July 21, 2021
A Rock County jury finds a Janesville man guilty of first-degree intentional homicide.
24-year-old Julian Collazo was on trial this week for the second time in the 2017 stabbing death of 43-year-old Christine Scaccia-Lubeck.
Rock County Judge Barbara McCrory declared a mistrial in his first trial back in October of 2019 due to an uncooperative juror refusing to deliberate.
District Attorney David O’Leary pointed to DNA evidence linking Collazo to the murder, including the victim’s blood on his clothing and his DNA underneath her fingernails.
Defense attorney Jeff Jensen tried to argue that Collazo’s upset girlfriend Nicole Kazar actually committed the murder before the two stole Scaccia-Lubeck’s vehicle and fled the state.
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April 11, 2021
A jury will decide the fate of two suspects in a Beloit triple shooting.
32-year-old Gregory Carter and 28-year-old Anthony Sims are both charged with first-degree recklessly endangering safety for the shooting that killed 21-year-old Treron White of Beloit.
Neither man is charged with homicide, but Beloit police believe they were the two shooters present when White was killed and two others were injured in March of 2019.
Rock County Judge Barbara McCrory denied a motion on Friday from Carter’s attorney Jeff Purnell that would have delayed the trial, which begins Monday morning with jury selection.
Purnell raised concerns about Carter’s ability to assist in his own defense because of the medications he takes to treat his cancer that has spread to his lungs, brain and spine.
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