The four defendants who went to trial on charges of kidnapping a pair of University of Rochester students have been found guilty on numerous charges. Five other defendants agreed to plea deals and some of them will be sentenced beginning later this week. Lydell Strickland, identified as one of the ringleaders of the plot, was […]
Testimony continued Friday in the University of Rochester kidnapping trial. A dozen police officers and investigators took the stand and testified that at least three of the four defendants were present in a house on Harvest Street while the two kidnapped students were being held and tortured. This was the first time testimony directly put defendants […]
Seven jurors, four men and three women, were seated during the first day of jury selection in the University of Rochester kidnapping trial. Five of the nine suspects arrested in the abduction and robbery of two UR football team members pleaded guilty for reduced sentences. The remaining four are expected to be on trial for […]