All Blog Posts Tagged 'slaying' (8)

2 men charged over slaying of brothers

Two men were charged Tuesday night for their alleged role in the slaying of two brothers on the opening night of the Miami-Dade County Fair in March, police said.

Carlton Williams, 20, and Norris Smith, 21, were arrested on charges of second-degree murder and armed robbery in the deaths of their pals, brothers Dion and Danzel Coppet, 17 and 20 years old.

Homicide detectives believe Williams, Smith and the Coppets had tried to rob a man… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on September 4, 2008 at 11:15am — 6 Comments

Dallas man arrested in mother's slaying

Dallas police were busy Wednesday investigating three deaths, including that of a woman who appeared to have been beaten to death and whose son was arrested in her slaying.

Mother slain, son arrested

In that case, Keith Asbry Rose, 38, called police at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and said his mother was on the floor of his kitchen apartment in the 4700 block of Bryan Street in northeast Dallas, but she wasn't moving or breathing.

The… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 7, 2008 at 1:19am — 1 Comment

Triple slaying suspect: "I had fun"

Handcuffed and shackled, Randal Rushing blew the awaiting media a kiss as he was led from a Wilkes-Barre apartment Thursday afternoon.

“I had fun,” the man accused of a triple homicide in Scranton said when asked whether he had killed three people.

Ten hours after a grisly discovery at his residence on South Irving Avenue — three people so badly bludgeoned that the manner of death was difficult to determine — Rushing, 25,… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 21, 2008 at 12:03pm — 21 Comments

Change of venue for courtroom slaying trial

Earlier Thursday, as jury selection began, Nichols pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murder and a host of other charges related to a March 2005 shooting spree that began at the courthouse and killed four people.

Superior Court Judge James Bodiford, brought in from nearby Cobb County, said he was "extremely concerned" about continuing with the trial in the same courthouse where a judge, a court stenographer and a bailiff were gunned down… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 11, 2008 at 7:15pm — 7 Comments

$1 mil bond in NOLA slaying

An Orleans Parish judge has set a $1 million bond to keep David Bonds in jail awaiting trial on attempted murder, two months after a jury acquitted the 19-year-old of murdering musician Dinerral Shavers.

Judge Julian Parker last week raised the magistrate court's original $750,000 bond to a cool million - which in Orleans is an enormous sum for a defendant facing a charge not involving a homicide. Bonds remained in jail as of Tuesday… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 2, 2008 at 12:08pm — 9 Comments

KC man charged in slaying

OLATHE, Kan. – One man is charged with first degree murder and another two are charged in connection with the murder of an Olathe man.

District Attorney Phill Kline filed first degree murder charges against Alphonse James Jackson, 19, of Kansas City, Mo., in connection with the shooting death of Rodney Keith Butner, Jr., 21.

Butner was shot in… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 29, 2008 at 3:40am — 4 Comments

46 count indictment in Knoxville carjack slaying

A Knox County Criminal Court judge on Wednesday ordered prosecutors in a fatal carjacking case to answer four "Ws": what, when, where and who.

In a straightforward case, Judge Richard Baumgartner's directive might pose little or no problem for prosecutors and might not even be a concern for the defense. But, as the judge noted at a hearing Wednesday, the carjacking-turned-torture-slaying of a young Knox County couple is anything but… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 28, 2008 at 8:37am — 6 Comments

3 accused of Dallas recording studio slaying

Two men accused of fatally shooting a Garland recording studio owner and his best friend bragged about robbing them, and an aunt overheard and called police, authorities say. Demarius Cummings and James Broadnax, both 19 and of Dallas, are being held at the Garland Jail in lieu of $1 million bail. Both are charged with capital murder.

Matthew Butler, 28, owner of Zion Gate Records, and Stephen Swan, 26, his sound engineer, were killed early… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 21, 2008 at 4:49am — 4 Comments