Gun Recovered in Officer Shooting tied to 5 AK Murders: A gun
used in the shooting of an Alaska police officer over the weekend has
been linked to at least five homicides in Anchorage this year. Ben
Anderson and Michelle Theriault Boots of the Alaska Dispatch News report
that on Saturday morning, while responding to a report of a theft
suspect, Anchorage police Officer Arn Salao was shot four times in what
was described as an "ambush" by James Dale Ritchie, 40. Two other
officers arrived during the shootout and returned fire, killing
Ritchie. The gun used by Ritchie, a Colt Python .357, was confirmed
Tuesday to be linked to five murders, including a double homicide in
July, another July homicide and a double homicide in August.
Investigators are still working to determine Ritchie's ties to the
crimes. Salao is expected to survive.
Army Appeals Court Upholds Death Sentence: A United States Army court of appeals has upheld the death sentence of a former Fort Bragg soldier who murdered a mother and her two children over three decades ago. Drew Brooks of the Fay Observer reports that a four-judge panel in the Army Court of Criminal Appeals issued its recent decision in the case of Timothy Hennis, following a review of 49 alleged errors made in Hennis' 2010 court-martial, marking the third time Hennis stood trial in the case. The court concluded that Hennis' claims were without merit and that the death sentence that had been issued prior was appropriate. Hennis killed Kathryn Eastburn in 1985, along with her two daughters, 5 and 3. A third child, 22-months, was found alive.
Parolee Arrested in Connection with Fairfield Murder: A California parolee was arrested in Sacramento on Monday in connection with a Fairfield murder committed last month. Elk Grove News reports that on Oct. 28, Fairfield police received a call about repeated gunshots. When they arrived on the scene, they found a 26-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, and he later died in the hospital. VaShawn Davis, 24, a parolee, was identified as the suspect by Fairfield detectives and was arrested for murder as well as for an outstanding for violating his parole.
Army Appeals Court Upholds Death Sentence: A United States Army court of appeals has upheld the death sentence of a former Fort Bragg soldier who murdered a mother and her two children over three decades ago. Drew Brooks of the Fay Observer reports that a four-judge panel in the Army Court of Criminal Appeals issued its recent decision in the case of Timothy Hennis, following a review of 49 alleged errors made in Hennis' 2010 court-martial, marking the third time Hennis stood trial in the case. The court concluded that Hennis' claims were without merit and that the death sentence that had been issued prior was appropriate. Hennis killed Kathryn Eastburn in 1985, along with her two daughters, 5 and 3. A third child, 22-months, was found alive.
Parolee Arrested in Connection with Fairfield Murder: A California parolee was arrested in Sacramento on Monday in connection with a Fairfield murder committed last month. Elk Grove News reports that on Oct. 28, Fairfield police received a call about repeated gunshots. When they arrived on the scene, they found a 26-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, and he later died in the hospital. VaShawn Davis, 24, a parolee, was identified as the suspect by Fairfield detectives and was arrested for murder as well as for an outstanding for violating his parole.
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