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(BRANDON, Miss.) — Six former white Mississippi law enforcement officers were sentenced to decades in prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to state charges related to the racially motivated torture, sexual assault and shooting of two Black men in January 2023 and their subsequent actions to cover up their crimes.

The group of officers includes five former Rankin County sheriff’s deputies — Christian Dedmon, Hunter Elward, Brett McAlpin, Jeffrey Middleton and Daniel Opdyke — as well as former Richland police officer Joshua Hartfield. The sheriff’s deputies had dubbed themselves the “Goon Squad” for their willingness to use excessive force, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

McAlpin, Middleton and Opdyke were each sentenced Wednesday to 15 years for hindering prosecution and five years for conspiracy to commit hindering prosecution, according to Jackson ABC affiliate WAPT. Hartfield was sentenced to 10 years for hindering prosecution and five years for conspiracy to hinder prosecution.

Dedmon was sentenced to 20 years for burglary and five years for conspiracy to commit hindering prosecution, and Elward was sentenced to 20 years for aggravated assault, 20 years for burglary and five years for conspiracy to commit hindering prosecution, per WAPT.

According to the office of Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Finch, the six former officers pleaded guilty in a Rankin County Circuit Court on Aug. 14, 2023, to aggravated assault, home invasion, obstruction of justice/hindering prosecution in the first degree and conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice.

“The State Sentencing on Wednesday in Rankin County will be a test to see if the prosecutors and the Judge Rankin County will hold the Goon Squad accountable like they were in federal court,” attorney Malik Shabazz, who represents the two victims Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker, said in a statement Monday. “The state criminal sentencing is important because historically, the state of Mississippi has lagged behind or ignored racial crimes and police brutality against Blacks, and the Department of Justice has had to lead the way. The nation expects a change on Wednesday.”

The state sentencing comes after all six officers pleaded guilty to 16 felony charges related to this case in federal court last August and received federal prison sentences ranging from 10 to 40 years in March.

They will serve the federal and the state sentences concurrently.

“The depravity of the crimes committed by these defendants cannot be overstated, and they will now spend between 10 and 40 years in prison for their heinous attack on citizens they had sworn to protect,” U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement on March 21.

“Officers who violate constitutional rights will be held accountable by the Justice Department for their crimes that harm individual victims and betray the trust of entire communities,” he added.

In their guilty pleas, the six former officers admitted to breaking into a home where Jenkins and Parker were residing without a warrant after a white neighbor reported that the men were staying with a white woman and alleged “suspicious” activity. They then proceeded to arrest Jenkins and Parker “without probable cause” that they committed any crimes, according to the DOJ.

During the incident, the officers beat Jenkins and Parker, mocked them with racial slurs, sexually assaulted them with a sex toy, forced them to strip naked and shower together and shocked them with Tasers for roughly 90 minutes while handcuffed, according to court documents obtained by ABC News. Jenkins was also shot in the mouth by Elward, per the DOJ.

Following the incident, the two victims faced false charges for months, according to the DOJ, stemming from the officers’ plan to cover up their actions by tampering with and planting evidence, including drugs and a gun.

The Department of Justice launched an investigation into the incident in February 2023, along with the FBI, amid outrage from the community and as attorneys for Jenkins and Parker filed a notice of claim for a $400 million federal lawsuit.

When asked about the status of the lawsuit, Shabazz told ABC News in March that the lawsuit is still in court and they are “fighting.”

In an October 2023 response to the complaint obtained by ABC News, the officers denied the allegations alleged in the lawsuit.
 

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(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — Police in Birmingham, Alabama, are searching for the gunman who shot and killed a UPS worker in a targeted attack, authorities said.

The shooting unfolded at about 6:05 p.m. Tuesday as the victim walked to his car at a Birmingham UPS facility after his shift ended, Birmingham police Sgt. Laquitta Wade said in a video statement Tuesday night.

He was confronted by a gunman who fired shots and then fled the scene, Wade said.

No one is in custody, Wade said.

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(NEW YORK) — The sexual assault lawsuit against New York Mayor Eric Adams is “entirely fictitious” and should be dismissed, his defense attorney Alex Spiro wrote in a new court filing.

Spiro is assisting the city’s Law Department in defending the mayor, who, as a New York City Police Department captain at the time of the alleged conduct, is eligible for free legal representation from the city.

The attorney set to work Tuesday, filing the answer to a complaint from Lorna Beach-Mathura, who claimed she and Adams were both working for the Transit Bureau in the early 1990s when he allegedly sexually harassed her by driving her to a remote lot, demanding oral sex, exposing himself and forcing her to touch him. Her lawsuit also named the city and the NYPD.

“The allegations of wrongdoing in the Complaint are entirely fictitious, and Defendants expect and are looking forward to their day in court and complete vindication,” Spiro wrote.

Beach-Mathura, a Florida resident, alleged the abuse by Adams occurred in 1993 after she sought his help with an employment issue. Beach-Mathura has alleged sexual discrimination, sexual harassment, assault and battery and brought the case under the Adult Survivor’s act, which allowed claims to be brought long after the statute of limitations had lapsed. The mayor has denied the allegation.

“This did not happen. It did not happen. I don’t recall ever meeting this person during my time in the police department,” Adams said shortly after the lawsuit was filed.

Spiro will charge $250 per hour for work by partners and $175 for work by associates, according to city officials, significantly less than his customary $2,000 per hour rate.

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(NEW YORK) — Students from Hawaii who were impacted by the wildfires on Maui traveled 4,000 miles to Japan to learn from the community there how residents recovered from their own devastating disaster.

Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has helped fund a program called “Kibou for Maui,” which is being implemented by the U.S.-Japan Council. Kibou means hope in Japanese. The program aims to engage, inspire and empower the youth affected by the Lahaina wildfires that tore through the area in August 2023.

The program is designed to help youth from Lahaina lead a long-term recovery process that involves physical, mental and spiritual aspects and contributes to the betterment of their community.

Eleven students from Lahaina high schools traveled to Higashimatsushima, Miyagi, Japan, on March 17 to gain insights into the city’s recovery process after a deadly earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Miku Narisawa, co-founder of Odyssey Nature Japan and a survivor of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, was the driving force behind the trip.

The 11 students from Maui were hand-selected and coached by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii.

“When I saw the wildfires, I immediately said, ‘OK, this is something that I, we, should do for the kids in Lahaina,'” Narisawa told ABC News.

Similar to the students from Lahaina, Narisawa’s hometown was destroyed by the earthquake and the tsunami that soon followed.

The earthquake and tsunami caused the deaths of tens of thousands of people, devastated entire towns and led to the Fukushima nuclear disaster 85 miles away.

Narisawa was 12 years old when she survived the earthquake by evacuating with hundreds of others to the third floor of her elementary school. She told ABC News her family lost their home and, along with other families, lived without electricity and running water for nearly two months. 

“We lived with my grandparents for a month,” Narisawa said. “We [had] to relocate to a temporary housing and we lived there for two years.” 

She says that day changed her life forever.

Now, 13 years later, she is trying to give hope to young students who faced a similar disaster.

“I want them to know that experiencing the wildfire was tough, I’m sure, but that it’s not the end of the world, and that’s not, you know, the end of everything,” Narisawa said.

The Kibou for Maui program is similar to “Tomodachi Rainbow for Japan Kids,” a program Narisawa participated in for Japanese kids. Narisawa and 150 Japanese children traveled to Hawaii for rest, healing and physical/psychological relief after the earthquake.

According to the Tomodachi website, the Tomodachi Rainbow program aims to foster long-term friendships with Hawaii’s children through outdoor activities and camping in the state’s natural beauty.

While participating in the program, Narisawa met Yoh Kawanami, a volunteer from Hawaii. The two met in 2011 and became good friends. Kawanami is now a board member for USJC

“When you have a role model who actually has walked the talk — she is a survivor, and now she’s a leader — nothing should stop the 11 students, the Maui students, from feeling the same way,” Kawanami said. “Having Miku in front of that is a true example of what hope could be for these students.”

While in Japan, the students met individuals who assured them they were not alone in their journey, and that their town could rebuild. They also got a glimpse of how the town once was compared to how it looks today.

“It’s very hard to tell that a tsunami happened here,” Sabrina, one of the 11 students, said. “It’s so beautiful, you know? You would, you would have never thought something like that happened. And I’m hoping that it’ll be the same for us.”

One student shared that the experience gave her hope for the future of her hometown in Hawaii. Seeing firsthand how a city can flourish again after a disaster boosted her optimism.

“It kind of gives us hope for Lahaina,” Cece said. “Because, you know, they were talking about how everything was underwater and seeing back home just everything’s burnt right now. To see there is hope and it can come back, flourish and have life again.”

The students visited an oyster farm, destroyed during the disaster, that’s now wholly centered on sustainability. 

“In the ocean we had a lot of pieces of house, pieces of building, floating back to the ocean. So that was really the hardest part for the fisherman, cause they had to clean up,” Narisawa told the students.

“That really, like, struck a chord to me ’cause it really shows that, like, if you don’t give up and you keep persevering… you can return things to back to what they were,” Taika Swearinger said.

They also visited Onagawa, which was heavily damaged in the tsunami, to learn how they recovered following the earthquake and tsunami.

“I found it very interesting how they decided to rebuild,” Zean, one of the 11 Lahaina students, said. “While some areas decided to build a sea wall, Onagawa decided to divide the town into levels. This made me realize that we need to think strategically when it comes to rebuilding our hometown.”

Chaperones from the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii encouraged the students to apply lessons learned in Japan when they return home.

The Maui students said that they gained knowledge and hope from their weeklong visit.

Lahaina student Shiela shared that she was caught up in the pessimism that Lahaina would not be able to rebuild and recover. 

“I’m actually ashamed to say this, but I also thought it was impossible ’cause after the fire, after seeing my house, I was kind of hesitant,” Shiela said. “But this trip really gave me hope and I thought if I got a spark of hope, I think my community will also.”

Lahaina student M Jee also shared her optimism. 

“Even if we come out of a tragedy that destroyed many of our daily lives, there’s still hope for us to recover. There’s still hope for a better future,” he told ABC. “So kibou, hope for a better future. That’s what it means to me.”

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(PONTIAC, Mich.) — Jennifer and James Crumbley, the parents of Oxford High School mass shooter Ethan Crumbley, were sentenced to 10 to 15 years Tuesday after each was found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter in separate trials earlier this year.

Giving a statement in court Tuesday, Jennifer Crumbley sought to walk back her testimony during trial when she said she would not have done anything differently.

James Crumbley, who wiped away tears at several points during his statement, asked to be sentenced in a “fair and just way,” asking for time served.

“You know that what my son did, I was not aware of,” he said.

The trials were a rare case of parents facing criminal charges, and possible jail time, over their role in a shooting carried out by their child. They could face up to 15 years in prison for each count, but prosecutors are asking for 10 to 15 years total for each parent, according to a sentencing memo filed by prosecutors last week.

“No sentence this Court can administer will fix the damage caused by the Oxford High School shooting on November 30, 2021,” prosecutors wrote in requesting the sentence for Jennifer Crumbley. “As the jury found, defendant’s gross negligence was a cause of this damage; she knew of the danger to another, it was reasonably foreseeable her son would shoot someone, but she failed to exercise even the smallest measure of ordinary care.”

Michigan’s sentencing guidelines call for a maximum punishment of about seven years in jail, a sentence prosecutors say is not strong enough.

“Considering the guidelines, what those guidelines do and do not account for, and the objectives of sentencing, the severity of the circumstances in this case and defendant’s total lack of remorse warrant a sentence that exceeds the applicable guidelines range,” prosecutors continued. “A sentence of 10 to 15 years’ imprisonment is proportionate to these offenses and this offender.”

The same exact request was sent in regards to James Crumbley.

Jennifer Crumbley’s attorneys are asking that she be sentenced to time served and house arrest, according to the defense’s sentencing memo. James Crumbley’s lawyers asked for 28 months of prison — the amount of time he has already spent locked up — with credit for time served as well as the maximum period of supervised release.

Prosecutors came down especially hard on James Crumbley in their ask for a sentence longer than the sentencing guidelines, pointing to threats he made over the phone from jail toward District Attorney Karen McDonald and an instance of gesturing with his middle finger toward a prosecutor during the trial.

“Defendant’s shameless lack of remorse in asking for time served as an appropriate sentence is a slap in the face to the severity of tragedy caused by his gross negligence, to the victims and their families, and to the applicable law that is premised on the concept of proportionate sentencing,” prosecutors wrote.

James Crumbley also apologized to the victims during his statement in court Tuesday.

“I really want the families of Madisyn Baldwin, Hana St. Juliana, Tate Myre and Justin Shilling to know how truly sorry I am and how devastated I was when I heard what happened to them. I have cried for you and the loss of your children more times than I can count,” James Crumbley said Tuesday.

The judge will make a decision in the coming weeks over whether to impose a no contact order on the Crumbleys and the shooter. James Crumbley and his son will not be housed in the same facility at any time, according to Judge Cheryl Matthews.

According to James Crumbley, he hasn’t spoken to his son since the shooting and to his wife since they were arrested on Dec. 3.

Ethan Crumbley, who was only 15 years old at the time of the shooting, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the shooting that killed four students.

He pleaded guilty to 24 charges, including first-degree premeditated murder and terrorism causing death in 2021.

The parents had ignored several warning signs in the days leading up to the shooting, and had just bought their son the weapon he used in the shooting, according to prosecutors. The prosecution argued that the parents failed to secure the weapon and limit their son’s access to it.

Prosecutors argued that James Crumbley failed to use a cable lock, trigger lock or store the gun in a locked safe, any one of which could have prevented the shooting. Prosecutor Karen McDonald even demonstrated installing a cable lock for the jury during closing arguments, saying it takes “less than 10 seconds.”

Oxford High School officials had called the parents to the school the morning of the shooting after disturbing drawings were found on their son’s math test and he had made statements to a counselor suggesting he was considering suicide, prosecutors said.

School officials testified that the parents said they needed to return to work and could not stay home with their son, and if he left he would need to walk home and remain alone until they finished work. School officials, concerned for the Ethan Crumbley, allowed him to remain in school.

The shooting occurred that afternoon.

In a back and forth between Matthews and Jennifer Crumbley’s attorney Shannon Smith on Tuesday, the judge pushed back against the defense’s argument that Jennifer Crumbley did not know anything about the gun and was not responsible for securing it. The judge pointed to texts she sent her husband regarding the gun and how much it costs, and her posting a picture of the gun as her son’s Christmas present.

Jennifer Crumbley’s trial largely focused on how she spent her time in the weeks and months leading up to the shooting, implying that she failed to act on warning signs or get help for her son. Her former employer testified on the stand that she could have left work the day of the shooting — after her meeting with school officials — to care for her son or said she could have brought her son with her to work if necessary.

A man she was having an affair with in the months before the shooting also testified, with prosecutors questioning him about how the two spent their time and about their communications before and after the shooting.

Jennifer Crumbley also took the stand in her own defense, and was grilled by prosecutors over her extramarital affairs and relationship with her son.

ABC News’ Whitney Lloyd contributed to this report. 

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(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) — The death of a baby found Monday on a highway has been linked to a possible murder-suicide in Los Angeles, police told ABC News.

Early Monday morning, the body of a 6-month-old girl was found on the 405 Freeway. A 9-year-old girl was found on the shoulder, alive but injured, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Shortly after, a woman — who police identified as the two children’s mother — crashed her car into a tree in Redondo Beach. She was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

A few hours later, the father’s body was found stabbed to death in an apartment in Woodland Hills.

Police said they believe the incident was a domestic violence murder-suicide, saying the mother is thought to have killed the father during an argument, left the two children on the highway and then crashed into a tree.

It is not yet clear whether the children were thrown out of the car or dropped off there, nor if the baby was already dead or died later on the highway, according to police.

Police are not yet certain whether the crash that killed the mother was intentional or not.

Officials have not yet publicly identified the family.

The 9-year-old girl, who is believed to be a witness to the murder, was hospitalized for her injuries and is now in safe custody, police said.

Neighbors told Los Angeles ABC station KABC they heard an argument coming from the apartment the night before, and saw blood in the area the next morning.

“Their door was wide open, there was blood on the floor leading into their apartment, and then a trail of it in the hallway leading up to the elevator and I saw some blood on the wall,” a 26-year-old woman told KABC.

The woman’s father called 911, she said, who told them to check inside the apartment, where they found the man dead.

“He was deceased, he was facedown on the floor,” she said. “And there was a lot of blood.”

ABC News’ Alex Stone contributed to this report.

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(PONTIAC, Mich.) — The parents of several teenagers killed in a 2021 Michigan school shooting spoke in court Tuesday, asking the judge for the maximum sentence for the parents of school shooter Ethan Crumbley.

James and Jennifer Crumbley were found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter in two separate trials, one count for each victim killed — Tate Myre, 16; Hana St. Juliana, 14; Madisyn Baldwin, 17, and Justin Shilling, 17.

Nicole Beausoleil, the mother of 17-year-old Baldwin, spoke first, describing her daughter and the heartbreak she has endured due to her loss, saying “it will hurt for an eternity.”

“You both took four beautiful children away from this world,” Beausoleil said, often holding back tears during the statement.

“You failed as parents,” she continued. “The punishment that you face will never be enough. It will never bring her back.”

Prosecutors are asking for 10 to 15 years in prison for each parent, well above the seven-year sentencing guideline in the case. Lawyers for the parents have argued for time served; each has been in prison since December 2021.

The parents of Shilling, who was 17 when he was killed, each spoke Tuesday.

“Justin was brave, spending his final moments protecting a fellow student,” Jill Soave, Shilling’s mother, said in court.

His father said he has struggled every day since his son was killed.

“We’re coming up on two and a half years and I can tell you that the wounds are still as fresh as they were that day,” Craig Shilling said.

“The blood of our children is on your hands, too,” Shilling told the Crumbleys.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

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(COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho) — The Justice Department on Monday announced the arrest of a man they say planned to carry out attacks on churches in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, over the weekend after pledging support to the terror group ISIS.

Alexander Mercurio, 18, was arrested on Saturday on charges of attempting to provide material support to ISIS. Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray said in statement Monday that the FBI thwarted his plans to use knives, firearms and fire to carry out the attacks.

According to a criminal complaint unsealed Monday, the FBI’s case against Mercurio started when confidential sources working with the bureau found him expressing support for ISIS online.

The bureau later arranged for an informant to meet with him in person — and his conduct grew from pushing ISIS propaganda to allegedly planning to carry out a suicide attack on churches in Coeur d’Alene.

“His attack plan involved using flame-covered weapons, explosives, knives, a machete, a pipe, and ultimately firearms,” according to charging documents. “His plan grew more precise as he eventually identified the specific church and date on which he planned to attack.”

The plot allegedly crafted by Mercurio included plans to incapacitate his own father and restrain him so he could steal his guns “for maximum casualties in his attack.”

Prosecutors say the day before his attack, on Saturday, Mercurio pledged his allegiance to ISIS and stated his intention to die while killing others on their behalf.

He was taken into custody before he could harm his father and acquire his guns, prosecutors say — effectively thwarting his planned attack.

In a search of his house, law enforcement found “butane canisters, lighters, a pair of handcuffs, a knife, a pipe and a machete,” according to charging documents. They also found an ISIS flag in Mercurio’s bedroom.

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(NEW YORK) — Norfolk Southern has agreed to a $600 million settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit related to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023.

The settlement still needs to be approved by a judge.

“If approved by the court, the agreement will resolve all class action claims within a 20-mile radius from the derailment and, for those residents who choose to participate, personal injury claims within a 10-mile radius from the derailment,” Norfolk Southern said in a statement.

The spill forced hundreds of nearby residents out of their homes and sparked fears, as five tankers carried vinyl chloride, which posed serious health risks, exploded, sending a massive plume of black smoke into the sky. Vinyl chloride burning can create dioxins, which are carcinogenic, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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(NEW YORK) — Jennifer and James Crumbley, the parents of Oxford High School mass shooter Ethan Crumbley, are set to be sentenced Tuesday after each was found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter in separate trials earlier this year.

The trials were a rare case of parents facing criminal charges, and possible jail time, over their role in a shooting carried out by their child. They could face up to 15 years in prison for each count, but prosecutors are asking for 10 to 15 years total for each parent, according to a sentencing memo filed by prosecutors last week.

“No sentence this Court can administer will fix the damage caused by the Oxford High School shooting on November 30, 2021,” prosecutors wrote in requesting the sentence for Jennifer Crumbley. “As the jury found, defendant’s gross negligence was a cause of this damage; she knew of the danger to another, it was reasonably foreseeable her son would shoot someone, but she failed to exercise even the smallest measure of ordinary care.”

Michigan’s sentencing guidelines call for a maximum punishment of about seven years in jail, a sentence prosecutors say is not strong enough.

“Considering the guidelines, what those guidelines do and do not account for, and the objectives of sentencing, the severity of the circumstances in this case and defendant’s total lack of remorse warrant a sentence that exceeds the applicable guidelines range,” prosecutors continued. “A sentence of 10 to 15 years’ imprisonment is proportionate to these offenses and this offender.”

The same exact request was sent in regards to James Crumbley.

Jennifer Crumbley’s attorneys are asking that she be sentenced to time served and house arrest, according to the defense’s sentencing memo. James Crumbley’s lawyers asked for 28 months of prison — the amount of time he has already spent locked up — with credit for time served as well as the maximum period of supervised release.

Prosecutors came down especially hard on James Crumbley in their ask for a sentence longer than the sentencing guidelines, pointing to threats he made over the phone from jail toward District Attorney Karen McDonald and an instance of gesturing with his middle finger toward a prosecutor during the trial.

“Defendant’s shameless lack of remorse in asking for time served as an appropriate sentence is a slap in the face to the severity of tragedy caused by his gross negligence, to the victims and their families, and to the applicable law that is premised on the concept of proportionate sentencing,” prosecutors wrote.

Ethan Crumbley, who was only 15 years old at the time of the shooting, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the shooting that killed four students: Tate Myre, 16; Hana St. Juliana, 14; Madisyn Baldwin, 17, and Justin Shilling, 17.

He pleaded guilty to 24 charges, including first-degree premeditated murder and terrorism causing death in 2021.

The parents had ignored several warning signs in the days leading up to the shooting, and had just bought their son the weapon he used in the shooting, according to prosecutors. The prosecution argued that the parents failed to secure the weapon and limit their son’s access to it.

Prosecutors argued that James Crumbley failed to use a cable lock, trigger lock or store the gun in a locked safe, any one of which could have prevented the shooting. Prosecutor Karen McDonald even demonstrated installing a cable lock for the jury during closing arguments, saying it takes “less than 10 seconds.”

Oxford High School officials had called the parents to the school the morning of the shooting after disturbing drawings were found on their son’s math test and he had made statements to a counselor suggesting he was considering suicide, prosecutors said.

School officials testified that the parents said they needed to return to work and could not stay home with their son, and if he left he would need to walk home and remain alone until they finished work. School officials, concerned for Ethan Crumbley, allowed him to remain in school.

The shooting occurred that afternoon.

Jennifer Crumbley’s trial largely focused on how she spent her time in the weeks and months leading up to the shooting, implying that she failed to act on warning signs or get help for her son. Her former employer testified on the stand that she could have left work the day of the shooting — after her meeting with school officials — to care for her son or said she could have brought her son with her to work if necessary.

A man she was having an affair with in the months before the shooting also testified, with prosecutors questioning him about how the two spent their time and about their communications before and after the shooting.

Jennifer Crumbley also took the stand in her own defense, and was grilled by prosecutors over her extramarital affairs and relationship with her son.

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