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A former Harrisburg magisterial district judge is back in court arguing a judge should toss aside a jury’s ruling that she tried to murder her ex-boyfriend while he slept last year. Sonya McKnight, 57 ...
Sonya McKnight was taken away in handcuffs after the trial judge rejected a defense request that she be released. She faces up to 60 years in prison when she's sentenced May 28.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — Sonya McKnight, a suspended Dauphin County judge who was charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault, has a trial approaching on Monday, April 7.
After two hours of deliberations, a jury convicted Sonya M. McKnight, a magisterial judge in Dauphin County, on both charges she faced — one count of attempted murder and one count of aggravated ...
A former magistrate judge in Pennsylvania convicted of shooting and wounding her ex-boyfriend in the head as he slept has been sentenced to 13 1/2 to 30 years in prison. Sonya McKnight was convicted ...
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Suspended Dauphin County Judge Sonya McKnight has been found guilty of attempted murder in the first degree and felony aggravated assault in the first degree ...
FILE - Former District Judge Sonya McKnight, who was accused of shooting her estranged boyfriend in the head as he slept, leaves the Susquehanna Twp. Police department, Feb. 15, 2024.
Former District Judge Sonya McKnight, who was accused of shooting her estranged boyfriend in the head as he slept, leaves the Susquehanna Twp. Police department, Feb. 15, 2024. Credit: AP/Sean Simmers ...