On this day in 2014, Scott Shipley of Acton was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the murder of Christopher Lawrence Demyen, co-owner of the Acton Water Company. A jury found Shipley guilty of second-degree murder on April 25, 2014, following the fatal shooting of Demyen. According to Deputy District Attorney Thomas Trainor, Shipley must serve 25 years before ...

An Acton man accused of murder in the shooting death of another Acton man is ordered to stand trial for the charge

Scott Shipley, 56, an Acton man who is accused of murder pleaded not guilty Wednesday at the Antelope Valley Branch of the Los Angeles Superior Court, according to the district attorney.

An Acton man who is accused of murder is expected to appear in court July 24. Scott Shipley, 56, will be back at Los Angeles Superior Court in Lancaster after a hearing today.