Five individuals, including two police officers and two paramedics, have pleaded not guilty to charges related to the death of Elijah McClain in Aurora, Colorado in 2019. The charges stem from an incident in August 2019, when a 911 caller reported a man who seemed “sketchy” and the responding officers placed McClain in a chokehold and paramedics injected him with a powerful sedative. An amended autopsy report concluded that McClain would have most likely survived but for the administration of a dose of ketamine. The five individuals will be tried in three separate trials later this year.
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Three U.S. Marines, Micah Coomer, Joshua Abate and Dodge Dale Hellonen, have been arrested and charged with four misdemeanors for their involvement in the Capitol riot on January 6th. The FBI identified them through footage and Coomer's Instagram account, which showed him expressing support for the Boogaloo Bois. The FBI is continuing to investigate the incident and more arrests are expected.
The FTC has requested that the court impose sanctions on notorious "pharma bro" Martin Shkreli for forming a new drug company in violation of a judge's ban. This order stemmed from a ruling that Shkreli oversaw an illegal scheme to maintain a monopoly on the life-saving drug Daraprim, and the FTC has asked the court to find Shkreli in civil contempt and impose a fine or other penalties. If found in contempt, Shkreli could face additional penalties.
Larry Ray, a 63-year-old New York man, was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Friday after being convicted of extortion, racketeering, conspiracy, forced labor and sex trafficking of women he met at his daughter's on-campus housing at Sarah Lawrence College. Judge Lewis J. Liman described Ray's crimes as "particularly heinous," noting that he had taken advantage of the students' vulnerability and trust in him as a father figure. Ray's sentence serves as a warning to those who would seek to exploit vulnerable people and highlights the importance of providing support and resources to potential victims of abuse.
This article reports that the body of 33-year-old Kayla Kelley, who had been reported missing from McKinney, Texas on April 17th, has been found in a field in Grand Prairie. Ocastor Ferguson, 32, has been arrested on a kidnapping charge and is being held in lieu of $1.5 million bond, and the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office is still determining the cause of death. The Collin County Sheriff's Office is asking for anyone with information to come forward.
On Thursday night, a shooting at a Walmart in Evansville, Indiana, left at least one person wounded and the suspected gunman dead. Police encountered the suspect who fired multiple times at them and the suspect was shot and killed by police. Anne Gray, a spokesperson for the Evansville Police Department, urged anyone with information to contact the police as the incident is still under investigation.
Chase Neill, 32, of Lawrence, Kansas, was found guilty of threatening U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner after leaving a death threat in a voicemail in LaTurner's Topeka office. Neill, who acted as his own attorney, admitted in court that he had threatened to kill the congressman, claiming he was a messenger from God. He is scheduled to be sentenced on December 14 and faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
The New Mexico District Attorney's office has announced criminal charges against actor and producer Alec Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed in connection with the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western film "Rust" in October 2021. Baldwin is being charged with involuntary manslaughter and his attorney has said he is "fully cooperating with the investigation." The District Attorney's office is confident they will win convictions in their case against Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed.