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☆ Jennifer Crumbley is the first parent in America convicted in a mass school shooting carried out by their own child
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Jennifer Crumbley, along with her husband James Crumbley, were charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the massacre, making them the first parents in America to face charges for a mass school shooting carried out by their own child. AdvertisementProsecutors painted Jennifer Crumbley as an unaware and negligent mother who was consumed with an extramarital affair. Prosecutors told jurors that Jennifer Crumbley "abruptly" ended the meeting after just 11 minutes and the parents did not take their son home. Booking photos of James and Jennifer Crumbley. Please don't judge me for what my son did," Jennifer Crumbley said in a text message amid the shooting, said Andrew Smith, the COO of a real-estate company where Jennifer Crumbley worked.

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☆ The conviction of Jennifer Crumbley, mom of Michigan school shooter, should put parents of kids with access to guns on alert
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewIn an unprecedented verdict on Tuesday, Jennifer Crumbley was found guilty for her son's 2021 rampage that left four of his Michigan classmates dead. And the verdict should put parents on alert that they, too, could be held criminally responsible for the heinous acts of their children who have easy access to guns. Prosecutors painted Jennifer Crumbley as an unaware and negligent mother who was consumed with an extramarital affair . Kris Brown, the president of Brady, a non-profit working to prevent gun violence, said that "irresponsible behavior" like that of Jennifer Crumbley "is why 76% of school shooters under the age of 18 get their firearms from home."

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☆ Jennifer Crumbley's affair will now be allowed as evidence in Michigan school shooting trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewThe jury in Jennifer Crumbley's manslaughter trial is hearing evidence about her Costco parking lot love affair after the judge on Wednesday reversed her decision to keep it out of court. Jennifer and James Crumbley face involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with the Oxford High School shooting in November 2021 carried out by their son. The Crumbleys originally planned to stand trial together but in November requested separate trials after prosecutors claimed in court filings that Jennifer Crumbley blamed her husband for the shooting. At the time, the judge ruled that evidence of the affair would not be allowed at trial. But that ruling was reversed on Wednesday after Brian Meloche — the firefighter with whom Jennifer Crumbley was having the affair — testified .

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An investigator read portions of Ethan Crumbley's journal moments before jurors watched a partial video of the shooting, which left four students dead at Oxford High School in 2021. Unlike the jury, Jennifer Crumbley didn't look at the screen and instead cried with her forehead resting on her hands. “I have zero help for my mental problems and it's causing me to shoot up the ... school,” Ethan Crumbley, then 15, wrote in his journal. The Crumbleys are the first parents in the U.S. to be charged in a mass school shooting committed by their child. Their son stayed in school and later pulled a handgun from his backpack to fire at students.

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☆ Attorney for the mom of a 15-year-old school shooter opened her manslaughter trial by quoting Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementShannon Smith, an attorney for Jennifer Crumbley, began her opening statement to the jury by reciting a Taylor Swift song. Smith told the jury that much of the evidence they would hear and see is "horrific" and would scare them. According to Smith, Jennifer Crumbley did not know where the family's gun was kept or "how to put it in the car." AdvertisementProsecutor Marc Keast, meanwhile, described Jennifer Crumbley as an unaware mom who had several opportunities to intervene before her 15-year-old murdered his classmates. Opening statements for James Crumbley's trial are scheduled to begin on March 5.

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☆ Mother of Boy Who Murdered Four Classmates Faces Manslaughter Trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

Ethan Crumbley pleaded guilty in 2022 to two dozen counts, including four of first-degree murder, and last month was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Jennifer Crumbley and her husband James Crumbley were being tried separately after being charged with four manslaughter counts in late 2021. Legal experts have said that the parents' trial, which appears to be the first of its kind, breaks new legal ground. "Rarely are high school shooters going out and buying guns from a gun store," Horwitz said. Ethan Crumbley was returned to class and later walked out of a bathroom with the gun and began firing, prosecutors say.

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☆ Michigan judge to rule whether teen shooter could face life without parole
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

At a hearing at Oakland County Circuit Court, Judge Kwame Rowe will announce his decision on the possibility of parole for Ethan Crumbley, who was 15 years old when he carried out the mass shooting at Oxford High School. Crumbley pleaded guilty last October to 24 charges, including one count of terrorism causing death and four counts of first-degree murder. Defense attorneys presented testimony from doctors who saw the potential to remedy Crumbley's mental health issues over time. His parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges connected to the shooting. In that case, Rochester District Court Judge Julie Nicholson said evidence showed they had bought a gun for their son despite signs that he was a "troubled young man."

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March 3 (Reuters) - A Michigan judge on Friday dismissed a school district and its employees as defendants in two wrongful death lawsuits stemming from a deadly 2021 mass shooting by a 15-year-old student armed with a gun his parents had bought him for Christmas. Remaining as defendants in the civil lawsuits are the gunman, Ethan Crumbley, who has since pleaded guilty to murder charges, and his parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, who have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting. Instead, he was returned to class, and emerged from a bathroom a short time later to go on his rampage. School districts cannot be sued over "the exercise or discharge of a governmental function," and none of the exceptions recognized under statutes or case law apply, the judge wrote. Ultimately, however, "Ethan Crumbley's act of firing the gun, rather than the alleged conduct of the individual Oxford defendants" was the proximate cause of injuries, the judge held.

☆ Michigan school shooter, 16, pleads guilty to killing four classmates
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Ethan Crumbley, the 16-year-old accused of gunning down four schoolmates last year in a Michigan suburb, pleaded guilty Monday to all charges against him. He was charged as an adult with the murders as well as wounding six other students and a teacher at Oxford High School on Nov. 30, 2021. His lawyers had previously filed an insanity plea but they dropped that filing to go forward with the guilty plea. The Oxford High School shooting drew national attention, not just for the killings — but for the prosecution of the Crumbley's parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley. NBC News has reached out to Crumbley's attorneys and the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office for comment.

Oct 24 (Reuters) - The Michigan teenager suspected of killing four classmates and wounding several other people in a school shooting last November is expected to plead guilty to terrorism and murder charges on Monday, a county prosecutor said. Ethan Crumbley, 16, is accused of discharging a semi-automatic handgun in Oxford High School in a Detroit suburb on Nov. 30. Those plans appear to have changed, according to Oakland County Chief Assistant Prosecutor David Williams. Crumbley's parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, also face involuntary manslaughter charges connected to the shooting. Four days before the shooting, Ethan Crumbley accompanied his father to a gun shop, where James Crumbley bought a 9mm handgun, prosecutors said.

☆ Teen suspect in Michigan school shooting to plead guilty, prosecutor says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Tyler Clifford | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 21 (Reuters) - A Michigan teenager accused of killing four students and injuring seven other people in the deadliest school shooting of 2021 will plead guilty to murder charges in a court appearance on Monday, a local prosecutor said on Friday. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThree attorneys defending Crumbley did not immediately return calls seeking comment. "We can confirm that the shooter is expected to plead guilty to all 24 charges, including terrorism and the prosecutor has notified the victims," Williams said in a statement. Oxford High School is located in Oxford, Michigan, about 30 miles north of Detroit. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Tyler Clifford; Editing by David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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