Compton pleads guilty to church shooting
A local woman entered guilty pleas this week to several charges in connection with a church shooting in Newport in March 2008. Under the terms of a negotiated plea agreement between defense and prosecution attorneys, Janet Lee Compton, 54, of 152 Circle Road, was sentenced by Circuit Judge Ben W. Hooper II to time served in jail with the balance of
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Conviction upheld in Troy church threat case
Troy — The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld the 2008 conviction of a former Troy church music director for sending threatening e-mails to church leaders, including naming his wife on a hit list, and promising a "Columbine" or "Virginia Tech-style" shooting at services. But
Teens who planned shooting spree at church sentenced to 2 years jail time
WINNIPEG – Two Winnipeg teenagers who conspired to set a city high school alight with Molotov cocktails and shoot those who tried to escape will spend two more years in jail. The 17-year-old boy and his 18-year-old girlfriend — who can’t be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act
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Candles lit at Jewish centre for Mumbai attacks victims
MUMBAI — Faith leaders on Tuesday gathered at a Jewish religious and cultural centre in Mumbai to light candles to those who died in last year's deadly terror attacks on the city. The candles were lit after a moment of silence to remember the six people who were killed at Chabad House on November
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Victim’s widow defends prosecution in church shooting
EDWARDSVILLE – A former top prosecutor is offering his services free of charge to prosecute the accused killer of the Rev. Fred Winters, but the victim's widow is saying she would rather leave the matter to the current authorities. Don Weber, a former state's attorney and assistant state's
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Gunshots Fired into Lubavitch Yeshiva in Miami
(IsraelNN.com) Gunshots were fired Monday night at the Lubavitch Rabbinical Seminary in Miami, Florida, hitting a glass door and shattering it, just as a student was standing nearby. No one was injured and police were called immediately. Authorities are apparently expressing reluctance to categorize
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Winnipeg teens plead guilty to shooting plot at schools, church
WINNIPEG — In a case police have described as "almost surreal," two troubled Winnipeg teens have admitted to planning a random shooting rampage inside three Winnipeg-area schools and a church. The 17-year-old boy and his 18-year-old girlfriend — who can’t be named under the
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Video: Wedgwood Pastor on Shooting 10 Years Later
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Video: Wedgwood Baptist Church 10 Year Shooting Anniversary
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Sept. 16, 1999: Gunman kills 7 in Fort Worth church
Editor’s note: This report appeared in the "Star-Telegram" on Sept. 16, 1999. FORT WORTH — A long-haired man dressed in jeans and a black jacket, who witnesses said was spouting obscenities and demeaning worshippers for their religious beliefs, invaded a Wednesday night church service
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WEDGWOOD REMEMBERED: Shootings, 10 years ago, gripped pastor’s grief, theology
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–Just a day removed from preaching his mother’s funeral after "praying her into heaven" with his two sisters, Al Meredith sat on a dock near his boyhood home in Michigan, watching a freighter pass by and thinking to himself, "When I get back to Fort Worth,
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Further evaluation may be ordered in church shooting case
NEWPORT-Circuit Judge Ben W. Hooper II on Monday granted part of the state’s motion for another mental health evaluation of a local woman who is charged in connection with a church shooting in Newport in March 2008. Judge Hooper permitted prosecutors to designate a mental health professional to
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Insanity defense sought in NJ church shooting
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) – His lawyer plans to use an insanity defense for the California man accused of gunning down two people in a New Jersey church. Joseph Pallipurath appeared in court Monday with his attorney, who told a judge his client can’t afford to pay for expert witnesses. Attorney
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Holocaust denier charged in DC museum shooting
WASHINGTON – An 88-year-old white supremacist was charged with murder Thursday, a day after officials said he left a signed anti-Semitic screed in his car outside the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, then gunned down a security guard who opened the door to let him in. Guard Stephen T. Johns was
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Remembrance: Wedgwood Baptist Church shooting anniversary a time to share stories of healing, hope, faith
How often we measure our lives by significant days. Our birthdays, wedding anniversaries, holidays — we pause to reflect upon the past, whether we are where we want to be and what we might do to make the future brighter. The Israelites would stack "Stones of Remembrance," visible signs
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