‘Two of my friends were shot dead right next to me,’ Samantha Fuentes told the court on day 2 of the sentencing phase
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Day 2 of the penalty phase trial for confessed Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz began Tuesday with the defense team arguing that the state doesn’t need to show jurors videos from that tragic day as guilt has already been established.
The defense stated that the state witnesses can... [...]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The prosecutor seeking the death penalty for the gunman who massacred 17 people at a Parkland, Florida, high school detailed for jurors Monday how Nikolas Cruz coldly mowed down his victims, returning to some as they lay wounded to finish them off with a second volley.
Some parents wept as prosecutor Mike Satz described in his opening statement how Cruz killed their children at Marjory Stoneman... [...]
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – A teen in Florida is facing a manslaughter charge after police say she killed her 3-year-old sister by putting a pillow over her head after their mother told the girl to quiet the toddler.
The 16-year-old girl was arrested Friday in an Orlando suburb.
A police report says the 3-year-old girl was being loud so their mother asked her older daughter to keep her younger sister quiet in a hotel suite’s living... [...]
Robert Kabolowsky, of Parkland, faces charges of sexual battery and false imprisonment
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – Pembroke Pines police arrested a 62-year-old man over the weekend in connection with the sexual battery of a woman, authorities confirmed on Monday.
Robert Kabolowsky, of Parkland, faces charges of sexual battery and false imprisonment.
According to authorities, police went to the victim’s home Friday night to... [...]
Opening statements offer jurors an overview of each side’s case
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – “Monday presents one of the most significant days in the course of this process,” legal analyst David Weinstein tells Local 10′s Christina Vazquez. “Significant not only for the defendant, but for the families of the victims and the survivors of what happened on Valentine’s Day many years ago.”
On Valentine’s Day, 2018, then... [...]
