Former police officer Michael Couture has been found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the May 29, 2004, shooting of Santanna Olavarria at Mechanicsville Turnpike And Fairfield Avenue. The jury has recommended Couture be punished for the crime with a $2,500 fine and no jail time. [via]
The murder trial of a former Richmond Police officer Michael Couture started today and is expected to last all week. The case stems from the shooting death on Memorial Day weekend 2004 of Santana Olavarria during a traffic stop at Mechanicsville Turnpike and Fairfield Avenue. [via]
The defense attorneys for former city police officers charged in the death of 21-year-old Santanna Olavarria argued to exclude an unaccounted-for bullet found in the rear driver’s side door of Olavarria’s car. If the bullet is determined to have been fired from one of the officers’ guns, it would contradict the accounts of the officers.
nbc12.com is reporting that damning evidence was entered into the court record concerning the shooting of Santanna Olavarria by Richmond Police Officer Michael Couture during a May 29, 2004, car stop at Mechanicsville Turnpike and Fairfield Way.
A grand jury has indicted a Richmond police officer Michael Couture and his former partner Edward Aeschlimann, on murder charges stemming from the shooting death of Santanna Bryant Olavarria during a May 29, 2004, car stop at Mechanicsville Turnpike and Fairfield Way.
Michael Couture, the Richmond police officer who shot and killed Santanna Bryant Olavarria during a May 29, 2004, car stop at Mechanicsville Turnpike and Fairfield Way, has resigned from the force.
A special grand jury empanelled last fall to hear evidence on the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Santanna Bryant Olavarria by two Richmond police officers has recommended that the case be forwarded to the Justice Department for “further investigation and prosecution.” The May 29, 2004, traffic stop shooting occurred at the corner of Mechanicsville Turnpike and [...]
