After a previous jury failed to reach a verdict in September, a second one this week found a Santa Rosa man guilty of second-degree murder in a fatal stabbing outside a local bar three years ago. A jury of six men and six women deliberated for a day before convicting Braulio Garcia III of killing Asante VanDyke in the early morning hours of Feb. 1, 2023.
After a previous jury failed to reach a verdict in September, a second one this week found a Santa Rosa man guilty of second-degree murder in a fatal stabbing outside a local bar three years ago. A jury of six men and six women deliberated for a day before convicting Braulio Garcia III of killing Asante VanDyke in the early morning hours of Feb. 1, 2023.
Patrick Rushing, 35, was convicted of second-degree murder with an enhancement for intentional discharge of a gun in the Feb. 26, 2023 killing of 44-year-old Phoutsamay "Phil" Norawong. The prelude to murder started months earlier, with a seemingly unrelated event: Rushing fronted about four pounds of marijuana to a man named Terrance Rose, 35, with the expectation he'd be paid back later. But Rose subsequently failed a drug test while on probation for a federal fentanyl and gun possession case, and ended up doing a stint in jail for it, court records show.
Former NFL star Antonio Brown filed a motion this week to dismiss the second-degree murder charge against him in Miami based on Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law. The motion was filed Monday but shared with ESPN by his lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, on Saturday. The incident involved gunfire outside an amateur boxing match. Brown, 37, spent nearly six months in Dubai, to where he traveled after the incident, before being extradited by U.S. marshals. Shortly after he arrived in Miami last month, he pleaded not guilty.
A Hawaii visitor has died from injuries due to an assault earlier this month in Waikiki. The attack took place just after midnight on Nov. 8 on a side street between the heavily touristed Kalakaua and Kuhio avenues, in front of a hostel. According to the Honolulu Police Department, a 43-year-old man, unprovoked, assaulted a 50-year-old male visitor. "The victim sustained severe head injuries and was treated and transported to the hospital by EMS," the police said.
A 30-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder following the death of a man in East Gwillimbury, Ont. over the weekend, police say. York Regional Police identified the victim in a news release as Kurl Burry, 57, of Bowmanville, Ont. Police were called at about 11:30 p.m. Friday about an alleged assault at a home on Queensville Side Road E., east of Yonge Street.
