A man has been sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison in the strangulation slaying of his girlfriend's mother whose body was found after a 2019 Pennsylvania fire. A Dauphin County judge on Monday sentenced 35-year-old Calvin Purdie Jr. to 20 to 40 years for third-degree murder and a consecutive term of 10 to 20 years for aggravated arson. More
January 10, 2022
Alabama man accused of trying to hire someone on an app to kidnap and rape a Wisconsin woman he met online.. Matthias Jacob Edward Mann was arrested on charges of attempted kidnapping and attempted coercion after a person he believed was willing to assault a woman turned out to be a police officer working undercover. More
January 10, 2022
A Kansas City, Missouri, man pleaded guilty Friday to charges related to his role in a car jacking that led to a high-speed chase and a crash that killed another driver.Derrell M. Wade, 20, pleaded guilty to one count of carjacking and one count of brandishing a firearm during a violent crime. More
January 10, 2022
Two men facing murder charges in connection to a crime spree on New Year’s Eve appeared in court for their bail hearing on Monday. Jesani Carter, 20, and Jordan Ruby, 18, faced a Las Vegas judge for the second time after the two were arrested for several robberies and shootings around town at the end of 2021. More
January 10, 2022
A man arrested on child rape charges last month in Tennessee could have victims in nine other states, a prosecutor said Monday .Ryan Andrew Meyung, 30, was charged in December with child rape, aggravated kidnapping and other related counts, Hamilton County District Attorney Neal Pinkston said in a statement. More
January 10, 2022
A New York man heading to Indianapolis in a tractor-trailer was arrested Sunday during a traffic stop on Interstate 70 after an Indiana State Police trooper found about 115 pounds of cocaine in his truck. More
January 10, 2022
The scene of the crime is still under renovation after extensive damage from the shooting. District leaders say students from Oxford High School and Bridges, the alternative high school in town, will rotate between in-person and virtual schedules. All of the in-person learning will take place at Oxford Middle School until the high school building reopens on January 24. More
January 10, 2022
Harvard University is not required to pay legal defense fees for a professor who was found guilty of hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program, Massachusetts' highest court ruled Monday. More
January 10, 2022
Convicted killer Robert Durst died in a state prison hospital facility in Stockton, his attorney Chip Lewis said. More
January 10, 2022
Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder accepted Dominick Black's plea during a six-minute hearing. More
January 10, 2022
Security cameras showed a group of men holding down 22-year old Dallas Jordan Barrett during an altercation with security staff at the Whiskey Row bar. More
January 10, 2022
The 53-year-old heir to a legal empire in Hampton County, South Carolina, has been jailed since his arrest in October on a growing number of charges for mostly financial crimes. More
January 10, 2022
Maya's husband, Larry Millete, was arrested and charged with her murder in October. More
January 10, 2022
Authorities in Fairfax have identified two of the victims of the "Shopping Cart Killer." More
January 10, 2022
Two suspects in the death of a Lincoln woman whose remains were found near Pawnee Lake have been charged in her death. Joesef Barraza, 25, was charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and three counts of first-degree sexual assault in Carly Schaaf's death, Police Chief Teresa Ewins said during a news conference Friday. More
January 7, 2022
A judge sentenced a Missouri man to 28 years in prison for the 2019 killing of his wife, whose body he buried in a state park and whose death he misled the authorities about for more than a year.The sentence Judge Brouck Jacobs gave to 26-year-old Joseph Elledge was the one jurors recommended in November when they convicted Elledge of second-degree murder in the killing of his wife, Mengqi Ji. More
January 7, 2022
Former Oklahoma police officer sentenced 25 years in prison for killing daughter's boyfriend convicted of second-degree murder the fifth time he went on trial in the case. Shannon Kepler sentenced to 300 months in prison followed by three years supervised release. He also ordered Kepler pay restitution to cover cost of headstone for Jeremey Lake. More
January 7, 2022
The sister of a slain federal security officer is suing Facebook, alleging the tech giant played a part in the radicalization of two men who are accused of planning the killing on its platform. David Patrick Underwood was fatally shot and his partner was wounded while guarding a federal building in Oakland on May 29, 2020, when a large demonstration over the police killing of George Floyd was underway nearby. More
January 7, 2022
A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for sex trafficking at the 2020 Super Bowl in South Florida. Edward Walker, 48, of New Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced Thursday in Fort Lauderdale federal court, according to court records. More
January 7, 2022
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Three white men convicted of murder for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced to life in prison Friday, with a judge denying any chance of parole for the father and son who armed themselves and initiated the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man. […] More
January 7, 2022
The mother of a 2-year-old girl whose body was found in a Houston bayou in 2020 has pleaded guilty for her role in the child's death, according to court records. Sahara Ervin, 22, pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence, a human corpse, during a court hearing Wednesday as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors. More
January 7, 2022
A North Carolina woman who brought her 14-year-old son into the U.S. Capitol during last year's riot was sentenced Friday to three months imprisonment. More
January 7, 2022
The case against Michigan school shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley will head straight to trial after he waived his right to a preliminary exam. More
January 7, 2022
The Crumbleys are charged with involuntary manslaughter for the Nov. 30 shooting at Oxford High School, which killed four teenagers and injured others. More
January 7, 2022
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Court TV) — Thea Brooks has long used fashion as an outlet for self-expression, designing T-shirts for special occasions and doing her own alterations to store-bought clothing. When her nephew, Ahmaud Arbery, was gunned down in February 2020, Brooks poured her grief into creating wearable tributes to her beloved “Quez.” “Posters […] More
January 6, 2022
A 19-year-old Fairbury man was sentenced Thursday to 70 to 80 years in prison for beating a 2-year-old boy to death in February and shooting a man a year earlier. Jake Gonzalez was convicted in October of child abuse resulting in the death of Hollen Siedschlag and threatening the boy's mother. More
January 6, 2022
A man has been arrested in connection to the 2019 sexual assault of a 16-year-old. In Nov. 2019, a 16-year-old student told a Fort Collins Police Services school resource officer that she was the victim of a sexual assault in September 2019. According to the sheriff's office, the victim said she met a man named Andrew Koprowski via Snapchat. More
January 6, 2022
DENVER (Scripps News Colorado Springs) – The judge who presided over the trial and original sentence for Rogel Aguilera-Mederos in the deadly I-70 truck driving crash criticized Gov. Jared Polis in an order Tuesday for commuting the truck driver’s sentence from 110 years to 10. Jefferson County District Court Judge Bruce Jones wrote in the […] More
January 6, 2022
Juvenile court records indicate the parents of a 5-month-old who died in December have a lengthy history with Hamilton County Job and Family Services. Shakayla Sams and Donte Farrier, both 19, are charged with the abuse of their 2-year-old and the death of their 5-month-old, Casey Sams. More
January 6, 2022
A Batavia, N.Y. man has been charged with manslaughter and for endangering the welfare of a child after his wife died while they were overdosing on drugs. Makeen Ithna-Asheri was charged with manslaughter in the 2nd degree and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child after his wife, Anda Ithna-Asheri died following an overdose in front of their children. More
January 6, 2022
