ARLINGTON, Texas – A Texas jury found former Arlington police officer Ravi Singh not guilty for the murder of Margarita “Maggie” Brooks.
Singh was indicted in September 2020 for criminally negligent homicide, which carries a punishment range of 180 days to two years in prison, CBS News reported.
The young officer was just a month on the job in 2019 when he responded to a call to check on a woman sleeping behind a shopping center. Upon arrival, he found the woman but her dog charged at him, causing him to discharge his duty weapon in self-defense. The round ricocheted twice and fatally struck Brooks…
A jury heard opening statements in the trial of a man accused of killing his ex-wife at her real estate office in north Fort Worth.
Police said John St. Angelo locked the door to Suzanne Parson’s office then stabbed her to death in 2013. A day later he was arrested after a standoff with police….
A jail inmate who punched a pregnant employee at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth in an act that authorities alleged caused the death of the fetus has pleaded guilty to assault of a public servant.
A jail inmate who punched a pregnant Fort Worth hospital employee in an act that authorities alleged caused the death of the fetus has pleaded guilty to assault of a public servant. In a plea agreement with the state, Cheri Akil, 39, was on Jan. 10 in the 485th District Court in Tarrant County sentenced to two years in prison. Akil was in Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office custody at John Peter Smith Hospital at the time the assault of the patient care technician occurred on April 12, 2023. Akil was seven days later charged with murder. A grand jury in July indicted her on assault of a public servant. In an interview with a reporter, defense attorney Kathy Lowthorp said she had explored her client’s state of mind at the time of the offense. Akil was in the hospital’s intensive care unit and under treatment for a medical condition that may have affected her ability to have the
Updated on: April 29, 2024 / 9:39 PM EDT / CBS/AP
Prosecutors said Monday they will not retry an Arizona rancher whose trial in the fatal shooting of a Mexican man on his property ended last week with a deadlocked jury…..
Posted at 8:12 AM, April 23, 2024
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Ariz. (Court TV) — A mistrial has been declared in the trial of a 75-year-old rancher accused of fatally shooting a Mexican citizen who was found dead on his nearly 100-acre ranch just outside the U.S.-Mexico border….
Published April 4, 2024 1:20pm EDT
Arizona rancher George Alan Kelly’s wife was called to testify on behalf of the prosecution on Wednesday, as the high-stakes murder trial with broad implications about the borderlands continues…..
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Ariz. (Court TV) — A mistrial has been declared in the trial of a 75-year-old rancher accused of fatally shooting a Mexican citizen who was found dead on his nearly 100-acre ranch just outside the U.S.-Mexico border.
Jurors in the murder case against a Nogales-area rancher accused of killing an unarmed migrant on his property were unable to reach a unanimous verdict and remained deadlocked on the charges.
After more than 15 hours of deliberation…
Updated March 28, 2024 12:09pm MST
NOGALES, Ariz. – A key witness took the stand on Wednesday in the trial of a southern Arizona rancher charged with shooting and killing a migrant on his property. Daniel Ramirez was with 48-year-old Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea when he was allegedly shot and….
Apr 24, 2024 Updated May 1, 2024
One juror, who refused to acquit Nogales rancher George Alan Kelly, was the lone holdout in the closely watched murder trial, according to Kelly’s defense team.
The jury was split 7 to 1 in favor of acquittal…
Posted: 4:34 PM, Apr 22, 2024
NOGALES, Ariz. (KGUN) — A jury has been unable to agree on whether a Santa Cruz County rancher is guilty or not guilty in the shooting death of a Mexican National Crossing his ranch so Judge Thomas Fink has declared a mistrial in the case….
Posted: March 24, 2024 at 4:00 a.m.
Posted: 4:34 PM, Apr 22, 2024
NOGALES (AP) — The trial of a Southern Arizona rancher charged with fatally shooting an unarmed migrant on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border went to the jury Thursday…
Posted: 7:54 PM CDT Apr 22, 2024
An Arizona judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a Mexican man on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border. The decision came…..
Posted: 14:47 BST, 24 April 2024
The criminal proceedings against George Alan Kelly, who was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a migrant on his Arizona ranch, have ended in a mistrial, a judge declared on Monday, making…..
Posted: Monday, April 22, 2024 8:11PM EDT
PHOENIX, ARIZ. — An Arizona judge declares a mistrial Monday in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a Mexican man on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border…
Posted: April 23, 2024
An Arizona judge declared a mistrial Monday evening in the criminal case against rancher George Alan Kelly, who is accused of killing an illegal immigrant on his property in 2023…
Posted: Monday, April 22, 2024 8:11PM EDT
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Ariz. (KGUN) — Witness testimony began Tuesday in the second degree murder trial of Santa Cruz County rancher George Alan Kelly. Kelly is charged with shooting and killing an undocumented border crosser passing through his ranch…
Posted: 11:59 BST, 23 April 2024
An Arizona rancher has received a mistrial after he was accused of shooting dead a Mexican migrant on his land because only one of the jurors believed he was guilty….
Posted: Apr 25, 2024
On Wednesday’s “Carl Higbie FRONTLINE,” Kathy Lowthorp, attorney for George Alan Kelly, describes the rancher’s unjust punishment for defending his property from an illegal immigrant….
Posted: 3:53 AM GMT+8, April 13, 2024
PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors in the case of an Arizona rancher charged with fatally shooting a migrant on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border visited the scene of the killing as the third week of the trial wrapped up…