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A visiting judge this week accepted a new defense attorney in the case of Waco attorney Seth Sutton, who is set for retrial in February on charges stemming from an

Waco attorney Seth Sutton is scheduled to return to court as a defendant in February for a retrial in the murder-for-hire case against him.

The Texas Attorney General’s Office is continuing to pursue the prosecution of Waco attorney Seth Sutton in a murder-for-hire case that resulted in a hung jury and mistrial Aug. 15.

A judge declared a mistrial Friday night in the murder-for-hire case against Waco attorney Seth Sutton, with the jury remaining deadlocked after 12 hours of deliberation.

The defense in the murder-for-hire trial of a Waco attorney on Wednesday cross-examined an undercover detective, highlighting that the detective often initiated contacts and discussions about the alleged plot.

Jurors in the murder-for-hire trial of a Waco attorney on Tuesday heard an undercover detectives recordings of the two discussing the alleged plot to kill another Waco attorney.

A judge ruled Friday a Waco attorney may not call and question witnesses himself during his upcoming trial on a murder-for-hire charge.

A Waco defense attorney will seek Friday to serve as his own co-counsel in his upcoming trial on a murder-for-hire charge.

The alleged prostitution ring at a Harker Heights massage parlor had ties to other illegal operations across the state and New York, according to a state investigator who testified at a bond hearing this week in a Bell County court. During a pair of bond hearings on July 8 and continued on July 26, Judge Paul LePak heard testimony and arguments before reducing one of the bonds that had been set for one of the three defendants, Limei Feng Godfrey, 50. Godfrey has been in custody since June 2 in ...

A Killeen man was sentenced earlier this week to prison time for stabbing a man in 2019. During a remote hearing on Tuesday, James Willie Black, 33, pleaded guilty to a second-degree felony charge of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury. Following a plea agreement, Judge Steve Duskie then sentenced Black to two years in prison with credit for time served. No testimony or arguments were presented during the hearing in the 426th Judicial District Court. On June 14, 2019, Killeen polic...