Charlottesville officials obtained a warrant charging Tyquan Markie Dean with first-degree murder in a 2025 shooting; a June 11, 2026 court date is set ... .
"Bruises or minor marks on the neck do not automatically establish a first-degree strangulation charge," explains Mejia Colgan ... The firm also challenges the severity of injuries in first-degree cases.
The first of two suspects to appear before a jury following the suspicious death of a 25-year-old man in Conway Township in 2025 was found guilty of first-degree murder April 23.
NILES — Emotions ran high Monday at the Niles courthouse as the families of two murder victims spoke before the sentencings of two area men convicted earlier this year of first-degree murder ... .
Jaden Hearns, 27, Rockford, was arrested and taken to the Winnebago CountyJail on charges of first-degree murder, aggravated domestic battery and aggravated battery to a child. Rockford Police Department officers were called at about 8 a.m.
A 21-year-old East Moline man is facing a mandatory sentence of life in prison after a jury found him guilty in the shooting death of Mayson Payne in downtown Davenport... .