4 years after Haiti's president was killed, the investigation drags on
Not one suspect imprisoned in Haiti has faced trial after being accused in the killing of President Jovenel Moïse, who was gunned down at his home nearly four years ago. (AP Video: Pierre Luxama)
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Jury deliberations stretch into 3rd day in trial for former Maryland teacher accused of sexual abuse
Jury deliberations stretch into 3rd day in trial for former Maryland teacher accused of sexual abuse Jury deliberations stretch into 3rd day in trial for former Maryland teacher accused of sexual abuse Jury deliberations stretch into 3rd day in trial for former Maryland teacher accused of sexual abuse Jury deliberations will stretch into a third day in the trial for a former Maryland teacher accused of sexually abusing students. The jury struggled to come to a consensus Monday and remained deadlocked on 4 of the 21 charges against 45-year-old Matthew Schlegel. Schlegel, a former third-grade teacher at Severna Park Elementary School in Anne Arundel County, was accused of sexually abusing eight students between August 2022 and March 2024. Jury deadlocked on 4 of 21 charges Around 3 p.m. Monday, Judge Pamela Alban received a note from the jury saying they're still deadlocked on seven of the 21 charges against Schlegel. Judge Alban used an Allen charge, instructing members of the jury to keep trying to find common ground. After that, the jury came back and said they're still deadlocked on four of the 21 charges. Jury deliberations began on Friday, June 13. On Monday, the jury was dismissed around 5 p.m. Deliberations will continue on Tuesday morning around 9 a.m. Former teacher faces abuse trial During the month-long trial, the jury heard from five female students who claimed Schlegel would touch them inappropriately. The young students testified that the abuse would take place during class time. One student's mother told the jury that her daughter became fearful and withdrawn during that time. Schlegel's attorneys, Patrick Seidel and Peter O'Neill, maintained his innocence throughout the trial. Schlegel denied all allegations against him when he took the stand on June 12. Number of charges leads to lengthy trial According to a legal expert, the number of charges against Schlegel may be part of the reason for his lengthy trial. James Tuomey, a criminal defense lawyer who is not affiliated with the trial, said the case is unusual for the large number of charges and evidence presented. "For the jurors to go over that breadth of evidence and weeks of testimony will take time," Tuomey said. "It's a serious undertaking that the jurors are involved in now, and will continue Monday and possibly for additional days in the coming week."
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Minnesota lawmakers assassination timeline: 'He stalked his victims like prey'
It allegedly took months of planning, but the suspect in the assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, and the attempted murder of a second state elected politician, unfolded over a roughly 90-minute time span that was foiled by police before more victims could be targeted, officials said. The suspect, 57-year-old Vance Boelter, was arrested late Sunday night near his farm in Green Isle, Minnesota, where a neighbor spotted him on a trail camera and called 911. Boelter disguised himself as a law enforcement officer, even driving an unmarked black SUV fitted with police emergency lights, to allegedly carry out deadly rampage that occurred in the early morning hours of Saturday in the suburbs of Minneapolis and prompted the "largest manhunt in Minnesota history," acting Minnesota U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson said on Monday. "It is no exaggeration that his crimes are the stuff of nightmares," Thompson said at a news conference. "Boelter stalked his victims like prey. He went to their homes disguised as a police officer and shot them in cold blood." Here is a timeline that Thompson detailed of how the attacks that have sent shockwaves across Minnesota and the nation occurred. Boelter, allegedly dressed in a dark police uniform and wearing a hyperrealistic silicone mask, arrives at the home of state Sen. John Hoffman in Champlin. He parks a fake SUV police cruiser, fitted with police lights and a license plate reading "POLICE." Security video shows the masked Boelter allegedly walking up to the front door holding a flashlight and a 9mm Beretta handgun. The suspect knocks on Hoffman's front door, repeatedly shouting, "This is the police. Open the door." Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, open the door, and Boelter allegedly shines his flashlight in their faces, and says a shooting had been reported in the couple's house and he asks if they have any weapons. When the suspect lowers his flashlight, Hoffman and his wife realize the man standing before them is not a police officer and yell out, "You're not a cop, you're not a police officer." Boelter allegedly responds, "This is a robbery" and forces his way into the home. When Sen. Hoffman attempts to push the gunman out of the house, he is shot repeatedly. The gunman then shoots Yvette Hoffman repeatedly, flees back to his vehicle and drives away. Sen. Hoffman's young daughter calls 911 at 2:05 a.m. reporting that her parents had been shot. Police officers respond to the home and find Hoffman and his wife suffering from gunshot wounds. They are taken to a hospital and both undergo surgery. Boelter allegedly drives to Maple Grove, Minnesota, about nine miles from Champlin, to the home of a Minnesota state representitive, whose name authorities have not disclosed. The suspect is recorded on security video ringing the doorbell at 2:24 a.m. Still wearing a mask and dressed as a police officer, Boelter is seen in the video holding a handgun and flashlight. The state representative is gone on a family vacation, according to Thompson. Finding no one home, Boelter leaves. Hearing of the shooting at Sen. Hoffman's home in Champlin, New Hope, Minnesota, police dispatch an officer to the home of a state senator in the community about five miles from Maple Grove. Upon arrival, a police officer sees the suspect's black SUV parked down the block with its emergency lights on. The New Hope officer believes it's another officer sent to the senator's home to do a welfare check, according to Thompson. The New Hope officer drives up alongside the suspect's vehicle, rolls down her window and attempts to speak to the person she believes is an officer inside. But the person sitting in the vehicle doesn't respond and stares straight ahead, according to Thompson. The New Hope officer continues to the state senator's home and waits for other officers to arrive. By the time backup officers get there, the suspect has driven away. Minnesota State Sen. Ann Rest later publicly confirms that it was her home that the suspect was parked near. "I am so grateful for the heroic work of the New Hope Police Department and its officers. Their quick action saved my life," Rest says in a statement. Boelter allegedly arrives at the home of state Rep. Melissa Horton in Brooklyn Park, about 7 miles from New Hope. He parks in the driveway with his emergency lights flashing. Boelter allegedly walks up to the front door, still dressed as a police officer and wearing the silicone mask. Two Brooklyn Park police officers sent to Horton's home by their sergeant to do a welfare check, arrive at the house and sees the suspect standing several feet from the front door. When the Brooklyn Park officers get out of their car, Boelter allegedly draws his weapon and opens fire on them. As the officers return fire, the suspect fires through the front door and enters the home, fatally shooting Horton and her husband, Mark. Boelter allegedly runs out the back door. Police find the suspect's 9mm Beretta, body armor and mask ditched behind Horton's home. In Boelter's vehicle parked in the driveway, officers discover five more firearms, including assault-style rifles and a large quantity of ammunition. Also in the car is a notebook containing the names and addresses of more than 45 Minnesota state and federal elected officials, including information on Horton. Information on elected leaders from other states and abortion providers are also found in the notebook, as well as detailed notes from surveillance excursions the suspect allegedly conducted on potential targets, Thompson said. Police in Onamia, Minnesota, conduct a traffic stop on Boelter's wife. Officers find a weapon, ammunition, cash and passports in the vehicle. Police release Boelter's wife after questioning her and other occupants of the vehicle, sources tell ABC News affiliate station KSTP. No arrests are made. Drew Evans, superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, releases Boelter's name, saying he's a suspect in the shootings in Champlin and Brooklyn Park. He announces that a manhunt is underway and asks the public to report any sightings of the suspect to law enforcement immediately. Multiple sources tell ABC News that Boelter has been arrested near his farm in Green Isle, Minnesota, after he is spotted on a trail -- via camera. He is taken into custody without incident. Minnesota lawmakers assassination timeline: 'He stalked his victims like prey' originally appeared on
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June 16, 2025 - Day 24 of testimony in the Sean ‘Diddy' Combs trial
Update: Date: 1 hr 26 min ago Title: Content: Our live coverage has ended. You can scroll through the posts below to read more about today's testimony. Update: Date: 2 hr 7 min ago Title: Jury views videos of explicit sexual encounters for the first time Content: For the first time, the jury was shown actual video of the explicit sexual encounters. Previously, the jury had only seen still images and heard audio of the encounters. The jury was shown clips from three videos created in October 2012, October 2014, and December 2014, totaling just over two minutes. Jurors, the judge, the witness, and the parties wore headphones. The lawyers were not shown the videos because the monitors are visible to the gallery, where members of the public and press are seated. Most jurors remained stone-faced while the explicit videos played. One female juror put her hand over her eye, as she had done before, while another appeared to wince. Update: Date: 3 hr 10 min ago Title: Defense asks about what jury was told about dismissed juror Content: After the jury was let go for the day, defense attorney Alexandra Shapiro asked Judge Arun Subramanian what was said to the other jurors about juror No. 6, whom the judge dismissed this morning. Subramanian said he'd find out and tell the attorneys tomorrow morning. Update: Date: 3 hr 13 min ago Title: Jury dismissed for the day Content: The jury has been dismissed for the day. Special agent DeLeassa Penland will continue on direct examination Tuesday morning. The prosecution indicated that Brendan Paul, Sean 'Diddy' Combs' former assistant, will invoke his Fifth Amendment right Tuesday morning, so he'll be testifying under an immunity order. Paul will testify after Penland. Update: Date: 3 hr 15 min ago Title: Jury sees 2013 messages about a hotel room Content: The jury saw messages Cassie Ventura sent to a man called 'Dave' on October 21, 2013, asking him to come to a hotel room around 1 a.m. Dave texted her 'thanks lol' around 8 a.m. the following day. Shortly before 8 a.m., Ventura texted another man, Daniel Phillip, asking him to wait a few more minutes. On October 22, 2013, Ventura texted Combs, 'You didn't film anything on your phone, rt?' 'No,' Combs responded. 'No way.' Update: Date: 3 hr 20 min ago Title: Jury sees texts of Combs and Ventura arranging "Freak Off" Content: The jury saw text message exchanges of Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Cassie Ventura setting up a 'Freak Off' with four men in January 2013 to 'celebrate Christmas.' Combs texted Ventura, 'Wanna celebrate Christmas and have a freak off tomorrow or Friday?' Ventura texted with the man who runs an escort service to arrange for one escort and personally texted with others to set up staggered arrival times on January 11 and January 12, 2013. One of the escorts texted Ventura, 'Hello star … this is Santiago, I hope we can do another voyeur encounter again' and 'I really want to do this again with you guys.' Update: Date: 3 hr 42 min ago Title: Jury shown 2012 travel and hotel invoices, texts between Combs and Ventura Content: The jury was shown a travel invoice sent to Bad Boy Entertainment for a flight for Cassie Ventura from L.A. to NYC on October 10, 2012. Special agent DeLeassa Penland then read some messages between Ventura and Sean 'Diddy' Combs on October 13, 2012. 'You ready for tonight?' Combs asked her. Ventura responded 'yes,' but she needed to get something. 'Man, you had all day. All day. It's always something,' Combs wrote back in the messages. The jury then saw messages Ventura sent separately to two men discussing times to meet and giving them information for a hotel room in New York. The invoice for that hotel room was reserved under the name 'Janet Clark' and paid in cash. One of the men texted Ventura in the early morning hours of October 14, indicating he was in another room. The jury also saw the invoice for that room, which was reserved under the name 'Frank Black' and paid for both in cash and with an AmEx. Several videos recorded on October 14 were recovered from one of Ventura's devices. The jury watched some of these videos, but the public was not able to see them. Update: Date: 4 hr 5 min ago Title: Jury sees more records tied to purported 2009 "meeting" between Combs, Ventura and escort Content: With special agent DeLeassa Penland on the stand as a summary witness, the jury saw more records to support a purported December 2009 'meeting' between Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Cassie Ventura and an escort named Jules at the London Hotel in New York City. The records included those for flights and hotels for that weekend that were paid for with Combs' American Express card. The records showed that Combs paid for flights for Ventura and Jules, and a room at the hotel. Update: Date: 4 hr 29 min ago Title: The judge is back on the bench Content: The judge is on the bench, and DeLeassa Penland, a special agent with the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, is back on the stand. The jury is entering now. Update: Date: 4 hr 58 min ago Title: These are the key witnesses in the trial so far Content: While the prosecution has called over 30 witnesses, the case against Sean 'Diddy' Combs has primarily relied on a handful of people who have accused the hip-hop mogul of sex trafficking, prostitution, kidnapping, arson, forced labor and more. These people include: Here's a closer look at these key witnesses, what they said on the stand, how their allegations against Combs are tied to the charges and the defense's counterpoints. Related article These are the key witnesses who testified against Sean 'Diddy' Combs so far Update: Date: 5 hr ago Title: Jury is dismissed for lunch Content: The jury has been dismissed for a lunch break. Proceedings are expected to resume around 1:45 p.m. ET. The prosecution indicated the current summary witness will testify through today, and likely into tomorrow morning. Brendan Paul, Combs' former assistant, is expected to testify tomorrow and take most of the day. The prosecution's final witness, a law enforcement agent, is expected to testify most of Wednesday before the prosecution rests. The trial will take a day off on Thursday. Defense attorney Marc Agnifilo indicated three witnesses are lined up to begin the defense's case Friday. That is expected to include Vashta Dunlap, a human resources chief for Combs' company, the defense indicated. Court is expected to break for today around 3 p.m. ET. Update: Date: 5 hr 36 min ago Title: Summary witness testifies about travel records Content: Special agent DeLeassa Penland walked the jury through a summary chart that shows the date, location, attendees, and travel records related to different 'meetings.' One meeting in December 2009 involved Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Cassie Ventura and a man at the London Hotel in New York City. Ventura previously testified that man often joined them for 'Freak Offs.' Penland read aloud some messages between Combs and the man coordinating travel for the trip. Combs then sent an email to the personal finance director for his executive office saying he needed a flight booked under the man's name. The finance director then sent back a flight itinerary. Penland said the man's flight itinerary was found in records for Combs Global. Penland explained that flight records for the man and Ventura indicate they were both in the city at that time. Update: Date: 6 hr 6 min ago Title: The next person on the stand is another summary witness Content: DeLeassa Penland is now on the stand. She is another summary witness. Penland is a special agent with the US Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York. She testified her role in this case was to review charts and data and ensure the information is correct. Update: Date: 6 hr 8 min ago Title: Summary witness is off the stand Content: Defense attorney Teny Geragos finished her cross-examination of summary witness and paralegal specialist Ananya Sankar. Sankar is now off the stand. Update: Date: 6 hr 12 min ago Title: "If you cannot be honest with me, this doesn't work," Combs' chief of staff messaged him Content: The jury is seeing messages between Sean 'Diddy' Combs and his chief of staff Kristina Khorram from November 2023. 'If you cannot be honest with me, this doesn't work,' Khorram wrote in part. 'We all know what your Kryptonite is and where you don't make the best choices.' She said she felt like Combs was lying and said it wasn't sitting well with her. 'Come take my phone,' Combs wrote in response. Khorram responded that it wasn't about his phone. She said if he was starting to lie, 'that will break me.' Update: Date: 6 hr 13 min ago Title: Defense points to text about expense payments Content: With summary witness and paralegal specialist Ananya Sankar under cross-examination, defense attorney Teny Geragos highlighted a few messages from Faheem Muhammad to Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Combs' chief of staff Kristina Khorram and Combs' account manager. In the messages, Muhammad, Combs' head of security, asked for approval for a disbursement from 'PD personal' to pay a variety of expenses. Remember: A former Combs assistant testified last week that he sometimes used his company card to buy personal items for Combs, but didn't know whether these charges on the card were paid off with company funds or Combs' personal money. Update: Date: 4 hr 47 min ago Title: Jury sees texts showing Jane resisting pressure to make plans Content: Defense attorney Teny Geragos pointed to a text conversation between Kristina Khorram, Sean 'Diddy' Combs' former chief of staff, and Jane, who dated Combs from 2021 to 2024, on February 25, 2023. In the messages, Khorram twice asked Jane to call her and said Combs was pushing her to figure out plans. 'My answer to him is no and it is still no,' Jane responded in part. Khorram said she would let him know and told Jane to keep her posted if anything changes. Update: Date: 6 hr 25 min ago Title: Defense points to "I'm excited to surprise him" text from Jane Content: With summary witness and paralegal specialist Ananya Sankar under cross-examination, defense attorney Teny Geragos pointed to a message exchange between Kristina Khorram and 'Jane' around Valentine's Day 2022. In one of the messages, Jane, who dated Sean 'Diddy' Combs from 2021 to 2024, said: 'I'm excited to surprise him.' Jane later sent Khorram, then the chief of staff for Combs, photos of a hotel room decorated with rose petals and heart balloons. Remember: Jane, one of Combs' accusers who testified in this trial under a pseudonym, testified extensively about going with Combs to what she called 'hotel nights,' which she described as sexual encounters with a male 'entertainer,' typically in a hotel room. She testified last week about a Valentine's Day 2022 'hotel night.' Update: Date: 6 hr 54 min ago Title: Defense begins cross-exam of paralegal specalist Content: Defense attorney Teny Geragos is now starting cross-examination of paralegal specialist Ananya Sankar. Geragos read some messages in which Sean 'Diddy' Combs reached out to Mia, one of his former assistants. The messages showed that D-Roc told Mia that Combs wanted to speak with her and also told her that Combs didn't want anything from her. Geragos read a message Combs sent Mia on February 7, 2024: 'Hey. I don't wanna be blowing up your phone. Just needed to talk to you for 10 minutes. Just need my memory jogged on some things. You were my right hand for years, so I just to speak to you to remember who was even around me. And it would be good to hear your voice. But if you don't want to, all good. Just let me know. Love. Hope you're well.' Geragos confirmed with Sankar that after that, D-Roc told Combs that Mia's number was ringing as if she was out of the country. She also confirmed that there are no records that suggest Combs called Mia again after that. Update: Date: 6 hr 49 min ago Title: Jury sees texts attempting to get "Mia" to talk to Combs in 2024 Content: The jury continued to see a series of 2023-2024 texts between former Sean 'Diddy' Combs assistant 'Mia' and Combs security guard 'D-Roc.' Picking up after the February 2024 texts described earlier: D-Roc sent more messages over a few days, with Mia telling him she was out of the country on a scuba diving trip. In one message, D-Roc said, 'Let me know how I can send you something.' Mia responded that her debt was her problem and she would figure it out one day. The records showed D-Roc tried to get on the phone with Mia several times. 'Hey bro she hit me back I'm trying to call her now,' D-Roc texted Combs on February 4, 2024. He also sent Combs a copy of a previous message Mia had sent him. 'Let me know when you reach her,' Combs responded. Later that day, Combs texted Mia, 'Hey Mia it's Puff, let me know when you get 10 min to talk. Love.' Over the following days, Combs tried to call Mia several times. 'Hey. I don't wanna be blowing up your phone. Just needed to talk to you for 10 minutes. Just need my memory jogged on some things. You were my right hand for years, so I just to speak to you to remember who was even around me. And it would be good to hear your voice. But if you don't want to, all good. Just let me know. Love. Hope you're well,' Combs texted her on February 7, 2024. The same day, Combs sent D-Roc the same message he sent to Mia and told him it was the message he sent to her. 'I've been trying to reach her, she ain't picking up the phone,' Combs said to D-Roc. D-Roc then tried to call Mia twice. Remember: 'Mia,' a Combs assistant from 2009 to 2017, testified in this trial under a pseudonym that Combs had sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions. The jury heard that D-Roc began texting Mia in late November 2023 (for the first time since 2021), days after former Combs girlfriend Cassie Ventura filed a lawsuit against Combs, accusing him of rape and physical abuse.
