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Gilberto Sotelo.Photo:GoFundMe GoFundMe The former Texas sheriff’s correctional corporal, who fatally hit a father of 7 while drunk and on vacation in California, has been convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 15 years to life, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Officeannouncedthis week. Giovanni Ceja crashed his vehicle into Gilberto Sotelo and his parked truck while the father wasfilling his tank with gason the shoulder of the freeway in the early morning hours of Aug....

“Obviously, there was some time in between, but I think one of the keys — " Jenkins, who was named one of PEOPLE’sSexiest Handymen Alivein November, begins to explain on Thursday’sPeople Now. “After the traumatic breakup, yes, there was time in between,” Turner jumps in, adding, “Listen, I have stories.” Jenkins confirms their falling out was rough. Asked if it was traumatic for him, he says, “I would say so. We were together for like 5 years....

Photo: Cibola County Sheriff’s Office A founding leader of a New Mexico-based religious cult that called itself “God’s Army” and whose members wore military fatigues was sentenced to 72 years in prison on Wednesday for multiple crimes against children, PEOPLE confirms. “Emotionally, she broke me as a child to the point where I still today struggle with my own self-confidence, my self-esteem, my sense of worth,” the victim told the judge, according to the official....

Photo: AP/REX/ShutterstockMonday could be the beginning of the end of the nightmare for Julie Gudino.That day, Deborah Green —the matriarch of the cult Gudino left years ago— will go on trial on several charges, including kidnapping and sexual penetration of a minor, child abuse and failure to report a birth.For decades, Deborah and her husband, James, reigned over the New Mexico-based religious sect the Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps, which they co-founded....

Delta Air Lines Boeing 767 landing at Barcelona Airport.Photo:Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty A former Delta Air Lines pilot has been indicted in connection with an alleged threat to shoot the captain of a commercial flight midway through a journey in August 2022. On Oct. 18, 2023, a grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah “indicted Jonathan J. Dunn forinterfering with the crew of a commercial airline flight,” according to a release from the Office of Inspector General at the U....

Photo: Mark Rightmire/Digital First Media/Orange County Register/Getty The former fiancée of a California theater actor who murdered anAfghanistan War veteranandhis friendin 2010 was convicted Wednesday of lying to police in an attempt to protect him from prosecution, PEOPLE confirms. During the trial, prosecutors alleged that Buffett purposefully lied to police on multiple occasions and changed her story to protect Wozniak, theOrange County Registerreported. Prosecutor Matt Murphy tells PEOPLE Buffett lied to police at least 20 times, saying, “She lies repeatedly....

FormerDonald Trumpattorney Jenna Ellis pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one count of aiding and abetting false statements in the Georgia election subversion case, becoming the fourth co-defendant to enter a guilty plea and promise to cooperate with prosecutors in the case. With Ellis' plea, nearly the entire core legal team that attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election in favor of Trump has pleaded guilty in the Georgia election interference case....

PEOPLE obtained the indictment returned against Alix Tichelman, 31, last September —months after she was deported to her native Canadafollowing her release from prison. Tichelman has been charged in Fulton County in the death of ex-boyfriend Dean Riopelle, a Milton man who once owned the Masquerade, a music venue in Atlanta. She is charged with two counts of felony murder as well as single counts of distribution of heroin and distribution of oxycodone....

Was it murder or an act of self-defense? That question sits at the heart of the murder trial for a former exotic dancer accused of the 2017 killing of her pharmaceutical executive boyfriend. Jury selection began on Tuesday in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the trial of Jennifer Morrisey, 34, who was in a relationship with Michael McNew, 64, when he was found dead on Aug. 8, 2017, in the Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, home the two had shared....

Chilling new details about missing Colorado mom Suzanne Morphew’s possible last moments emerged in court last week when prosecutors began laying the groundwork for their murder case against her husband. Suzanne, 49, was reported missing after going on a Mother’s Day bike ride on May 10, 2020. She is presumed dead. Her body has not been found. Her husband, Barry Morphew, 53, is charged with first-degree murder after deliberation, tampering with physical evidence and attempt to influence a public servant....

Brett Janes.Photo:Alexandria Sheriff’s Office Alexandria Sheriff’s Office A former FBI contractor from Arlington, Virginia, is facing child sexual exploitation and child pornography charges after a months-long investigation discovered he was allegedly grooming minors through social media. Brett Janes, 26, allegedly used social media platforms such as Snapchat and Discord to contact and groom numerous minor boys between January and May of this year, according to an indictment handed down on Wednesday....

Photo: Facebook With Colorado momKelsey Berrethstill missing, her former fiancé has pleaded not guilty to her presumed murder. The accused, 32-year-oldPatrick Frazee, entered his plea Friday in a Teller County courtroom, according to multiple news outlets. He is now scheduled to stand trial in October, reportsKOAA,CBSDenverand theAssociated Press. Frazee faces charges including two counts of murder and three counts of solicitation to commit murder for the death of Berreth, a 29-year-old former flight instructor from Woodland Park last seen publicly on Thanksgiving Day as she entered a grocery store with the couple’s then 1-year-old daughter....

Heyzel Obando and Tony Joiner.Photo: Heyzel Obando/ FacebookA former college football player was sentenced to 25 years in prison this week for shooting and killing the mother of his two young children in 2016.Earl “Tony” Joiner, 37, was once the captain of the Florida Gators football team and was part of the school’s 2006 National Championship team. He was also teammates withAaron Hernandezduring the 2007 season.Joiner, a former defensive safety, originally got away with the murder for three years before Oxygen’s “Cold Justice” television show helped local investigators crack the case....