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Plea Deal For Man In Case That Led To Shooting Of Aiyana Jones
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - The man whose arrest led to the shooting death of a 7-year-old girl by Detroit police has pleaded guilty in the slaying of a teenager following a dispute outside a party store. The...
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Police Officer Charged With Manslaughter In Aiyana Jones Case
DETROIT (WWJ) – A member of the Detroit Police Special Response Team has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the slaying of a 7-year-old girl who was shot to death during a raid on her home....
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Father Of Girl Shot By Police Faces Trial For Murder
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – The father of a 7-year-old Detroit girl shot and killed during a police raid on their home faces trial in the earlier shooting death of a teenager outside a convenience store. The...
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Trial Set For Detroit Cop In Shooting Death Of Aiyana Jones
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A judge has set an April 8 trial for a Detroit police officer charged in the death of a 7-year-old girl during a raid recorded for a reality TV show. Wayne County Judge Cynthia...
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Charges Stand For Detroit Cop In Shooting Death Of Aiyana Jones
DETROIT (WWJ) - A Wayne County Circuit Court judge has rejected a motion to dismiss a case against a Detroit police officer accused of fatally shooting a 7-year-old girl during a raid that was recorded...
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Trial Begins For Detroit Cop In Death Of 7-Year-Old Girl
DETROIT (WWJ) - Jurors have been barred from taking notes during the involuntary manslaughter trial of a Detroit police officer blamed for the death 7-year-old girl Aiyana Stanley-Jones Wayne County...
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Mother Of Aiyana Jones Testifies For Prosecution On First Day Of Trial
DETROIT (WWJ) – Opening statements in the case against a city cop who allegedly shot and killed the little girl were made Monday. The mother of Aiyana Stanley Jones says she was in another room when...
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Testimony Resumes In Aiyana Jones Case After Jury Sees Video Of Fatal Raid
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - Jurors in the trial of a Detroit police officer charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a 7-year-old girl watched a video Tuesday of the police raid that led to the...
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Detroit Cop Saw No Struggle Before 7-Year-Old Girl Was Shot
By ED WHITE, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) – A police officer who was second through the door in a Detroit raid testified Tuesday that he didn’t see anyone struggle with another officer before a...
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Jurors In Detroit Cop Manslaughter Trial See Stun Grenade Demo
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – Jurors in the involuntary manslaughter trial of a Detroit police officer watched a demonstration of a stun grenade like the one used during a raid that turned fatal. A crime tech...
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Cop Testifies He Didn’t Mean To Kill 7-Year-Old Girl
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A Detroit police officer charged in the fatal shooting of a young girl told jurors that he didn’t intentionally kill the 7-year-old. Taking the stand Thursday in his own defense,...
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No Verdict Yet In Trial Of Detroit Cop
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - Jurors deliberating the fate of a Detroit police officer charged in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl have ended the day without reaching a verdict. The jury started talking...
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No Verdict After Day 2 In Trial Of Detroit Cop
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A jury has failed to reach a verdict after two days of deliberations in the trial of a Detroit police officer charged in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl. Jurors met for about...
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Mistrial In Case Of Girl Killed In Detroit Police Raid
DETROIT (WWJ) – The judge has declared a mistrial after a jury has failed to reach a verdict after three days of deliberations in the trial of a Detroit police officer charged in the fatal shooting of...
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Videographer Pleads In Fatal Detroit Police Raid
DETROIT (WWJ) - A videographer for a reality show about homicide investigators has accepted a plea deal in connection with the police raid shooting death of a 7-year-old girl. Allison Howard, of...
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Producer Sentenced, No New Trial Yet For Cop In Aiyana Jones Case
DETROIT (WWJ) - A former TV producer was sentenced in Wayne County, Thursday, in connection with the taping of the 2010 Detroit police raid that ended with the death of 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones....
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Father Of Girl Killed In Detroit Police Raid Faces Trial
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A man whose 7-year-old daughter was killed by Detroit police is on trial for a homicide that preceded the fatal raid four years ago. Police were looking for a suspect when an...
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Father Of Girl Killed In Detroit Police Raid Convicted Of Murder
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A Detroit man whose daughter was accidentally killed by police during a raid has been convicted of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a teenager. Charles Jones, 28, was...
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Hearing Postponed For Officer Accused Of Killing Girl In Detroit Police Raid
Detroit Police Officer Joseph Weekley is seen seated with his attorney, Steve Fishman. (credit: WWJ/Pat Sweeting, File) DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A hearing for a Detroit police officer blamed for the death of...
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Officer Accused Of Killing Girl In Detroit Police Raid Gets September Trial Date
Detroit Police Officer Joseph Weekley is seen seated with his attorney, Steve Fishman. (credit: WWJ/Pat Sweeting, File) DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A judge has scheduled a Sept. 15 trial date in the case of a...
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Father Of Girl Killed In Detroit Police Raid Gets 40-60 Years For Murder
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – The father of 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones, killed in a Detroit Police raid, has been sentenced in the murder of a Detroit teen. Charles Jones, 28, faces 40-to-60 years in prison...
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Father Of Aiyana Jones Sentenced In Shooting Death Of Teen
DETROIT (WWJ) – Charles Jones, the father of seven-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones, who was killed in a Detroit police raid, has been sentenced in the shooting death of a Detroit teen. The 28-year-old...
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No Delay In Trial For Detroit Cop Accused Of Killing Girl In Police Raid
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A judge won’t delay the trial of a Detroit police officer who accidentally killed a 7-year-old girl during a raid, despite claims by his attorney that a “media frenzy” following a...
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Jury Selection Begins For Cop Accused Of Killing 7-Year-Old During Raid
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A member of an elite Detroit police unit is set to stand trial again for killing a 7-year-old girl during a 2010 raid on her house that was captured on video by a reality TV crew....
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Detroit Cop Faces 2nd Trial In 7-Year-Old Aiyana Stanley-Jones’s Death
Detroit Police Officer Joseph Weekley is seen seated with his attorney, Steve Fishman. (credit: WWJ/Pat Sweeting, File) DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – Jury selection has begun in the second trial of a Detroit...
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Trial Opens For Detroit Officer Who Killed Girl During Police Raid Filmed For TV
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A member of an elite Detroit police team failed to follow his training when he stormed a house looking for a murder suspect with his finger on the trigger and shot a 7-year-old girl...
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Grandmother Sobs, Denies Interfering With Detroit Cop Who Shot 7-Year-Old
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - The grandmother of a girl killed during a 2010 police raid sobbed and yelled in court as she accused a Detroit officer of lying about the shooting. Mertilla Jones testified Wednesday...
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Closing Arguments Heard In Trial For Detroit Cop In Child’s Fatal Shooting
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) – Prosecutors pressed the jury for a misdemeanor conviction Tuesday after a judge dismissed a more serious charge against a Detroit police officer who is...
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Second Mistrial For Detroit Cop Who Fatally Shot 7-Year-Old Girl During Raid
Detroit Police Officer Joseph Weekley is seen seated with his attorney, Steve Fishman. (credit: WWJ/Pat Sweeting, File) DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – Jurors were deadlocked and a judge declared a mistrial Friday...
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Retrial Decision Delayed Until February For Detroit Police Officer Who Killed...
DETROIT (WWJ) - A Detroit police officer will have to wait until next year before he learns if he’ll be tried a third time in the shooting death of a 7-year-old girl. Wayne County prosecutors on Friday...
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Detroit Cop Won’t Be Retried In Fatal Shooting Of Girl During Raid
DETROIT (WWJ) – There will be no third trial for Detroit police officer Joseph Weekley, who was charged in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl during a chaotic raid in 2010. Following a second...
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Federal Lawsuit Claims Detroit Police Violated Civil Rights Of Girl Killed In...
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - The family of a 7-year-old Detroit girl killed during a police raid has filed a second lawsuit against officers and the city, nearly five years after the fatal shooting. The estate...
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Detroit Cop Who Accidentally Killed Girl Is Back On The Job
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A Detroit police officer who accidentally killed a 7-year-old girl during a search for a murder suspect nearly five years ago has been restored to active duty. Police Chief James...
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