Latest Crime & Trial News

Jury instruction is scheduled to take place later this week followed by closing arguments in the Kristin Smart murder trial. More

September 28, 2022

Mark Geragos' clients have included Michael Jackson, Colin Kaepernick, Winona Ryder, Chris Brown, Jussie Smollett and convicted killer Scott Peterson. More

September 28, 2022

Prosecutors contend that Dana Chandler shot her ex-husband and his girlfriend because she was bitter and upset by her divorce. More

September 28, 2022

Sirhan Sirhan's lawyer is filing what's known as a writ of habeas corpus asking a judge to rule that Gov. Gavin Newsom violated state law. More

September 28, 2022

Jonathan Martinez Garcia is charged with 10 counts, including attempted murder, sexual assault and robbery. More

September 28, 2022

Porfirio Duarte-Herrera was convicted in 2010 of killing a hot dog stand vendor using a motion-activated bomb in a coffee cup atop a car parked at the Luxor hotel-casino. More

September 28, 2022

Authorities said Savannah Graziano was wearing tactical gear as she exited a truck's passenger side and ran toward the sheriff's deputies. More

September 28, 2022

Prosecutors showed writings where Nikolas Cruz praised Satan and photos of a drawing he made in his cell with his own blood of a pentagram and the number 666. More

September 28, 2022

Wisconsin judge defers decision on whether Darrell Brooks Jr. can represent himself. Brooks is accused of killing 6 people and injuring dozens more. More

September 27, 2022

Federal lawsuit filed in Memphis alleges an adult cheerleading coach sexually assaulted teenage boys at Premier Athletics. More

September 27, 2022

Hearing for Ezekiel Kelly, who's charged with murder in connection with a series of shootings in Memphis, was postponed when 3 witnesses didn't show. More

September 27, 2022

Cheryl Yewdall was found face down on the floor in a pool of urine, suffocating on a wad of paper stuffed down her throat, died five days later. More

September 27, 2022

A Connecticut state trooper responding to domestic violence report used her stun gun on Ryan Marzi for over a minute. Marzi died four days later. More

September 27, 2022

Ian Hockley testified at Alex Jones' defamation trial; a jury is deciding how much the conspiracy theorist must pay for calling Sandy Hook a hoax. More

September 27, 2022

Navy nuclear engineer and wife Jonathan Toebbe and Diana Toebbe enter new guilty pleas in alleged plot to sell secrets about nuclear-powered warships. More

September 27, 2022

The case hinges on where Shakira lived during 2012-14. Prosecutors claim she spent most of that period in Spain, even though her official residence was in the Bahamas. More

September 27, 2022

Prosecutors said Victoria Moreno was at Navy Pier in Chicago when she allegedly pushed the boy into the lake, and then stood by as he sank. More

September 27, 2022

Fugitive defense contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard," who orchestrated a bribery scheme involving U.S. Navy officials, requested asylum in Venezuela. More

September 26, 2022

Former Alaska attorney general Clyde “Ed” Sniffen pleaded not guilty to charges he sexually abused a minor. More

September 26, 2022

Arthur Williamson was charged in the slaying of Detroit radio news anchor Jim Matthews, who was found bludgeoned with a hammer. More

September 26, 2022

Anthony Graziano, suspect in a Calif. shooting stemming from a domestic violence incident, is believed to be on the run with his 15-year-old daughter. More

September 26, 2022

LONDON (AP) — TikTok could face a 27 million-pound ($29 million) fine in the U.K. over a possible breach of U.K. data protection law by failing to protect children’s privacy when they are using the video-sharing platform. The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office said Monday that it has issued the social media company a legal document […] More

September 26, 2022

Cubans approved a "family law” code that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as redefining rights for children and grandparents. More

September 26, 2022

The government's antitrust lawsuit against American Airlines and JetBlue could determine how closely the Biden administration examines airline deals. More

September 26, 2022

Russia grants citizenship to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who revealed classified U.S. surveillance programs to capture data. More

September 26, 2022

Elon Musk will spend the next few days answering Twitter lawyers' questions before a trial determines whether he must honor his $44 billion agreement. More

September 26, 2022

Utah elementary school teacher Dale L. Andreason, 70, faces four first-degree felony charges of aggravated sexual abuse of a child. More

September 26, 2022

Texts between Brett Favre and a nonprofit director show Mississippi governor OK'd plans for a nonprofit to pay Favre over $1M in welfare grant money. More

September 26, 2022

Michael Carneal was a freshman when he opened fire on a before-school prayer circle that met in the lobby each morning. More

September 26, 2022

Newly released video shows the arrest of a woman who was then put into a police cruiser that was hit by a train a short time later. More

September 26, 2022