Latest Crime & Trial News

Joseph Gabriel Van Eck, 33, was sentenced Friday for the sex assaults of four women from a vulnerable community between April and September 2020. More

June 29, 2022

Salah Abdeslam, the lone survivor of a team of Islamic State extremists who terrorized Paris in 2015, was convicted of murder and other charges and sentenced to life in prison without parole. More

June 29, 2022

A jury found Kelly, 55, guilty of racketeering and other counts last year at a trial that was seen as a signature moment in the #MeToo movement. More

June 29, 2022

Five members of the New Haven police department who were involved in the transport have been put on leave while the episode is investigated. More

June 29, 2022

Trump tried to wrestle control of the steering wheel of the presidential vehicle and uttered words to the effect of, “I am the f'ing president. Take me up to the Capitol now.” More

June 28, 2022

Donald Trump fought security officials for control of the presidential SUV as he struggled to get to the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, a key former White House aide told House investigators. More

June 28, 2022

A jury of seven men and five women was chosen for a penalty trial to decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz should be sentenced to death or get life in prison. More

June 28, 2022

“They died as they danced,” Police Minister Bheki Cele said. “They dance, fall, and die. Literally.” More

June 28, 2022

An Iowa man was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally shooting an Iowa State Patrol trooper last year during a standoff and shootout with police. More

June 28, 2022

Scott Peterson's quest for a new trial will resume Thursday with final arguments of juror misconduct allegations. More

June 28, 2022

Jury questioning was back in session Monday for the dual jury trial of Paul and Ruben Flores, the men charged in connection with the 1996 murder of Kristin Smart. More

June 28, 2022

Ghislaine Maxwell, the jet-setting socialite who once consorted with royals, presidents and billionaires, is set to be sentenced Tuesday for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. More

June 28, 2022

Prison guards found Ricky Dubose unresponsive in his cell at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson around 4:45 p.m. Sunday. More

June 28, 2022

A 101-year-old man was convicted in Germany of more than 3,500 counts of accessory to murder on Tuesday for serving at the Nazis’ Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II. More

June 28, 2022

Forty-six people were found dead and 16 others were taken to hospitals after a tractor-trailer rig containing suspected migrants was found on a remote back road in southwest San Antonio. More

June 27, 2022

A heckler who clapped former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on the back at a campaign event was arrested, jailed for more than 24 hours and now faces an assault charge. More

June 27, 2022

Lawyers representing James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of a Michigan teen Ethan Crumbley, plan to call him to testify at the couple's trial. Ethan Crumbley is charged in the shooting at Oxford High School that left four students dead. More

June 27, 2022

Former South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, who was removed from office, appeared before a state ethics board to press for an investigation of fellow Republican Gov. Kristi Noem, who he blames for his impeachment. More

June 27, 2022

The Supreme Court made it easier Monday for certain prison inmates to seek shorter sentences under a bipartisan 2018 federal law aimed at reducing racial disparities in prison terms for cocaine crimes. More

June 27, 2022

James and Jennifer Crumbley have asked the court to restrict pretrial publicity, change the location of the trial, and exclude evidence they argue is irrelevant. More

June 27, 2022

On Friday, Chayce Allen was tragically discovered decaying in a deep freezer at his mother’s home in Detroit. More

June 27, 2022

The trial date has not been announced, but is expected soon; Griner was recently ordered to remain in pretrial detention until July 2. More

June 27, 2022

A Kansas City man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility for parole in the death of his pregnant girlfriend. More

June 27, 2022

A man was fatally shot by deputies Saturday night after kidnapping two women and leading deputies in a chase across several counties. More

June 27, 2022

“Ghislaine, like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, you used your femininity to betray us, and you led us all through it," said accuser Virginia Giuffre. More

June 27, 2022

A Wisconsin teenager accused of killing a 10-year-old girl will find out in September whether he will stand trial. More

June 27, 2022

The biological mother of two small California boys who died while in the state foster care system has filed a federal lawsuit alleging her sons were unlawfully taken from her and placed with foster parents who are now charged with killing them. More

June 24, 2022

Ex-cop Mohamed Noor is scheduled to be released from prison, months after his murder conviction was overturned. More

June 24, 2022

Two of four women who testified at Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial that she had a role in their sexual abuse at the hands of financier Jeffrey Epstein may be speaking at her sentencing or have their statements read aloud. More

June 24, 2022

The fate of technology executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani is in the hands of a jury that will weigh criminal charges alleging he joined disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes. More

June 24, 2022