Latest Crime & Trial News

In Kenosha, Wisconsin, the prosecution calls Gaige Grosskreutz, the man Kyle Rittenhouse shot, who survived. More

November 11, 2021

The murder case against Kyle Rittenhouse flirted with a mistrial Wednesday after the lead prosecutor angered the judge with his questioning of the defendant. More

November 10, 2021

Heather Mack - Chicago woman arrested in U.S. on murder conspiracy charge in 2014 slaying of her mother in Indonesia - will remain locked up after her attorney waived a detention hearing. More

November 10, 2021

Over an 11-hour interview with investigators last July former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo defiantly denied allegations he sexually harassed women and sparred with lawyers questioning him. More

November 10, 2021

Scott Fairlamb - New Jersey gym owner who punched police officer during Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol - sentenced to over 3 years in prison - likely benchmark for rioters from that day. More

November 10, 2021

Attorneys for former Raiders Henry Ruggs bid to keep medical records away from prosecutors charging him with driving under the influence in crash that killed Vegas woman. More

November 10, 2021

Alex Murdaugh - South Carolina attorney whose wife and son were found shot to death at home where housekeeper died - to remain in jail many months now that judge again denied bond. More

November 10, 2021

NEW YORK (AP) — Two Washington Post reporters are working on a biography of George Floyd, from his family history in the tobacco fields of North Carolina to his murder last year in Minneapolis by a white police officer. Viking announced Wednesday that “His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for […] More

November 10, 2021

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse took the stand in his murder trial Wednesday, testifying about how he shot three men during a protest against police brutality in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year.    Rittenhouse killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz. He faces multiple charges, including […] More

November 10, 2021

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Vikings star Dalvin Cook is facing a lawsuit from a former girlfriend for alleged assault, battery and false imprisonment for a year-ago altercation at his home, the Star Tribune reported Tuesday, and the fifth-year running back is accusing the woman of assaulting and extorting […] More

November 10, 2021

One of the three white men standing trial for the death of Ahmaud Arbery said they had him “trapped like a rat” before he was fatally shot, a police investigator testified Wednesday. More

November 10, 2021

Defense attorneys at Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial ask the judge to declare a mistrial after prosecutors posed what appeared to be improper questions of Rittenhouse on the stand. More

November 10, 2021

A Salvadoran immigrant who admitted fatally shooting four people in Nevada during a two-week rampage in 2019 pleaded guilty Tuesday to the remaining two killings as part of a deal with prosecutors that will spare him the death penalty. More

November 10, 2021

The only eye witnesses to a 1978 triple murder in Kansas City tried to tell prosecutors years before she died that she had identified the wrong shooter. More

November 10, 2021

Security camera footage, shell casings and a small but distinctive tattoo played pivotal roles in the arrest of a man suspected in at least six killings over the past two months in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas. More

November 10, 2021

Prosecutors said Nouman Raja never identified himself as an officer and acted so aggressively that Jones must have thought he was about to be carjacked or killed. More

November 10, 2021

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The man who initiated the chase that ended in Ahmaud Arbery’s death quickly changed his story about why he suspected the 25-year-old Black man running in his neighborhood was a criminal, two police officers testified Tuesday.    Glynn County police Officer Jeff Brandeberry told a […] More

November 9, 2021

By SCOTT BAUER, TAMMY WEBBER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The first man killed by Kyle Rittenhouse on the streets of Kenosha was shot at a range of just a few feet and had soot injuries that could indicate he had his hand over the barrel of Rittenhouse’s rifle, a pathologist […] More

November 9, 2021

A judge said live video coverage will be allowed as former police officer Kim Potter stands trial in the death of Daunte Wright. More

November 9, 2021

House investigators subpoena 10 more officials who worked for Trump at end of presidency to find out what he was doing and saying as supporters stormed Capitol Jan. 6 to overturn defeat. More

November 9, 2021

South Dakota House launched investigation into whether state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg should be impeached for conduct surrounding car crash last year that killed a pedestrian. More

November 9, 2021

Joseph Elledge - Missouri man accused of killing his wife and burying her body in a park - testified they had a turbulent relationship and he had been considering divorce before her death. More

November 9, 2021

Carole Baskin - founder of Florida big cat sanctuary featured in "Tiger King" series - is suing Netflix and a production company to prevent interviews and footage involving her in sequel. More

November 9, 2021

Andrew Mercado livestreamed snippets of Kyle Rittenhouse on August 2020 night of turmoil in Kenosha when the 17-year-old from nearby Antioch Illinois shot three men killing two. More

November 9, 2021

Judge refused to let British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell home detention citing charges alleging Maxwell recruited TEEN girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse and her ability to flee. More

November 9, 2021

The jury heard testimony from five men who said former St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain shattered their childhoods with acts that still haunt them. More

November 9, 2021

The deaths of eight people in a crush of fans at a music festival have led to calls for an independent, outside investigation instead of one by the Houston police. More

November 9, 2021

The footage showed Rosenbaum following Rittenhouse before Rittenhouse suddenly spins around and fires his rifle at him. Rosenbaum falls, and Rittenhouse runs around a car. More

November 9, 2021

Two California couples gave birth to each others' babies after a mix-up at a fertility clinic and spent months raising children that weren't theirs before swapping the infants. More

November 8, 2021

Marissa Blair - pushed out of the way as car slammed into counterprotesters at 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville - described terror at seeing fiancé bleeding. More

November 8, 2021