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Antonio Riano was indicted on a single count of murder in February 2005, but he fled to Mexico, putting the case on a long ...
A jury has found a man guilty of murder after a shooting at a Hamilton bar in 2004 left a 25-year-old man dead.
A murder trial more than two decades in the making is underway in Butler County.Antonio Riano, 63, is accused of murdering 25 ...
A jury of 12 said Friday afternoon that Antonio Riano, the 63-year-old Mexican national indicted in a December 2004 murder, was guilty of murder when he shot and killed Benjamin Becarra.
Investigators waited nearly 20 years to interview Antonio Riano about a fatal shooting outside a Hamilton bar and when he finally sat down with police, he admitted to opening fire on 25-year-old ...
Wednesday, the man charged in a deadly shooting in Hamilton in 2004 will go before a jury. Prosecutors say he escaped to ...
The murder trial for Riano, also known as ‘El Diablo,’ began Wednesday with opening statements after jurors were chosen Tuesday in a Butler County Common Pleas courtroom.
A jury returned a guilty verdict against Antonio “El Diablo” Riano for the murder of 25-year-old Benjamin Becarra in December 2004, according to Butler County court records. He is scheduled to ...
Antonio Riano does not deny he shot Benjamin Becarra outside a Hamilton bar 20 years ago. But his defense attorneys this week will try to prove he did it in self defense.
Antonio Riano, a former Mexican police officer, was found guilty of murdering Benjamin Becerra in 2004. Riano fled to Mexico after the shooting but was extradited back to the U.S. in 2024.
A jury of 12 said Friday afternoon that Antonio Riano, the 63-year-old Mexican national indicted in a December 2004 murder, was guilty of murder when he shot and killed Benjamin Becarra. The ...