Teen pleads guilty to killing his mom s friend in a Bloomington hotel room Dequan Smith was tried as an adult. April 6, 2021 8:16pm Text size Copy shortlink:
A teenager who fatally shot his mother s friend pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree unintentional murder.
Dequan Smith, who was 17 at the time, was tried as an adult in Hennepin County District Court. Now 18, he also pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree robbery, according to a Hennepin County Attorney s Office news release.
Smith will serve nearly 19 years in prison.
Smith fatally shot Jennifer Swaggert, 39, of Minneapolis on July 12 in a Bloomington hotel room in a dispute over $270 for a storage unit. Smith s mother was convicted of aiding her son after the murder and sentenced to six years in prison.
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Noor trial unfolding amid debate over blue wall of silence Prosecution s witnesses include officers whose credibility they question. April 15, 2019 9:59am Text size Copy shortlink:
Prosecutors in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor are determined to put his onetime partner on the stand, despite raising questions about his ability to accurately testify about the night Justine Ruszczyk Damond was shot.
As the prosecution s anticipated star witness, Matthew Harrity was the only other person there the night Noor shot and killed Damond in July 2017 after the two officers responded to her 911 call about a possible sexual assault behind her home. But both his recollection and cooperation have been shaky, prosecutors have contended. His version of what happened that night has changed, they said, and he has declined to make himself available for trial preparation.