Anne Halliwell

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(ABC 6 News) – Former State Trooper Shane Roper’s jury trial was tentatively scheduled for March of 2026 — but its location could still change. While the Olmsted County Attorney’s Office still wants to hold the jury trial in Rochester, Roper’s defense believes a local jury pool would already be prejudiced. The court scheduled a settlement conference and venue change hearing Aug. 28, with the understanding that if the trial location changes, so the trial date will be pushed back.

1 week ago | kaaltv.com | Anne Halliwell

(ABC 6 News) – A fourth man was taken into custody in connection with a mid-May burglary. Kane Lee Williams, 19, is the fifth person apprehended after allegedly breaking into a NW Rochester condo and taking $3,000 in cash, plus shoes worth $1,800. Rochester police arrested Anthony Alexander (22), Jamykeal Gill-Sanders (18), and Brandon Lawson (20) May 11, and also detained a juvenile girl.

1 week ago | kaaltv.com | Anne Halliwell

(ABC 6 News) – A juvenile murder suspect’s future was under debate in Mower County Court on Wednesday. On May 28, attorneys met to argue whether the 16-year-old accused of shooting Opoka James Nathanael of Austin should be tried — and sentenced — as an adult. The juvenile is currently charged with 2nd-degree murder in juvenile court after allegedly shooting Nathanael seven times from the backseat of his car, as well as another man, who survived.

1 week ago | kaaltv.com | Anne Halliwell

(ABC 6 News) – A Rochester man was arrested on a warrant after missing his pretrial hearing last week. Ezequiel Rojas-Gasca failed to appear for a pretrial hearing on May 20, on a charge of 2nd-degree criminal sexual conduct with a child under 13 and two charges of malicious punishment of a child–less than substantial bodily harm. When Rojas-Gasca missed his pretrial hearing, Olmsted County Court issued a warrant for his arrest.

1 week ago | kaaltv.com | Anne Halliwell

(ABC 6 News) – A Cerro Gordo sheriff’s deputy faces assault charges in Hardin County, after allegedly punching a woman at a bar. John Wallace Crom III, of Mason City, was charged May 22 with assault causing bodily injury or mental illness and disorderly conduct, according to Iowa court documents. According to court documents, Iowa Falls Police responded to the fight at the bar on Estes street around 11:30 p.m., where a woman with a bruised face told them Crom had struck her.