A Monroe man pleaded guilty to assault in Orange County Court on Nov. 14 in connection with his role in the May shooting of a robbery victim in Port Jervis. Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced John Selja Jr., 22, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault, a felony. Documents filed and statements made in court…
A 40-year-old man was hospitalized Nov. 12 after he was injured in a police shooting near Madison Street and 2nd Avenue. According to the Eugene Police Chief Chris Skinner, officers responded to reports of a man armed with a shotgun around 12:30 p.m. in the 1400 block of Railroad Boulevard in Eugene. Skinner said seven…
Prosecutors say a 32-year-old Milwaukee woman grew paranoid after smoking marijuana and shot a Concordia pharmacy student and herself on Nov. 4. Jamica Simone Mills, who was 31 at the time of the shooting, is charged with first-degree reckless homicide by use of a dangerous weapon in the shooting that killed 26-year-old Ariel Spillner, who…
Editor’s Note: IndyStar used a translator application to transcribe Spanish into English for this story. An 8-year-old stared at her mother’s body in a casket, while sitting on her father’s lap with dried tears staining her face. She held her 10-year-old sister’s hand as their 17-year-old big sister sat shaking nearby, with her head in her…
STILLWATER ― Loud and persistent chants of “No means No!” and “No justice, no peace!” erupted in front of the Payne County Courthouse as upward of 150 people gathered to protest a ruling that allowed a teen who faced years of incarceration on charges of sexually assaulting two girls to avoid prison. Most of the…
Police are investigating after five people were injured in a shooting at an Oklahoma City-area Halloween party Friday night. According to News9, the shooting occurred shortly after 10 p.m. near NW 10th and Chisholm Road in west Oklahoma City. More than 30 teenagers were attending a party in the backyard of a home when the shooting began….
This story has been updated with new information. A 13-year-old has been arrested and charged with vandalism in connection with the newly installed Marty Brennaman statue outside the Great American Ballpark, officials said. Cincinnati police announced the charges in an Oct. 28 statement. They did not specify the gender of the person involved. The statue…
Milwaukee police shut down bars on Brady Street in the early morning of Sunday, Oct. 26, due to large crowds. The Milwaukee Police Department said in a statement that officers “observed unusually large crowds of individuals participating in the Brady Street Halloween Party” around midnight between Oct. 25 and Oct. 26. Police said officers responded…