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Robert Bowers has been convicted in the killing of 11 worshippers in a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Robert Bowers was found guilty on Friday on all counts in the 2018 mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that killed 11 worshippers. Bowers was convicted on all 63 charges, including 11 counts of hate crimes resulting in death . Bowers offered to plead guilty if the death penalty was taken off the table, but prosecutors turned him down. The bullet damaged doors of the Tree of Life synagogue building in Pittsburgh, was entered June 1, 2023, as a court exhibit by prosecutors in the federal trial of Robert Bowers. U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania via AP MORE: Pittsburgh synagogue massacre: Remembering the 11 victims The jury deliberated for less than one day. Jurors will next weigh if Bowers should be sentenced to death . Bowers stormed the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, gunning down 11 people in the deadliest antisemitic attack in Amer...

Susan Lorincz, the woman charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of her neighbor Ajike “AJ” Owens on June 2 in Ocala, Florida pleaded not guilty on Monday. Susan Lorincz, the woman charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting her neighbor Ajike "AJ" Owens on June 2 in Ocala, Florida, pleaded not guilty on Monday, her attorney Amanda Sizemore confirmed to ABC News. Lorincz waived her right to an arraignment, which was scheduled for Tuesday, according to ABC affiliate in Ocala, Florida WCJB. Lorincz, who is white, was arrested on June 6 and charged with first-degree manslaughter, which is punishable by up to 30 years in prison if she is convicted, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office. She was also charged with culpable negligence, battery and two counts of assault. According to a June 6 statement from the Marion County Sheriff's Office, Lorincz shot Owens, a Black mother of four, through a door after Owens went to speak with Lorincz about a dis...

An accused hitman who federal authorities say was a top lieutenant for a Mexican drug cartel pleaded guilty in Fargo, North Dakota, on Thursday to federal charges FARGO, N.D. -- An accused hitman for a Mexican drug cartel pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal charges, ending a nearly 20-year-old investigation involving dozens of defendants. Juan Francisco Sillas-Rocha, of Tijuana, Mexico, pleaded guilty to three charges in a hearing before Chief Judge Pet er Welte in Fargo, North Dakota, including conspiracy to commit murder in furtherance of the continuing criminal enterprise. He is expected to be sentenced in early 2024; he faces life in prison and millions of dollars in fines, KFGO reported. His attorney, Matthew Lombard, did not immediately respond to phone or email messages from The Associated Press for comment on Sillas-Rocha's guilty plea. Authorities have said Sillas-Rocha was a top lieutenant for the Arellano Felix cartel, which for decades smuggled cocaine, marijuana an...

Mark Meadows is among six more defendants who have pleaded not guilty in the Georgia election interference case and waived their in-person arraignment set for tomorrow. Former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is among six more defendants who have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them in the Georgia election interference case and waived their in-person arraignment set for tomorrow, according to court filings. Meadows, as well as attorney John Eastman, ex-DOJ official Jeffrey Clark, and Cathy Latham, Shawn Still and David Shafer all filed documents Tuesday pleading not guilty . All but one of the 19 defendants , including former President Donald Trump, have now pleaded not guilty in the case and waived their in-person arraignment. Only former Coffee County election s director Misty Hampton still has to enter a plea. MORE: Trump, after entering not guilty plea, seeks to sever his Georgia election interference case Trump and the 18 others were charged last month in a sweeping ra...

A jury has found former Trump adviser Peter Navarro guilty of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena issued by the House Jan. 6 committee. A jury on Thursday found former Trump adviser Pet er Navarro guilty of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena issued in February 2022 by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. The verdict came 14 months after Trump adviser Steve Bannon was also convicted of defying a Jan. 6 committee subpoena. He was sentenced to four months in prison, pending an appeal. Navarro, who under Donald Trump was director of the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, was convicted on one count over his refusal to appear for a deposition in front of the committee, and on a second count for refusing to produce documents. MORE: Former Trump aide Peter Navarro 'acted as if he was above the law': Prosecutors Following the verdict, Navarro told reporters that he knew what the verdict would be and that he plans to ...

A court officer testified before the judge in Trump adviser Peter Navarro's contempt of Congress case, after Navarro moved for a mistrial following his guilty verdict. In a rare post- trial hearing, a court security officer testified before the judge overseeing former Trump adviser Pet er Navarro's contempt of Congress case, after Navarro's attorneys moved for a mistrial . Navarro, who under Donald Trump was director of the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, was found guilty last week of two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena issued in February 2022 by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. After the verdict, Navarro's attorneys moved for a mistrial on the grounds that the jury exited the building before returning a verdict, and that they may have seen protesters while outside. MORE: Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro found guilty of contempt of Congress Rosa Torres, the court security officer who escort...

Hunter Biden is expected to enter a plea of not guilty when he is arraigned on federal gun charges, his attorney wrote in court filings Tuesday. President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden is expected to enter a plea of not guilty when he is arraigned on federal gun charges, his attorney wrote in court filings Tuesday. It's the first official indication of the younger Biden's plans to fight the charges against him following his indictment last week, though his attorney has publicly suggested he would fight the charges. The president's only living son was indicted last Thursday by special counsel David Weiss on charges that he lied on a federal form when he said he was drug-free at the time that he purchased a Colt revolver in October 2018. MORE: Hunter Biden indicted by special counsel on felony gun charges Abbe Lowell, an attorney for Hunter Biden, has previously suggested they would push back on the gun charges , telling ABC News' George Stephanopoulos in an interv...

Sen. Bob Menendez, his wife and two business associates appeared Wednesday in Manhattan federal court to be arraigned on bribery and extortion charges. Sen. Bob Menendez, his wife and two Business associates all pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Manhattan federal court on bribery and extortion charges. "We ask you to enter a plea of not guilty," Menendez's attorney, Seth Farber, said in court. Menendez, D-N.J., was escorted into court by U.S. Marshals and took a seat at the defense table separate from his wife Nadine, who sat with her own lawyers. Menendez, in a gray pinstriped suit, slouched in his seat with his hands folded on his chest. Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife Nadine Menendez arrive to the federal courthouse in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. Jeenah Moon/AP The senator was released on $100,000 bond and ordered to have no contact with his co-defendants besides his wife. He was also told to have no contact with Senate staff ...

A former National Security Agency employee from Colorado has pleaded guilty to trying to sell classified information to Russia DENVER -- A former National Security Agency employee from Colorado pleaded guilty Monday to trying to sell classified national security information to Russia. Federal prosecutors agreed to not ask for more than about 22 years in prison for Jareh Sebastian Dalke when he is sentenced in April if he adheres to the terms of a plea deal, but the judge will ultimately decide his punishment. Dalke, a 31-year-old Army veteran from Colorado Springs, technically faces up to a possible life sentence for giving the information to an undercover FBI agent who prosecutors say Dalke believed was a Russian agent. However, accepting responsibility for a crime usually leads to a lighter sentence. Dalke told the agent that he wanted to “cause change” after questioning the United States' role in causing damage to the world, but he also said he was $237,000 in debt, according ...

Court records filed Friday indicate the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance intends to plead guilty in an extortion case BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Court records filed Friday indicate Joran van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance, intends to plead guilty in a federal case accusing him of trying to extort money from the missing teen’s mother. A federal judge set an Oct. 18 plea and sentencing hearing for van der Sloot in Birmingham, Alabama. He had previously entered a plea of not guilty in the case. Emails sent to van der Sloot's attorney and a spokeswoman for federal prosecutors were not immediately returned Friday evening Van der Sloot was extradited to Alabama from Peru, where he’s serving a 28-year sentence after confessing to killing a Peruvian woman in 2010. Holloway went missing during a high school graduation trip with classmates to Aruba. The Alabama teen was last seen leaving a bar with van der Sloot, a student at an inter...

A high-ranking FBI agent pleaded guilty for a second time on Friday to charges he concealed a $225,000 payment from an Albanian intelligence official while on the job. One of the highest-ranking FBI agents ever to face criminal charges pleaded guilty for a second time on Friday to charges he concealed a $225,000 payment from an Albanian intelligence official while on the job. Charles McGonigal, 55, admitted in federal court in Washington, D.C., that he took the cash payment in 2018 while he was supervising counter intelligence at the FBI’s New York field office. The Albanian official later served as an FBI source in a criminal investigation involving foreign political lobbying that McGonigal supervised, prosecutors said. MORE: Ex-FBI counterintelligence chief Charles McGonigal pleads guilty in case related to Russian billionaire Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 16 when McGonigal faces up to five years in prison. In this Jan. 23, 2023, file photo, Charles McGonigal, former special a...

Former President Trump has entered a plea of not guilty in the Georgia election interference case and waived his right to appear at his arraignment. Hours after enter ing a plea of not guilty in the Georgia election interference case, former President Donald Trump has filed a motion to sever his case from other defendants who have requested a speedy trial. The moves comes after a judge last week set a trial date of Oct. 23 for co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro, who had requested a speedy trial -- prompting Fulton County District Attorney Fani Wiilis to reiterate her desire to try all of the case's 19 defendants together. In the filing on Thursday, Trump's attorney Steve Sadow said that he "will not have sufficient time to prepare" for the case by Oct. 23. MORE: Willis seeks to have all 19 defendants in Georgia election interference case tried together "Respectfully, requiring less than two months preparation time to defend a 98-page indictment, charging 19 defen...

A jury has found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of killing two of her children in what prosecutors argued was a doomsday plot. A jury has found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of killing two of her children in what prosecutors argued was a doomsday plot. She was also found guilty of conspiring to kill her children and her husband's first wife. She faces up to life in prison without parole. Lori Vallow Daybell and her husband, Chad Daybell, were both charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the 2019 deaths of her children, Joshua "J.J." Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 16, whose remains were found on an Idaho property belonging to Chad Daybell following a monthslong search. The jury deliberated for approximately four hours on Thursday and two hours on Friday before reaching its verdict, which was read before a packed Boise courtroom and also livestreamed by the court. In this March 8, 2020, file photo, Lori Vallow Daybell glances at the camera during her hearing in Rexburg, Ida...