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Greenville, North Carolina.A North Carolina man is now in custody on murder charges after deputies said he killed his ne...
01/13/2025

Greenville, North Carolina.

A North Carolina man is now in custody on murder charges after deputies said he killed his neighbor and a married couple in separate but “related” shootings over the weekend.

According to the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office, detectives arrested 55-year-old David Lever on “three open counts of murder” after law enforcement found three people shot dead on Friday in Greenville, which is about 85 miles east of Raleigh.

The investigation spanned across four different crime scenes, the sheriff’s office said.

“As a result of interviews and evidence collected at each scene, the preliminary investigation reveals the incidents are related,” according to a Saturday news release from the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office. “However, this is an active investigation.”

A person of interest, later identified as Lever, was detained at one of the scenes before his eventual arrest, and additional charges are currently pending, deputies said.

Authorities identified the victims as 80-year-old Anthony Gribble and 76-year-old Paula Gribble, a married couple, as well as 64-year-old Enrique Reyes. All three were shot and killed at their home address, deputies said.

The couple’s bodies were discovered on Peace Ridge Court, while Reyes was found on Forest Acres Drive, the same road that Lever’s home is located, according to the sheriff’s office. The victims’ homes are nearly 4.5 miles away from one another.

Lever, who works as a real estate agent and broker in the Greenville area, is being held at the Pitt County Detention Center under no bond.

“There is currently no threat to the general public,” the news release stated. “More information will be released as soon as possible.”

The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office is urging anyone with information regarding this case to contact Crime Stoppers at 252-758-7777 or Detective Jordan at 252-902-2158.



A North Carolina man is now in custody on murder charges after deputies said he killed his neighbor and a married couple in separate but “related” shootings over the weekend.

Portage, Wisconsin.A jury found Larry Manthe guilty of first-degree murder Friday night, convicted of killing his partne...
01/13/2025

Portage, Wisconsin.

A jury found Larry Manthe guilty of first-degree murder Friday night, convicted of killing his partner of over 30 years Alice Langer, 76 in a Wyocena home the two shared in October 2022.

Over four days a jury at the Columbia County Circuit Court in Portage watched testimony in the murder case, including the 80-year-old Manthe himself taking the stand on Thursday morning.

On Sept. 15, 2023, Manthe was charged with a single count of first-degree intentional homicide as an act of domestic abuse.

Langer was found on Oct. 6, 2022 in the shower of the home where she and Manthe lived with a handgun on her lap and a gunshot wound to the left side of her head.

Her death was originally ruled a su***de until the medical examiner said the gunpowder burns on her body discovered during the autopsy was not normally seen in su***des.

Prosecutors argued Manthe staged Langer's death. His DNA was found on the gun and ammunition.

A first-degree intentional homicide conviction comes with an automatic life in prison sentence in the state of Wisconsin. A judge will decide at sentencing if Manthe will ever be eligible to apply for extended supervision.


A jury found Larry Manthe guilty of first-degree murder Friday night, convicted of killing his partner of over 30 years in a Wyocena home the two shared in October 2022.

Mobile, Alabama.A federal jury on Friday found a pair of sisters guilty of plotting to kill a Louisiana man engaged in a...
01/13/2025

Mobile, Alabama.

A federal jury on Friday found a pair of sisters guilty of plotting to kill a Louisiana man engaged in a bitter child custody battle with their niece.

Judy Owen and Mitzy Gaye Smith showed no emotion as they heard the verdict. But Smith later broke down, sobbing silently at the defense table. And the two sisters had a tearful embrace in the hallway outside the courtroom.

Jurors heard testimony from three co-conspirators, including the defendants’ other sister, Sandra Grimes, who already had pleaded guilty. Prosecutors alleged that Grimes was so angry at her estranged son-in-law, Raul Mina, that she wanted him dead – and that she got help from Owen and Smith to pay someone to do it.

Also testifying during this week’s trial in U.S. District Court were Rebecca Elizabeth Murphy, who testified that she accepted money to do the hit; her girlfriend at the time, Jessica Montgomery, who admitted accompanying her to Louisiana; and Edward Lane, who testified that Grimes approached him in 2023 about going after Mina.

“This case is about a group of women who came together and took matters into their own hands,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Terrill said during her closing argument.

Owen and Smith face a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison on the conspiracy conviction. The jury also found them guilty of transferring a firearm for the purposes of committing a felony. That offense carries a 15-year maximum sentence.

Dom Soto, an attorney for Smith, did not have much to say after the verdict.

“It’s a disappointment, and I really don’t need to talk about it,” he said as he was leaving the courthouse.

Barre Dumas, an attorney who represented Owen, said the verdict was not surprising given the evidence. He reiterated his contention that it was Grimes who was the most culpable.

“Obviously, the sister, Sandra Grimes – who had pled earlier – was the one with the ax to grind with the would-be victim of the conspiracy,” he said. “I think my client and Mr. Soto’s client were on the periphery of her scheming.”

Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Beaverstock set sentencing for April 14. He allowed the defendants to remain free until then.

Murphy testified that she made three trips to Marrero, Louisiana, where Mina lived. She testified that the defendants discussed a number of different way Mina could be killed – from injecting him with heroine to stabbing him to shooting him.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Tandice Blackwood pointed to evidence of conversations about taking Mina out after Murphy’s last trip to Marrero in March.

“The conspiracy is continuing,” she said. “They’re not gonna stop until Raul Mina’s dead.”

Soto maintained during his closing argument that prosecuting Smith was an injustice. He said his client’s only connection to the plot was that Grimes is her sister and that Murphy was her neighbor in the Barnwell community near Fairhope. He said Smith gave water to Murphy on her occasion.

From that, Soto argued, prosecutors spun an implausible conspiracy tale.

“She’s being punished for her kindnesses,” he told the jurors.

Soto said Grimes and Murphy were not credible.

“Witnesses have given conflicting statements and have been caught in lie after lie. … The truth has been bruised and battered in this case,” he said.

Dumas hammered on that them during his closing argument, telling jurors the prosecution case rests on Murphy, a “delusional, hallucinating, schizophrenic patient.” He reminded the jury of the testimony of Murphy’s onetime girlfriend, co-defendant Montgomery, who said she wouldn’t believe anything that came out of Murphy’s mouth.

A Mobile County sheriff’s deputy testified during the trial that Murphy at one time claimed to be a member of the Irish Mafia with ties to the Mexican drug cartels.

Dumas said Owen paid Murphy’s veterinary bill because she could not afford to get her dog back. That was an “act of kindness,” the attorney said, “not a payment for murder.”

And while Grimes clearly was angry at her son-in-law, Dumas said, “there’s not any evidence in this case that my client hates Raul Mina.”


A federal jury on Friday found a pair of sisters guilty of plotting to kill a Louisiana man engaged in a bitter child custody battle with their niece.

Wisconsin.A Watertown man is bound for trial later this month on charges of child s*xual assault.Adam L. Ready is schedu...
01/13/2025

Wisconsin.

A Watertown man is bound for trial later this month on charges of child s*xual assault.

Adam L. Ready is scheduled for a jury trial Jan. 27-28 in Jefferson County Circuit Court. Branch 4 Judge Bennett Brantmeier will oversee the two-day proceedings. A final status and scheduling conference is on the docket for Tuesday. He is charged with second-degree s*xual assault of a child, a Class C Felony. If convicted, he faces up 40 years in prison and/or a fine of up to $100,000.

The Watertown Police Department filed its formal complaint Dec. 4, 2023, the day Ready was arrested and made his initial appearance before the court. Ready was released on a $75,000 signature bond the following day.

While Ready’s attorney, Joseph F. Fischer of Watertown, indicated early in the proceedings that his client was willing to settle with the District Attorney’s office, the parties agreed in a May 3 appearance that a jury trial would be necessary.

Ready was previously charged with the same crime in 2001 — at the time it was a Class BC Felony, punishable by a prison sentence of up to 20 years and a fine up up to $10,000, prior to a change in classifications for offenses committed after Feb. 1, 2003. Ready pleaded guilty to that charge in Dodge County and was released from state custody Aug. 18, 2010.



WATERTOWN — A Watertown man is bound for trial later this month on charges of child s*xual assault.

Raleigh, North Carolina.The teenager accused of killing five people in the Hedingham neighborhood mass shooting appeared...
01/13/2025

Raleigh, North Carolina.

The teenager accused of killing five people in the Hedingham neighborhood mass shooting appeared in court for the first time.

On Friday, a judge ruled that the trial for Austin Thompson would be delayed until next year.

Several of the victims' family members or spouses were in the courtroom for the proceeding and told ABC11 afterward that this was not the outcome they were hoping for.

Loved ones said it was hard seeing Thompson for the first time since the shooting rampage in the Raleigh neighborhood three years ago.

Thompson is charged with killing five people, including his brother and a Raleigh police officer.

Earlier this week, his attorneys asked for the trial to be delayed until February 2026.

They argued that Thompson, who was 15 at the time, was not the same person he was then after being shot in the head during the Oct. 13, 2022, standoff with police.

They said the then-high school sophomore sustained a severe brain injury and needed to be re-evaluated.

The husband of 52-year-old Nicole Conners, one of the victims, said it's still unbelievable that someone he saw around the neighborhood was allegedly responsible for the shooting.

Howard went on to say that he will continue fighting for justice.

After the judge's decision Friday, the trial date set for Sept. 22 will begin Feb. 2, 2026.



On Friday, a judge ruled that the trial for Austin Thompson would be delayed until next year. Family members of some of the victims were not pleased with the decision.

Decatur, Alabama.Attorneys for Mac Marquette, the former Decatur police officer charged with murder in the Sept. 29, 202...
01/13/2025

Decatur, Alabama.

Attorneys for Mac Marquette, the former Decatur police officer charged with murder in the Sept. 29, 2023, shooting death of Steve Perkins, asked Tuesday for all matters in the case, including the trial, to be delayed pending a “stand your ground” immunity hearing.

“The (murder) charge stems from an on-duty shooting of an armed suspect, Stephen Perkins, in an incident wherein the suspect pointed a handgun at a tow-truck driver and the Defendant. Perkins died as a result of the shooting,” Marquette’s Birmingham-based attorneys, Brett Bloomston and Elizabeth Young, wrote in the motion.

“The Defendant and his fellow officers took various positions around Perkins’ residence to observe the situation and to protect the tow-truck driver. … The Defendant, who was located behind the vehicle that was to be repossessed, saw Perkins and clearly saw him pointing a weapon at the tow-truck driver. The Defendant then reacted to the threat posed by Perkins by yelling and identifying himself as police and giving him a loud verbal command to drop the weapon. Instead of dropping the weapon as instructed, Perkins turned and pointed the gun directly at the Defendant.

In fear for his life and the lives of others, the Defendant fired his duty weapon to eliminate the deadly threat.”

The motion’s narrative conflicts with video recordings of the incident — by police bodycams and neighbors’ security cameras — that show Perkins was not ordered to drop his weapon until after Marquette fired 18 rounds at him.

“Hey, hey! Police! Get on the ground!” Marquette yelled at Perkins at 1:49:04 a.m. on Sept. 29, according to bodycam video. Marquette fired the first shot at 1:49:05 a.m.

Decatur police Chief Todd Pinion previously apologized for erroneously stating that Perkins had been ordered to drop his weapon before an officer opened fire.

The motion for an immunity hearing and dismissal was one of nine motions filed Tuesday afternoon in a case that has remained mostly quiet since a May 2024 gag order hearing that resulted in Circuit Judge Charles Elliott ordering the involved parties, the Decatur Police Department and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency to refrain from making extrajudicial comments about the case.

The gag hearing came after an apparent ALEA video presentation — an edited compilation of bodycam video, including Marquette’s, which depicted the shooting — was leaked to an online conservative blog. At the hearing, Decatur police Capt. Rick Archer testified that police command staff felt Morgan County District Attorney Scott Anderson had misrepresented the facts of the case. Decatur police denied leaking the video.

Marquette, whose jury trial is scheduled to begin on April 7, has pleaded not guilty. His attorneys on Tuesday asked for the trial to be delayed until Marquette “has a full and fair hearing on his claim of immunity pursuant to Alabama’s stand your ground law.”



Attorneys for Mac Marquette, the former Decatur police officer charged with murder in the Sept. 29, 2023, shooting death of Steve Perkins, asked Tuesday for all matters in the case,

Panama City, Florida.A registered s*x offender was arrested for nearly a dozen child po*******hy charges in Bay County a...
01/13/2025

Panama City, Florida.

A registered s*x offender was arrested for nearly a dozen child po*******hy charges in Bay County and is being held on a million-dollar bond.

The Bay County Sheriff’s Office announced on Wednesday the arrest of 42-year-old Donald Deloach on January 6 for charges relating to the possession of the s*xual performance of children.

BCSO says it began an investigation after information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about an account being used to store hundreds of images of child s*xual abuse.

The investigation identified the account as being used to store the material allegedly belonging to Deloach.

Deloach was already a registered s*xual offender for charges relating to possession of child s*xual abuse material.

On Tuesday, BCSO served a warrant at Deloach’s home.

Authorities say evidence was collected that allegedly showed his ownership of the account used to store the imagery.

Deloach is being held at the Bay County Jail on a million-dollar bond.


A registered s*x offender was arrested for nearly a dozen child po*******hy charges in Bay County and is being held on a million-dollar bond.

California.California continues to battle devastating wildfires, with over 130,000 residents displaced and numerous stat...
01/12/2025

California.

California continues to battle devastating wildfires, with over 130,000 residents displaced and numerous state parks closed. Amid this ongoing crisis, law enforcement has arrested 60-year-old Gloria Lynn Mandich for felony arson.

She is accused of starting the Freddy Fire, a brush fire near Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) close to the Ventura County line.

The Freddy Fire broke out on January 8 near Leo Carrillo State Beach, a popular coastal destination. The fire ignited around 12:40 p.m., burning approximately three acres before being brought under control. Firefighters from Los Angeles and Ventura counties collaborated to extinguish the blaze, preventing further spread.

Initially, the Freddy Fire was believed to be a spot fire caused by embers from the much larger Palisades Fire. However, investigators soon linked it to Mandich, leading to her arrest by California State Parks officers.

Mandich faces two serious felony charges filed by the Ventura County District Attorney's Office: arson during a state of emergency and recklessly causing a forest fire. She pleaded not guilty during her arraignment and is currently held in Ventura County's Todd Road Jail with bail set at $20,000.

If released, she will be subject to strict conditions, including a ban on possessing matches, lighters, or ci******es, and compliance with searches for these items. Her next court appearance is scheduled for January 22.



Gloria Lynn Mandich, 60, has been arrested for allegedly starting the Freddy Fire near Pacific Coast Highway, adding to California's devastating wildfire crisis.

Arlington, Virginia.A substitute teacher has been charged with taking indecent liberties with a high school student.Timo...
01/12/2025

Arlington, Virginia.

A substitute teacher has been charged with taking indecent liberties with a high school student.

Timothy McGhee, a 47-year-old Alexandria resident, had been working as a substitute at Washington-Liberty High School. He also previously worked at some local churches and unsuccessfully ran for state Senate in Arlington and Alexandria in 2011.

Arlington County police say McGhee “initiated an inappropriate s*xual relationship with a juvenile female student” at W-L in the fall of 2022. Police began investigating the relationship last week after “receiving information” about the relationship. McGhee was arrested earlier today (Friday).

Police believe there may be additional victims of McGhee and asked anyone with information to contact them.

More, below, from a press release.

The Arlington County Police Department’s Special Victims Unit has arrested and charged an Arlington Public Schools employee with a s*xually-based offense and is seeking possible additional victims.

On January 3, police launched a criminal investigation after receiving information that, beginning in September 2022, a substitute teacher assigned to Washington-Liberty High School initiated an inappropriate s*xual relationship with a juvenile female student.

As a result of the investigation, Timothy McGhee, 47, of Alexandria, VA was arrested on January 10 and charged with Virginia Code § 18.2-370.1 Taking Indecent Liberties with a Child by a Person in a Supervisory or Custodial Relationship and Virginia Code § 18.2-60.3 Stalking.

Additional information regarding the investigation is restricted from release in accordance with Virginia Code § 19.2-11.2.


A substitute teacher has been charged with taking indecent liberties with a high school student. Timothy McGhee, a 47-year-old Alexandria resident, had been working as a substitute at Washington-Liberty High School. He also previously worked at some local churches and unsuccessfully ran for state Se...

Florida.A former Tampa sergeant has been found guilty Thursday on 100 charges of possession of child po*******hy.Paul Le...
01/12/2025

Florida.

A former Tampa sergeant has been found guilty Thursday on 100 charges of possession of child po*******hy.

Paul Leo Mumford, 63, a former Tampa police sergeant,was convicted after a 3½-hour deliberation, according to TampaBay.com.

“It’s disappointing,” said his defense attorney, Chip Purcell. “But it’s one step in the process. We’ll start to work on the appeal.”

Mumford retired in 2015 after working for 29 years with the Tampa Police Department. The last 18 months of Mumford’s career were spent as a sergeant in the s*x crimes unit.

After retirement, Mumford served as a reserve officer for six years until he was relieved of duty in February 2022, according to Fox 13.

The Tampa Bay Police Department was informed of the illegal images found on an electronic device owned by Mumford in December 2021.

Former Tampa police officer James Bowie discovered the illegal images on Mumford’s hard drive. Mumford had asked Bowie, who had extensive technology knowledge, to examine his hard drive, which was no longer functioning.

While working on the hard drive, Bowie uncovered multiple images of child po*******hy.

After the police obtained a warrant for Mumford’s home, they discovered s*xual stories concerning children on Mumford’s computer, with Mumford’s name listed as the author.

Mumford told police that he was unaware of the pictures on the hard drive. He claimed in court that he did not write all the stories, but the ones he did write were a form of therapy due to “extreme s*xual abuse” from “a pe*****le ring throughout the state of Florida,” which he endured from the ages of 10 to 16.

Mumford’s sentencing was set by Hillsborough Circuit Judge Samantha Ward for March. It is unclear how much time Mumford may receive, but each individual charge carries a maximum sentence of 15 years.



https://www.crimeonline.com/2025/01/12/florida-s*x-crime-sergeant-found-guilty-of-child-po*******hypossession/

A former Tampa sergeant has been found guilty Thursday on 100 charges of possession of child po*******hy. Paul Leo Mumford, 63, a former Tampa police sergeant,was convicted after a 3½-hour deliberation, according to TampaBay.com. “It’s disappointing,” said his defense attorney, Chip Purcell. ...

Boone County, Kentucky.A Northern Kentucky man is facing dozens of charges, including s*xual abuse and so**my. According...
01/12/2025

Boone County, Kentucky.

A Northern Kentucky man is facing dozens of charges, including s*xual abuse and so**my. According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, a victim reported in late December that he had been s*xually abused for several years by an adult male.

Investigators alleged that Michael Howard, 36, of Burlington, sent text messages of a s*xual nature to the victim in the spring of 2020, before multiple occasions of s*xual abuse and so**my began. The sheriff’s office said the victim, who was a minor when the alleged abuse began, worked for Howard starting in the fall of 2019.

Howard was arrested on Thursday. He is facing 40 counts of s*xual abuse and 40 counts of so**my. Howard was taken to the Boone County Jail and held on a $250,000 bond.



Cincinnati’s NBC affiliate reports: A Northern Kentucky man is facing dozens of charges, including s*xual abuse and so**my. According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, a victim reported in late December that he had been s*xually abused for several years by an adult male. Investigators allege...

Afghanistan.Ryan Corbett was captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan in August 2022 just as the U.S. was pulling out of t...
01/12/2025

Afghanistan.

Ryan Corbett was captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan in August 2022 just as the U.S. was pulling out of the country, and Anna Corbett says she has been trying to get a meeting with the Biden administration ever since.

This week, Anna saw a glimmer of hope when reports broke that the Biden administration has been negotiating with the Taliban to swap three U.S. citizens being held in Afghanistan in exchange for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner alleged to have been a close associate of Usama bin Laden.

But that deal has seemingly stalled. A senior Taliban official told The Guardian the Taliban would rather wait to negotiate with the incoming Trump administration, shattering the hopes of the Corbett family.

"I am absolutely desperate to fight for my family," Anna Corbett told Fox News Digital Friday during a layover on her last-minute flight to Mar-a-Lago.

She isn’t sure whether the last-ditch attempt will work. The Trump team has not yet set up a meeting.

"Wouldn’t it be amazing if I got a meeting in one day, when, for 883 days, I tried to get a meeting with President Biden, and he didn’t have the time?" she said.

Trump told Fox News’ Peter Doocy he would consider a prisoner swap but seemed skeptical.

"I haven't looked at it," Trump said Thursday. "I have not been in favor of the trade, but I'll be taking a look tomorrow. We'll announce something tomorrow."

The talks, which have been ongoing since at least July 2024, involve exchanging suspected senior al Qaeda aide Muhammad Rahim al Afghani for U.S. citizens Ryan Corbett, George Glezmann and Mahmoud Habibi, who were detained in Afghanistan in 2022.

Some Republicans in Congress privately voiced national security concerns over returning Rahim to the Taliban and questioned whether the negotiations had resulted in a bad deal.

"Ryan is an amazing person, and he has done nothing wrong, and our family desperately needs him," Anna Corbett said, imploring the U.S. government to accept the deal. "He's a patriot. He was just trying to help the Afghan people, and this is a decision that the president needs to make. And we are just desperate for Ryan to come home alive as soon as possible."

Glezmann and Ryan Corbett have been declared by the State Department as wrongfully detained, and the Taliban denies holding Habibi.

Anna Corbett said she last spoke to her husband Christmas Day for about 15 minutes.

In 2024, two released American detainees revealed Ryan Corbett was severely malnourished, was experiencing blackouts and fainting and was being held in a basement cell with almost no sunlight or exercise.

Anna Corbett said that since then her husband has gained some weight but still experiences constant headaches and ringing in his ears.

Ryan Corbett was abducted Aug. 10, 2022, after returning to Afghanistan, where he and his family had been living during the collapse of the U.S.-backed government there a year before.

He arrived in Afghanistan on a valid 12-month visa to pay and train staff as part of a business venture he led aimed at promoting Afghanistan's private sector through consulting services and lending.

Despite the detentions, the U.S. remains the largest financial supporter of Afghanistan, having offered the nation around $3 billion since the 2021 withdrawal.

The Taliban have long sought the release of Rahim, who has been held at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba since 2008 because the Pentagon believes he was a close associate of bin Laden.

In November 2023, the Guantánamo Bay prison review board cited Rahim’s work for senior al Qaeda members and his participation in attacks on U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan as reasons to keep him in custody.


A wife desperate to bring her husband home after two-plus years of wrongful detainment in Afghanistan has flown to Mar-a-Lago to implore President-elect Trump to take up her case.

Redding, California.A 29-year-old Klamath Falls man was arrested in Redding Friday for possession of a loaded and concea...
01/12/2025

Redding, California.

A 29-year-old Klamath Falls man was arrested in Redding Friday for possession of a loaded and concealed firearm, a dagger, and drugs.

According to the Redding Police Department, Friday night Jan. 10, 2025 at 11:13 p.m. officers contacted Tory Smith of Klamath Falls, who they said was “loitering” in the roadway at S. Market Street near Grange Street.

Police said that Smith was telling the officers that he had a gun in his possession when “a revolver fell out of his waistband onto the roadway.” They said it was a Ta**us Judge revolver, loaded with 410-gauge shotgun shells.

When Smith was being searched he was “found to be in possession of methamphetamine, along with a concealed dagger,” said police on Saturday morning.

Smith was taken into custody and was booked into the Shasta County Jail for having a loaded and concealed firearm, for possession of methamphetamine along with a short barrel shotgun, possession of a controlled substance while armed with a firearm, and for having a concealed dagger.



A 29-year-old Klamath Falls man was arrested in Redding Friday for possession of a loaded and concealed firearm, a dagger, and drugs.

Whitman County, Washington.The 30-year-old woman accused of murdering a 55-year-old Coeur d'Alene man in September near ...
01/12/2025

Whitman County, Washington.

The 30-year-old woman accused of murdering a 55-year-old Coeur d'Alene man in September near Colfax pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder by reason of insanity Friday in Whitman County Superior Court in Colfax.

Ashley Myers, a transient whose last known address is believed to be in Kirkland, Wash., was arrested Sept. 28 after law enforcement personnel found Kenneth L. Allen dead in a vehicle Myers was driving that night off Colfax Airport Road near State Route 26.

"It is my belief that at the time of committing these offenses, I was legally insane," Myers wrote in her plea. "It is further my belief that I am competent to stand trial and to appreciate the quality of my acts, although I am still suffering from untreated mental disorders."

Steve Martonick, a Pullman criminal defense attorney representing Myers, said Myers reserves the right to withdraw her plea.

Retired Whitman County Superior Court Judge David Frazier, who was filling in Friday for Judge Gary Libey, said if Myers maintains her insanity plea and is found not guilty, she could still be committed to life in a mental hospital.

Myers also pleaded not guilty Friday to felony possession of methamphetamine. If found guilty, Myers could be sentenced to a maximum of five years in prison and fined $10,000.

An omnibus hearing is scheduled for Oct. 19, a readiness hearing is set for Nov. 30 and a trial is scheduled for Dec. 10.

Whitman County Prosecutor Denis Tracy told the Daily News after Friday's hearing that an omnibus hearing is essentially a scheduling hearing. Tracy said various experts will examine Myers to determine her sanity. The readiness hearing is scheduled to determine if all pretrial tasks have been completed and if the case is ready for trial.

Allen's body was found inside a sport utility vehicle Myers was allegedly driving after law enforcement personnel responded to a report of an agitated woman waving a firearm at a vehicle.

When law enforcement arrived on scene, they found Myers near the side of the road allegedly carrying a baseball bat and acting agitated. Law enforcement also allegedly found a loaded handgun and a substantial amount of methamphetamine outside the vehicle.

According to a probable cause affidavit from Whitman County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Michael Jordan, Myers told the sergeant she was Satan.

The document also alleges Myers admitted to smoking methamphetamine that day and told Jordan that Allen was awful and had murdered her daughter the previous day.

Allen had a gunshot wound to the top of the head and other injuries to his face that indicated a possible second gunshot wound, according to the affidavit. Bullet holes and bullet fragments were also located throughout the vehicle.

According to the affidavit, Myers admitted she shot Allen at least two times. She said she shot him one time in the face and he slumped over. Myers said Allen started making gurgling noises and moving, so she shot him in the top of the head to make sure he was dead. She said she shot into the vehicle several more times.

After processing the scene and gathering evidence, the scene was consistent with the statements Myers provided, according to the affidavit.



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