Sherman’s News and Editorials

I have ben in Seattle for a few days but now i am back and ready to write. Seattle was nice but it is good to be back. Now onward to the criminal news. According to reports a man identified as Troy Tyrone Thomas III age 43 plead guilty to murdering his college instructor. In court on Thomas plead guilty to first-degree murder in the killing of John Alfred Dennis Jr. Dennis was a 59-year-old teacher at St. Mary’s College and the City College of San Francisco. Thomas had met Dennis as a teenager and according to reports he murdered Dennis in the attempt to assume his identity, including his name, assets, house and vehicle. The night of February 9^th a sheriff’s deputy found Thomas in a vehicle with Dennis’ body covered in the back seat. Thomas later told police investigators the shot Dennis that day and with the body in the victims car drove to Montara State Beach. By the way if you happen to live in Seattle or the greater Puget Sound area and you require a competent Seattle Criminal Defense Attorney then by all means check out the Law offices of Mark Blair. He is a top rated Seattle criminal defense attorney. Oakland police were dispatched to Dennis’ home where they found signs of a struggle and blood evidence. Thomas is scheduled to be sentenced on September 5^th to life in prison without the possibility of parole in a deal, which prosecutors will not seek the death penalty in the death of Dennis. Thomas who was on parole at the time of the murder has an extensive criminal history and was released from prison prior to the murder for felony auto theft and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. He has also been convicted of murder in 1981 and several vehicle thefts.