KENOSHA â Since his first appearance in court in 2019 to the moment he was sentenced Friday to spend the rest of his life in prison for murder, Edward Pendleton Jr. has loudly and insistently declared his innocence.
âI cannot understand why this is happening to me,â Pendleton said, declaring he was being railroaded. âI did not shoot this man. I am not a murderer. I have never shot a gun in my life.â
Pendleton, 59, was convicted by a jury in March of killing 42-year-old Marlon Allen of Kenosha in what prosecutors said was a botched drug robbery.
At his sentencing Friday, Pendleton continually interrupted Assistant District Attorney Drew Burgoyne as he made his recommendations on sentencing to Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder.
Cougars in the Finger Lakes? Of course they re here, at least kind of
Len Lisenbee
I recently received an inquiry from a man who claimed he observed a cougar cross the road a short distance in front of his truck. He was driving south on Route 245, just a short distance from the High-Tor Wildlife Management Area, and the animal crossed from west to east.
He described it as a very large cat, about four feet long with a long tail. And it was tawny in color.
And during the deer season I received an email from a bow hunter who stated he observed a large, cat-like critter walk directly under his deer stand. He described it as a tawny colored cat that was about 3 or 4 feet long and with a long, thick tail.