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Dylann Roof told a judge Wednesday he did not plan to call any witnesses or present evidence to ask a jury to spare his life after the massacre that left nine black worshippers dead at a South Carolina church in 2015. He also was working hard to keep secret potentially embarrassing evidence about himself and his family. Just exactly what that evidence is remains a mystery. Roof, the judge and prosecutors carefully tiptoed around describing it during a hearing Wednesday. The judge has indicated that it may be allowed during the penalty phase of the trial, which starts next week. Roof said he was acting as his own attorney in the penalty phase to prevent what he thought would be further embarrassment to himself or his family. Judge Richard Gergel told Roof at the hearing in Charleston that being his own lawyer was a bad idea. "I'm not intending to offer any evidence or call any witnesses whatsoever," Roof told the judge. "That's your decision," Gergel told Ro...

The man suspected of murdering a Washington, D.C. yoga instructor and part-time actress had been charged with a crime six other times in 2016 – including just days before Tricia McCauley was found sexually assaulted and strangled to death in her car early Tuesday. Tricia McCauley was found dead in her car on Tuesday. Adrian Dwayne Johnson, 29, who also goes by Dwayne Adrian Johnson, was charged on Dec. 17 for alleged thefts at a CVS and Meridian PCS. At a hearing for those cases, a judge ordered Johnson to wear a GPS monitoring bracelet, but there’s no record he ever showed up to receive the device, FOX5 reported. The next time police intercepted Johnson, they were arresting him and charging him with first-degree murder in McCauley’s death. Authorities linked Johnson to McCauley after he allegedly robbed another CVS on Monday while in possession of her car. Late Monday, police sent out a critical missing person alert with images of McCauley, her distinctive, small, white Toyota Scion...

The man arrested in connection with the death of an actress from "Step Up" has officially been charged with murder. 29-year-old Adrian Johnson was just slapped with a first degree murder charge Tuesday after Tricia Lynn McCauley was found dead in her car in Washington D.C. the same morning. The medical examiner's office reportedly determined she died from asphyxia -- strangulation. As we reported ... cops say Johnson and McCauley did not know each other. It could be a carjacking ... cops say Johnson was seen driving Tricia's car. Tricia was a stand-in for Jenna Dewan Tatum in "Step Up" in 2006, as well as a yoga instructor in the D.C. area. She was 46.

NEW YORK – Police say a former New York City high school student who in 2012 fathered a child with his then-teacher has killed the woman and their 4-year-old son. Authorities on Tuesday say 23-year-old Isaac Duran Infante confessed to killing Felicia Barahona and Miguel Barahona. He's been charged with murder. Barahona was found Monday in her Harlem apartment with an electrical cord around her neck. Her son was found in the bathtub. It wasn't clear if the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, man had an attorney who could comment on his behalf. A 2012 report by school investigators determined the 36-year-old Barahona began a sexual relationship with Infante when he turned 18. The report found Barahona believed she and Infante would get married before their relationship ended. She was subsequently fired from the Bronx school.

Police say a New York City man out on bail on an attempted murder charge opened fire at a nightclub in suburban Westchester County early Sunday, killing two people — including the club's co-owner — and injuring four other people. The Journal News reported that the unidentified suspect initially escaped after being tackled by security at the Mansion nightclub in Mount Vernon, but was quickly apprehended by police. "It's a dark day in our city," Mayor Richard Thomas told the paper. "Today is a day we're supposed to spend with our family, not extend condolences. No person and no family should ever spend Christmas like this." One of the victims was identified as Mansion co-owner O'Neal Badoo. Thomas said the name of the second deceased victim was being withheld until next of kin were informed. Investigators say the suspect may have been ejected from the club shortly before the shooting, which took place at around 4:30 a.m. Christmas Day. The Journal News...

An anti-riot policeman, Corporal Aliyu Hamisu, reportedly shot his colleague, Joshua Mathew, dead at a bank in Zaria, Kaduna State on Friday. He also killed a young boy who was at the bank to withdraw money from an ATM and an Okada rider. The circumstances behind the incident were hazy, but it was learnt that Hamisu and Mathew, a sergeant got into an argument which led to the former shooting the latter and two others. There are different versions of the incident. While one version said Hamisu shot at Mathew, another version said it was the other way round. But the News Agency of Nigeria reported that the quarrel between the two officers ensued following a discovery that the sergeant had been short-changing the corporal. Northern City News gathered that Hamisu was shot on the legs by other policemen at the bank and subsequently mobbed by the crowd. The incident caused pandemonium in the area and forced the bank to hurriedly shut down its operation as motorists and everyone scampered to ...

Lisa Marie Naegle posed with the man who we're told confessed to killing her ... just hours before he allegedly took a hammer to her head and beat her with it repeatedly. TMZ obtained this photo of Lisa Marie with Jackie Jerome Rogers at Alpine Village ... a party venue in Torrance, CA. The pic was taken at 12:04 AM Sunday. Exactly 2 hours and 14 minutes later, they drove off in Rogers' SUV and not long after that, he allegedly bludgeoned her to death after she ended their affair. This pic was shot at 12:16 AM ... you see the former "Bridalplasty" contestant with drink in hand enjoying a performance by Too Short. TMZ broke the story ... Rogers confessed to cops after Lisa Marie's family confronted him with surveillance video showing the 2 of them leaving together Sunday at 2:18 AM. Her naked body was discovered Tuesday ... buried in Rogers' backyard.

A man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty manslaughter for killing his friend, 18-year-old Nicolas Quintal, near Gatineau Park in 2012. Daniel Sempels pleaded guilty to manslaughter in October. Sentencing took place in a Gatineau, Que., courtroom on Wednesday morning. With credit for time spent in pre-sentence custody, the sentence works out to about five years. Sempels will be eligible for parole in about two-and-a-half years. During the trial, court heard that Sempels admitted to striking Quintal with a metal bar, but that he hadn't intended to kill him. Sempels had originally been charged with second-degree murder after Quintal's body was found naked near an abandoned vehicle on April 29, 2012. The body of Nicolas Quintal, 18, was found beaten in April 2012 near a vehicle along Farrell Road in the hamlet of North Onslow, Que. (Facebook) At the time, police said Quintal had been beaten with a blunt object, and that Sempels and Quintal were ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (WDCW) — Aspiring Christian rapper Ryan Salandy will spend 18 years in prison for running over and killing his music producer. Salandy, who was convicted of second degree murder in September, was sentenced Monday. Prosecutors said the up-and-coming gospel artist used his silver Saab to run over his friend and music producer, 25-year-old William McDaniel, in September 2015. Investigators said Salandy never called 911, but his mother did. "Yes, Hi. I just got a call from my son, he accidentally hit someone in Clarksburg. My son was speeding and the person jumped in front of the car," Salandy's mother said on the 911 call. Ramon Korionoff, with the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office, said the prosecution found several signs that proved the hit and run was intentional. "He admitted that he floored the gas pedal and that he was going about 45 miles per hour on a small residential street, and the fact that the victim's bone...