Court Report

Teen Pleads Guilty to Highway Shootings

BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (AP) - A teenager pleaded guilty to reduced charges Monday in a series of Indiana highway sniper shootings that left one man dead and another wounded. Zachariah Blanton, 18, of Gaston, had been scheduled to stand trial next week on charges of murder, attempted murder and criminal recklessness. He pleaded guilty in Jackson Circuit Court to lesser charges of voluntary manslaughter with a deadly weapon and criminal recklessness. Read more...


Posted by Webmaster at December 4, 2007 01:12 AM