Bennett was convicted of, among other things, violating
§ 922(g), and the sentencing judge determined that at least three
of Bennett's prior convictions under Maine law were for an offense
that qualifies as a "violent felony" under ACCA. The sentencing
judge therefore applied ACCA's mandatory minimum fifteen-year
sentence to Bennett's § 922(g) conviction. The sentencing ... More...   $0 (07-07-2017 - ME)

Atlanta, GA - Defendant sentenced to two years for mailing hoax anthrax threats

Travis Ball was sentenced to two years in prison for mailing hoax anthrax threats. Ball sent letters to the State Bar of Georgia, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (“LDS”) threatening harm to members of each organization.

“Ball’s threatening letters,... More...   $0 (06-27-2017 - GA)

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Payton Hendrick with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM11, FELONY MURDER - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7
Date of Offense: 05/23/2016
Party Name Disposition Information
HENDRICK, PAYTON COLE
GLOVER, DORIAN JARROD JR
Count # 2. Count as Filed: BRG1, BURGLARY - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1431
Dat... More...   $0 (06-27-2017 - OK)

On the night of March 6, 2003, Nicholls’ husband, Tim, set fire to their home
while she was at their business, the Tailgate Bar. The fire killed their three children,
ages eleven, five, and three. After the fire consumed the house, Nicholls returned from
the Tailgate Bar and claimed to have left candles burning inside the house. She showed
little concern for the children and... More...   $0 (06-20-2017 - CO)

Over the course of 1 1/2 years, Latham filed numerous motions to correct an illegal sentence. In his most recent motion, Latham requested an evidentiary hearing for the district court to consider whether a 1991 in-state juvenile adjudication for aggravated arson and a 1996 out-of-state conviction for aggravated robbery were properly scored as person felonies under State v. Dickey, 301 Kan. 1018, 3... More...   $0 (06-13-2017 - KS)

San Antonio, TX - Jury Convicts Grandfather of Killing Grandson

The State of Texas charged Joel Soto with first-degree murder, arson and injury to a child by omission for murdering his grandson two-year-old Jeremy Soto, who died in a burning truck in 2013. The State claimed that he killed the child because he has let the boy have access to meth, which killed him. He then put the child's ... More...   $0 (06-09-2017 - TX)

A jury convicted Kingsley of four 1991 crimes: first-degree murder on the alternative theories of both premeditated and felony murder, aggravated robbery, aggravated arson, and forgery. As part of the proceedings, the jury found three aggravating circumstances: (1) Kingsley committed the crime for pecuniary gain; (2) he committed the crime to avoid or prevent arrest or prosecution; and (3) he co... More...   $0 (06-09-2017 - KS)

The present prosecution of Delva had its origin in the kidnapping and robbery of a2
woman and a man in the Bronx, New York, which began on Labor Day weekend in 2012. Those3
crimes were investigated by a joint task force of Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") agents and4
New York City Police Department ("NYPD") detectives and officers (collectively or in combination,5
the "Offi... More...   $0 (06-06-2017 - NY)

Fargo, ND - Jury Finds Defendant Guilty of Double Murder

The State of North Dakota charged Ashley Hunter with the murders of Clarence Flowers and Samuel Traut in June of 2015. Flowers was stabbed 77 time and Traut was killed by a hammer blow to his head.


Docket Entries:

06/24/2015 Information Doc ID# 1
06/24/2015 Incident Report Doc ID# 2More...   $0 (06-03-2017 - )

To impose criminal liability, the conduct of the defendant must
be both the cause in fact and the legal cause of the result. Kareem Harris seeks
reversal of the jury conviction of premediated murder in the first degree of Wilbur Lee
Gant. Harris contends insufficient evidence supports the jury finding that the injuries
Gant suffered when Harris shot him at least five times at close... More...   $0 (05-30-2017 - WA)

Appellant lived in a Houston apartment with his girlfriend, A. Davis.
Appellant’s friend, Keylin O’Neil, also lived in the same apartment complex. On
October 2, 2015, Appellant texted O’Neil, asking O’Neil if he “wanted some
money.” O’Neil knew that Appellant was asking if he wanted to commit a
robbery. O’Neil responded that he did.
Appellant and O’Neil left the apar... More...   $0 (05-27-2017 - TX)

A person with three convictions for violent felonies or
serious drug offenses who commits a federal firearms crime is an
armed career criminal and must be sentenced to at least 15 years
in prison — so says the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA," for
short). See 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). Under the governing rule, the
government must prove the existence of the prior convictions b... More...   $0 (05-25-2017 - MA)

Joshua David Lambert has a history of fixating on guns while
using methamphetamine. Armed with a knife on October 3, 2011, Lambert went to the
house of his 80-year-old paternal grandfather George Lambert to steal guns. Lambert
assaulted and brutally murdered his grandfather, tied up his 66-year-old great-aunt, and
stole her car. Lambert drove to his mother's house to steal guns. La... More...   $0 (05-22-2017 - WA)

On the afternoon of March 9, 2013, Bertrand Dezara was murdered in the
courtyard of an apartment building in eastern New Orleans. Shortly before or
around the time of the murder, the New Orleans Police Department was dispatched
to the scene after a 911 call had been made and an aggravated burglary had been
reported.

Two days later, on March 11, 2013, a shootout oc... More...   $0 (05-21-2017 - LA)

Robertson was convicted in 2002 of first-degree murder, arson, and aggravated burglary and sentenced to an imprisonment term of life without possibility of parole for 50 years (hard 50 life sentence) for the first-degree murder conviction. His convictions and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal, where one of the issues he raised was a constitutional challenge to the hard 50 sentence based on A... More...   $0 (05-16-2017 - KS)

On June 8, 2015, a complaint was filed in the Chillicothe Municipal Court
charging Dingus with one count of arson in violation of R.C. 2909.03(A)(4), a felony of the third
degree.
{¶5} Dingus first appeared in the Chillicothe Municipal Court upon the complaint;
however, she waived her right to a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury.
{¶6} On July 10, 2... More...   $0 (05-12-2017 - OH)

The defendant, Victor Rosario, was convicted in 1983 of one count of arson in a dwelling house and eight counts of murder in the second degree; all the charges stem from a fire that occurred in 1982. In 2012, the defendant filed the motion for a new trial at issue here, arguing principally that newly discovered evidence regarding fire science and the conditions under which he confessed to the crim... More...   $0 (05-11-2017 - MA)

Allen Killings was convicted of murder in the first degree. This court
affirmed his conviction on direct appeal. See State v. Killings, No. 09-0739, 2010
WL 3894161, at *1 (Iowa Ct. App. Oct. 6, 2010). Killings now appeals from the
denial of his application for postconviction relief, contending his postconviction
counsel was ineffective in two respects. First, Killings claim... More...   $0 (05-09-2017 - IA)

On June 20, 2014, the State filed a bill of information charging Mr. Brown
with the following:

 Three counts of armed robbery with a firearm, in violation of La. R.S. 14:64 and 14:64.3;  One count of possession of marijuana, in violation of La. R.S. 14:34.2; and

 One count of access device fraud, in violation of La. R.S. 14:70.4(E)(3).
O... More...   $0 (05-06-2017 - LA)

Alpine, TX - Alpine Man Admits to Intentionally Setting U.S. Post Office Ablaze

Karl Henry Peterson, age 59, admitted to setting the U.S. Post Office in Alpine ablaze in 2016.

David Fannin, Peterson pleaded guilty to one count of arson involving a federal facility. By pleading guilty, Peterson admitted to setting fire to the U.S. Post Office during the early morning hours on Oct... More...   $0 (05-04-2017 - TX)

Randy W. Tundidor was convicted of first-degree murder of Joseph
Morrissey (Count I), two counts of attempted first-degree murder and two counts
of attempted felony murder of Linda Morrissey and Patrick Morrissey (Counts II–
V), two counts of armed kidnapping of Joseph Morrissey and Linda Morrissey
(Counts VI–VII), armed burglary (Count VIII), armed robbery of Joseph Morrissey <... More...   $0 (05-01-2017 - FL)

On July 7, 2014, the Henry County Grand Jury indicted the Defendant for arson under a theory of criminal responsibility.1 At trial, Officer Brian Davis testified that he was a patrol deputy with the Henry County Sheriff’s Office. On February 21, 2014, as Officer Davis was driving north on Highway 79 at approximately 1:00 a.m., he observed two individuals walking towards Paris on the side of the ... More...   $0 (04-30-2017 - TN)

In January 2013, Riley pled no contest to one count of solicitation of arson, a severity level 9 person felony. Riley's criminal history was scored an A, based in part upon a juvenile adjudication which occurred prior to the enactment of the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act (KSGA). Given Riley's crime and criminal history score, his presumptive sentence was 15 to 17 months in prison. Before the di... More...   $0 (04-25-2017 - KS)

On the night of March 21, 2015, NYPD Officers Chris Aybar and Jose 9  
Espinal entered a four‐story, twelve‐unit private apartment building located at 10  
584 East 167th Street in New York Cityʹs Borough of the Bronx, to conduct a 11  
floor‐by‐floor patrol as part of the NYPDʹs ʺClean Hallsʺ program,1 pursuant to 1 2 
which officers ent... More...   $0 (04-24-2017 - DC)

Around 9:00 p.m. on April 13, 2011, Andre Porter (Porter), Dontrez Banks (Banks), and Defendant met at Paul’s Truck Stop in Leesville, Louisiana. Sometime around then, the three men discussed going to Perry’s residence north of Rosepine initially for the purpose of stealing some marijuana. All three men then proceeded down Highway 171 (Hwy 171) towards Perry’s residence in Porter’s vehicle. At som... More...   $0 (04-20-2017 - LA)