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After about two hours of deliberating over two days, a jury in Broome County Court found a Johnson City man guilty of manslaughter in the death of his girlfriend s 11-year-old son.
Larry Harris, 46, also faced a second-degree murder charge in the Feb. 2, 2019 death of Johnson City fifth-grader Jerome Smith. Of that charge, the jury determined Harris was not guilty.
Clarification of the murder charge definition was the only question raised by the jury during deliberations.
Harris faces up to 25 years in prison.
Jerome Smith died at the Burbank Avenue residence where he lived with his mother, sister and Harris. Johnson City police said at the time the death was being investigated as suspicious.
Indictment reveals Broome County man plotted murders, kidnappings
(WBNG) According to an indictment filed in Broome County Court, a Town of Dickinson man is accused of plotting murders and kidnappings.
The indictment says Harold M. Cole plotted two murders and two kidnappings against four separate people in exchange for $1,000 and the defendant s servitude to the Aryan Brotherhood.
In February, the Broome County Sheriff s Office says it charged Cole with the felonies of two counts of grand conspiracy in the second degree and two counts of grand conspiracy in the fourth degree.
The Sheriff s Office said he was jailed for kidnapping and during his time in jail, he was charged for violating an order of protection. They said his activity was monitored.
Man Convicted in Binghamton and Endwell Residential Burglaries
An Endwell man faces several years in prison after he was found guilty of two felony burglary counts in Broome County Court.
48-year-old Alex Ferrer was convicted by a jury Wednesday in a trial before Judge Kevin Dooley. The trial started on Monday.
According to the Broome County district attorney s office, Ferrer had been accused of entering two residences without permission on March 25, 2020.
The incidents happened in Endwell and on Main Street in Binghamton.
Ferrer could be sentenced to 7 to 15 years in prison for each burglary count. He is scheduled to be sentenced in June.
Hail to the Chief
> The first woman to be chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, Mary Mullarkey, died last week at age 77. She also served for 12 years at the top of the judicial branch, longer than any other person. Those who worked with her told Colorado Politics that the Chief, as she was known, was a humble, quiet proponent of diversity and inclusion.
⢠When I clerked for her, we could debate the hard stuff. We would debate the death penalty and indigenous land rights and affirmative action. She would just, with calm agility, make the arguments for both sides, said Annie T. Kao, a former clerk.
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