Court briefs: 45 years for man in fatal robbery and charges dropped in drug shooting
A Chicago man faces 45 years after pleading guilty in a convenience store slaying.
Melvion 'Fatboy' Delphie, 23, pleaded guilty to murder in documents filed Wednesday. If a judge accepts, his sentencing is scheduled on Sept. 24.
Gary Police responded at 8 p.m. Jan. 28, 2023 drug robbery inside One Stop convenience store, 719 W. 45th Avenue.
Security footage appeared to show Alexander 'Taz' Hudson, 26, was selling marijuana to Delphie. Hudson was found shot in the chest, lying on his back inside.
Co-defendant Larry Saunders, then 18, is awaiting sentencing. He lived a block from the store, according to the affidavit. Investigators are not sure which person shot Hudson, according to the affidavit.
Indianapolis man faces up to six years in fatal Whiting hit-and-run
An Indianapolis man has admitted he fatally hit a man in Whiting, after a night gambling at the Horseshoe Casino, then took off.
Dean Monroe III, 31, pleaded guilty in documents filed July 29 to criminal recklessness, a Level 5 felony. If a judge accepts it, his sentencing is scheduled Sept. 16.
Police found Richard Garza in the street around 2 a.m. Sept. 13, 2021 near the intersection of Indianapolis Boulevard and 120th Street in Whiting, charges state.
Chicago man gets 6-year split term for child molesting
A Chicago man got a six-year split term after pleading guilty to a lower child molesting charge.
Geronimo Romero, 43, was sentenced Friday in a brief hearing to two years in prison, two years in Lake County Community Corrections and two years on probation.
Court records allege Romero molested a preteen girl between 2018 to 2019.
Illinois man could avoid prison for shooting woman
A Dolton, Illinois man faces a 4-year split term for shooting a woman, records show.
Khalil Parker pleaded guilty in documents filed July 22 to criminal recklessness. He would serve two years in Lake County Community Corrections and two years on probation.
A judge would have to accept the plea deal. A court hearing is scheduled Aug. 8.
Court records show he shot a woman twice near her right knee and twice in her right foot after he saw an ex-boyfriend wished her a Happy Birthday on Instagram two years earlier.
Prosecutors drop charges in Hammond drug shooting
Court filings show prosecutors dropped charges this week in a Hammond drug shooting, saying the victim wasn't cooperating.
Ladislao Vera, Sr., was originally charged with aggravated battery and battery by means of a deadly weapon.
Hammond Police were called at 8:49 p.m. July 26, 2023, to a Speedway Gas Station, 6845 Calumet Ave., for a reported shooting.
There, they saw a male victim shot and lying on the ground in the south parking lot. Witnesses said he had been pushed out of a dark colored pickup before it took off.
Nearby security video appeared to show the shooting.
The victim initially lied to police, saying he was buying marijuana from an 'older couple.' He got in their truck and they got angry when he asked to use Apple Pay. The son, Ladislao Vera Jr., connected him for the sale.
Ladislao Vera Sr. shot the victim, who said he had a gun, too, but couldn't use it in time, court records state.
Days later, in a second police interview, the victim admitted he was buying 250 Xanax pills. He was scared to be charged, documents state. He met the couple once before.
At the hospital, staff told him he was shot four times.
Hammond Police executed a search warrant Aug. 10, 2023, at the Veras' house. There, they confiscated a gun case, an extended gun magazine, and an iPhone. They also found 'numerous' pill bottles of 'many types' in various bedrooms.
Charges against Vera, Sr.'s wife and son were dismissed earlier.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
New York Post
an hour ago
- New York Post
Putin's ‘secret daughter' laments father who killed ‘millions' and ‘destroyed' her life as she pivots to support Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin's alleged secret daughter spoke out against her father in a cryptic post condemning the man who 'destroyed' her and 'took millions of lives.' Elizaveta Krivonogikh, a 22-year-old art school graduate living in Paris who is believed to Putin's youngest daughter, shared the messages on her private Telegram, in line with her increasing openness on Instagram as she's started to share more images of herself. 4 22-year-old Elizaveta Krivonogoikh is supposedly Vladimir Putin's secret love child. social media Advertisement 'It's liberating to be able to show my face to the world again,' she wrote, Bild reported. 'It reminds me of who I am and who destroyed my life,' she added. The Telegram chat, dubbed 'Art of Luiza,' references her work pseudonym Luiza Rozova. Advertisement Krivonogikh didn't explicitly name Putin in either post, but has also never shot down the popular theories surrounding her true parentage. The budding artist was born in 2003 after a suspected affair between Putin and her mother, Svetlana, the president's then-housekeeper. 4 Putin has never confirmed the rumored love child. POOL/AFP via Getty Images The bombshell was first revealed after a 2020 investigation by Russian media outlet Proekt, citing her 'phenomenal resemblance' to Putin. He isn't listed on her birth certificate, but 'Vladimirovna' was included, translating to 'daughter of Vladimir.' Advertisement In 2021, slain journalist and Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny exposed Krivonogikh's Instagram, which highlighted her life of luxury and her family's staggering wealth that many have attributed to their connection with the disgraced Russian president. 4 Krivonogikh returned to social media and slammed her rumored father. Instagram / luizaroz__ While Krivonogikh originally celebrated life in the spotlight, she retreated after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2021 and her Instagram was suddenly shut down. She's since returned, but was more reserved at first, hiding her face in many photos. She's now seemingly changed her tune — and swapped sides on the devastating war after previously mourning her inability to 'make an extra lap around my beloved St. Petersburg.' Advertisement Krivonogikh has since denounced her previous Gucci-encrusted lifestyle of obscene wealth and speaks openly against her supposed father's massacre in Ukraine while working in a Parisian art gallery specializing in anti-war works. 4 Krivonogikh also denounced Putin's invasion of Ukraine. AP Krivonogikh also adopted an extra pseudonym, Elizaveta Rudnova, inspired by Putin's late ally Oleg Rudnov — a cheeky stab at her elusive parentage. Still, critics of Putin haven't quite bought her reshaped image and insist that she shouldn't be working in a space where she could be interacting with Ukrainians, regardless of her stance. 'Am I really responsible for the activities of my family, who can't even hear me?' Krivonogikh wrote. Putin is also rumored to share two secret sons, a 10-year-old and a 6-year-old, with his former gymnast fling and Olympic gold medalist Alina Kabaeva.
NBC News
3 hours ago
- NBC News
Brazil's Supreme Court orders the house arrest of former President Bolsonaro, a Trump ally
SAO PAULO — Brazil's Supreme Court on Monday ordered the house arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot to remain in office despite his defeat in the 2022 election — a case that has gripped the South American country as it faces a trade war with the Trump administration. Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who oversees the case against Bolsonaro before the top court, said in his decision that the 70-year-old former president had violated precautionary measures imposed on him by posting content on the social media channels of his three lawmaker sons. The trial of the far-right leader is receiving renewed attention after U.S. President Donald Trump directly tied a 50% tariff on imported Brazilian goods to his ally's judicial situation. Trump has called the proceedings a ' witch hunt,' triggering nationalist reactions from leaders of all branches of power in Brazil, including President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The case against Bolsonaro Brazil's prosecutors accuse Bolsonaro of heading a criminal organization that plotted to overturn the election, including plans to kill Lula and Justice de Moraes after the far-right leader narrowly lost his reelection bid in 2022. Monday's order followed one from the top court last month that ordered Bolsonaro to wear an electronic ankle monitor and imposed a curfew on his activities while the proceedings are underway. Following news of the arrest order, a staffer with Brazil's federal police told The Associated Press that federal agents had seized cell phones at Bolsonaro's residence in the capital of Brasilia, as ordered by de Moraes in his decision. The staffer spoke on condition of anonymity due to their lack of authorization to speak about the matter publicly. Bolsonaro is expected to remain in Brasilia for his house arrest as he is not allowed to travel. He also has a house in Rio de Janeiro, where he held his electoral base as a lawmaker for three decades. The former army captain is the fourth former president of Brazil to be arrested since the end of the country's military rule from 1964 to 1985, which Bolsonaro supported. 'Flagrant disrespect' The move from the Brazilian justice comes a day after tens of thousands of Bolsonaro supporters took the streets in the cities of Sao Paulo and Rio, pleading for Brazil's congress to pardon him and hundreds of others who are either under trial or jailed for their roles in the destruction of government buildings in Brasilia on Jan. 8, 2023. On Sunday, Bolsonaro addressed supporters in Rio through the phone of one of his sons, which de Moraes' described as illegal. 'The flagrant disrespect to the precautionary measures was so obvious that the defendant's son, Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, decided to remove the posting in his Instagram profile, with the objective of hiding the legal transgression,' de Moraes wrote. Lawyers for the former Brazilian president did not make comments after the decision. Flávio Bolsonaro claimed on X that Brazil 'is officially in a dictatorship' after his father's house arrest. 'The persecution of de Moraes against Bolsonaro has no limits!' the senator wrote. De Moraes added in his ruling that Jair Bolsonaro, who governed Brazil between 2019 and 2022, has spread messages with 'a clear content of encouragement and instigation to attacks against the Supreme Court and a blatant support for foreign intervention in the Brazilian Judiciary' — likely a veiled reference to Trump's support for Bolsonaro. De Moraes also said that Bolsonaro 'addressed protesters gathered in Copacabana, in Rio' on Sunday so his supporters could 'try to coerce the Supreme Court.' Last week, the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions on de Moraes over alleged suppression of freedom of expression and the ongoing trial of Bolsonaro. Possible trouble ahead Creomar de Souza, a political analyst of Dharma Political Risk and Strategy, a political consultancy firm based in Brasilia, said Bolsonaro's house arrest opens a new moment for the country's opposition, which could gather steam in fighting against Lula's reelection bid next year. Now, de Souza said, 'the 2026 election looks like turmoil' and the political debate in Brazil will likely be split between two key struggles. 'One is the effort of Bolsonaro supporters to keep strong on the right, no matter if it is pushing for amnesty in congress or putting themselves physically out there,' the analyst said. 'The second is how the Lula administration will try to show that the country has a government.' 'This is just the start,' he concluded. The latest decision from the top court keeps Bolsonaro under ankle monitoring, allows only family members and lawyers to visit him and seizes all mobile phones from his home. Lula was imprisoned for 580 days between 2018 and 2019 in a corruption conviction that was later tossed out by the Supreme Court, citing the bias of the judge in the case. Michel Temer, who became president after Dilma Rousseff was impeached in 2016, was arrested for 10 days in 2019 in connection with a graft investigation, which later ended without a conviction. Earlier this year, de Moraes ordered the detention of President Fernando Collor, who was in office from 1990 to 1992 until he was impeached. The 75-year-old former president was convicted for money laundering and corruption in 2023 and is now serving his more than eight-year sentence. The Associated Press
New York Post
8 hours ago
- New York Post
Married mom and English teacher pleads to 21 sex counts involving schoolgirl
A married Ohio mom and teacher has pleaded guilty to 21 sex charges involving a schoolgirl she began abusing when the child was just 13. Stefanie Erin Kellenberger, a 40-year-old sixth-grade English instructor, sexually abused the girl at her home in Shelby over 18 months, according to Richland County Common Pleas Judge Brent Robinson. The pedophile pleaded guilty for all four counts of third-degree felony sexual battery and 17 counts of third-degree felony unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a court docket from Richland County Common Pleas Court shows. 3 Married teacher Stefanie Erin Kellenberger has pleaded guilty to grooming and having sex with a schoolgirl. Shelby City School District Kellenberger was presented with two options by prosecutors for her crimes: either 12 years flat prison time or 15 years with the possibility of judicial release after 10 years. She opted for the second option when she pleaded guilty in court Friday, court papers show. At the time the abuse started in February 2020, Kellenberger's victim was just 13 years old, with the teacher starting to have sex with the girl after she turned 14 and continuing until she turned 16, Richland County Assistant Prosecutor Bryan Dove told the judge. 'The relationship continued until the age of consent,' Dove said, according to the Mansfield News Journal. 3 Kellenberger now faces up to 15 years in jail. Richland County Jail Judge Robinson noted, 'Which, in the state of Ohio, is 16 years old.' Kellenberger's crimes continued until October 2021, Robinson said. Kellenberger's lawyer, James Mayer III, told the judge, 'Consent was never an issue in this case. It's an age thing.' Robinson asked the prosecutor, 'So the state is saying there was no use of force?' The ADA replied, 'Correct, Your Honor. No use of force.' 3 She changed her plea to guilty at a hearing Friday. Zach Tuggle/News Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Kellenberger, who taught sixth-grade English and language arts at Shelby City Schools at the time of her crimes, was put on paid administrative leave in February 2024 after her abuse came to light. She was indicted in September and resigned the next month, although a profile with her name and picture was still active on the Shelby City Schools website as of Monday. Her Instagram account, where she describes herself as a 'wife, mom, teacher,' is still active. Kellenberger's victim recommended that the former teacher spend three years in jail, but the judge said that sentence was too short. 'The victim is relieved to not have to testify. That's why we entered into this agreement with the defendant,' Dove told the judge. As part of Kellenberger's plea deal, she will be subject to five years post-release control after prison and must register with the county sheriff as a Tier 3 sex offender, or the most serious, every 90 days for the rest of her life. She must also remain under electronic monitoring until her sentencing Oct. 6, have no contact with minors, avoid further criminal conduct and forever forfeit her teaching license.
