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Wrong Turn Killing: Gunman Appeals NY Murder Conviction In Kaylin Gillis Death
An upstate New York homeowner sentenced to decades in prison for fatally shooting a young woman in his driveway is formally appealing his murder conviction. In a Washington County Court filing Tuesday, Aug. 12, attorneys for Kevin Monahan, 66, argued his trial was riddled with legal errors and that prosecutors failed to prove he acted with the extreme disregard for human life required for a murder conviction. Monahan is currently serving 25 years to life for fatally shooting 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis outside his Hebron home in April 2023, as Daily Voice reported. What They're Claiming In c…
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DOJ Probing NY Attorney General’s Office Over Trump, NRA Lawsuits: Report
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office violated the legal rights of President Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association through civil lawsuits, NBC News reports. The US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York is leading the probe, which is in its early stages, according to the outlet. A spokesperson for James’ office issued the following statement: “Any weaponization of the justice system should disturb every American. We stand strongly behind our successful litigation against the Trump Organization and the Nation…
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Mistress Speaks From Prison In Hulu Doc About PA Dentist Who Killed His Wife For $4.8M
The longtime mistress of a Pennsylvania dentist who gunned down his wife during an African safari is breaking her silence from prison in Hulu’s new docuseries, "Trophy Wife: Murder on Safari." Lori Milliron, 67, was convicted of being an accessory after the fact in the murder of Bianca Rudolph, who was shot in the chest by her husband, Larry Rudolph, during a hunting trip in Zambia on Oct. 11, 2016, federal prosecutors said. In the three-part Hulu series, Milliron maintains she had no involvement in the murder. “There was no ultimatum. Why would I wait 15 years to give him an ultimatum? It…
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Court Rejects Convicted Killer's Ninth Attempt To Overturn 1980 NY Murder Conviction: DA
A man convicted in one of Rockland County’s most brutal murders has once again failed in his attempt to overturn the case more than four decades later, even as he continues to maintain his innocence more than four decades later. On Tuesday, July 1, the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court rejected an appeal by convicted murderer Amer Zada, who was found guilty in 1980 of killing 17-year-old Shirley Smith in a Village of Nyack parking lot, according to Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II. Zada, who was also convicted of attempted sodomy and aggravated sexua…
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Charges Reinstated Against Trooper For Murder Of Girl In I-87 Crash In Region
A state appellate panel has reinstated a murder charge against a former New York State Police trooper who allegedly rammed a vehicle twice at 130 miles per hour during a traffic stop, killing an 11-year-old girl. The incident occurred in Ulster County on I-87 in Kingston on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, around 11:30 p.m. In a statement released by New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday, Sept. 19, James said the charges of murder, depraved indifference murder, and reckless endangerment had been reinstated against former Trooper Christopher Baldner in connection with the death of 11-ye…
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Gymnastics Coach Sentenced For Killing Boyfriend, Father Of Her Two Children
A 31-year-old woman will spend decades in prison after being sentenced for murdering her boyfriend and father of their two children. Town of Poughkeepsie resident Nicole Addimando was sentenced to a term of 19 years to life in prison after being found guilty of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of her former boyfriend, Christopher Grover. She was also found guilty of criminal possession of a weapon. Grover, a 2006 graduate of Red Hook High School, was a head coach at Mr. Todd’s Gymnastics in Poughkeepsie. On Sept. 28, 2017, Addimando flagged down a patrol officer in the area and…
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Ex-Rockland Bus Company Magnate Appeals Corruption Conviction
The former owner of a local bus repair and transportation company in Rockland who was sentenced to more than four years in prison on federal bribery and corruption charges is appealing his conviction. Richard Brega, who owned Brega D.O.T. Maintenance Corp. in Rockland County, was sentenced to 50 months in prison in December last year after he was found guilty by a federal jury in White Plains, following a three-week trial. Berga, 52, whose prison term is scheduled to end in 2022, is claiming that the jury verdicts were inconsistent, prompting him to ask for a reversal of his conviction and …
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18-Year-Old Sentenced For Killing Westchester Woman, 23, In Panama
An appeal is already in the works after a teenager tried as a juvenile received a 12-year prison sentence for strangling a 23-year-old Westchester woman to death in Panama last year. Catherine Johannet, a 2011 graduate of Edgemont High School, was found dead on Feb. 5, 2017 beside a trail on Isla Colon in Bastimentos after she had been reported as missing. Her convicted 18-year-old murderer - whose name was not released because he was 17 at the time and considered a minor in Panama - was subsequently convicted of charges that include rape, robbery and murder. Prosecutors in Panama filed an…
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