A Rhode Island man who authorities say fled the U.S. and faked his death to evade prosecution for rape and financial fraud has been arrested after skipping his court date in Scotland, police said Thursday. Police in Scotland said officers arrested Nicholas Alahverdian in the Woodlands area of Glasgow after a warrant was issued by the Edinburgh Sheriff Court earlier in the day. More
January 20, 2022
The Supreme Court on Thursday buttressed a criminal defendant's right to cross-examine prosecution witnesses, ruling in favor of a New York man who was convicted of killing a 2-year-old boy on Easter Sunday in 2006. More
January 20, 2022
A southeast Missouri woman has been sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay $7.5 million in restitution in a Medicaid and Medicare fraud case. A federal judge in St. Louis on Tuesday sentenced 42-year-old Brandy McKay of Cape Girardeau. More
January 20, 2022
A 35-year-old Everett bar owner has pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of felony sexual assault. A judge on Tuesday maintained bail at $1 million for Christian Sayre, who has owned The Anchor Pub since 2014, The Everett Herald reported. He remained in Snohomish County Jail as of Tuesday evening. More
January 20, 2022
Jurors deliberated for just over two hours before finding Chandler Halderson guilty of killing Bart Halderson and Krista Halderson. More
January 20, 2022
Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois man acquitted of fatally shooting two men and wounding a third during street protests in Kenosha in 2020, is seeking the return of the gun and other property that police seized after his arrest. More
January 20, 2022
Chandler Halderson was convicted of killing and dismembering his parents, whose bodies were found in wooded areas of Wisconsin. More
January 20, 2022
Oxford Community Schools Superintendent Tim Throne has posted a statement on the district’s website in an attempt to tackle some of the allegations that the district failed to heed warning signs before the shooting that resulted in the deaths of four students. More
January 20, 2022
DENVER (Scripps News Denver) — A father has been arrested for the attempted murder of his 5-year-old son after the two were rescued from icy water along Cherry Creek Trail last week. Around 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 12, the Denver Fire Department says crews received a call that a 5-year-old boy had fallen into the […] More
January 20, 2022
Jury selection began Thursday in the federal trial of three Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's killing, with a judge dismissing potential jurors for reasons ranging from their discomfort at having to watch videos of his death to religious objections over judging another person. More
January 20, 2022
Ghislaine Maxwell has formally requested a new trial, less than a month after her conviction on sex trafficking charges. More
January 20, 2022
Bill Cosby's 2008 sexual assault conviction was overturned and his immediate release ordered. What does this mean for sexual assault victims? More
January 20, 2022
The hearing to settle lingering issues in the aftermath of Spears’ conservatorship quickly descended into a series of angry accusations between attorneys for Spears and her father. More
January 20, 2022
Investigators said they doubted Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg's insistence that he initially thought he hit an animal on Sept. 12, 2020. More
January 20, 2022
Steven Downs was a freshman at University of Alaska at Fairbanks at the time of Sophie Sergie's death in 1993. More
January 20, 2022
The force said it was continuing to support U.S. authorities with their investigation into Saturday's hostage incident. More
January 20, 2022
Prosecutor Hulda Karlsdottir said in her closing argument that Anders Behring Breivik “has not shown any genuine remorse in court" and his behavior there is part of a “PR stunt.” More
January 20, 2022
Theodore Edgecomb is on trial for the 2020 shooting death of 54-year-old immigration attorney Jason Cleereman. More
January 20, 2022
A hearing on a motion seeking to dismiss former Chicago-area police sergeant Drew Peterson's 2012 conviction for killing his third wife has been postponed until next month. More
January 19, 2022
An Air Force airman will spend the rest of his life in prison for kidnapping a Mennonite woman from northwestern New Mexico, fatally shooting her and leaving her body in the freezing cold in a forest clearing hundreds of miles away. More
January 19, 2022
The widow and two sisters of a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan are suing Alec Baldwin, alleging the actor exposed them to a flood of social media hatred by claiming on Instagram that one sister was an "insurrectionist" for attending former President Donald Trump's Washington, D.C., rally on Jan. 6 last year. More
January 19, 2022
Police say a Milwaukee man charged Wednesday in the shooting death of his 8-year-old daughter told investigators he wanted to teach his children about gun safety before inadvertently firing the weapon. Michael Huddleston, 47, is charged with first-degree reckless homicide in the Saturday killing of 8-year-old Tiana Huddleston. More
January 19, 2022
Jury selection begins Thursday in the federal case against J. Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao, who also face a state trial later this year on counts of aiding and abetting both murder and manslaughter in Floyd's death. More
January 19, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of pushing a woman to her death in a New York City subway station was arraigned on a murder charge Wednesday and ordered held without bail. Martial Simon, 61, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Michelle Alyssa Go, who was shoved in front of a […] More
January 19, 2022
A state court trial for three former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd has been rescheduled for June 13, after both the defense and prosecutors requested a postponement. More
January 19, 2022
Justin Miller pleaded guilty in December after Mercedes Lain's remains were found in August in Starke County, Indiana. More
January 19, 2022
Psychiatrist Randi Rosenqvist said Wednesday that Breivik, 42, “has not changed (the) risk for future acts of violence compared to the way he was" when she first assessed him in 2012. More
January 19, 2022
Federal prosecutors and defense lawyers are expected to submit legal briefs this month on the impact of Gary Lee Sampson’s Dec. 21 death on his pending appeal and underlying convictions. More
January 19, 2022
Her disappearance was considered suspicious by the FCSO and authorities believed her to be dead before she was found. More
January 19, 2022
A Kentucky man who has now been convicted twice in connection with a shooting death was sentenced Tuesday to 39-and-a-half years in prison. More
January 19, 2022
