"A 65-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 years to life in state prison for fatally shooting his Long Beach neighbor apparently under the belief the neighbor had been breaking into his apartment to tamper with his food, according to court records. John Tolliver Higginbotham pleaded no contest to second-degree murder on Jan. 27 in the killing of Maxwell Fromm, 72, court records show."
"When Long Beach police detectives talked with Higginbotham in his apartment, according to court documents, he told officers, My hands are up! It's right there, an apparent reference to a firearm sitting on furniture. That black 9-millimeter handgun was later determined to be a ghost gun, or one that does not have a serial number. Higginbotham told detectives that he believed the victim was poisoning his food and vandalizing his blue Honda Civic, detectives wrote in search-warrant documents."
John Tolliver Higginbotham pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and received a 15-years-to-life state prison sentence for killing neighbor Maxwell Fromm, 72. The men lived in an apartment complex on East First Street. Officers found Fromm dead inside his apartment around 12:30 p.m. on July 10, 2024. Detectives located a black 9-millimeter handgun in Higginbotham's apartment, later identified as a ghost gun without a serial number. Higginbotham told detectives he believed Fromm was poisoning his food and vandalizing his blue Honda Civic. Authorities found drug paraphernalia and a baggie believed to contain methamphetamine. Higginbotham has remained in custody.
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