Trial begins for former corrections officer accused of killing psychiatric patient

State’s Witness in Prison Murder Trial Didn’t See Millar Knee Rothe

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org CONCORD — The state’s first major witness called in the Matthew Millar murder trial, state prison Corrections Officer Josephine McDonough, didn’t see the alleged crime despite being in the middle of the violent altercation with Secure Psychiatric Unit patient Jason Rothe. Former corrections officer Millar is charged with second-degree murder for allegedly kneeling on Rothe’s back for up to two minutes causing his …

Defense set to rest in trial of former deputy accused of murdering girlfriend’s ex-lover

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) - The defense is slated to rest tomorrow in the trial of an ex-Riverside County sheriff's deputy accused of gunning down a man with whom he was at odds because the victim had been involved with the lawman's then-girlfriend.   Oscar Rodriguez, 44, is charged with first-degree murder and sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations for the 2014 slaying of 39-year-old Luis Carlos Morin of Coachella. The prosecutio…

Trial begins for former corrections officer accused of killing psychiatric patient

A former corrections officer is on trial in Concord for allegedly killing a patient in the psychiatric unit of the state prison.