COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A judge on Friday rejected a plea agreement for a Colorado funeral home owner who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses, after family members described the pain and shame they’ve carried since learning their loved ones’ bodies were left to rot.

A judge rejected the plea deal for former southern Colorado funeral home owner Jon Hallford on Friday, according to 11 News crew members present in the courtroom.Hallford and his wife, Carie, are accused of improperly storing nearly 200 bodies through their business,

Judge Eric Bentley rejected a plea deal for Jon Hallford, former funeral home co-owner accused of corpse abuse.

Oscar Olea and prosecutors had worked out a deal where he would spend 12 years in prison, but a victim of his alleged sexual assault objected.

Of the six men charged with assaulting former Coyotes hockey player Paul Bissonnette, one has accepted a plea deal. Four of the accused attackers were offered plea deals. John Carroll accepted the agreement and pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated assault.

Yates, a former nurse whose license has since been suspended, was arrested in November following an "anonymous" tip alleging she engaged in sexual activities with the boy on July, 30, 2024, according to a Marion County Sheriff's Office arrest affidavit previously obtained by PEOPLE.

Prosecutors said Lucas Michael Novick visited SF’s Tenderloin District to purchase fentanyl, cocaine, heroin and meth. He then distributed the drugs at a party in San Rafael. The next day, the

The plea follows a disturbing incident in February 2023 when a mother caught McCartney in the act of sexually abusing her daughter.

The man charged following a boat crash that killed one person appeared in court on Thursday, saying he needed more time to think over a plea deal. The boat crash happened in July 2022.  An investigation revealed a 21-foot Yamaha jet boat was traveling north on the river when it suddenly veered toward the shoreline.