Latest Crime & Trial News

Three more Minnesota men were arrested Monday for allegedly participating in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. More

October 4, 2021

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson declined to grant clemency to death row inmate Ernest Johnson despite requests for mercy from the pope two federal lawmakers and thousands of petition signers. More

October 4, 2021

A jury has found Andy J. McCauley, Jr. guilty of all charges in the death of 15-year-old Riley Crossman, including first-degree murder. More

October 4, 2021

DEA agent killed when a passenger who also died opened fire as officers were doing an inspection for illegal contraband on Amtrak train in Tucson. Second agent and police officer wounded. More

October 4, 2021

A 17-year-old has been charged with murder after being accused of striking and killing three valets as he attempted to flee from Houston police. More

October 4, 2021

Donald Trump now has a Dec. 23 deadline to undergo questioning in a former "Apprentice" contestant's defamation lawsuit over what he said in denying her sexual assault allegations. More

October 4, 2021

Dylann Roof wants appellate court to reconsider decision to recuse itself from hearing his case as appeal of death sentence winds its way through the judicial system. More

October 4, 2021

Texas man who stormed U.S. Capitol Jan 6. sentenced 45 days behind bars though prosecutors weren't seeking jail after judge blasted comparisons between riot and Black Lives Matter. More

October 4, 2021

Kern County jury finds man guilty Thursday of kidnapping and sexually assaulting an Uber driver. More

October 4, 2021

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With the expansion of its Newsy service this week, the E.W. Scripps Co. is betting that consumers have an appetite for more news, instead of just talk about news. Newsy, primarily seen now online and through streaming services, is expanding its programming to 17 hours […] More

October 4, 2021

By KYLE DUNPHEY DESERET NEWS MOAB, Utah (AP) — Every day for the past two weeks, Sean-Paul Schulte sits at the same picnic table at Swanny City Park in Moab, Utah. He brings cookies, flowers, pictures of his family, meticulously painted rocks, and two pairs of black boots from his daughter, Kylen Schulte, and her […] More

October 4, 2021

A man was arrested early Sunday morning for the murder of 21-year-old Aaron Lowe, a University of Utah football player. More

October 4, 2021

Polk County Sheriff's officials said Shaun Runyon is charged with three counts of first degree murder and one count of aggravated battery. More

October 4, 2021

Jury selection begins Monday on charges Nikolas Cruz attacked a Broward County jail guard nine months after the Feb. 14, 2018, shootings. More

October 4, 2021

A maintenance worker who entered her apartment unauthorized the day she disappeared and later killed himself is the prime suspect. More

October 4, 2021

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Jurors hearing the case against U.S. Air Force airman Mark Gooch heard lengthy testimony Friday from a cellphone data expert who mapped the route that Gooch allegedly drove the day a Mennonite woman was kidnapped from northwestern New Mexico. Sasha Krause, who worked at a publishing […] More

October 1, 2021

Jury recommends Stanley Ford be sentenced to life in prison instead of the death penalty. More

October 1, 2021

Federal judge sentenced Jan. 6 rioter to probation suggested Justice Department too hard on those who broke into Capitol compared to arrested during protests following George Floyd murder. More

October 1, 2021

Ohio State University tallied over 2800 instances of alleged sexual misconduct by late team Dr. Richard Strauss according to campus crime data. More

October 1, 2021

Texas judge finds Infowars host conspiracy theorist Alex Jones liable damages defamation suits brought by parents of children killed in Sandy Hook massacre over his claims shooting was hoax. More

October 1, 2021

New York health officials have revoked the medical license of a doctor with the cult-like group NXIVM who branded 17 women with the initials of the group's leader Keith Raniere. More

October 1, 2021

Jeffrey Burnham -- a man wanted in the killings of three people in Maryland -- has been arrested in West Virginia. More

October 1, 2021

Ahmaud Arbery's mental health records can't be used as trial evidence by the white men who chased and killed the 25-year-old Black man as he was running in their neighborhood a judge ruled. More

October 1, 2021

The NV Supreme Court ruled that Wilber Ernesto Martinez Guzman should be tried separately in two counties where murders took place. More

October 1, 2021

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Nearly a century ago, white leaders of a Southern California city robbed a Black family of their prime beachfront land and legacy. Descendants of Willa and Charles Bruce — including the couple’s great-great grandson — returned to the scene of the crime in Manhattan Beach […] More

October 1, 2021

An arrest warrant has been issued for a suspect accused of killing another Albuquerque man after the victim's service dog was shot and wounded for reportedly barking at the gunman. More

September 30, 2021

Britney Spears and attorney successfully drove her father from conservatorship that ran singer's life but they're not done scrutinizing him and actions he took over the past 13 years. More

September 30, 2021

Girlfriend of Jason Thornburg - man who police say confessed to killing her his roommate and 3 people whose bodies were found dismembered in burning dumpster in Texas was reported missing. More

September 30, 2021

A trial date has been set for the East Tennessee mother charged with murder in the death of her 15-month-old daughter. More

September 30, 2021

By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Murder charges were dismissed Thursday against a man who spent 15 years in prison for the fire-related deaths of five children in suburban Detroit, the climax of an investigation that found misconduct by police and prosecutors. Juwan Deering will not face a second trial, Oakland County […] More

September 30, 2021