 hearing for Meadows & others to present evidence about whether to move the case. The judge noted the state court case can proceed at this time. In the filing, Judge Jones said the notice of removal & the attached indictment “do not clearly indicate that summary remand of this matter is required,” meaning there is no need for a higher court to send the case back to a lower court for further action. Judge Jones also ordered Meadows to give Fulton County DA Fani Willis a copy of the notice of removal & the order for the hearing. Once Willis receives the documents, she is allowed to submit a written response by Aug. 23.
8/17/23 Update: Fulton County DA Fani Willis has asked a judge to set a trial date of 3/4/24 for Trump & his 18 co-defendants. Willis’ proposed schedule also requests arraignments for Trump & his allies the week of 9/5/23. She hasn’t changed her Aug. 25 deadline for them to surrender at the Fulton County Jail.
8/17/23 Update: A former Justice Dept. official who served in the Trump administration & is one of 19 defendants in the Georgia 2020 election probe is seeking to pause an ethics case against him, citing the charges he's now facing in the Fulton County indictment. In a 13-page filing in D.C. federal court, lawyers for Jeffrey Clark on Thursday argued that an ethics violation case brought by a licensing authority for attorneys in the nation's capital should be put on hold until the resolution of the Georgia charges because "they involve substantially the same allegations." The D.C. Bar’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel, which regulates the conduct of attorneys admitted to the Bar in Washington, began a disciplinary proceeding against Clark in July 2022.
8/18/23 Update: Attorneys for Trump are expected to meet early next week with the Fulton County DA's office in order to negotiate terms of the bond package for Trump following this indictment last Monday. The meeting between Willis & Trump's attorneys is expected to occur prior to any surrender by Trump at the Fulton County Jail.

 

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Update!

Friday, August 18th:
*Hearing (@ 9am ET) - IA - Kayleen Lee Blaha (newborn) allegedly drowned by parents to hide meth in her system, Nov. 16, 2022, Fort Dodge. The couple alleged to have disposed of her remains somewhere near the Kenyon Road Bridge across the Des Moines River, but Kayleen's body is yet to be found. – *Taylor Kay Blaha (24/now 25) arrested (12/7/22), charged (12/8/22) & arraigned (1/3/23) with 1st degree murder. Plead not guilty. $1M Cash Bond.
Court documents say Blaha admitted to investigators that she & the father of the child, Brandon Thoma, drowned the baby girl shortly after she was born on November 16, 2022. They were worried the two-year-old son they shared would be taken away if authorities learned there was methamphetamine in their daughter’s system when she was born, according to the documents. Police said Thoma admitted to disposing of the baby’s body.
Trial was set to begin on 9/12/23 but plead guilty on 8/18/23 & sentenced to 50 years in prison.
12/18/22: Search warrants executed. 12/8/22 Update: Initial appearance before Judge William Harhab. Mason City PDO appointed Charles Kenville. Next pretrial hearing on 12/15/22. Request for mandatory discovery. 12/14/22: Invocation of constitutional rights. 12/15/22 Update: Order: Judge Christopher C. Polking assigned. Arraignment hearing on 1/3/23.
1/3/23 Update: Written arraignment & plea of not guilty entered. Next pretrial hearing on 2/20/23. Appointment of counsel/financial statement for Blaha. Order set hearing on 1/27/23. Other Order: re expanded media coverage. 1/27/23: For new counsel is denied & a hearing is set on 2/3/23.
2/3/23 Update: Motion for a competency evaluation is denied. Waiver of speedy trial by defendant. 2/6/23: Order directing Court admin to set trial date. Order for trial scheduling conference. 2/13/23: The parties shall file the sample report of pretrial conference. 2/28/23: Jury trial is set to begin on 9/12/23 @ 9am. 7/13/23 Update: Appearance amended on 7/13/23 filed by Ryan Baldridge.
7/19/23 Update: (D34) Order setting hearing on 9/8/23 @ 9am.
8/18/23 Update: Blaha pleaded guilty to 2nd degree murder Friday at the Webster County Courthouse & requested an immediate sentence following her plea. Judge Christopher Polking sentenced Blaha to 50 years in prison with the possibility of parole after 35 years. She also was ordered to pay $150,000 in restitution.
*Brandon David Thoma (31/now 32) – Plead guilty (7/26/23) sentencing hearing on 9/1/23.

 

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Added!

Tuesday, August 22nd:
*Change of Plea Hearing (@ 8:30am PT) - WA – Estela Torres Rodriguez (54) (last seen Mar. 28, 2019, reported missing Mar. 29, 2019, Pasco; found on July 11, 2023 about 5 miles outside of Connell) – *Clemente Rodriguez Torres (34/now 37) son arrested (9/19/19) crossing Mexico-US border (& waived his extradition to the Tri-Cities), charged (10/2/19) & arraigned (10/8/19) with 1st degree murder. Plead not guilty. $1M bond.
Trial was set to begin on 4/12/23 but was continued on 8/16/23 was vacated & change of plea hearing set for 8/22/23.
Court info from 10/2/19 thru 5/2/23 reference post #134 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...son-arrested-husband-on-the-run.434717/page-7
5/16/23 Update: Next pretrial management hearing on 6/13/23. 6/13/23 Update: Next pretrial management hearing on 7/11/23.
7/11/23 Update: A tip led investigators to the shallow grave of a mother of nine on an arid remote lot in Eastern Washington. The discovery five miles outside of Connell ends a more than four-year search for Estela Torres Rodriguez. Franklin County sheriff’s officials announced the discovery at a news conference Tuesday. They were joined by the county coroner & prosecutor & Torres Rodriguez’s family, still grieving the loss of a woman they have described as “selfless and caring. Clemente Torres Rodriguez but only Clemente has been arrested. He was caught returning to the U.S. from Mexico in September 2019. He remains jailed in Franklin County with a trial set for Aug. 16. His father remains on the run & is believed to be in Mexico. Franklin County released new photos of Tiburcio Larios Rodriguez on Tuesday. On Tuesday, Conner said they are still working to find Tiburcio & asked if anyone has any information on his possible location to call the sheriff’s office. Estela Rodriguez Torres’ remains are being sent to the Washington state forensic anthropologist at the King County Medical Examiner’s Office in hopes of determining how she died. Next hearing (one article) or trial (another article) on 8/16/23.
8/16/23 Update: Trial was vacated. Next change of plea hearing on 8/22/23 @ 8:30am.
*Carlos Torres Rodriguez (31) son – All charges dismissed (6/4/19). Prosecutors say that they can refile charges if and when they deem it appropriate. After a meeting recently with detectives, the Prosecutors office believes that there could be additional information that could be necessary before proceeding to trial.
*Tiburcio Larios Rodriguez (63/now 65) estranged husband. Murder warrants issued (4/1/18) & charged with 1st degree murder. $1M bond. Believed to have fled to Mexico.

 

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Update!

Tuesday, August 22nd:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ am MT) – MT – James Alexander Hurley (12) (found Feb. 3, 2020 deceased in living room, West Yellowstone) - *Patricia “Trish” Lynn Batts (48/now 51) aka Patricia Sasser & Patricia Rone (paternal grandmother) arrested (2/12/20), charged (2/13/20) & arraigned (3/24/20) with 1 count of felony deliberate homicide. Charged (3/5/20) & arraigned (3/24/20) with aggravated kidnapping, criminal child endangerment, 1st degree strangulation & tampering with witnesses & informants. Plead not guilty to all charges. $750K bond. DA will seek DP. DA will not seek DP (1/27/23).
Trial was set to begin on 7/10/23 was cancelled due to plea deal & a guilty plea.
James' info & Court info from 2/13/20 thru 5/26/23 reference post #97 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...0-grandparents-uncle-arrested-2.574078/page-5
6/21/23 Update: The sentencing for Batts was originally scheduled to be sentenced on 7/11/23, but Gallatin County District Court Judge John Brown moved to delay the date until 8/22/23 at a hearing on Wednesday.
8/22/23 Update: Batts was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Tuesday for the deliberate killing of her 12-year-old grandson in West Yellowstone. Gallatin County District Court Judge John Brown also gave Batts two 10-year sentences for criminal child endangerment & tampering with witnesses or informants. She pleaded guilty to the same three counts last May & will serve her time at the Montana State Women’s Prison.
*James Danny Sasser, Jr. (47/now 49) (paternal grandfather) - 3/4/22: was sentenced to 100 years for the count on deliberate homicide on 3/4/22 Friday afternoon by Judge John Brown. He was also sentenced to 10 years for the charge of criminal child endangerment & 10 years for tampering with evidence.
*James Danny Sasser III (14/now 16) (2/12/20 date of offense) - 10/29/20: Judge Brown handed down a sentence that requires the teen to be detained at a juvenile detention facility until he turns 18. After his release, he will be on probation until he turns 25. The 15-year-old will not be registered as a violent offender.
*Gage Anthony Roush (18/now 20) - 11/18/20: Per peal deal Roush was given a 5 year deferred sentence for assaulting James.
*Madison Sasser (18/now 20) - 1/29/21: Per plea agreement Madison was sentenced to youth probation with the Montana Dept. of Corrections until she turns 21. After that she’ll be on adult probation until she turns 25. As part of a plea deal, prosecutors dropped the felony negligent homicide charge against her. Part of plea agreement she will testify at trial.

 

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For the weeks of Monday, August 28th thru Thursday, August 31st
(see September thread-will post in another post as soon as I finish it-for Fridays).

Monday, August 28th:
*Trial set to begin (@ 8am ET) – FL – Harley Don Hiatt, Jr. (2) (July 31, 2018, Davenport, Polk County; tortured to death) - *Christian Martell Thompson (26/now 31) “BF of mom” arrested (8/1/18), charged (7/31/18) & arraigned (8/3/18) with 1st degree murder, 1st degree aggravated child abuse, 1st degree aggravated manslaughter of a child & 2 counts of 2nd degree negligent child abuse. Plead not guilty. No bond. DA will seek DP. Will not seek DP (7/27/23).
Trial set to begin on 8/28/23 for jury selection - for Thompson only.
Court info from 9/6/18 thru 8/14/23 reference post #307 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-death-polk-county-31-jul-2018.383393/page-16
8/15/23 Update: Next motions hearing on 8/22/23. Motion to preclude witness from testifying at trial. Notice of hearing filed. Supplemental discovery. 8/17/23: States witness & exhibit list. Notice of taking deposition. 8/18/23: Motion to exclude jail email. Motion for real time court reporting. Supplemental discovery. 2nd amended notice of hearing filed. 8/21/23: Evidence/Exhibit report. Supplemental discovery. Motion to transcribe.
8/22/23 Update: Amended expedited motion to transcribe. Motion for disclosure of information regarding grand jury proceeding. Next motions hearing on 8/25/23 @ 8am. 8/23/23: Note/email from judicial assistance. Order to transcribe. Amended order to transcribe. 8/24/23: Notice of taking deposition.
8/25/23 Update: No info on motions hearing yet. Trial is set to begin on Monday, 8/28/23.
*Shanon Short (26/now 30) “mom” – Status conference hearing on 10/13/23.

*Trial continues (@ 10am PT) – British Columbia, Canada – M. S. (13) (last seen alive on July 18, 2017 at a local Tim Hortons, Burney B.C. & her body was found 5 hours later on July 19, 2017 in Burnaby’s Central Park, Vancouver) - *Ibrahim Ali (28/now 32) arrested & charged (9/7/18) & indicted (11/25/19) with 1st degree murder. Plead not guilty. Held without bail.
Police used a new & somewhat controversial “DNA dragnet” technique, after collecting DNA at the crime scene that indicated a suspect of Middle Eastern descent. (He is a Syrian refugee who entered Canada 3 months before murder).
Trial began on 3/17/23 with jury selection & ended on 3/23/23.
Trial began on 4/5/23 & continued on 4/11/23. (expected to run thru June 30 & changed (5/17/23) maybe thru September). B.C. Supreme Court Justice Lance Bernard presiding. Crown prosecutor Isobel Keeley & defense attorney Ben Lynskey.
Case & court info from 1/29/19 thru Trial Days 1-xx (4/28 thru 8/23/23) reference post #151 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...girl-13-burnaby-bc-18-july-2017.673539/page-8
8/24/23 Thursday, Trial Day: Crown witness: Victim’s mother. Judge Lance Bernard told the jury they would be ending the day early at the mother’s request. Direct examination is expected to conclude Friday morning, which will be followed by cross-examination from Ali’s defence. Trial continues on Friday, 8/25/23.
For more info see post #152 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...girl-13-burnaby-bc-18-july-2017.673539/page-8
8/25/23 Friday, Trial Day: Crown witness: Victim’s mother. Cross examination is expected to continue on Monday.
For more info see post #153 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...girl-13-burnaby-bc-18-july-2017.673539/page-8
Trial continues on Monday, 8/28/23.

*Trial continues (Day 5) (all) (State case-Antrim County) (@ 8:30am CT) – MI – Plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer - *Eric Molitor (36/now 38) of Cadillac arrested & charged (10/7/20) & arraigned (10/8/20) with providing material support for terrorist acts & carrying or possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony. Bond set at $250K (10% cash or surety). Bond reduced (1/13/21) to $100K (10% cash or surety). Out on bond (1/13/21) with GPS monitor & other conditions. No longer on GPS (9/16/22). Represented by William Barnett.
*Michael Null (38/now 40) of Plainwell arrested & charged (10/7/20) & arraigned (10/8/20) with providing material support for terrorist acts & carrying or possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony. Cash bond of $250K. Bond reduced (12/16/20) to 10%, cash or surety. Bond was posted, out of jail (1/13/21). Remains on electronic monitoring. No longer on GPS (9/16/22). Antrim County (86th District Court) #202912FY3 DOB 1982 Represented by Thomas Siver

*William Null (38/now 40) of Shelbyville arrested & charged (10/7/20) & arraigned (10/8/20) with providing material support for terrorist acts & carrying or possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony. Cash bond of $250K. Bond reduced (12/16/20) to 10% cash or surety. Bond was posted & is out of jail (1/13/21). Remains on electronic monitoring. No longer on GPS (9/16/22). Represented by Damian Dunzio.
*Shawn Michael Fix (38/now 40) - 6/7/23: Fix plead guilty to providing material support for an act of terrorism, namely the strategy to snatch Whitmer at her vacation home in Antrim County. Prosecutors agreed to drop a weapon charge. Fix acknowledged helping plot leader Adam Fox pinpoint the location of Whitmer’s home, key information that was used for a 2020 ride to find the property in northern Michigan. Fix, who faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, agreed to testify if called by prosecutors.
*Brian Higgins (51/now 54) – 3/15/23: Higgins plead guilty in Antrim County Circuit Court to attempting to provide material support for terrorism, a potential five-year felony; he had faced a 20-year charge & agreed to cooperate with authorities in an alleged plot to kidnap the governor. Higgins won't be sentenced by Judge Charles Hamlyn until after the August 21, 2023 trial of his four co-defendants. His cooperation could improve his chances for a lighter sentence.
Trial began on 8/21/23 with jury selection & ended on 8/22/23. Jury: 12 jurors & 6 alternates. (11 women & 7 men).
Trial began on 8/23/23 (thru 9/11/23) Prosecutors: William Rollstin, John Pallas, Phillip Jacques & Daniel Grano.
13th Circuit Court Judge Charles Hamlyn presiding.
Court info from 10/8/20 thru 8/15/23 & Jury Selection Day 1-2 (8/21 & 8/22/23) & Trial Day 1-2 (8/22 to 8/23/23) reference post #829 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...rnor-gretchen-whitmer-oct-2020.546457/page-42
8/24/23 Thursday, Trial Day 3: State witnesses: FBI Special Agent Henrik “Hank” Impola. No other info available.
Trial continues on Friday, 8/25/23.
8/25/23 Friday, Trial Day 4: No info available. Trial continues on Monday, 8/28/23.

*Trial continues (Day 6) (@ 8:30am MT) - NM - Pronoy Bhattacharya (7) (Hit & run on Dec. 12, 2021, River of Lights display, Albuquerque & seriously injured Pronoy father Aditya Bhattacharya) - Sergio Alfred Almanza (27/now 29) warrant served for his arrest (12/13/21), surrendered (1/31/22) charged & arraigned (2/14/22) with homicide by vehicle (driving while under the influence or homicide by vehicle (reckless driving), great bodily harm by vehicle (driving while under the influence) or homicide by vehicle (reckless driving), knowingly leaving the scene of an accident (great bodily harm or death), 2 counts of tampering with evidence & driving an off-highway motor vehicle on a paved street or highway. Plead not guilty. No bond.
Trial began on 8/21/23. (thru 8/30/23). 12 Jurors & 4 alternates. Judge Brett Loveless presiding.
Info on hit & run & court info from 2/4/22 to 8/16/23 & Trial Days 1-3 (8/21 to 8/23/23) reference post #40 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ver-albuquerque-dec-2021-arrest.607490/page-2
8/24/23 Thursday, Trial Day 4: State witnesses: Edgar Casas, Almanza's friend who admitted to jurors that he helped Almanza hide the ATV. 2 doctors (no names given).
For more info see post #41 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/...ver-albuquerque-dec-2021-arrest.607490/page-3
Trial continues on Friday, 8/25/23.
8/25/23 Friday, Trial Day 5: State witnesses: No info available. Trial continues on Monday, 8/28/23.

*Bench Trial continues (Day 13) (@ 9am ET) - IA - Breasia Terrell (10) (last seen E. 53rd & near Lorton Ave on July 10, 2020, Davenport; found March 22, 2021 by fishermen near 270th Ave in Dewitt in Clinton County. Id'd on March 31, 2021) - *Henry Earl Dinkins (48/now 51) arrested (5/5/21), charged (5/6/21) & arraigned (6/16/21) on 1st degree murder & 1st degree kidnapping. Plead not guilty. Held with no bond in the Clinton County jail.
Bench Trial began on 8/10/23. Trial will be in Scott County.
Case & court info from 5/6/21 thru 8/8/23 & Trial Day 1-10 (8/10-8/23/23) reference post #961 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-davenport-10-july-2020-arrest.531556/page-49
8/24/23 Thursday, Bench Trial Day 11: State witnesses: Davenport Police Detective Sean Johnson back on stand. Ian Sanginor FBI geologist analyst.
For more info see post #964 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-davenport-10-july-2020-arrest.531556/page-49
Bench trial continues on Friday, 8/25/23.
8/25/23 Friday, Bench Trial Day 12: State witnesses: Branden Stepanski, a criminalist with the Iowa DCI lab. Michael Schmit, a criminalist with the Iowa DCI lab.
For more info see post #965 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-davenport-10-july-2020-arrest.531556/page-49
Bench trial continues on Monday, 8/28/23.


Wednesday, August 30th:
*Formal Sentencing Hearing (@ 1:30pm Hawaiian-Aleutian Time) - HI - Telma Boinville (51) (Dec. 6, 2017, Oahu) – *Stephen Brown (23/now 28) arrested (12/13/17), charged & arraigned (12/18/17) with 2nd degree murder, 4 counts kidnapping, 1st degree burglary & criminal property damage. Plead not guilty Bond $1M. After guilty verdict will be held without bond.
Trial began on 1/3/23 for Brown only with Jury Selection & ended 1/9/23. Trial began on 1/9/23. Prosecutors rested their case on 1/13/23. Defense will start their case on 1/17/23 & rested on 1/17/23. Closing arguments done on 1/19/23 & Jury began deliberations on 1/19/23. Total deliberations: 1/19: 1:30pm to 4:30pm = ~3 hours. 1/20: 9am-11am = ~2 hours. Total Deliberations: ~5 hours. Trial ended with a guilty verdict on 1/20/23. Sentencing Phase & jury deliberations Day 1 (1/23/23). 1/23/23: ~3 ½ hours.
Count 7 Criminal Prop Damage IV-Knowingly damages; severity: PM - Petty Misdemeanor. Plead No Contest on 1/9/23. Judge takes plea as guilty. Sentencing hearing on 5/10/23 was continued on 8/30/23.
Court information from 2/19/18 thru 1/2/23 & Jury Selection Days 1-5 (1/3 to 1/9/23) & Trial Day 1-6 (1/9-1/19/23) & Jury Deliberations Days 1-2 (1/19-1/20/23) & Sentencing phase jury deliberations Day 1-2 (1/23-1/24/23) & thru 5/22/23 reference post #236 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-death-oahu-6-dec-2017-arrests.359003/page-12
8/7/23 Update: Status conference hearing on 8/11/23. Sentencing hearing on 8/30/23 @ 1:30pm.
*Hailey Kai Dandurand (20/now 25) – Trial began on 7/10/23 & ended on 8/4/23 with a guilty verdict on all counts. Sentencing phase: jury recommended life in prison. Sentencing hearing on 11/15/23.

 

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Link to Friday, Sept. 1st & continued trials/sentencing.

Trials & Sentencing for September, 2023

For the week of Friday, Sept. 1st: Friday, September 1st: *Sentencing Hearing (@ 10am ET) - IA - Kayleen Lee Blaha (newborn) allegedly drowned by parents to hide meth in her system, Nov. 16, 2022, Fort Dodge. The couple alleged to have disposed of her remains somewhere near the Kenyon Road...

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Update!

Thursday, August 31st:
*Trial continues (Day 9)-VERDICT REACHED (Day2)! (@ 8:30am MT) - NM - Pronoy Bhattacharya (7) (Hit & run on Dec. 12, 2021, River of Lights display, Albuquerque & seriously injured Pronoy father Aditya Bhattacharya) - Sergio Alfred Almanza (27/now 29) warrant served for his arrest (12/13/21), surrendered (1/31/22) charged & arraigned (2/14/22) with homicide by vehicle (driving while under the influence or homicide by vehicle (reckless driving), great bodily harm by vehicle (driving while under the influence) or homicide by vehicle (reckless driving), knowingly leaving the scene of an accident (great bodily harm or death), 2 counts of tampering with evidence & driving an off-highway motor vehicle on a paved street or highway. Plead not guilty. No bond.
Trial began on 8/21/23 & ended 8/30/23). 12 Jurors & 4 alternates. Judge Brett Loveless presiding.
State & defense rested their cases on 8/29/23. Jury deliberations: 8/30/23 from 12 Noon to 5pm (?) - ~5 hours. 8/31/23: no time given.
Info on hit & run & court info from 2/4/22 to 8/16/23 & Trial Days 1-9 (8/21 to 8/30/23) & Jury Deliberations Day 1 (8/30/23) reference post #48 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ver-albuquerque-dec-2021-arrest.607490/page-3
8/31/23 Thursday, Trial Day 9: The jury continues deliberations. The jury has reached a verdict in the trial of Sergio Almanza. The jury has found Almanza guilty on all counts. A sentencing hearing to be set on 11/29/23.
For more info see post #49 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/...ver-albuquerque-dec-2021-arrest.607490/page-3