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HOUSTON, Texas -- Years after a young boy's skeletal remains were found in a Texas apartment where his brothers were living alone, the man accused of beating the child to death is headed to prison for the crime. Lawyers delivered their closing arguments in the case of Brian Coulter, 34, who is accused of beating Kendrick Lee to death in Harris County. Coulter pleaded not guilty, but opted for a bench trial, without a jury present. After deliberating for about 20 minutes, Judge Kelli Johnson of the 178th Criminal District Court found Coulter guilty of capital murder. Coulter will be automatically sentenced to life in prison without the opportunity for parole. #trial #crimeandpunishment #capitalmurder #kendricklee #briancoulter #stepsonmurder #sentences #verdict #court

As armorer of the Western film Rust, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was in charge of weapons used on set and on location. She was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter after loading a prop gun that killed the movie's cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins. Now Gutierrez-Reed has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. Before issuing the sentence, Santa Fe judge Mary Sommer said she hadn't expressed accountability for the accidental death. "In her own words, she said she didn't need to be shaking dummies all the time." During a scene rehearsal in 2021, the film's main actor, Alec Baldwin, pointed what was supposed to be an unloaded gun toward the camera. It fired off, killing cinematographer Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. Since then, there have been questions over who is responsible for loading the gun with live ammunition. #rustmovie #hannahgutierrezreed

Clark County, Indiana, sheriff Jamey Noel will spend 60 days in jail after a judge ruled he was in contempt of court for violating one of the terms he was ordered to abide by following his November arrest. Noel, who faces 25 felony charges, was ordered to appear in court after Indiana State Police investigators reported finding two handguns in his Jeffersonville home. During his first court hearing in November, Medlock told Noel he had to surrender all of his firearms to police, except for one shotgun of his choice. #sentences #trial #verdict #60daysin #jameynoel #courthearing

Officers found Hoffman face down in gym shorts and socks. He had multiple gunshot wounds and a faint pulse. He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. A month after the fatal shooting, the autopsy confirmed that Hoffman died from multiple gunshots. The death was ruled a homicide. #verdict #trial #sentences #sandralayne #court The toxicology report cast new light on the case. Lab reports showed that Hoffman was taking synthetic marijuana called Spice or K2. Layne knew about Jonathan using Spice, said Sabbota. “She had conversations with the probation officer because she was afraid of the way he was acting," he said

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Former pro wrestler Tammy “Sunny” Sytch has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for drunkenly colliding with another car, killing a 75-year-old man, while her blood alcohol level was four times the legal limit, authorities in Florida said. #tammysytch #deadlydui #wwesunny #trial #sentences #verdict #court Sytch, who was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011, pleaded no contest in August to driving under the influence manslaughter and other charges. She also had an unsealed bottle of vodka in her vehicle and cannabis in her system at the time of her arrest in Volusia County in March 2022, authorities said.

A Brown County judge sentenced Taylor Schabusiness, 25, for the February 2022 killing of Shad Thyrion, 24. A jury had convicted her in July of first-degree intentional homicide, third-degree sexual assault and mutilating a corpse. On February 23, 2022, Shad Thyrion, a 24-year-old American man, was murdered and dismembered by his lover, Taylor Schabusiness. Thyrion's severed head was discovered by his mother, Tara Pakanich, in a bucket in the basement of their family home in Green Bay, Wisconsin #sentences #trial #court #taylorschabusiness #shadthyrion #murdermutilation #decapitation

Wilson was gunned down in her Austin apartment in 2022, and Armstrong was sentenced to 90 years in prison this past November. Throughout the case, prosecutors and witnesses said Armstrong was motivated by jealousy after discovering Wilson dated her boyfriend, Colin Strickland, after the couple briefly broke up #kaitlinarmstrong #moriahwilson #procyclistdeath #sentences

- A member of the Heartless Felons gang who helped set up the September 2021 slaying of then-Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson’s grandson received a life sentence on Tuesday. Robert Shepard, 30, was not present when a hooded gunman fired seven bullets into the body of 24-year-old Frank Q. Jackson on Sept. 19, 2021. Instead, he carried out his role in the murder conspiracy by using his longtime friendship with the younger Jackson to borrow his dirt bike that day, then used it to bait Frank Q. Jackson to a dimly lit side yard in the Garden Valley housing project where the gunman lay in wait. #sentences #frankqjackson #clevelandmayorgrandson #trial #Court

Teenager Ethan Crumbley was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday for gunning down four classmates and wounding six others and a teacher at Michigan’s Oxford High School in 2021. Dismissing last-minute defense pleas that Crumbley’s life is salvageable, Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Kwamé Rowe noted that the “defendant in his own words” told the court “this is nobody’s fault but his own.” Rowe said victim Justin Shilling, 17, was shot at point-blank range after being told by the defendant to get on his knees. Hana St. Juliana, 14, was shot a second time after she was down, he said, “to finish the job by shooting her again.” #sentences #ethancrumbley #oxfordhighschoolshooting

Teenager Ethan Crumbley was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday for gunning down four classmates and wounding six others and a teacher at Michigan’s Oxford High School in 2021. Dismissing last-minute defense pleas that Crumbley’s life is salvageable, Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Kwamé Rowe noted that the “defendant in his own words” told the court “this is nobody’s fault but his own.” Rowe said victim Justin Shilling, 17, was shot at point-blank range after being told by the defendant to get on his knees. Hana St. Juliana, 14, was shot a second time after she was down, he said, “to finish the job by shooting her again.” #sentences #ethancrumbley #oxfordhighschoolshooting

The last thing an Akron woman did before she was raped and murdered was help the man who became her killer. Mary Kay “Katie” Wohlfarth assisted Michael Olson with cleaning and vacuuming his storage unit. As she emptied a wet-dry vac into a dumpster, Olson waited behind the trash container, ready to attack.Katie did nothing to contribute to the horrible crime that befell her,” said Assistant Prosecutor Tom Kroll. “She showed kindness to the defendant.” This was among the details prosecutors shared Tuesday during the sentencing for Olson, who pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and other charges for the June beating death of Wohlfarth. Her body was found inside Olson’s storage unit. #sentences #michaelolson #rapemurder #marykaywohlfarth #trial #courtcases

The day the 18-month-old died, the grandmother took the boys to Putzlocker’s house. The grandmother said she left the home when everyone decided to take a nap. She told investigators she didn’t believe her son would do drugs around the children.

Jessy Kurczewski has been found guilty of all three charges in the Waukesha County eye drops trial. The jury returned its verdict shortly before 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Kurczewski was found guilty of one felony count of first-degree intentional homicide and guilty of two counts of theft of movable property less than $100,000 but more than $10,000. Sentencing will take place at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 7. Kurczewski faces mandatory life in prison for the homicide charge while the other two counts carry a maximum of five years in prison for each. #sentences #jessykurczewski #eyedropmurer #trial #verdict #conviction #Court

The man accused of shooting and killing a 6-year-old girl during a drive-by at a South Collingwood home has changed his plea and could spend the rest of his life locked up. On Tuesday, a Cuyahoga County judge sentenced 23-year-old Raysean Howard to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 23 years. As part of a plea agreement, Howard pleaded guilty to murder in order to have the charge reduced from aggravated murder, a more severe offense that carries the possibility of the death penalty. Howard also pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder, along with several other drug charges. #trial #clevelanddriveby #sentences #verdict

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Jupiter father accused of locking his adopted son in a box-like structure in the garage of their home has been found guilty on all counts. Tim Ferriter was convicted on aggravated child abuse, child neglect and false imprisonment on Thursday afternoon. Ferriter took a deep breath before the verdict was read and remained stoic as the clerk read the charges. His wife, Tracy Ferriter, sat behind him with her face in her palm.

Woman, 2 men face murder charges in killing of man lured into vehicle, deputies say. Investigators with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday three suspected charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of Eddie Michael Thomas last fall. Investigators arrested Candiss Marie Robinson, 37, and obtained warrants on Devageo Talley, 24, and Jonathan Antwan Talley, 25. Investigators said on the evening of Sept. 6, the Robinson and the Talley cousins began driving around in a gold Chevy Tahoe. When they saw Thomas, with whom they are familiar, they persuaded him to get into the vehicle, investigators said. According to deputies, the four began driving around and at some point, the conversation prompted Thomas to jump out of the vehicle and take off running, deputies said.

A New Mexico teenage mother, Alexis Avila was sentenced Monday to a mandatory 18 years in prison for tossing her newborn son into a trash dumpster behind a shopping center, but a state district judge cited mental health concerns and the defendant's age in suspending two years of the punishment. #trial #sentences #dumpsterbaby

Henry Dinkins, 51, was convicted in a bench trial Sept. 15 of first-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping in the death of Breasia Terrell. A judge found an Iowa man guilty Friday in the murder of a 10-year-old girl who was missing for eight months before her remains were found ...