Latest Crime & Trial News

Filmmaker Paul Haggis’ defense sought to undermine the credibility of publicist Haleigh Breest, who accused him of rape. More

October 21, 2022

House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol formally subpoenas Donald Trump, demanding testimony from the ex-president. More

October 21, 2022

Ethan Crumbley, teen accused of killing 4 students and injuring more at a Michigan high school, is expected to plead guilty to murder next week. More

October 21, 2022

Former UCLA gynecologist Dr. James Heaps was found guilty of five counts of sexually abusing female patients. He faces sentencing on Nov. 17. More

October 21, 2022

Trump ally Steve Bannon was sentenced to four months in jail for defying a subpoena from House committee investigating Jan. 6 Capitol riot. More

October 21, 2022

Darrell E. Brooks, representing himself, often argues his "sovereign citizen" request in his trial involving 76 charges, including six counts of first-degree intentional homicide for allegedly driving an SUV through the 2021 Waukesha Christmas Parade. More

October 21, 2022

Authorities say five people linked to viral video footage of workers using a scary mask to frighten children at a Mississippi daycare are now facing charges. More

October 21, 2022

A juror from the Parkland School Massacre Trial has described to Court TV how the gunman, Nikolas Cruz, avoided the death penalty. More

October 21, 2022

A jury of nine men and three women was seated Thursday in the Los Angeles rape and sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein. More

October 20, 2022

A jury concluded that Kevin Spacey did not molest actor Anthony Rapp when Rapp was 14, while both were actors in Broadway plays in the 1980s. More

October 20, 2022

15-year-old accused of shooting rampage in N.C. that left 5 people dead was found with a handgun and a shotgun when he was arrested. More

October 20, 2022

A woman who has accused filmmaker Paul Haggis of raping her has told a jury that she felt ‘like a trapped animal’ during the 2013 encounter. More

October 20, 2022

Princeton student Misrach Ewunetie found dead behind campus tennis courts; no obvious signs of foul play; official cause of death to be determined. More

October 20, 2022

14-year-old boy arrested after making threats against Conner High School in Kentucky. The boy mentioned bringing a knife to school to kill his teacher. More

October 20, 2022

Cincinnati woman Brooke Hunter, accused of causing the deaths of two of her children, turned herself in. Both babies died as a result of co-sleeping. More

October 20, 2022

Law students at the University of Baltimore's Innocence Project Clinic were lectured by guest speaker Adnan Syed, who recently had his charges dropped. More

October 20, 2022

William Jones, police chief of a small Louisiana town, is charged in his girlfriend's brother's overdose death in the police chief’s apartment. More

October 20, 2022

Irene Donoshaytis, white woman charged with a hate crime for telling Black men they couldn't be at a suburban Chicago beach, was sentenced to probation. More

October 20, 2022

John Pastor-Mendoza would allegedly commit the attacks either inside his vehicle or at his apartment, according to prosecutors. More

October 20, 2022

Kevin Michael Brophy is seeking $5 million from Cardi B over the appearance of some of his distinctive back tattoos on the mixtape’s artwork. More

October 20, 2022

The fate of the Afghan child is now being debated in secret proceedings in a locked courtroom in the village of Palmyra, Virginia. More

October 20, 2022

The #MeToo movement is having another moment in the spotlight as high-profile sexual assault trials play out in courtrooms from coast to coast. More

October 20, 2022

The first accuser to testify said at one point she grabbed Danny Masterson's hair to try to pull him away, but he shoved a pillow into her face. More

October 20, 2022

Queens, NY barber Martin Motta pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 1976 killing of WWI vet George Seitz, whose remains were found in 2019. More

October 19, 2022

Ohio Supreme Court upholds death sentence of Victoria Drain, who argued her lawyers didn’t properly address her gender dysphoria and other trauma. More

October 19, 2022

Authorities rescued nearly 300 rabbits, birds and other animals from a NY home and charged a self-help book author with cruel confinement of animals. More

October 19, 2022

Justice Dept. sued owners of Grand Gateway Hotel in Rapid City, SD, alleging they committed racial discrimination by turning away Native Americans. More

October 19, 2022

A student at a Missouri high school was expelled and 3 were suspended after a petition that suggested restarting slavery was posted on social media. More

October 19, 2022

Raymond Moody was sentenced to life in prison after confessing to killing a 17-year-old girl who disappeared on a 2009 beach vacation in S.C. More

October 19, 2022

The parents of a 15-year-old boy accused of killing five people in a North Carolina shooting rampage released a statement saying they are “overcome with grief” over the deaths. More

October 19, 2022