Raul Valle, accused of stabbing Fairfield, Connecticut prep school lacrosse player James "Jimmy" McGrath in March of 2022, has been found not guilty of murder.

BRIDGEPORT — James McGrath's family and friends will be facing conflicting emotions this week. On Monday, they will gather at Fairfield's Smith Richardson Golf Club for a memorial tournament in ...

A Connecticut jury has acquitted a man who was accused of killing a high school athlete during a fight at a house party ...

LIVE UPDATES: Witnesses at Shelton party testify on Day 3 of James McGrath murder trial MILFORD — Friends of 17-year-old Fairfield Prep student James McGrath described his last moments Monday ...

MILFORD — James McGrath, a 17-year-old Fairfield Prep student, died after a stab wound hit his heart, according to the chief medical examiner. Many of the late teen’s family members left the ...

Raul Valle, 20, acquitted in the stabbing death of Fairfield Prep lacrosse player Jimmy McGrath during a 2022 house party brawl, though a mistrial was declared on lesser charges.

Jurors began deliberating Monday in the murder trial of Raul Valle, who is accused of killing Fairfield Prep's James McGrath in 2022.

In a partial verdict, the 12-person jury found Raul Valle, 20, not guilty of murder in the fatal stabbing of Fairfield Prep student James McGrath and three other assaults.

MILFORD — The trial of Raul Valle, accused of stabbing and killing 17-year-old Fairfield Prep student James M cGrath at a Shelton house party in May 2022, is to enter its third day Monday. Valle ...

James Stuhlman of West Haven, who served as a juror on the trial of Raul Valle, speaks about the trial at United Methodist Church in West Haven July 11, 2025.