The Iowa man was convicted last week of murdering a woman who refused her “Come Come High.”
On Wednesday, a Polk County ju judge found 43-year-old James Bernard Johnson, 43, convicted of first-degree murder for shooting Nikki Roffredo, 42, in Polk County Attorney Des Moines last summer. I said.
The evidence includes a text message between him and his girlfriend, admitting that he recently “pop” someone.
Johnson stood up and said he saw Rofredo walking down Euclidean Avenue on the beginning of July 27th and planned to approach her. Johnson saw her again at 3:48am at the intersection of East Obid Avenue and Cambridge Street.
Johnson said Rofredo responded, “Who are you? Never mind, f**k off.”
Officials admitted that “Johnson felt disrespected and fired a handgun from Tahoe four times and fired her into the ground, causing her to scare her. He spitted out in the car. He intended to kill her. There was no previous connection between the victim and the accused.”
Lofredo died of her wounds on July 29th, officials said.
Johnson was arrested on August 2, officials added that it included a text message between him and his girlfriend.
Johnson consumed cocaine and marijuana on the day of the shooting, officials added that he had been previously convicted of drugs and “provisioned accusations that he was a felony in possession of a weapon.”
The trial lasted a week, officials added that the ju judges announced the verdict after deliberations were made in part on the afternoon of April 8 and the morning of April 9.
Authorities said Johnson faced life in prison when he was sentenced June 20th.
According to New York PostRofredo is a bartender and mother, and her family said she is “very kind and caring and willing to help those in need.”
“She loved ruining her nephew and taking her to the movies and Chuck E. Cheese,” her obituary reads, the post said.
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