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Prosecutors Announce Charges in Nine Unrelated Cases; Outlets Differ on Dates and Stage

Reports from eleven outlets describe separate matters in Los Angeles, Utah, Birmingham, Shreveport, Cincinnati, Savannah, Prichard, Louisville and Oak Grove, and disagree on when the announcements were made and how far each has gone.

4 reports on this incident · first at Aug 10, 2026, 8:33 p.m. ET

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 15, 2026, 1:44 a.m. ET
Defendants are named in separate announcements about unrelated matters, and the reporting outlets date the announcements differently: Fox19 dates its report to Aug. 10, 2026, WBRC dates its report to Aug. 11, 2026, and ABC News dates its report to Aug. 12, 2026. No one of those dates is better supported than the others. The outlets also conflict on how far the matters have gone. Fox19, WTOC, ABC News, WDBO, WOKV, KSL, WLKY and WSMV report that the defendants stand , which is the better-supported account of the proceeding stage; WBRC and KSLA report sentencings, in Birmingham and Shreveport respectively, and Fox10TV describes a plea stage in the Prichard, Alabama matter. The disagreement has not been resolved and is carried here as it stands. On the better-supported account, nothing has been decided: no verdict is established in this record and no punishment has been imposed on the defendants named below. A charge is an accusation. Each is presumed innocent unless and until guilt is proven in court. None of the reports reviewed carried a presumption-of-innocence statement of its own. The outlets also differ on which office is prosecuting: WDBO and WOKV identify the , the better-supported account, while KSL identifies the . **Los Angeles.** Prosecutors allege that Nick Reiner, 32, murdered his parents, director Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner, by means of lying in wait, using a knife; the Reiners were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood home on Dec. 14, 2025, according to ABC News, WDBO and WOKV. The counts are two counts of murder with the special circumstance allegations of multiple murders and murder by means of lying in wait, together with a special allegation that he used a dangerous and deadly weapon, a knife. ABC News, WDBO and WOKV report that if convicted as , Reiner faces death or life in state prison without the possibility of parole erm exexposure in this record eing penpenalty stated by those outlets; KSL reports a . The matter is undecided. **Utah.** The U.S. Attorney's Office of Utah says an investigation determined that Peter Michael Larsen, 48, of Orem — with an address listed in Taylorsville on state court records — harbored anti-Muslim views and went to the West Valley mall specifically to attack Muslims, purchased a knife from a store inside the mall, asked mall employees if they were Muslim, and began stabbing the victim who said he was Muslim, KSL reports; the July 13 attack at Valley Fair Mall allegedly involved a mall employee being stabbed more than a dozen times for being a Muslim. The counts include a hate crime causing bodily injury to a victim because of their actual or perceived religion, and, in the 3rd District Court, attempted aggravated murder with potential hate crime penalty enhancements, a first-degree felony, and being a prohibited person in possession of a weapon, a third-degree felony. The matter is undecided. **Elsewhere.** Prosecutors say Youit Jones, 39, killed and dismembered 42-year-old Nathan Gemeinhart in 2022, removing his head and hands and setting his remains on fire at a vacant home off Eufaula Avenue in Birmingham, according to WBRC; the counts are capital murder — kidnapping, abuse of corpse and second-degree arson. Two outlets describe punishments the others do not, and they describe different ones: WBRC reports life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of Nathan Gemeinhart, with a separate sentencing hearing on the abuse of a corpse and second-degree arson convictions scheduled for Oct. 1, 2026, while KSLA reports a mandatory life sentence imposed by Caddo District Judge Donald E. Hathaway Jr. on Deonza McClinton, 32, of Shreveport. In the Shreveport matter, KSLA reports that prosecutors said McClinton and a codefendant ambushed a 41-year-old man at the In & Out convenience store in the 4300 block of Linwood Avenue, and that McClinton was armed with a 300 Blackout assault-style rifle that evidence showed was fired 22 times; the defense argued self-defense, which the jury rejected. The other outlets place this reporting at the charging stage, and on that better-supported account no court has imposed anything. The Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office alleges that Deonte Wilson, 26, killed a 50-year-old in a robbery on May 16, 2017, at 1906 Fairmount Avenue in South Fairmount, during what the prosecutor's office says was supposed to be a purchase of marijuana, according to Fox19; the counts include three counts of murder, two counts of felonious assault and two counts of robbery, and Cincinnati Police investigated. Prosecutors allege that Michael William Eden, 48, of Savannah, Georgia, gave Taylor Reed Williams a substance containing fentanyl on April 6, 2026, representing it as a controlled substance, and that Williams died the following day, WTOC reports; authorities say Eden was found in possession of a shotgun and a .38 pistol. Those counts include felony murder, aggravated involuntary manslaughter, sale of fentanyl, sale of alprazolam and two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team investigated. In Louisville, police say Andrew Jackson and Malik Johnson were involved in multiple shootings investigated by Louisville Metro Police in 2025, including the Aug. 25, 2025 homicide of Patrick Brents Jr. and the July 21, 2025 fatal shooting of Devon Jefferson, and that the investigation into Jefferson's death also involved a vehicle connected to the cases that was intentionally set on fire, WLKY reports; the counts in this record include murder, complicity to murder, arson and receiving stolen property over $10,000. WSMV reports that Avery Bates, 28, of Clarksville is accused of fatally shooting Jaylin Glenn, 25, outside the Ooh La La Lounge on Fort Campbell Boulevard in Oak Grove, Kentucky, on Nov. 23, 2025, and that witnesses told Oak Grove Police a fight broke out in front of the lounge between people waiting to get inside when the shooting happened, with Glenn shot in the head at about 3:25 a.m.; the counts in this record include assault and wanton endangerment. Oak Grove Police and the U.S. Marshals are among the investigating agencies named. In Alabama, Fox10TV reports that Anthony Bradley III and Nia Malika Bradley faced criminal charges related to embezzlement from the Prichard Water Works & Sewer Board, with prosecutors alleging that Nia Bradley used her utility-issued credit card to buy hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of personal items; the counts in this record include first-degree receiving stolen property and two counts of fraudulent use of a credit card. Those matters are undecided. The accounts come from separate outlets describing nine different sets of events, and none carries more weight than the others.

Earlier reports

  1. Aug 10, 2026, 8:48 p.m. ET

    Two Men Charged in Separate Cases Announced Aug. 10; Neither Has Been Tried

    Two unrelated criminal cases were announced on August 10, 2026 — one brought by the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office in Ohio, the other in Savannah, Georgia — and both stand in the verified record at the charging stage only, as reported by fox19.com and wtoc.com. Neither case has been tried or decided. Both remain open and undecided, and each defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.

    The two defendants named are Deonte Wilson, 26, and Michael William Eden, 48, of Savannah, Georgia, according to fox19.com and wtoc.com.

    The sources give two separate accounts of the conduct alleged, and neither account covers both cases. In the Ohio matter, the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office alleges that Wilson killed a 50-year-old in a robbery on May 16, 2017, at 1906 Fairmount Avenue in South Fairmount, during what the prosecutor's office says was supposed to be a purchase of marijuana, according to fox19.com. In the Georgia matter, prosecutors allege that Eden gave Taylor Reed Williams a substance containing fentanyl on April 6, 2026, representing it as a controlled substance, and that Williams died the following day; authorities say Eden was found in possession of a shotgun and a .38 pistol, wtoc.com reported. Both are allegations by prosecutors, untested at trial.

    The charges reported across the two cases, as reported by fox19.com and wtoc.com, are:

    • three counts of murder
    • two counts of felonious assault
    • two counts of robbery
    • Felony murder
    • Aggravated involuntary manslaughter
    • Sale of fentanyl
    • Sale of alprazolam
    • 2x Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon

    Cincinnati Police and the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team are the investigating agencies named in the reporting.

    A guilty plea was flagged to this newsroom as a later development in one of the two cases, but the verified record available for this report contains nothing about it — not which defendant entered it, which counts were admitted, or what remains to be decided — so no plea is reported here.

    An allegation in a charging document is not a finding of guilt. Nothing in the record supplied for this story shows either case reaching a verdict, a plea or any other disposition; both are unresolved as of the material available, and a reader encountering this report later should treat the outcome of each as unknown. Neither announcement from the prosecuting offices carried a presumption-of-innocence statement; the presumption applies regardless, to Wilson and to Eden alike.

  2. Aug 10, 2026, 8:44 p.m. ET

    Two Unrelated Cases Charged August 10 in Ohio and Georgia; Both Remain Undecided

    Two unrelated prosecutions were announced on August 10, 2026, according to reporting by fox19.com and wtoc.com. In both, the available record places the proceedings at the charging stage.

    Neither case has been decided. No trial has been held for either defendant, no plea or verdict appears in the record, and no judicial or jury finding of guilt has been reported in either matter. Both cases remain open and pending as of the reporting date, and each defendant is presumed innocent unless and until guilt is proven in court. The charges described below are allegations by prosecutors, not determinations of guilt.

    In Ohio, the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office alleges that Deonte Wilson, 26, killed a 50-year-old in a robbery on May 16, 2017, at 1906 Fairmount Avenue in South Fairmount, during what the prosecutor's office says was supposed to be a purchase of marijuana, fox19.com reported. Cincinnati Police are among the investigating agencies. Wilson has not been tried on that allegation, and it is unresolved.

    In Georgia, prosecutors allege that Michael William Eden, 48, of Savannah, Georgia, gave Taylor Reed Williams a substance containing fentanyl on April 6, 2026, representing it as a controlled substance, and that Williams died the following day, according to wtoc.com. Authorities say Eden was found in possession of a shotgun and a .38 pistol. The Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team is among the investigating agencies. Eden has not been tried on that allegation, and it is likewise unresolved.

    The charges listed across the two cases, as reported by fox19.com and wtoc.com, are:

    • three counts of murder
    • two counts of felonious assault
    • two counts of robbery
    • Felony murder
    • Aggravated involuntary manslaughter
    • Sale of fentanyl
    • Sale of alprazolam
    • 2x Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon

    A charge or indictment is an accusation and nothing more. Readers coming to this account later should understand that, at the point this story ends, neither matter had been tried or otherwise concluded, and both defendants remained presumed innocent.

  3. Aug 10, 2026, 8:33 p.m. ETFirst report

    Cincinnati Man, 26, Charged in 2017 South Fairmount Killing; Case Unresolved

    A 26-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2017 killing in Cincinnati's South Fairmount neighborhood, according to charges announced on August 10, 2026 and reported by fox19.com.

    Fox19.com reported that the defendant, Deonte Wilson, faces three counts of murder, two counts of felonious assault and two counts of robbery. The Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office alleges he killed a 50-year-old in a robbery on May 16, 2017, at 1906 Fairmount Avenue in South Fairmount, during what the prosecutor's office says was supposed to be a purchase of marijuana.

    Cincinnati Police investigated the case, according to fox19.com.

    These are allegations, not findings. Wilson has not been tried on any of the counts, and he is presumed innocent unless and until he is proven guilty in court. The prosecutor's office's announcement, as reported by fox19.com, did not include a presumption-of-innocence statement; the material available records no plea from Wilson and no response from a defense attorney.

    The matter remains open and undecided. It is at the charging stage only: no court has weighed the evidence, no verdict or other resolution has been reached, and nothing in the available material indicates how or when the case will conclude. Readers encountering this account later should not treat the charges described here as a settled outcome.

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Revision history

  1. Version 915 Aug 2026, 05:44current

    Added the Louisville (Andrew Jackson, Malik Johnson) and Oak Grove/Clarksville (Avery Bates) matters and their investigating agencies, and updated the proceeding-stage attribution to include WLKY and WSMV.

  2. Version 814 Aug 2026, 00:42

    Added the Shreveport matter reported by KSLA — defendant Deonza McClinton, 32, the alleged conduct, and the life sentence — and updated the defendant count and the sentencing and proceeding-stage conflicts accordingly.

  3. Version 714 Aug 2026, 00:23

    Added the Prichard, Alabama matter (Anthony Bradley III and Nia Malika Bradley, per Fox10TV) with its counts, and noted Fox10TV's plea stage as a third position in the proceeding-stage conflict; defendant count updated from five to seven.

  4. Version 613 Aug 2026, 03:38

    Added the fifth defendant and Utah federal hate crime matter reported by KSL, plus the conflicts over prosecuting office and maximum penalty.

  5. Version 513 Aug 2026, 00:45

    Added WOKV as a further source for the Los Angeles allegations, prosecuting office and statutory maximum, and updated the attribution lists accordingly.

  6. Version 413 Aug 2026, 00:40

    Added WDBO as a second source for the Los Angeles indictment and named the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office; corrected the announcement-date attributions to Fox19, WBRC and ABC News only.

  7. Version 313 Aug 2026, 00:23

    Added the ABC News-reported Los Angeles case against Nick Reiner, 32, including the counts, special allegations and stated statutory maximum, and added Aug. 12, 2026 to the range of conflicting announcement dates.

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    Repaired garbled dash characters, added headline and dek, removed the unsourced passage about statutory maximum penalties, and tightened the framing of the unresolved charged-versus-sentenced conflict.

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