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Woman reaches plea deal in Wal-Mart double slaying

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Shiawassee County Sheriff 's Office" title="Source: Shiawassee County Sheriff 's Office" width="180" style="border: 0px;" /> Source: Shiawassee County Sheriff 's Office Anthony Holloway (left) and Otis Smith CORUNNA, MI (WNEM/AP) - A woman has pleaded guilty to reduced charges in the shooting deaths of two men outside a Mid-Michigan Wal-Mart store and agreed to testify against two co-defendants. Erin Marie Mongar , 35 of Grand Rapids pleaded guilty to two counts of second- degree murder Tuesday , the Shiawassee County Prosecutor ’s Office said. Prosecutors have agreed to dismiss two counts of first-degree murder and other charges. Police said Mongar drove the getaway car in the murders of 31-year-old Joseph Carson and 39-year-old Anthony Hammond, both of Flint. Their bodies were found in January outside a Caledonia Township Wal -Mart. Police said the slayings stemmed from a deal to sell marijuana that was arranged online via Craigsl...

Charges dropped in 2016 Aberdeen double homicide

All charges against Terrell Walton, one of two men accused of committing a double homicide in Aberdeen in June 2016, have been dropped, but police and prosecutors say they have not ended their pursuit of justice for the victims and their loved ones. "We're still working it as an open and active investigation," Lt. Will Reiber, a spokesperson for the Aberdeen Police Department , said Wednesday. Twenty-three charges filed against Walton, 31, of Aberdeen, were dropped Aug. 15, according to online court records . He had not been to trial. He was charged with the shooting deaths of Jumal Rodale Dudley , 43, of Havre de Grace , and Taneisha Chenay Smothers , 31, of Aberdeen. Prosecutors were concerned they could not secure a conviction for murder against Walton after his co-defendant — who faced the same charges based on the same evidence — was only convicted of second-degree assault in a trial earlier this year. "By dismissing it prior to trial, we keep it an open case a...

Salt Lake man pleads guilty to murder in violent home invasion

SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake man pleaded guilty Monday to killing a man in a violent home invasion and robbery. Landon Kavani Johnson , 20, admitted to killing 18-year-old Eric Padilla when he attempted to rob the man on Sept. 17. In a deal with prosecutors, additional charges against Johnson were dismissed, including aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary, first-degree felonies; and obstructing justice, a second-degree felony. According to police, Padilla and two others were in the bedroom of an apartment at Sky Harbor Apartments , 221 N. Sun Harbor Terrace , playing video games when there was a knock at the door. Padilla did not live at the apartment, and someone else answered the door. When the door opened, Johnson entered and grabbed the man who had opened the door by the neck, pointing a large silver revolver at him, charging documents state , telling the man, "Give me everything you got." As the men went into the bedroom, Johnson shot Padilla once in the head,...