Latest Crime & Trial News

The parents of a 3-year-old girl who was found wandering naked in Vero Beach have been arrested and charged with child neglect. More

August 1, 2022

Since most of the worst U.S. mass shooters were killed by themselves or police during or immediately after their attack, it is rare for anyone outside government to see such surveillance videos or police and autopsy photos. More

August 1, 2022

Alabama’s prison system said Friday that the execution of an Alabama inmate was delayed because of the time it took to establish an intravenous line to the inmate. More

July 29, 2022

Two Americans captured while fighting with the Ukrainian Army apparently have been sent to a prison where they are spending all their time together, the family of one of the men said. More

July 29, 2022

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A once-prominent neurologist was found guilty Friday on charges of sexually abusing patients while treating them with pain medications. A New York City jury reached the verdict after deliberating for about three days at the trial of Dr. Ricardo Cruciani. Cruciani, 68, was convicted of five […] More

July 29, 2022

The Kansas Supreme Court ruled in the case of a Wichita police officer whose shots at a charging dog wounded a 9-year-old girl. The justices ordered a trial in Sedgwick County District Court for former Officer Dexter Betts on a felony reckless aggravated battery charge. More

July 29, 2022

A Las Vegas man pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of helping arrange the 2018 kidnapping and murder of a Vermont man that grew out of a financial dispute .Berk Eratay, 35, is the third of four men to be arraigned in the crime. More

July 29, 2022

A group of lawyers said Friday that the alleged assassin of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was one of many victims of the Unification Church, which has long cultivated ties with high-level Japanese politicians. More

July 29, 2022

Will Smith has again apologized to Chris Rock for slapping him during the Oscar telecast in a new video, saying that his behavior was “unacceptable” and that he had reached out to the comedian to discuss the incident but was told Rock wasn't ready. More

July 29, 2022

Prosecutors in Spain said they would ask a court to sentence Colombian pop star Shakira to eight years and two months in prison, if she is convicted in her expected trial for alleged tax fraud. More

July 29, 2022

Investigators identified 15-year-old Teagan Pixley-Johnson of Fort Collins as the suspect. Pixley-Johnson and the victim know each other, according to the sheriff's office. More

July 29, 2022

Police investigating two brothers for a killing in South Carolina have found videos of them and others beating up at least five people at homeless camps in Greenville. More

July 29, 2022

Tou Thao, who held back concerned bystanders as Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck, got 3 1/2 years. J. Alexander Kueng, who pinned Floyd's back, got three. And Thomas Lane, who held Floyd's feet and asked twice about rolling the Black man on his side, got 2 1/2. For some Floyd family members and activists, the penalties were too small — and a bitter reminder of a justice system they say does not treat all people equally. More

July 29, 2022

The case against Letecia Stauch, the Colorado woman accused of killing her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon Stauch, has hit another roadblock. More

July 29, 2022

Judge Karen Steyn on Friday cleared Coleen Rooney of libeling Rebekah Vardy by claiming that Vardy had leaked her private social media posts to the tabloid press. More

July 29, 2022

Charter Spectrum is paying $7.37 billion for "systemic safety failures" and punitive damages in the robbery and stabbing death of an 83-year-old Texas woman. More

July 29, 2022

A search of the couple’s Hawaii home turned up faded Polaroids of the two wearing jackets that appear to be authentic Russian KGB uniforms, Myers said. An expert determined the snapshots were taken in the 1980s. More

July 29, 2022

State investigators looking into the death of a Georgia woman who fell out of a patrol car after her arrest have concluded deputies never closed the car's back door. More

July 29, 2022

Four men have been charged with murder for hire, conspiracy to kidnap resulting in death and kidnapping resulting in death. More

July 29, 2022

A former NFL player was charged with murder Thursday in the killing of his girlfriend, whose remains were found months after she was reported missing last year. More

July 29, 2022

Seth Andrew, a former White House adviser under President Barack Obama, was sentenced to a year in prison for stealing $218,000 from a national charter school network he founded. More

July 28, 2022

The FBI has reached out to attorneys representing Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and other women who were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar to begin settlement talks in the $1 billion claim they brought against the federal government. More

July 28, 2022

A group of voters on took their quest to get U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green removed from the ballot to Georgia's highest court. More

July 28, 2022

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court outlawed automatic life sentences Thursday for people who were 18 when they participated in first-degree murder, opening a door to shorter prison terms and opportunities for parole. In a 4-3 opinion, the court said mandatory no-parole sentences at that age violate the Michigan […] More

July 28, 2022

Police arrested Chad Jennings, 32, on murder, child abuse and conspiracy warrants and Katherine Penner, 31, on accessory to murder, child abuse and desecration of a body warrants. More

July 28, 2022

Alvin Cole's parents, Tracy and Albert Cole, are seeking unspecified damages from former Wauwatosa Officer Joseph Mensah, the city's former police chief, Barry Weber, and its insurance company in connection with their son's death. Mensah shot the 17-year-old during a foot chase. More

July 28, 2022

A man who accosted U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin on stage as the Republican campaigned for governor will remain in custody. David Jakubonis, 43, faces a federal count of assaulting a member of Congress with a dangerous weapon. More

July 28, 2022

The California man accused of plotting to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh had an expansive goal to change the makeup of the Supreme Court “for decades to come." More

July 28, 2022

Gerson Fuentes, 27, faces two counts of raping the girl, who turned 10 before having the abortion. He has pleaded not guilty. More

July 28, 2022

Joe Nathan James Jr. is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at an Alabama prison. James was convicted and sentenced to death in the 1994 shooting death of Faith Hall. Hall's daughters said they would rather James serve life in prison. More

July 28, 2022