Bairon Hernandez, 34, was charged with murder once the victim, Roosevelt Island resident Richard Williams, died from his injuries nine days after police said he was pushed onto the tracks at the Lexington Avenue-63rd Street station on the morning of March 8.
Sandhu Ponnachan, 36, of Chariot Close, Alvaston, appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, charged with six counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, one count of attempted grievous bodily harm, and one count of possession of a bladed article.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives could not conclusively connect a bullet fragment recovered during an autopsy to the rifle found near the scene. The FBI is running additional tests.
This is a tragic incident in which a woman has lost her life. We are working to establish the full circumstances of what happened, and we are keeping an open mind to pursue all lines of inquiry. We urge anyone who was in the area of Bath Road, who may have seen or heard anything unusual, to come forward.
Michelle Sadio, 44, died at the scene and two others were injured when shots were fired from a passing Kia as a crowd of mourners stood outside the River of Life Pentecostal Church following a wake in December 2024. On Monday, Tahjin Sommersall,19, told the court he had never even seen the car used in the shooting and had been in Wembley when the attack happened.
Prosecutors in the German town of Aschaffenburg have charged a man with murder more than 41 years after the violent death of a trainee nurse in northern Bavaria. Authorities said the former boyfriend of 19-year-old Maria Koehler was accused of strangling her with a mesh scarf on July 30, 1984, out of jealousy and revenge. "Based on its investigations, the public prosecutor's office assumes that he acted treacherously," they said.
The government writes, in accordance with the court's instructions at the pretrial conference on Jan. 30, 2026, to inform the court that the Department of Justice will not seek interlocutory review of the court's order entered that same day dismissing counts three and four of the indictment.
A total of 10 gunshots rang out from the ICE officers, leaving Pretti lying supine and motionless in the middle of the street. He was declared dead at the scene. Video of the incident appeared to contradict the Department of Homeland Security narrative that Pretti approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun, and that the officers were forced to shoot in self-defense.
Early Saturday morning in downtown Minneapolis, 37-year-old Alex Pretti was killed by federal agents in full public view. Within hours, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection officials released a familiar statement: an agent, they said, had acted in lawful self-defense against an armed and violent agitator. According to this narrative, Pretti instigated the violence that led to his death.
The intense grief of losing James and learning in the court of the verbal, psychological and physical abuse is utterly unimaginable. The lack of humanity shown after his brutal final fatal attack is imprinted on my mind and will haunt me for the remainder of my days. I am grateful to all concerned who heard James's voice in the dark and believed him. The pain of intense loss may fade after time, but the sadness will always be there.
The Chronicle reports that the jury found Watson not guilty of murder or elder abuse, and instead convicted him on just the lesser charges of involuntary manslaughter and assault. The difference with the lesser charges is critical. As the Chronicle explains, the involuntary manslaughter conviction comes with just a four-year prison sentence, as does the assault charge. Watson could face additional enhancements that could add as many as five years onto his sentence.
Having suffered a fatal knife wound to his neck, a Dublin father called the man who had inflicted the injury a "dirtbird" and told him: "You stabbed me in the artery, you f***ing eejit," a murder trial has heard.
Authorities allege Haney intentionally struck 79-year-old Axelrod with his car near the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Hereford Street around 8 a.m. Saturday. He allegedly drove onto the Commonwealth Avenue Mall and fled the scene after mowing the philanthropist down. Axelrod was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, Boston police said. His dog was also killed in the collision.
On Oct. 11, 2025 in the West Village, Dana Escoffier, an 80-year-old resident who lived on Hudson Street crossed paths with 82-year-old Dean Whetzel, who lived around the corner. They were neighbors for 50 years. According to news reports, Whetzel apparently bumped into him. Escoffier allegedly shoved him back, sending Whetzel to the pavement where he suffered a fractured skull. He never regained consciousness and died on Nov. 5, 2025. The city's medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.
The hearing concerned Farwell's request to move his trial to Rhode Island. He and his lawyers contend that there has been "one-sided, biased media coverage" of the case in the Boston area, leading to the "widespread public misbelief" that Farwell groomed Birchmore, had sex with her when she was a minor, and ultimately killed her, according to court documents filed in November.