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CNN
9 hours ago
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- CNN
Bonus Episode: Suge Knight Weighs In From Prison - Trial By Jury: Diddy - Podcast on CNN Audio
Bonus Episode: Suge Knight Weighs In From Prison Trial By Jury: Diddy 13 mins This week, Laura interviewed Marion 'Suge' Knight about the ongoing trial of his longtime music industry rival Sean 'Diddy' Combs. Knight, who is currently serving a 28-year-sentence on a manslaughter charge, talked from a prison phone about the way the industry takes advantage of artists, what has and hasn't surprised him about the allegations against Combs, and why he thinks the prosecution's efforts might fail. We bring you their conversation in a weekend bonus episode.
CBS News
a day ago
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- CBS News
Sentences extended for Colorado inmates following deadly prison fight
A Colorado prison inmate died after coming to another inmate's defense during a March 2023 brawl that erupted during what prison officials believed to be a drinking party. Now, three inmates responsible for the fatal beating have now been sentenced to additional time in prison. The last of the three, 33-year-old Charles Porter, received 12 more years Friday. A Fremont County jury found him guilty in February of manslaughter, a lesser offense than the 2nd Degree Murder which prosecutors sought against him. From left to right, Charles Porter, Turell Lee and Justin Sanders. The three inmates were sentenced to additional time behind bars following a deadly prison fight in Cañon City in 2023. Colorado Department of Corrections Porter started the fight but received the lightest sentence of the three. Thirty-five-year-old Turell Lee pleaded guilty last year to 1st Degree Attempted Murder and received 18 additional years in the Colorado Department of Corrections. Twenty-one-year-old Justin Sanders pleaded guilty to 2nd Degree Murder and received 20 years. Nicholas Hill died four days after the fight in a Colorado Springs hospital. He had turned 33 earlier that month. Nicholas Hill following an arrest in Lincoln County in June 2019. Hill was killed in a prison fight at the Colorado State Penitentiary in 2023. Lincoln County Sheriff's Office According to a case document, eight inmates were in the Colorado State Penitentiary's A-3 dayhall, talking, watching television and playing cards. Video surveillance showed one of them, Alexander Petty, grab a small bag and carry it into an upper recreation room. The bag is thought to contain a bottle of alcohol, per the DOC investigator who interviewed prison staff. By the time staff noticed the bag, three other prisoners on the main floor -- including Porter and Hil -- are laughing, sharing the contents of their cups, and touching the cups together, according to the case document. Two minutes after noticing that activity, prison staff remotely closed the door to the rec room. This separated the inmate from what was left in the bottle. But also triggered strife between the inmates, presumably for exposing the bag to security cameras. Petty, the inmate who moved the bag, approached Porter and Sanders in front of a cell, according to the investigator's review of surveillance video. Porter and Petty argue. Porter throws the first punch. Sanders joined in, sending both he and Petty to the floor. Hill and a fifth inmate started fighting Lee at the same time. Hill went to the ground after Lee landed a punch to Hill's head. Hill never regained his feet. Lee, Sanders and Porter all landed punches and kicks to Hill's head, face and neck. One minute into the scuffle, Hill rolled onto his back, appearing to be unconscious to the investigator watching the video. Prison staff entered the area two minutes later. By that time, Sanders had stomped or kicked Hill's face three times. Inmates were escorted out of the dayhall one at a time and handcuffed. The process took six minutes. When prison staff reached Hill, they immediately started CPR. He was strapped to a backboard, hauled to the prison's medical facility, and eventually flown by medical helicopter to the Colorado Springs hospital where he died four days later. CBS Video of the melee was shown to jurors during Porter's trial, according to the Cañon City Daily Record. "Nick might have gotten one punch in, in defense of Alex, maybe," Deputy District Attorney David Little said during that trial's closing arguments, the newspaper reported. "Really, Sanders, Porter and Lee just went wild on everybody else - put them on the ground and stomped them out. ....This was the most one-sided three-on-three. If you take the defendant at his words, this is a 'melee.' He called it 'all hell breaking loose.' He broke the hell loose." Hill, a Limon resident, was serving a five-year sentence for assault and burglary at the time of the incident. Porter was doing time for robbery and murder, Lee for sexual assault and assault with a weapon, and Sanders for robbery. The case document does not state what substance was determined to be inside the paper bag or the cups the inmates were drinking from. Nor does it state how suspected alcohol made it into the hands of inmates. CBS Colorado has requested that information from the DOC.
Yahoo
a day ago
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Two dead in Roanoke DUI crash
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Two people are dead, and another in critical condition, after a crash at the intersection of Cove Road and Dansbury Drive NW Friday night. Police arrested Reynaldo Diovanis Hinojosa Mayan, saying the 48-year-old's Blood Alcohol Content was over twice the legal limit. He is charged with two counts of DUI Manslaughter and DUI. RPD arrived at the scene around 11:40 p.m. They say Mayan's Jeep collided head-on with a Chevrolet, after Mayan crossed the double yellow line into oncoming traffic. The Chevrolet crossed lanes to avoid hitting the Jeep, but Mayan changed lanes again, resulting in the crash. The Chevrolet's 19-year-old driver was minorly injured. A 17-year-old passenger was still in critical condition as of Saturday afternoon. The front passenger, 19-year-old Amarani Amaya Gomez, died at the scene, according to police. The rear right passenger,18-year-old Mariangela Duenas, was taken to a local hospital where she died from her injuries. Mayan had minor injuries. RPD says they're consulting with the Commonwealth's Attorney to decide if there will be additional charges. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
2 days ago
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1 dead in Highway 101 crash with pickup truck, semi-truck pulling trailer: CHP Monterey
(KRON) — The California Highway Patrol Monterey Area office is investigating a fatal crash on Friday afternoon involving a pickup truck and a Freightliner semi-truck pulling a trailer. Man charged with DUI, manslaughter for running over woman in SF intersection CHP said it was alerted of the incident at 3:07 p.m. after receiving several reports of a traffic crash on northbound Highway 101 at Hartnell Road. 'Preliminary investigation indicates that the red Toyota pickup, driven by a 47-year-old Salinas resident, was traveling northbound on US-101, approaching Hartnell Road,' said CHP in a news release. 'At the same time, the Freightliner semi-truck, driven by a 62-year-old resident of Yuba City, was traveling southbound on US-101 and preparing to make a left turn onto Hartnell Road.' It was at this moment that CHP said the semi-truck crossed the northbound lanes of Highway 101, and the right side of the semi-truck's trailer collided with the front of the pickup. CHP said the driver of the Toyota pickup suffered fatal injuries, and was pronounced dead at the scene, while the driver of the semi-truck was not injured. The identity of the deceased will be released by the Monterey County Coroner's Office after next of kin has been notified. This crash is an active investigation. Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the CHP Monterey Area Office at (831) 770-8000 or email MontereyCHPTips@ Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBC
2 days ago
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U.S. fugitive psychic says it was 'a mistake' to flee to Toronto for 21 years
A longtime fugitive wanted for manslaughter in Florida admits it was "a mistake" to flee to Toronto, where he was recently arrested after spending more than 21 years on the run. In a sworn affidavit obtained by CBC News, Patrick Lutts Jr. publicly outlines for the first time how he hid from U.S. authorities after his involvement in a drunk-driving crash in Orlando, Fla., that killed two teens. Lutts has no passport, he said, no Canadian bank account and had stayed in the same apartment in Toronto's Church and Wellesley neighbourhood since 2004. A CBC investigation revealed earlier this month that Lutts, 51, lived openly in Toronto after skipping a plea hearing in a Florida court in 2003. With a warrant out for his arrest, Lutts hosted monthly trivia nights at a local bar and — under the alias Pat Lighthelp — provided relationship advice to clients as an online psychic. "I thought that authorities would be able to find me as I stayed in the same place in Toronto for over 20 years," Lutts wrote. "That day just never came until now, but I am tired of running." The affidavit, dated March 25, was filed in Ontario Superior Court as Lutts asked to be released on bail, pending extradition to Florida. A judge later denied his request, and Lutts remains in custody in a Toronto jail. His arrest in February by the Toronto Police Service fugitive squad came after a Crime Stoppers-type service in Florida received an anonymous tip about his whereabouts in November 2023. The tip appears to have come from a U.S.-based internet sleuth who claims to have used facial recognition technology and social media clues to track Lutts to Toronto. According to court records, Lutts faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted on the two counts of DUI manslaughter. The charges stem from an early morning crash on Christmas Day 1998 that killed 19-year-old Nancy Lopez and her boyfriend, Darvin Javier DeJesus-Taboada, 18. Investigators said Lutts, whose truck smashed into the vehicle carrying the two teens, had a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit and a "strong odour of alcohol coming from his breath." "I know the allegations against me are extremely serious," Lutts said in the affidavit, describing the crash as "the vehicular accident I was involved in." Lutts said he "was never personally contacted or approached by authorities" about the Florida charges laid in March 1999 until his arrest for another impaired-driving incident in Connecticut in 2002. The following year, Lutts, a U.S. citizen, admits he fled to Canada instead of attending his plea hearing set for Oct. 1, 2003. "At the time, a passport was not required" to cross the border, Lutts wrote. It's unclear how exactly Lutts entered the country. According to Ontario court files, he has no legal immigration status and Canada Border Services Agency has no record of his entry. Lutts tried to cross at a Niagara Falls, Ont., port of entry on Sept. 29, 2003 — two days before that key court hearing — but was turned away due to the criminal charges in Florida, according to a police affidavit. Still, Lutts recounts settling in Toronto that year and meeting his longtime partner in 2004. Within months, Lutts says he moved into his partner's apartment, where Toronto police placed him under surveillance in December 2023. Lutts says he used his real name to open a Fido cell phone account and a post office box. Still, he said, "leaving for Canada and not facing the Florida charge was a mistake." Lutts remains a flight risk: prosecutor In a letter included in Lutts's Ontario court file, a senior Florida prosecutor asked in March that Canadian authorities deny bail to the longstanding fugitive. "Mr. Lutts has already demonstrated that he is a flight risk and will flee if granted release," Assistant State Attorney Brian C. Hagner wrote. "By fleeing to Canada, Mr. Lutts has demonstrated the lengths to which he will go to avoid answering for the crimes with which he has been charged." Lutts's affidavit said the opposite: he insisted he can't flee stateside — where his family lives — because "I know I would immediately be arrested." Plus, "I cannot flee anywhere because I have no passport." Public social media posts in recent years, however, suggest Lutts moved freely within Canada, including multiple ski trips to Whistler, B.C. Lutts pledged to remain on house arrest at his home in Toronto and wear an ankle monitor that could track him via a global positioning system if released on bail. The judge's reasons for denying him bail are not listed in the court file. Canadian courts weigh a series of factors when considering whether to release an accused, including whether they will show up for scheduled hearings and whether their release would undermine confidence in the justice system. 'He's no longer running free:' victim's family Lutts appeared twice this week in a downtown Toronto court by videolink from jail. His case is scheduled to return in June. No date has been set for a formal extradition hearing. Ralph Anthony Cordero, whose stepsister died in the 1998 crash, watched a live video feed Wednesday morning from his home in Washington state. "It was very pleasing to see that he's no longer running free," Cordero told CBC after Lutts appeared on screen, wearing orange jail garb. Cordero said his family never lost hope that Lutts would be found, even after more than two decades on the lam. "The motivator" for Lopez's loved ones, Cordero said, "was to ensure that this guy does not die before we get our hands on him."
