A man accused of faking his own death and fleeing the United States to avoid sexual assault and fraud allegations was convicted of rape in Utah on Wednesday, prosecutors said. A Salt Lake County jury found Nicholas Alahverdian, who has been identified and charged by authorities in Utah as Nicholas Rossi, guilty after three days of testimony. Deliberations began Wednesday. …
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LeShon Johnson’s shameful career operating a dogfighting enterprise of immense magnitude is as long as it is grisly, far longer than his stint as a running back, even if his season as the leading rusher in college football is included along with his five years in the NFL. The Department of Justice announced Monday that a federal jury in Oklahoma …
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LeShon Johnson’s shameful career operating a dogfighting enterprise of immense magnitude is as long as it is grisly, far longer than his stint as a running back, even if his season as the leading rusher in college football is included along with his five years in the NFL. The Department of Justice announced Monday that a federal jury in Oklahoma …
Read More »LeShon Johnson, Ex-N.F.L. Player, Is Convicted in Major Dogfighting Case The New York Times Ex-NFL RB convicted for role in dogfighting outfit ESPN An ex-NFL player has been convicted in a dogfighting case. A record number of dogs were taken from him CNN NFL legend Deion Sanders announces he had an ‘aggressive form’ of bladder cancer Fox News Ex-NFL player convicted for operating dogfighting …
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OKLAHOMA CITY — A former NFL player from Oklahoma has been convicted for his role in a large-scale dogfighting operation, federal prosecutors announced. LeShon Eugene Johnson, 54, of Broken Arrow was convicted of six felony counts of possessing dogs for use in an animal-fighting venture. He was acquitted of 17 other similar counts. He faces up to five years in …
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Note: The release has been updated to include a quote from the FBI Director. Following a multi-day trial, a federal jury in Oklahoma last week convicted Leshon Eugene Johnson, 54, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, on six felony counts of violating the federal Animal Welfare Act’s prohibitions against possessing, selling, transporting, and delivering animals to be used in fighting ventures. Following …
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BOZEMAN — MTN News confirmed this afternoon that the suspect in the Anaconda bar shooting is related to William Brown, a convicted murderer who has been serving a life sentence for the past 23 years for stabbing a man to death in Anaconda 24 years ago. William Brown was sentenced to 110 years for deliberate homicide in 2002 following a …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link Starke, Florida AP — A man convicted of the 1994 killings of his wife and their two children became the ninth person put to death in Florida this year, his death Thursday marking a state record for a single-year execution total since the U.S. Supreme Court restored the death penalty decades ago. Edward Zakrzewski, 60, was …
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A jury convicted a Colorado dentist of first-degree murder on Wednesday after he repeatedly poisoned his wife, including by lacing her protein shakes. Prosecutors had accused James Craig of repeatedly poisoning his wife, Angela Craig, over 10 days in March 2023. When those attempts failed, prosecutors said the dentist gave his wife a final dose of cyanide as she was …
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A Colorado jury on Wednesday convicted a former dentist of murder in his wife’s death by fatally dosing her protein shakes with a poisonous cocktail that included medication found in eye drops. The Arapahoe County jury found James Craig, 47, guilty of first-degree murder in the March 2023 killing of Angela Craig, 43. The panel reached its verdict on the …
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