Former Ferguson police officer admitted in federal court that he beat a handcuffed man and filed a false police report. Jackie Matthews pleaded guilty to a federal charge of falsifying information in a federal investigation. He could face up to 21 months in prison at sentencing. More
January 18, 2022
Three police officers have been charged with manslaughter and reckless endangerment after firing their weapons in the direction of a crowd of people exiting a high school football game outside of Philadelphia, killing an 8-year-old girl and injuring three people. More
January 18, 2022
A coalition of media groups says restrictions on access to the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's death amount to an unconstitutional closing of the courtroom. More
January 18, 2022
An infant died and another young child became very ill after they ingested fentanyl in their family's apartment, authorities said. Nicholas Lee, 25, and Brianna Roush, 26, of Circleville, are each charged with involuntary manslaughter, attempted involuntary manslaughter, possessing and trafficking in fentanyl and two counts of child endangerment. More
January 18, 2022
Before jury selection began in Edgecomb's trial, he pleaded guilty to a felony and misdemeanor bail jumping counts. More
January 18, 2022
Florida prosecutors and Circuit Judge Scott Suskauer accepted Hannah Roemhild's plea during a three-minute hearing with the 32-year-old singer appearing by Zoom from her home state. More
January 18, 2022
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Malik McDowell, who was given a second chance by the team after serving jail time, was arrested Monday in Florida on charges that include public exposure. According to a police report, McDowell has been charged in Deerfield Beach, Florida, with “aggravated battery […] More
January 18, 2022
The defendant appears to be the first person to be charged with a felony in the United States for a fatal crash involving a motorist who was using a partially automated driving system. More
January 18, 2022
Justin Ross Harris has appealed his convictions for murder and first-degree child cruelty in the 2016 death of his toddler son, Cooper. More
January 18, 2022
A man remembered as a champion of marriage equality in Florida was found dead in a landfill on Jan. 8. More
January 18, 2022
The rabbi of a Texas synagogue where a gunman took hostages during livestreamed services said Monday that he threw a chair at his captor before escaping with two others after an hourslong standoff, crediting past security training for getting himself and his congregants out safely. More
January 18, 2022
The Telemark District Court must rule whether Breivik is still so dangerous that society needs extra protection against him. More
January 18, 2022
Tiffany Haddish was arrested Friday and charged with driving under the influence, authorities said. More
January 14, 2022
Alec Baldwin turned his phone over to authorities investigating the deadly shooting on the set of the movie "Rust." More
January 14, 2022
A late-June sentencing date was set Friday for British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell after her conviction last month on charges including sex trafficking and conspiracy relating to the recruitment of teenage girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. More
January 14, 2022
The trial for Chandler Halderson, accused of killing his parents, is set to resume next week after he contracted COVID-19. More
January 14, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) — A former employee was arrested in the deadly shooting of a 19-year-old cashier working a late-night shift at a Burger King restaurant in East Harlem, a crime that appalled New Yorkers including the mayor. The New York Police Department said Friday that Winston Glynn, 30, was facing charges including murder in […] More
January 14, 2022
A northwest Indiana man allegedly killed his roommate by repeatedly spiking her beverages with windshield washer fluid because he felt she was disrespecting him by not approving of his heavy drinking, authorities said. Thomas Holifield, 59, is charged with murder in the June 1 methanol poisoning death of 64-year-old Pamela Keltz. More
January 14, 2022
Martin Shkreli must return $64.6 million in profits he and his former company reaped from jacking up the price and monopolizing the market for a lifesaving drug, a federal judge ruled Friday while also barring the provocative, imprisoned ex-CEO from the pharmaceutical industry for the rest of his life. More
January 14, 2022
A Connecticut state lawmaker says she plans to introduce legislation requiring all hockey players to wear a neck guard or a similar protective device during practice or games following the death last week of a 10th-grade player whose neck was cut by a skate. More
January 14, 2022
An Illinois judge could be facing discipline after he mocked an attorney in comments that he apparently did not realize were being broadcast live on YouTube. Cook County Judge William Raines made the comments about attorney Jennifer Bonjean after she appeared before him during a court call. Bonjean — a New York-based attorney who has represented a number of high-profile clients around the country, including Bill Cosby — was before Raines in a case in which she is seeking to have a client's 1996 murder conviction thrown out. More
January 14, 2022
A 35-year-old woman was taken into custody Tuesday for a laundry list of alleged crimes that happened at a local Walmart, North Olmsted police said. More
January 14, 2022
The Denver District Attorney's Office has charged a woman with a hate crime in connection to the vandalism of a Denver Catholic cathedral back in October, More
January 14, 2022
Rhode Island man believed to have faked his death and fled the U.S. to evade prosecution. Nicholas Alahverdian apprehended in Scotland hospitalized with COVID-19 in Glasgow. More
January 14, 2022
Three women are facing federal charges of attacking an airline security worker who tried to block them from boarding a flight at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport in September because of what prosecutors say was problematic behavior, including a refusal to wear a face mask properly. More
January 14, 2022
The remains were found in a building operated by an Akron man currently facing charges for providing funeral services without a license. More
January 14, 2022
Tucson Police say a 13-year-old boy stabbed his mother to death—and admitted he attacked her in a fight over video games. More
January 14, 2022
A court commissioner is set to decide Friday whether a Milwaukee man accused of plowing his SUV through a Christmas parade, killing six people and injuring dozens more, will stand trial for murder. More
January 14, 2022
Corey Johnson will spend the rest of his life behind bars for fatally stabbing a 13-year-old boy during a 2018 sleepover. More
January 14, 2022
Missouri's highest court reversed the conviction of Rodney Smith, finding that an investigator’s video testimony violated his Sixth Amendment right. More
January 14, 2022
