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A former congressional candidate who as soon as ran for workplace in Nevada and Texas has been arrested on a homicide cost within the demise of a person exonerated after serving greater than 20 years in jail for against the law he didn’t commit.
A legal grievance filed Monday in Las Vegas Justice Court docket alleges Daniel Rodimer, 45, killed Christopher Tapp, 47, after a struggle in a Las Vegas resort room in October.
An arrest warrant affidavit from a Las Vegas police detective signifies the struggle was unrelated to Tapp’s earlier wrongful conviction.
Rodimer was arrested Wednesday and launched on a $200,000 bond, the court docket docket reveals. His attorneys, David Z. Chesnoff and Richard A. Schonfeld, inform CNN there have been no journey restrictions included within the bond.
“He intends on vigorously contesting the allegations and asks that the presumption of innocence assured all Individuals be revered,” Chesnoff and Schonfeld stated in a written assertion.
Rodimer – a former skilled wrestler from New Jersey – unsuccessfully ran for Congress in Nevada in 2020 and in a particular election in Texas in 2021.
Tapp was convicted of homicide and rape within the deadly stabbing of an 18-year-old Idaho lady and sentenced to life in jail in 1998. He was imprisoned for 21 years earlier than his conviction was overturned after DNA testing proved that one other man was accountable.
Tapp advocated for others who have been wrongfully convicted. He labored alongside Idaho Sen. Doug Ricks to assist go state laws that compensates those that hung out behind bars for crimes they didn’t commit, in response to CNN affiliate EastIdahoNews.com.
Based on the police detective’s affidavit obtained by CNN affiliate KTNV, Rodimer and Tapp attended the identical Halloween social gathering on October 30 at Resorts World Las Vegas. Witnesses advised police that Rodimer turned upset after Tapp allegedly supplied cocaine to Rodimer’s stepdaughter, the affidavit said. CNN has requested a duplicate of the affidavit.
A witness advised police that he heard Rodimer say, “When you ever speak to my daughter once more, I’ll f**king kill you,” instantly adopted by “two loud banging noises,” in response to the affidavit hooked up to the grievance.
A witness who spoke to police stated she noticed Rodimer “knock Christopher to the bottom, at which period Christopher’s head hit a small desk.”
Then, Rodimer punched Tapp “all through his head and physique,” the affidavit said. Different witnesses stated they later discovered Tapp on a mattress awake however with a swollen face and “a big mark on the left facet of his neck.”
Tapp was taken to the hospital, the place he died a number of days later.
The Medical Examiner dominated Tapp’s demise a murder by blunt head trauma, in response to the legal grievance.
CNN’s Dakin Andone contributed to this report.
CNN
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A former congressional candidate who as soon as ran for workplace in Nevada and Texas has been arrested on a homicide cost within the demise of a person exonerated after serving greater than 20 years in jail for against the law he didn’t commit.
A legal grievance filed Monday in Las Vegas Justice Court docket alleges Daniel Rodimer, 45, killed Christopher Tapp, 47, after a struggle in a Las Vegas resort room in October.
An arrest warrant affidavit from a Las Vegas police detective signifies the struggle was unrelated to Tapp’s earlier wrongful conviction.
Rodimer was arrested Wednesday and launched on a $200,000 bond, the court docket docket reveals. His attorneys, David Z. Chesnoff and Richard A. Schonfeld, inform CNN there have been no journey restrictions included within the bond.
“He intends on vigorously contesting the allegations and asks that the presumption of innocence assured all Individuals be revered,” Chesnoff and Schonfeld stated in a written assertion.
Rodimer – a former skilled wrestler from New Jersey – unsuccessfully ran for Congress in Nevada in 2020 and in a particular election in Texas in 2021.
Tapp was convicted of homicide and rape within the deadly stabbing of an 18-year-old Idaho lady and sentenced to life in jail in 1998. He was imprisoned for 21 years earlier than his conviction was overturned after DNA testing proved that one other man was accountable.
Tapp advocated for others who have been wrongfully convicted. He labored alongside Idaho Sen. Doug Ricks to assist go state laws that compensates those that hung out behind bars for crimes they didn’t commit, in response to CNN affiliate EastIdahoNews.com.
Based on the police detective’s affidavit obtained by CNN affiliate KTNV, Rodimer and Tapp attended the identical Halloween social gathering on October 30 at Resorts World Las Vegas. Witnesses advised police that Rodimer turned upset after Tapp allegedly supplied cocaine to Rodimer’s stepdaughter, the affidavit said. CNN has requested a duplicate of the affidavit.
A witness advised police that he heard Rodimer say, “When you ever speak to my daughter once more, I’ll f**king kill you,” instantly adopted by “two loud banging noises,” in response to the affidavit hooked up to the grievance.
A witness who spoke to police stated she noticed Rodimer “knock Christopher to the bottom, at which period Christopher’s head hit a small desk.”
Then, Rodimer punched Tapp “all through his head and physique,” the affidavit said. Different witnesses stated they later discovered Tapp on a mattress awake however with a swollen face and “a big mark on the left facet of his neck.”
Tapp was taken to the hospital, the place he died a number of days later.
The Medical Examiner dominated Tapp’s demise a murder by blunt head trauma, in response to the legal grievance.
CNN’s Dakin Andone contributed to this report.
CNN
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A former congressional candidate who as soon as ran for workplace in Nevada and Texas has been arrested on a homicide cost within the demise of a person exonerated after serving greater than 20 years in jail for against the law he didn’t commit.
A legal grievance filed Monday in Las Vegas Justice Court docket alleges Daniel Rodimer, 45, killed Christopher Tapp, 47, after a struggle in a Las Vegas resort room in October.
An arrest warrant affidavit from a Las Vegas police detective signifies the struggle was unrelated to Tapp’s earlier wrongful conviction.
Rodimer was arrested Wednesday and launched on a $200,000 bond, the court docket docket reveals. His attorneys, David Z. Chesnoff and Richard A. Schonfeld, inform CNN there have been no journey restrictions included within the bond.
“He intends on vigorously contesting the allegations and asks that the presumption of innocence assured all Individuals be revered,” Chesnoff and Schonfeld stated in a written assertion.
Rodimer – a former skilled wrestler from New Jersey – unsuccessfully ran for Congress in Nevada in 2020 and in a particular election in Texas in 2021.
Tapp was convicted of homicide and rape within the deadly stabbing of an 18-year-old Idaho lady and sentenced to life in jail in 1998. He was imprisoned for 21 years earlier than his conviction was overturned after DNA testing proved that one other man was accountable.
Tapp advocated for others who have been wrongfully convicted. He labored alongside Idaho Sen. Doug Ricks to assist go state laws that compensates those that hung out behind bars for crimes they didn’t commit, in response to CNN affiliate EastIdahoNews.com.
Based on the police detective’s affidavit obtained by CNN affiliate KTNV, Rodimer and Tapp attended the identical Halloween social gathering on October 30 at Resorts World Las Vegas. Witnesses advised police that Rodimer turned upset after Tapp allegedly supplied cocaine to Rodimer’s stepdaughter, the affidavit said. CNN has requested a duplicate of the affidavit.
A witness advised police that he heard Rodimer say, “When you ever speak to my daughter once more, I’ll f**king kill you,” instantly adopted by “two loud banging noises,” in response to the affidavit hooked up to the grievance.
A witness who spoke to police stated she noticed Rodimer “knock Christopher to the bottom, at which period Christopher’s head hit a small desk.”
Then, Rodimer punched Tapp “all through his head and physique,” the affidavit said. Different witnesses stated they later discovered Tapp on a mattress awake however with a swollen face and “a big mark on the left facet of his neck.”
Tapp was taken to the hospital, the place he died a number of days later.
The Medical Examiner dominated Tapp’s demise a murder by blunt head trauma, in response to the legal grievance.
CNN’s Dakin Andone contributed to this report.
CNN
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A former congressional candidate who as soon as ran for workplace in Nevada and Texas has been arrested on a homicide cost within the demise of a person exonerated after serving greater than 20 years in jail for against the law he didn’t commit.
A legal grievance filed Monday in Las Vegas Justice Court docket alleges Daniel Rodimer, 45, killed Christopher Tapp, 47, after a struggle in a Las Vegas resort room in October.
An arrest warrant affidavit from a Las Vegas police detective signifies the struggle was unrelated to Tapp’s earlier wrongful conviction.
Rodimer was arrested Wednesday and launched on a $200,000 bond, the court docket docket reveals. His attorneys, David Z. Chesnoff and Richard A. Schonfeld, inform CNN there have been no journey restrictions included within the bond.
“He intends on vigorously contesting the allegations and asks that the presumption of innocence assured all Individuals be revered,” Chesnoff and Schonfeld stated in a written assertion.
Rodimer – a former skilled wrestler from New Jersey – unsuccessfully ran for Congress in Nevada in 2020 and in a particular election in Texas in 2021.
Tapp was convicted of homicide and rape within the deadly stabbing of an 18-year-old Idaho lady and sentenced to life in jail in 1998. He was imprisoned for 21 years earlier than his conviction was overturned after DNA testing proved that one other man was accountable.
Tapp advocated for others who have been wrongfully convicted. He labored alongside Idaho Sen. Doug Ricks to assist go state laws that compensates those that hung out behind bars for crimes they didn’t commit, in response to CNN affiliate EastIdahoNews.com.
Based on the police detective’s affidavit obtained by CNN affiliate KTNV, Rodimer and Tapp attended the identical Halloween social gathering on October 30 at Resorts World Las Vegas. Witnesses advised police that Rodimer turned upset after Tapp allegedly supplied cocaine to Rodimer’s stepdaughter, the affidavit said. CNN has requested a duplicate of the affidavit.
A witness advised police that he heard Rodimer say, “When you ever speak to my daughter once more, I’ll f**king kill you,” instantly adopted by “two loud banging noises,” in response to the affidavit hooked up to the grievance.
A witness who spoke to police stated she noticed Rodimer “knock Christopher to the bottom, at which period Christopher’s head hit a small desk.”
Then, Rodimer punched Tapp “all through his head and physique,” the affidavit said. Different witnesses stated they later discovered Tapp on a mattress awake however with a swollen face and “a big mark on the left facet of his neck.”
Tapp was taken to the hospital, the place he died a number of days later.
The Medical Examiner dominated Tapp’s demise a murder by blunt head trauma, in response to the legal grievance.
CNN’s Dakin Andone contributed to this report.
CNN
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A former congressional candidate who as soon as ran for workplace in Nevada and Texas has been arrested on a homicide cost within the demise of a person exonerated after serving greater than 20 years in jail for against the law he didn’t commit.
A legal grievance filed Monday in Las Vegas Justice Court docket alleges Daniel Rodimer, 45, killed Christopher Tapp, 47, after a struggle in a Las Vegas resort room in October.
An arrest warrant affidavit from a Las Vegas police detective signifies the struggle was unrelated to Tapp’s earlier wrongful conviction.
Rodimer was arrested Wednesday and launched on a $200,000 bond, the court docket docket reveals. His attorneys, David Z. Chesnoff and Richard A. Schonfeld, inform CNN there have been no journey restrictions included within the bond.
“He intends on vigorously contesting the allegations and asks that the presumption of innocence assured all Individuals be revered,” Chesnoff and Schonfeld stated in a written assertion.
Rodimer – a former skilled wrestler from New Jersey – unsuccessfully ran for Congress in Nevada in 2020 and in a particular election in Texas in 2021.
Tapp was convicted of homicide and rape within the deadly stabbing of an 18-year-old Idaho lady and sentenced to life in jail in 1998. He was imprisoned for 21 years earlier than his conviction was overturned after DNA testing proved that one other man was accountable.
Tapp advocated for others who have been wrongfully convicted. He labored alongside Idaho Sen. Doug Ricks to assist go state laws that compensates those that hung out behind bars for crimes they didn’t commit, in response to CNN affiliate EastIdahoNews.com.
Based on the police detective’s affidavit obtained by CNN affiliate KTNV, Rodimer and Tapp attended the identical Halloween social gathering on October 30 at Resorts World Las Vegas. Witnesses advised police that Rodimer turned upset after Tapp allegedly supplied cocaine to Rodimer’s stepdaughter, the affidavit said. CNN has requested a duplicate of the affidavit.
A witness advised police that he heard Rodimer say, “When you ever speak to my daughter once more, I’ll f**king kill you,” instantly adopted by “two loud banging noises,” in response to the affidavit hooked up to the grievance.
A witness who spoke to police stated she noticed Rodimer “knock Christopher to the bottom, at which period Christopher’s head hit a small desk.”
Then, Rodimer punched Tapp “all through his head and physique,” the affidavit said. Different witnesses stated they later discovered Tapp on a mattress awake however with a swollen face and “a big mark on the left facet of his neck.”
Tapp was taken to the hospital, the place he died a number of days later.
The Medical Examiner dominated Tapp’s demise a murder by blunt head trauma, in response to the legal grievance.
CNN’s Dakin Andone contributed to this report.
CNN
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A former congressional candidate who as soon as ran for workplace in Nevada and Texas has been arrested on a homicide cost within the demise of a person exonerated after serving greater than 20 years in jail for against the law he didn’t commit.
A legal grievance filed Monday in Las Vegas Justice Court docket alleges Daniel Rodimer, 45, killed Christopher Tapp, 47, after a struggle in a Las Vegas resort room in October.
An arrest warrant affidavit from a Las Vegas police detective signifies the struggle was unrelated to Tapp’s earlier wrongful conviction.
Rodimer was arrested Wednesday and launched on a $200,000 bond, the court docket docket reveals. His attorneys, David Z. Chesnoff and Richard A. Schonfeld, inform CNN there have been no journey restrictions included within the bond.
“He intends on vigorously contesting the allegations and asks that the presumption of innocence assured all Individuals be revered,” Chesnoff and Schonfeld stated in a written assertion.
Rodimer – a former skilled wrestler from New Jersey – unsuccessfully ran for Congress in Nevada in 2020 and in a particular election in Texas in 2021.
Tapp was convicted of homicide and rape within the deadly stabbing of an 18-year-old Idaho lady and sentenced to life in jail in 1998. He was imprisoned for 21 years earlier than his conviction was overturned after DNA testing proved that one other man was accountable.
Tapp advocated for others who have been wrongfully convicted. He labored alongside Idaho Sen. Doug Ricks to assist go state laws that compensates those that hung out behind bars for crimes they didn’t commit, in response to CNN affiliate EastIdahoNews.com.
Based on the police detective’s affidavit obtained by CNN affiliate KTNV, Rodimer and Tapp attended the identical Halloween social gathering on October 30 at Resorts World Las Vegas. Witnesses advised police that Rodimer turned upset after Tapp allegedly supplied cocaine to Rodimer’s stepdaughter, the affidavit said. CNN has requested a duplicate of the affidavit.
A witness advised police that he heard Rodimer say, “When you ever speak to my daughter once more, I’ll f**king kill you,” instantly adopted by “two loud banging noises,” in response to the affidavit hooked up to the grievance.
A witness who spoke to police stated she noticed Rodimer “knock Christopher to the bottom, at which period Christopher’s head hit a small desk.”
Then, Rodimer punched Tapp “all through his head and physique,” the affidavit said. Different witnesses stated they later discovered Tapp on a mattress awake however with a swollen face and “a big mark on the left facet of his neck.”
Tapp was taken to the hospital, the place he died a number of days later.
The Medical Examiner dominated Tapp’s demise a murder by blunt head trauma, in response to the legal grievance.
CNN’s Dakin Andone contributed to this report.
CNN
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A former congressional candidate who as soon as ran for workplace in Nevada and Texas has been arrested on a homicide cost within the demise of a person exonerated after serving greater than 20 years in jail for against the law he didn’t commit.
A legal grievance filed Monday in Las Vegas Justice Court docket alleges Daniel Rodimer, 45, killed Christopher Tapp, 47, after a struggle in a Las Vegas resort room in October.
An arrest warrant affidavit from a Las Vegas police detective signifies the struggle was unrelated to Tapp’s earlier wrongful conviction.
Rodimer was arrested Wednesday and launched on a $200,000 bond, the court docket docket reveals. His attorneys, David Z. Chesnoff and Richard A. Schonfeld, inform CNN there have been no journey restrictions included within the bond.
“He intends on vigorously contesting the allegations and asks that the presumption of innocence assured all Individuals be revered,” Chesnoff and Schonfeld stated in a written assertion.
Rodimer – a former skilled wrestler from New Jersey – unsuccessfully ran for Congress in Nevada in 2020 and in a particular election in Texas in 2021.
Tapp was convicted of homicide and rape within the deadly stabbing of an 18-year-old Idaho lady and sentenced to life in jail in 1998. He was imprisoned for 21 years earlier than his conviction was overturned after DNA testing proved that one other man was accountable.
Tapp advocated for others who have been wrongfully convicted. He labored alongside Idaho Sen. Doug Ricks to assist go state laws that compensates those that hung out behind bars for crimes they didn’t commit, in response to CNN affiliate EastIdahoNews.com.
Based on the police detective’s affidavit obtained by CNN affiliate KTNV, Rodimer and Tapp attended the identical Halloween social gathering on October 30 at Resorts World Las Vegas. Witnesses advised police that Rodimer turned upset after Tapp allegedly supplied cocaine to Rodimer’s stepdaughter, the affidavit said. CNN has requested a duplicate of the affidavit.
A witness advised police that he heard Rodimer say, “When you ever speak to my daughter once more, I’ll f**king kill you,” instantly adopted by “two loud banging noises,” in response to the affidavit hooked up to the grievance.
A witness who spoke to police stated she noticed Rodimer “knock Christopher to the bottom, at which period Christopher’s head hit a small desk.”
Then, Rodimer punched Tapp “all through his head and physique,” the affidavit said. Different witnesses stated they later discovered Tapp on a mattress awake however with a swollen face and “a big mark on the left facet of his neck.”
Tapp was taken to the hospital, the place he died a number of days later.
The Medical Examiner dominated Tapp’s demise a murder by blunt head trauma, in response to the legal grievance.
CNN’s Dakin Andone contributed to this report.
CNN
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A former congressional candidate who as soon as ran for workplace in Nevada and Texas has been arrested on a homicide cost within the demise of a person exonerated after serving greater than 20 years in jail for against the law he didn’t commit.
A legal grievance filed Monday in Las Vegas Justice Court docket alleges Daniel Rodimer, 45, killed Christopher Tapp, 47, after a struggle in a Las Vegas resort room in October.
An arrest warrant affidavit from a Las Vegas police detective signifies the struggle was unrelated to Tapp’s earlier wrongful conviction.
Rodimer was arrested Wednesday and launched on a $200,000 bond, the court docket docket reveals. His attorneys, David Z. Chesnoff and Richard A. Schonfeld, inform CNN there have been no journey restrictions included within the bond.
“He intends on vigorously contesting the allegations and asks that the presumption of innocence assured all Individuals be revered,” Chesnoff and Schonfeld stated in a written assertion.
Rodimer – a former skilled wrestler from New Jersey – unsuccessfully ran for Congress in Nevada in 2020 and in a particular election in Texas in 2021.
Tapp was convicted of homicide and rape within the deadly stabbing of an 18-year-old Idaho lady and sentenced to life in jail in 1998. He was imprisoned for 21 years earlier than his conviction was overturned after DNA testing proved that one other man was accountable.
Tapp advocated for others who have been wrongfully convicted. He labored alongside Idaho Sen. Doug Ricks to assist go state laws that compensates those that hung out behind bars for crimes they didn’t commit, in response to CNN affiliate EastIdahoNews.com.
Based on the police detective’s affidavit obtained by CNN affiliate KTNV, Rodimer and Tapp attended the identical Halloween social gathering on October 30 at Resorts World Las Vegas. Witnesses advised police that Rodimer turned upset after Tapp allegedly supplied cocaine to Rodimer’s stepdaughter, the affidavit said. CNN has requested a duplicate of the affidavit.
A witness advised police that he heard Rodimer say, “When you ever speak to my daughter once more, I’ll f**king kill you,” instantly adopted by “two loud banging noises,” in response to the affidavit hooked up to the grievance.
A witness who spoke to police stated she noticed Rodimer “knock Christopher to the bottom, at which period Christopher’s head hit a small desk.”
Then, Rodimer punched Tapp “all through his head and physique,” the affidavit said. Different witnesses stated they later discovered Tapp on a mattress awake however with a swollen face and “a big mark on the left facet of his neck.”
Tapp was taken to the hospital, the place he died a number of days later.
The Medical Examiner dominated Tapp’s demise a murder by blunt head trauma, in response to the legal grievance.
CNN’s Dakin Andone contributed to this report.