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Tommy Witherspoon

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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Tommy Witherspoon

    Former co-defendant testifies Riggs robbed and killed TSTC student in 2020 (opens the original)

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    WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Brendon Le Osha Riggs’ former co-defendant testified Tuesday that he, Riggs and another man intended to rob a TSTC student of his drugs and weapons in 2020 and that Riggs confessed to killing the man during the incident. Prosecutors Ryan Calvert and Chris Spendlove rested their case Tuesday afternoon in Riggs’ aggravated robbery trial in Waco’s 54th State District Court. Calvert and Spendlove called six witnesses, including Kyle Depolito, before resting their case, and defen

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Tommy Witherspoon

    Hill County man sentenced to 60 years in prison in 2021 death of TSTC student in Waco (opens the original)

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    WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A Hill County man was sentenced to 60 years in prison Wednesday in a September 2020 drug-related robbery in which Kaden Quinn Hitchcock, 21, a Texas State Technical College student, was shot and killed. Jurors in Waco’s 54th State District Court deliberated about 75 minutes before deciding punishment for 25-year-old Brendon Le Osha Riggs. The jury took about 40 minutes earlier Wednesday to find Riggs guilty of aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony punishable by a maximum

  3. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Tommy Witherspoon

    Trial underway for Waco man charged in 2021 robbery that claimed life of Kaden Quinn Hitchcock (opens the original)

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    WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Testimony is set to begin Tuesday morning in an alleged robbery case that resulted in the 2021 shooting death of a 21-year-old Waco man. Brendon Le Osha Riggs, 25, is charged in 54th State District with first-degree felony aggravated robbery in a September 2021 incident that left Kaden Quinn Hitchcock dead at his residence in the 300 block of Wagon Wheel Circle. Riggs, Jose A. Herrera and Kyle Eric Depolito all were charged with capital murder in the case before Herrera and

  4. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Tommy Witherspoon

    Ex-Valley Mills teacher who had sex with teen boys placed on deferred probation (opens the original)

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    WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A former Central Texas high school teacher who had sexual encounters with two teenage boys was placed on deferred probation Friday. Judge Thomas West of 19th State District Court approved a plea agreement between Shelby Dawn Lashombe and the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office, which recommended West place her on deferred probation for six years and fine her $1,000. In addition, the judge ordered Lashombe to spend four weekends in jail and to spend 60 days working on

  5. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Tommy Witherspoon

    Ellis County assistant district attorney and appellate specialist appointed to 10th Court of Appeals in Waco (opens the original)

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    WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Andrea Westerfeld was inspired as a young girl to become a lawyer after reading a biography of Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Like her idol, Westerfeld made a bit of history herself Tuesday after Gov. Greg Abbott appointed her to serve on the 10th Court of Appeals in Waco, replacing the retiring Justice Steve Smith. The appointment made the 47-year-old Westerfeld the first woman to serve as justice

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