Woman arraigned in killing of security guard over virus mask
FLINT (AP) — A woman was formally charged this week in the fatal shooting of a store security guard who refused to allow her daughter inside because she wasn’t wearing a face mask to protect against transmission of the coronavirus.
Sharmel Teague, 45, was arraigned via video Tuesday in district court, according to the Genesee County prosecutor's office.
Teague, her husband, Larry Teague, 44; and her son, Ramonyea Bishop, 23, face first-degree premeditated murder charges in Friday’s killing of Calvin Munerlyn, 43, at a Family Dollar near downtown Flint.
Larry Teague and Bishop have yet to be arrested and were believed to be on the run, prosecutor David Leyton said.
The three defendants also face gun charges. Larry Teague also is charged with violating Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive order requiring all customers and employees to wear face coverings inside grocery stores.
Sharmel Teague argued with Munerlyn before leaving the store, Leyton said. Two men later came to the store, and one of them shot Munerlyn in the back of the head. Witnesses identified Bishop as the man who shot Munerlyn, according to Leyton.
No information has been released about the daughter, who has not been charged in the shooting.
Sharmel Teague was denied bond and was scheduled for a May 14 probable cause conference.
Supreme Court sides with government in immigration case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is making it harder for noncitizens who are authorized to live permanently in the United States to argue they should be allowed to stay in the country if they’ve committed crimes.
The recent decision split the court 5-4 along ideological lines.
The decision came in the case of Andre Barton, a Jamaican national and green card holder. In 1996, when he was a teenager, he was present when a friend fired a gun at the home of Barton’s ex-girlfriend in Georgia. And in 2007 and 2008, he was convicted of drug possession in the state. His crimes made him eligible to be deported, and the government sought to remove him from the country in 2016. Barton argued he should be eligible to stay.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh noted in his opinion for the court’s conservatives that it was important that Barton’s 1996 crime took place in the first seven years he was admitted to the country. Kavanaugh wrote that “when a lawful permanent resident has amassed a criminal record of this kind,”
immigration law makes them ineligible to ask to be allowed to stay in the country.
Man wins $1M lottery jackpot twice in a day
PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — With a little bit of luck and persistence, a Colorado man has hit the jackpot twice after playing the same numbers for 30 years.
Colorado Lottery officials identified “Joe B.” as the winner of two $1 million Powerball jackpots on March 25.
He claimed the winnings on Friday, KUSA-TV reported.
The tickets were sold at different stores, about a mile apart, one purchased in the morning, the other in the evening, according to officials.
The Colorado Lottery received approval earlier this month to process winning tickets worth $10,000 or more at a touch-free, drive-thru claims office amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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