Crime Alert, I'm A.C. Grace. Breaking crime news now. Orange County, California Superior Court Judge

Jeffrey Ferguson and wife and son enjoy a Mexican restaurant when the couple begins arguing.

Ferguson has plenty of drinks during dinner, then heads home. The argument with wife Cheryl escalates.

Ferguson says he tries to diffuse the situation, pulling a gun from

his ankle holster to put it on the coffee table, that it went off accidentally. Prosecutors

don't buy a story. Nancy, Cheryl Ferguson is fatally shot as her husband puts his gun on the table.

The couple's 22-year-old son then tackles

Jeffrey Ferguson to the ground, wrestling the gun away before calling 911 and starting CPR on his

mother. Meanwhile, Judge Ferguson texts as clerk and bailiff, quote, I lost it. I just shot my wife. I won't

be in tomorrow. I will be in custody. I'm so

sorry. Ferguson goes to trial on one count of felony murder, but the first jury cannot come to a

unanimous decision. A second jury decides differently. Former judge Jeffrey Ferguson found guilty,

now facing 40 years behind bars.

Sam Patrick Groff uses his bicycle to get around L.A. and carry his chainsaw, which he allegedly

uses to chop down trees in the middle of the night. At least two confirmed. One, 12 midnight,

another 120 a.m., two more cut down in broad daylight, 2 p.m. and 3.40 p.m.

Groff spotted on security footage wearing all black during his destructive rides, L.A. police charging him with felony vandalism.

More crime and justice news after this.

Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, crime online's John Limley. In Wisconsin, prosecutors have reduced a felony charge

against former prison warden Randall HEP to a misdemeanor as part of a plea agreement.

HEP was originally charged in June 24 with misconduct in office after the deaths of two inmates,

Cameron Williams and Donald Meyer at Wappen Correctional Institution, the state's oldest maximum security prison. HEP announced his retirement just days before those charges were

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