Josiah Bush Teen Killer Murders 2 In Ohio

Josiah Bush Teen Killer

Josiah Bush a teen killer from Ohio has just been found guilty of a double murder that took place when he was sixteen years old. According to court documents Josiah Bush and Ethan Grim, 17, and Elijah Barrett, 15, would enter a Ohio home where they would shoot and kill two people Caleb Chamberlin, 22, and Anthony Scartz, 24, multiple times. Along with the two murder victims two adult females were beaten along with a juvenile. Elijah Barrett would plead guilty and would receive a life sentence with no parole eligibility for 25 years. Ethan Grim is scheduled to go to trial later this year. When sentenced Josiah Bush faces a life sentence

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Josiah Bush, 19, of Urbana, was recently found guilty of murder from the Thanksgiving Eve double murder in 2019.

The Logan County Prosecutor’s Office and a jury of eight women and four men found Bush guilty of six counts of complicity to aggravated burglary (F1), aggravated robbery (F1), kidnapping (F1), felonious assault (F2), and two counts of murder (unclassified felonies).

Josiah Bush will be sentenced on Thursday, November 10, and faces a life term.

Back on November 27, 2019, Bush along with Ethan Grim, now 20, and Elijah Barrett, now 18, entered the residence of 601 West Columbus Avenue around 11:30 p.m. and shot Caleb Chamberlin, 22, and Anthony Scartz, 24, multiple times.

Chamberlin died in the shooting. Scartz died several days later.

Officers from Bellefontaine Police reported the teens each entered the home and began shooting at some point shortly thereafter.

Two adult females were assaulted at the scene. A juvenile that lived in the home was not harmed physically during the incident.

The boys had been to the home before.

Barrett was shot during the gunfight. He sought medical treatment at Mercy Memorial Hospital in Urbana early Thanksgiving morning. He was then flown to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus. Barrett was released from the hospital Friday morning.

The Madison County Sheriff’s Office located Grim and Bush Thursday afternoon.

Initially, the Urbana Police Department received a tip regarding their location.

All three teens were lodged in the Logan County JDC.

On November 29th, Austin Allen, now 23, of Bellefontaine, was arrested and charged with complicity to aggravated robbery. Authorities believe that Allen was with the teens who entered the home and participated in their getaway.

In December, Barrett plead guilty to complicity to aggravated robbery, aggravated assault, and murder. He was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25-27 years.

Barrett is currently lodged in the Orient Correctional Facility.

Allen and Grim have upcoming trials.

They were charged with seven counts of complicity to aggravated burglary (F1), aggravated robbery (F1), kidnapping (F1), felonious assault (F2), and murder ( unclassified felonies).

Allen’s trial is set to start on November 29. Grim’s trial is scheduled for January 9, 2023.

Allen had entered guilty pleas to complicity to aggravated burglary and complicity to aggravated burglary without specifications that a gun was used in the crimes a year ago. In August he withdrew these pleas.

At the time of the murders, Josiah Bush was 16, Barrett was 15, and Grim was 17. Each was bound over from juvenile court to stand trial as an adult last summer.

Richard Emery Sentenced To Death In Missouri

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Richard Emery was sentenced to death in Missouri for a quadruple murder. According to court documents Richard Emery would murder his girlfriend, Kate Kasten, her two children from a previous relationship, 10-year-old Jonathan and 8-year-old Zoe, and Kate’s mother Jane Moeckel. Richard Emery attorneys would not even try to deny that Emery was responsible for the murders but tried to argue diminished capacity however the jury did not go for it and sentenced him to death.

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A St. Charles man has been sentenced to death for the 2018 murders of his girlfriend and her family.

A jury that consisted of two men and 10 women in their mid-20s to mid-60s found Richard Darren Emery guilty on four counts of first-degree murder on Friday, Sept. 30. The defense did not dispute the fact that Emery killed his girlfriend, Kate Kasten, her two children from a previous relationship, 10-year-old Jonathan and 8-year-old Zoe, and Kate’s mother Jane Moeckel.

Prosecutors sought the death penalty, showing traumatic police body camera footage to the jury of the aftermath.

Emery’s public defense attorneys presented a diminished capacity case to the jury, claiming he’d previously been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and was not in control of himself at the time of the murders. They had pushed for conviction on second-degree murder in the hope of sparing Emery’s life. Emery’s family, friends, and coworkers testified to try and convince the jury to change their mind about giving him the death sentence.

The jury deliberated for a little over two hours on Tuesday, Oct. 4. The jury convicted Emery in a unanimous decision of depravity of mind, vile, callousness, and disregard for the sanctity of all life.

As Judge Michael James Fagras read each sentence aloud to the court—death on each count—Emery hung his head after learning his fate. Emery hugged his attorneys and sobbed for a few minutes after the jurors left the court

The St. Charles County Prosecuting Attorney Tim Lohmar said the jury made the right decision.

“To my left are some of the gentlemen whose body cameras captured the footage at the crime scene in the initial moments,” Lohmar said. “It was appalling for me to have to watch it the first time. It was appalling for our team to watch it dozens of times. It was even worse for these guys to have to live through it.”

That body camera footage is most likely what helped convince the jury to sentence Emery to death on all four counts of first-degree murder.

The courtroom was packed with family and friends on both sides, all filled with sorrow, shoulders shaking, and quiet sobbing.

The defense is expected to file an appeal.

At the start of the trial on Sept. 20, prosecutors said Emery wiped out three generations of one family just before midnight on Dec. 28, 2018.

Prosecutors described Emery’s actions that night as “deliberate, intentional and purposeful.” 

All four victims were shot in the face or head at close range, the prosecutor said. The murder weapon, a 9mm pistol, was so close to the victims that their skin had gunpowder burns.

Attorneys for the prosecution and defense agreed that Emery had gone out drinking and played poker earlier that evening. Emery returned home and got into an argument with Kate. At some point, Emery retrieved a handgun, and he and Kate struggled for the weapon.

Emery fired nine shots in all. Kate was the first person shot, but was the last to die. She died hours later at a local hospital.

Moeckel, Kate’s mother, barricaded herself and two grandchildren in another room in the house. After shooting Kate, Emery broke down the door to that room and shot Moeckel while she was on the phone with 911 dispatchers. Before being shot and killed, Moeckel provided dispatchers with the home address and said her daughter had been murdered. She never got a chance to identify the shooter.

The two children, Jonathan and Zoe, were the final victims to be shot.

After the shooting, Emery left the home with the pistol and an AR-15 rifle, including 500 rounds of ammunition, and a knife.

Emery drove away from the home as police arrived at the scene. That officer radioed colleagues to stop Emery’s truck.

Emery was pulled over and exchanged gunfire with police. He fired seven shots and fled. Emery suffered two gunshot wounds during the shootout. He did not take the AR-15 with him.

Prosecutors said Emery eventually came across a woman who was leaving a Christmas party. Emery, who still had his knife, carjacked the woman and attacked her. He stabbed the woman seven times, five in her chest, but ran off when the car alarm went off. The woman survived.

Emery was captured the morning after the shootings at a St. Charles QuikTrip, where police found him in a bathroom, covered in blood

After his arrest, Emery asked if the police he shot at were okay. He also asked if the woman he stabbed was okay. At no point did he ask about Kate Kasten and her family, prosecutors said.

On the final day of testimony, Emery took the stand to say he was not in control of his actions but acknowledged he had killed Kate and her family, and accepted responsibility for their deaths.

The start of the trial was delayed several months after Emery’s public defender died in January 2022. Public defenders from Jefferson City represented Emery during the trial.

https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/richard-emery-sentenced-to-death-in-st-charles-quadruple-murder/

Kevin Daigle Sentenced To Death In Louisiana

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Kevin Daigle was sentenced to death in Louisiana for the murder of a police officer. According to court documents a drunk Kevin Daigle was on the side of the road and when State Trooper Steven Vincent attempted to help him Daigle pulled out a shotgun and shot the trooper. State Trooper Steven Vincent would later die from his injuries. Kevin Daigle was officially sentenced to death after two different juries would sentence him to death. Kevin Daigle has also been charged with the murder of his roommate Blake Brewer.

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Kevin Daigle has formally been sentenced to death by Judge Clayton Davis after two different juries found that Daigle should die for the murder of State Trooper Steven Vincent.

Vincent responded to a stranded motorist on the side of a rural road in 2015. As he tried to help an intoxicated Kevin Daigle, Daigle pulled out a sawed-off shotgun and gravely wounded Vincent who died in the hospital.

Daigle was formally sentenced to death by Judge Clayton Davis Thursday. For Vincent’s family, this day was long in coming.

Iowa Police Chief Keith Vincent is Steven’s older brother. He felt a sense of relief.

“It sets an example that deviant people cannot go around shooting police officers intentionally, showing no remorse and not having the full extent of the law allowed in this state, which is the death penalty, which is what that law is designed for, capital murder, and it’s good to see he got the fullest extent,” said Chief Vincent.

They still suffer the pain and grief of losing their brother, but Steven’s younger brother, Terrell Vincent, says sentencing helps.

“Maybe, kind of get some closure. I know there will be appeals but to me, just hearing the sentencing, that was enough for me,” said Terrell.

They also expressed gratitude for all the work that went into the trial in which Daigle was convicted and the penalty phase during which juries voted he should die. There was a second penalty phase with a new jury to resolve a defense dispute over whether one juror in the first trial was properly qualified to serve.

“Words can’t express the gratitude and the way we feel that justice was finally served and the district attorney and law enforcement did a great job collecting all the evidence and we finally got the result that the family’s been waiting for, justice,” said Chief Vincent.

“Glad to live in a country where we have a justice system, and it played out. It took a while, but it played out and justice as well as his punishment will be served,” said Terrell.

Death penalty appeals usually take many years.

District Attorney Stephen Dwight says they are prepared.

“We’ll fight that every step of the way, because we feel the jury came back with a just verdict and we’re prepared to continue to fight it through the state court and federal court,” said Dwight.

Right now the state is not performing executions. At last word, it was because they are unable to get the chemicals required for lethal injection.

The defense asked to delay today’s sentencing and asked for a new trial. The judge denied both motions. Defense attorneys declined to do interviews after the sentencing.

Daigle was also charged with the second-degree murder of his roommate Blake Brewer, who was found dead in his Moss Bluff home after Daigle’s arrest.

https://www.kplctv.com/2022/10/20/kevin-daigle-sentenced-death-murder-trooper-steven-vincent/

 Robert Solis Sentenced To Death In Texas

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Robert Solis was sentenced to death by a Texas jury for the murder of a police officer. According to court documents Robert Solis would shoot and kill Harris county sheriff’s deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal during a traffic stop in 2019. According to reports Sandeep Dhaliwal was returning to his patrol car when Robert Solis came up behind him and fired. Robert Solis who would fire three of his attorneys during the trial would end up representing himself. The jury found him guilty in under an hour and sentenced to death.

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SID Number:    04593952

TDCJ Number:    00999625

Name:    SOLIS,ROBERT

Race:    H

Gender:    M

Age:    50

Maximum Sentence Date:    DEATH ROW       

Current Facility:    POLUNSKY

Projected Release Date:    DEATH ROW

Parole Eligibility Date:    DEATH ROW

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A man was sentenced to death on Wednesday for the fatal 2019 shooting of a law enforcement officer who was the first Sikh deputy in his Texas agency.

A Harris county jury deliberated for about 35 minutes before returning the death sentence for Robert Solis, 50, after convicting him of capital murder on 17 October in Harris county sheriff’s deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal’s killing.

According to trial evidence, Solis shot the 42-year-old deputy multiple times during a 2019 traffic stop in a residential cul-de-sac 18 miles (29km) north-west of Houston. Dhaliwal was returning to his patrol car when Solis shot him from behind.

“The defendant executed a uniformed deputy by shooting him in cold blood in broad daylight. That makes him the worst of the worst, which is why we asked jurors to sentence him to death,” Harris county district attorney Kim Ogg, a Democrat, said in a statement.

Solis represented himself in the trial after firing his three defense attorneys.

Prosecutors had told jurors that Solis had a lengthy criminal record of robberies and sexual predation leading up to Dhaliwal’s killing.

Assistant district attorney Katie Warren, who prosecuted the case, said in a statement on Wednesday that Dhaliwal was not just a trailblazer in the law enforcement community but also an exceptional officer.

“Deputy Dhaliwal was a pillar of this community, and when it came to law enforcement, he set the bar,” Warren said. “His loss is a loss that every single one of us feels. We’re glad today that this jury was able to give justice.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/26/texas-man-sentenced-death-penalty-sikh-police-officer

Jimmy O’Neal Spencer Sentenced To Death In Alabama

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Jimmy O’Neal Spencer has been sentenced to death by a Alabama jury for a triple murder. According to court documents Jimmy O’Neal Spencer would murder Martha Dell Reliford, 65, Marie Kitchens Martin, 74, and Martin’s great-grandson, Colton Ryan Lee, 7. Marie Kitchens Martin was murdered during a robbery and seven year old Colton Ryan Lee was killed to eliminate a witness to the murders. Martha Dell Reliford who lived across the street was murdered the same night. Jimmy O’Neal Spencer who is a violent offender was just released from prison.

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A Marshall County circuit judge this morning ruled that prosecutors can seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing three people four years ago.

WAAY reported that the decision came after a defense witness testified that Jimmy O’Neal Spencer, 55, charged with capital murder, has an IQ lower than the U.S. Supreme Court’s recommended range for intellectual disability.

Spencer is accused of the July 13, 2018 deaths of Martha Dell Reliford, 65, Marie Kitchens Martin, 74, and Martin’s great-grandson, Colton Ryan Lee, 7

Spencer’s lawyers say he is not mentally competent to be executed, arguing in court documents last month that he is “intellectually disabled.” Prosecutors say his mental capacity shows he should be considered eligible

Circuit Judge Tim Riley will hear the arguments.

At the time of the murders, the homeless convict was a violent offender just out of prison. Authorities said Spencer strangled and stabbed Martin before taking off with an undisclosed amount of cash. Lee, they said, died from blunt force trauma.

The boy and his great-grandmother were found dead that Friday at her Mulberry Street home in Guntersville. Reliford – also killed by blunt force trauma – was found dead in her home across the street the same night. Investigators said she was hit with the flat side of a hatchet, stabbed and robbed.

Spencer had a string of arrests beginning in 1984 at the age of 19 involving violent offenses, and was twice sentenced to life imprisonment. Yet he was granted parole on Nov. 2, 2017 and released to a homeless shelter in Birmingham, where he was supposed to remain for six months. He left three weeks later.

Spencer traveled to Guntersville, where he had several run-ins with law enforcement and was charged for multiple violations of the law, from traffic offenses and possession of drug paraphernalia, to attempting to elude police, resisting arrest and illegal possession of a firearm. However, his parole was not revoked.

https://www.al.com/news/2022/10/jimmy-oneal-spencers-trial-to-begin-alabama-man-faces-execution-in-3-murders.html