Latest Crime & Trial News

Richard Rojas pleaded not guilty at an arraignment in 2017 and has since been jailed at New York City's notorious Rikers Island jail complex.  More

May 9, 2022

Judge Benjamin Lane initially sealed the criminal complaint but decided at a hearing Thursday to release a redacted version in response to media requests. More

May 9, 2022

A Florida man was found guilty of first-degree murder on Friday after prosecutors said he hired a hitman to gun down his pregnant wife five years ago. More

May 9, 2022

A second set of human remains were found at Callville Bay in Lake Mead National Recreation Area Saturday. More

May 9, 2022

A federal grand jury has indicted a man suspected of shooting up a New York City subway train last month. More

May 9, 2022

Celebrity chef Mario Batali’s pandemic-delayed trial on sexual misconduct allegations opens Monday in Boston. More

May 9, 2022

Ford Edge with distinctive burnt orange paint was found on a roadside and towed the same day that Casey White, charged with murder, and former assistant corrections director Vicky White disappeared. More

May 7, 2022

A hit-and-run driver pleaded guilty in a suburban New York crash that killed the father of Nicki Minaj and was promised a year or less in jail More

May 6, 2022

NORTH LAS VEGAS (Scripps News Las Vegas) — A disturbing new video by a concerned parent shows an altercation between a parent and student at Cram Middle School in Las Vegas.    The video was taken on Tuesday by a student and shows the moment when an adult starts punching a teen. KTNV spoke […] More

May 6, 2022

Isaiah Lee, charged in an attack on comedian Dave Chappelle, pleaded not guilty to four misdemeanors. More

May 6, 2022

A New York City judge's son who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing a furry "caveman" costume has been sentenced to eight months in prison . 35-year-old Aaron Mostofsky was also sentenced to one year of supervised release and ordered him to perform 200 hours of community service. More

May 6, 2022

The two adult daughters of Barry Morphew are standing behind him and do not believe he had anything to do with her disappearance. More

May 6, 2022

Katie Wright said Thursday she was worried about what the Brooklyn Center officers might do to the person being handcuffed when she pulled over on Wednesday night. More

May 6, 2022

A missing 23-year-old mother has been found dead and multiple suspects are now in custody, according to Milwaukee police. More

May 6, 2022

Chef Mario Batali is accused of forcibly kissing and groping a woman as she took selfies with him in March 2017. More

May 6, 2022

Andrew Wilhoite is accused of killing his cancer-stricken wife and dumping her body in a creek. He is currently being held without bond. More

May 6, 2022

Former Loveland, Colorado police officer Austin Hopp was sentenced to prison after taking a plea deal in connection to a violent arrest of a 75-year-old woman with dementia. More

May 5, 2022

A man opened an emergency exit of a United Airlines jet, walked onto a wing as the plane taxied at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and jumped onto the tarmac. More

May 5, 2022

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas man pleaded not guilty Thursday to killing his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son and hiding the body in a freezer, where police found it in February after the boy’s sister gave notes to her teacher saying that her mother was being held captive at the man’s home. A prosecutor told […] More

May 5, 2022

Sidebars serve an important purpose in trials, but are they being used in Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard as an actual tool for counsel, rather than a legitimate desire for a conversation? Judge Ashley Willcott weighs in. More

May 5, 2022

Isaiah Lee, who tackled comedian Dave Chappelle during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl, will not be charged with any felonies. More

May 5, 2022

Attorney General Merrick Garland said an escaped murder suspect and jail officer who aided him are "regarded as extremely dangerous" and U.S. Marshals has taken over leading the search for Casey White, who was awaiting trial on a capital murder case, and Vicky White, a jail official, since they left the Lauderdale County Detention Center. More

May 5, 2022

No charges will be filed in a shooting at the North Carolina home of rapper DaBaby. More

May 5, 2022

A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit over online harassment filed against actor Alec Baldwin by the family of a Marine who was killed in Afghanistan, saying the Wyoming court did not have jurisdiction over the case. More

May 5, 2022

Greg McMichael, one of the men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, spoke with his former boss, Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson, several times by phone in the days and weeks following the 2020 killing. More

May 5, 2022

New York City will pay $10.5 million dollars to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Shawn Williams, who spent 24 years in prison on a murder conviction that was overturned after a witness who placed him at the crime scene recanted. More

May 5, 2022

Heard was back on the witness stand to defend herself against her ex-husband's libel allegations. More

May 5, 2022

Russell Laffitte now faces 21 charges of fraud, conspiracy and computer crimes, state police announced Wednesday. More

May 5, 2022

A judge has ruled that an Arizona prisoner convicted in the 1978 killing of a university student is mentally fit to be put to death next week. More

May 5, 2022

After weeks of testimony and nearly 30 witnesses, including Johnny Depp himself, Depp's legal team rested his case-in-chief. More

May 5, 2022