Court/Trial Updates

Darrell Brooks, the man accused of killing six people and wounding dozens more, pleaded not guilty Friday to 77 charges linked to a fatal hit-and-run during the Wisconsin city of Waukesha’s 2021 Christmas parade.

Billy Ray Turner, the man accused of murdering NBA star Lorenzen Wright 10 years ago, will now head to trial Monday, March 14th.

DeMarcus Little is on trial for malice murder, felony murder, and aggravated assault for the February 2020 death of his girlfriend, Fort Valley State University student Anitra Gunn. Jury selection was completed Monday.

The family of William Marcus Wilson, 23, has been on an emotional roller coaster ever since June of 2020 when he turned himself in for the death of Haley Hutcheson, 17. Wilson has been incarcerated for 18 months and counting awaiting trial. He is claiming self-defense based on Georgia’s stand your ground law.

Chrystul Kizer was arrested at age 17 for the murder of Randall Phillip Volar III. During her arrest, she claimed Volar was her sex trafficker. On June 5, 2018, she shot him twice while he was sitting in a chair, set his house on fire, then stole his car.

Robert Hayes, 37, was arrested in September 2019 on first-degree murder charges for the March 2016 death of Rachel Bey, 32. Police said Hayes was identified as the man behind at least three unsolved murders in Daytona Beach from 2005 to 2006.

Brett Hankison is an American former police officer who became popular for his involvement in the shooting of Breonna Taylor

Former Tampa Police Captain Curtis Reeves is accused of shooting and killing Chad Oulson in 2014 at a movie theater in Wesley Chapel.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the federal hate crimes trial of the three Georgia men charged in connection with the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger whose 2020 shooting fueled protests and calls for racial justice.

On November 30, 2021, a mass shooting occurred at Oxford High School in the Detroit exurb of Oxford Township, Michigan, United States. Four students were killed and seven people were injured, including a teacher. Authorities arrested and charged 15-year-old sophomore Ethan Crumbley as an adult for 24 crimes, including murder and terrorism.

James and Jennifer Crumbley are charged with involuntary manslaughter after November's school shooting outside of Detroit that left four students dead and seven people injured. Prosecutors allege that the Crumbleys made it too easy for their son, 15, to gain access to a handgun.