As Courthouse News reports, the scene at the Solano County Courthouse in Central California earlier this week was pandemonium as 30-year-old Alex "Somni" Leatham and 24-year-old Suri Dao awaited the official date for their trial, in which both are charged with the attempted murder of their former landlord, Curtis Lind, who was blinded during a 2022 katana attack over a rent dispute - an assault that ultimately became the first of six violent crimes associated with the loose group.
The shooting happened the evening of May 25, 2021 outside a residence in the 37000 block of Saint Matthew Drive, where Franklin was living at the time, court documents say. Officers responding to a call of gunfire located evidence of a shooting, including damage to several vehicles and at least one residence. But no victims were found at the scene.
One of two defendants with ties to the Zizian cult appeared before a Solano County Superior Court judge on Thursday and requested to fire her defense attorney. The request comes five weeks before the start of a jury trial for Alexander Jeffrey Leatham, 30, and co-defendant Suri Dao, 24, who are charged in connection with the 2022 attempted murder of a Vallejo landlord and face felony murder charges because one of their alleged accomplices died during the attack.
Three women and three men were taken to hospital when a blaze ripped through the Indian Aroma restaurant on Woodford Avenue in Gants Hill, Ilford, on 22 August at about 21:00 BST. The Met Police said the 16-year-old boy had been charged with six counts of attempted murder and conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life. He appeared at Croydon Magistrates' Court on Monday, 8 September, and was remanded to a youth detention centre. He will appear at the Old Bailey on Monday, 6 October.
On Aug. 15, 2023 at 3:18 p.m., Schaal was driving a 2012 Toyota Prius on Willoughby Street when he turned sharply onto the sidewalk, striking a 38-year-old woman standing on the corner, prosecutors said.
Authorities have arrested Benjamin Hanil Song, a former U.S. Marine Corps reservist, for his involvement in a Fourth of July attack on a Texas immigration detention center that left a police officer injured. Song is charged with three counts of attempted murder of federal agents after purchasing firearms linked to the shooting. He is one of ten individuals facing serious charges related to this incident as the state deals with increasing tensions surrounding immigration enforcement.
Ten people have been charged with attempted murder after allegedly ambushing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Texas on 4 July, using fireworks to lure them out.
Wohl reportedly had several outstanding issues within the courthouse. At this time, it is not immediately clear what the motive behind the alleged attack is, but the DA's office suspects it was a premeditated attack.