Tom Loewy

1 week ago | qctimes.com | Tom Loewy |Anthony Watt

Jury selection in trial of the man accused of taking part in a 2024 double murder in Davenport starts Monday. Devon Braet faces two charges of first-degree murder in the Jan. 15, 2024, shooting deaths of Brian L. Goodwin and Amy M. Smith. He is charged with a total of 15 crimes related to the shootings. Goodwin and Smith were found in the early morning hours of Jan. 16, 2024, after a neighbor called in a fire at 5210 N. Division St., where Goodwin rented the basement portion of a converted house.

2 weeks ago | qconline.com | Tom Loewy |Anthony Watt |Gretchen Teske

Antonio Romanucci called the January fatal shooting of Jakarta Jackson by a Rock Island police officer "a self-fulfilling prophecy."The personal injury attorney spoke those words during a press conference Wednesday to announce the filing of a federal civil rights suit. The suit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois on the behalf of Yanessa Martin, the administrator of Jackson’s estate, and several of his family members. Martin has a child with Jackson.

2 weeks ago | qctimes.com | Tom Loewy |Anthony Watt

A federal civil rights suit has been filed in relation to the January fatal shooting of Jakarta Jackson by a Rock Island police officer. The suit was filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois on the behalf of Yanessa Martin, the administrator of Jackson’s estate, and several of his family members. Martin has a child with Jackson. The suit names as defendants the city of Rock Island, Police Chief Timothy McCloud and Brett Taylor — the officer who shot Jackson.

2 weeks ago | muscatinejournal.com | Tom Loewy |Tony Watt |Gretchen Teske

A federal civil rights suit has been filed in relation to the January fatal shooting of Jakarta Jackson by a Rock Island police officer. The suit was filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois on the behalf of Yanessa Martin, the administrator of Jackson’s estate, and several of his family members. Martin has a child with Jackson. The suit names as defendants the city of Rock Island, Police Chief Timothy McCloud and Brett Taylor — the officer who shot Jackson.

3 weeks ago | bnd.com | Tom Loewy

Deanna Gott spent the better part of the last month in the Scott County Courthouse. When jury selection started on May 5 for Adriana Blake's trial for her role in the 2024 shooting deaths of Brian Goodwin and Amy Smith, Gott was in the courthouse for both days. When trial testimony started on May 7, she was in the courtroom. Gott was there for every minute of every hour of every day of proceedings for 19 days. Gott was the person who took on the role of mother for Goodwin during his troubled youth.