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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (FOX 9) – One of the police officers arrested and charged with aiding and abetting the murder of George Floyd was on his fourth day on the job when the incident occurred. According to Earl Grey, the defense attorney for Thomas Lane, the rookie officer was on his fourth day on patrol. “What would your state of mind be if you work your rear end off to become a cop and four days on the job, you’re accused of murder?” Grey asked, arguing that his client did not aid in a murder. Lane, along with Tou Thao and...

<p>BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) — Police in Minnesota have closed their investigation of a 6-year-old girl’s hanging death by ruling out foul play, and said the evidence points to an accident or suicide.</p> <p>Kendrea Johnson was found unconscious in a bedroom of her foster home in Brooklyn Park with a jump rope around her neck Dec. 27. There were no witnesses in the room.</p>

The new captain jumped from the cockpit, fully dressed, and sprinted through the water. A former lifeguard, he kept his eyes on his victim as he headed straight for the owners who were swimming between their anchored sportfisher and the beach. “I think he thinks you’re drowning,” the husband said to his wife. They had been splashing each other and she had screamed but now they were just standing, neck-deep on the sand bar. “We’re fine, what is he doing?” she asked, a little annoyed. “We’re fine!” the husband yelled, waving him off, but his captain kept swimming hard. ”Move!”...

An Edmonton family is grieving the loss of their middle child today, after the 10-year-old boy was found dead yesterday morning in the family's north-end home. EMS Supt. Wes Bogdane said emergency crews found the boy with a pair of toy nunchuks wrapped around his neck. Nunchuks are a martial arts weapon, made up of two sticks joined by a short length of rope or chain. Paramedics responded to 12720 48 St. shortly after 7:30 a.m. yesterday, and said Christopher White was dead when they got there. The medical examiner's office is investigating the circumstances of the death, and a...

Guilty plea in disc jockey's death 12/20/2002 By TIM WYATT / The Dallas Morning News A 40-year-old truck driver pleaded guilty Friday to negligent homicide charges in the traffic death of a Dallas radio personality last spring. In a plea bargain reached with prosecutors, Linden Kerrick Berry of Richland, Texas, received 3 years' probation and a $1,500 fine for the March 4 accident on Interstate 30 in which part of a forklift being hauled on Mr. Berry's truck struck an overpass, broke off and killed John LaBella, 51. COURTESY PHOTO John LaBella Mr. LaBella, of Dallas, was driving home...

Testimony starts in DeSoto boy's trial Prosecutor: He waited hour to call 911, cleaned house after shooting 05/15/2002 By JENNIFER EMILY / The Dallas Morning News A 13-year-old DeSoto boy accused of killing his best friend waited an hour to call police while he cleaned the house and moved the body, a prosecutor said Tuesday. During the hour that passed on March 5, the boy cleaned the carpet, kitchen and bathroom, Dallas County prosecutor Stephanie Schair said on the first day of testimony in the boy's trial on juvenile murder charges. He also moved Jonathan Hogan's body to the...

Trial starts today in death of DeSoto boy Police say shooting of playmate not accident 05/13/2002 By JENNIFER EMILY / The Dallas Morning News A 13-year-old DeSoto boy charged with killing his best friend doesn't deny the shooting occurred but says he and his friend were acting out video games when the gun went off, the boy's attorney said. The boy's trial in juvenile court begins Monday, and much of the defense's argument will center on the boys' activities March 5 when they skipped school at DeSoto East Junior High. Police say the shooting of Jonathan Hogan, 13, was...