On November 9, 2023, a Humboldt County jury found Shawn Patrick McMahon, age 51, guilty of first degree murder for killing Benjamin Thomas, age 41. The jury also found that Mr. McMahon personally and intentionally discharged a firearm, causing Mr. Thomas’s death.
Today,
Judge Kaleb Cockrum sentenced 28-year-old Austin M. Medeiros of Rhode
Island to serve 25 years to life in prison for the first-degree
murder of 28-year-old Emily Lobba. Medeiros was ordered to serve an
additional 6 years, four months for felony evading, theft of a
vehicle, and assaulti