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Local judge rejects request for lighter sentence in murder case
Criminal Law

Local judge rejects request for lighter sentence in murder case

  • JOHNATHAN HOGAN Post register
  • Jan 12, 2023

IDAHO FALLS—District Judge Dane Watkins Jr. denied a Rule 35 motion to reduce the sentence of Westley Hightower in a hearing Thursday.

Local judge rejects request for lighter sentence in murder case
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Local judge rejects request for lighter sentence in murder case

  • JOHNATHAN HOGAN Post Register
  • Updated Feb 16, 2024

IDAHO FALLS—District Judge Dane Watkins Jr. denied a Rule 35 motion to reduce the sentence of Westley Hightower in a hearing Thursday.

Man sentenced to up to 67 years in prison for murdering stepfather
Crimes & Court

Man sentenced to up to 67 years in prison for murdering stepfather

  • By ILEANA HUNTER Post Register
  • Jun 24, 2022

IDAHO FALLS — Westley Hightower, 19, was sentenced to prison Friday as his adoptive mother, Larry Powell’s widow, Carol Powell, cried from the…

Man sentenced to 20 to 60 years in prison for distracting murder victim
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Man sentenced to 20 to 60 years in prison for distracting murder victim

  • By JOHNATHAN HOGAN Post Register
  • Mar 4, 2022

IDAHO FALLS — Daniel Wood, who assisted in the murder of a man in the hopes of getting a place to sleep, was sentenced Thursday to spend at le…

One defendant pleads guilty to killing stepfather
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One defendant pleads guilty to killing stepfather

  • By JOHNATHAN HOGAN Post Register
  • Jul 7, 2021

IDAHO FALLS — A man who reportedly killed his stepfather in September pleaded guilty Tuesday.

Two men charged with first-degree murder for fatal shooting
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Two men charged with first-degree murder for fatal shooting

  • By JOHNATHAN HOGAN jhogan@postregister.com
  • Sep 30, 2020

AMMON — Two men have been charged with first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of a man on Ammon Road on Monday.

Two charged with murder in fatal Bonneville County shooting
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Two charged with murder in fatal Bonneville County shooting

  • By JOHNATHAN HOGAN Post Register
  • Sep 29, 2020

Two men have been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a man on Ammon Road in Bonneville County on Monday.

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