Latest Crime & Trial News

Just after midnight on Jan. 31, 1994, Independence Police found 26-year-old Diana Ault brutally murdered, her two young children nearby. More

March 29, 2022

Frodsham pleaded guilty to sex abuse charges in 2016 and is serving a 17-year sentence. More

March 29, 2022

Rodriguez had 0.15% or more alcohol in his blood, according to a charging document filed with the Marion County Circuit Court. More

March 29, 2022

Sheriff’s Detective Erik Kusmerz has said deputies and the FBI haven’t found Irion's cellphone or detected a signal it since shortly after they believe she was abducted. More

March 29, 2022

Mark Chapman is charged with 10 counts of criminal sex conduct allegedly carried out against 2 children while he was serving as a Boy Scout leader in Michigan. More

March 28, 2022

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Scripps News West Palm)— The family of a 79-year-old woman who fell to her death while attempting to cross a Florida drawbridge is suing the bridge tender and the company that manages the bridge.   According to a lawsuit filed Monday in Palm Beach County court, the family of Carol Wright […] More

March 28, 2022

Attorneys for some of those killed and injured during last year's deadly Astroworld music festival alleged in court on Monday that rapper Travis Scott has violated a gag order issued in lawsuits they have filed in an effort to influence possible jurors and rebuild his reputation ahead of a potential trial. More

March 28, 2022

The body of 1-year-old Florida boy Jose Lara was found in a septic tank on the family's property. Investigators say evidence points to the baby's death being an accident. More

March 28, 2022

Two men described as leaders of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were thrilled as they watched videos of powerful explosives, a few hours before driving north to scout her vacation home, an FBI agent testified Monday. More

March 28, 2022

Phoenix police are investigating an alleged assault of a flight attendant on an airport tram platform as a possible hate crime. More

March 28, 2022

According to a probable cause affidavit, Andrew Wilhoite told investigators he threw a gallon-size cement flowerpot at his wife after she charged at him. More

March 28, 2022

A federal judge ordered the release of more than 100 emails from Trump adviser John Eastman to the House committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. More

March 28, 2022

The father and stepmother of a New Hampshire girl who disappeared in 2019 at age 5 have been formally indicted. More

March 28, 2022

Nevada police took a suspect into custody in the kidnapping of 18-year-old Naomi Irion. More

March 25, 2022

Bokio B. Johnson, arrested in fatal shooting of a 21-year-old who confessed to killing a high school student, is apparently the slain teen's father. More

March 25, 2022

Federal jury in San Antonio awards over $10 million to family of Gilbert Flores, who was fatally shot by deputies while he had his arms raised. More

March 25, 2022

Rhode Island middle school custodian Michael Macari arraigned on child pornography charges. More

March 25, 2022

A former Tennessee nurse is guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a patient who was accidentally given the wrong medication, a jury found Friday. More

March 25, 2022

Lev Parnas, 50, entered the plea to conspiring to commit wire fraud during a remotely held electronic proceeding in Manhattan federal court. More

March 25, 2022

Deputies were forced to open fire and shoot a man connected to a suspicious death at a Central Florida mosque earlier in the day, authorities said. More

March 25, 2022

Depp sued Heard for libel in Virginia after The Washington Post published her opinion piece. More

March 25, 2022

The body of Audreona Barnes was discovered under a pile of blankets and clothes on the balcony of a Cleveland apartment. More

March 25, 2022

A Maryland dentist has been charged with murder after a former patient with whom he had been in a relationship died of a drug overdose. More

March 25, 2022

George and Melvin DeJesus were wrongfully convicted of the murder of a Pontiac woman in July of 1995. More

March 25, 2022

A grand jury in Brazoria County met Thursday and listened to evidence related to one criminal complaint filed to Houston police by one of the 22 massage therapists, who have accused Watson of harassing or assaulting them during sessions More

March 25, 2022

Michael Mosley, the man accused of stabbing and killing two men and injuring a third outside a Nashville bar, is set to go on trial. More

March 25, 2022

Jackie Johnson's attorneys said that she never tried to discourage police from making arrests in the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery. More

March 24, 2022

The fate of a former Tennessee nurse whose patient died after she was accidentally injected with a paralyzing drug is now in the hands of a jury. More

March 24, 2022

University of Michigan reaches agreement to settle lawsuit brought by students who sought to force changes in how the school protects the campus from sexual misconduct. More

March 24, 2022

Three Muslim Americans filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that U.S. border officers questioned them about their religious beliefs in violation of their constitutional rights when they returned from international travel. More

March 24, 2022