Latest Crime & Trial News

An actor at an Ohio haunted house is accused of stabbing a boy in the foot with a real Bowie knife. More

September 27, 2021

The recent revelations surrounding Murdaugh involved two lawsuits that said he tried to manipulate the legal system. More

September 27, 2021

Ken Middleton was sentenced to life plus 200 years in the shooting death of his wife, Kathy Middleton, at their Blue Springs home on Feb. 20, 1990. More

September 27, 2021

Police said they identified Coley McCraney as a suspect after using genetic genealogy techniques on crime scene DNA. More

September 27, 2021

Janet Hinds was convicted of driving under the influence when she hit and killed a police officer in a 2019 crash. More

September 25, 2021

U.S. Air Force airman on trial for kidnapping Mennonite woman in New Mexico fatally shooting her and dumping body in Arizona tried unsuccessfully to cover his tracks prosecutor told jurors. More

September 24, 2021

Attorneys federal government oppose Dylann Roof's request for new appellate hearing arguing he was properly convicted + sentenced for 2015 racist slayings of 9 Black congregation members. More

September 24, 2021

Pacific Gas & Electric was charged with manslaughter and other crimes after its equipment sparked a Northern California wildfire that killed four people and destroyed hundreds of homes. More

September 24, 2021

Massage therapist Shawn P. O'Brien sentenced 3 prison terms 25 years to life sex crimes against five people including a child and three female soccer players at the University of Kansas. More

September 24, 2021

A judge began instructing the jury at R. Kelly’s sex trafficking trial on the law Friday after it heard a prosecutor give a fiery rebuttal to the defense's closing arguments, which portrayed him as a victim of false accusations. More

September 24, 2021

The gunman acted alone and was a third-party vendor to the store who was on site on a daily basis, Collierville Police Chief Dale Lane said. More

September 24, 2021

The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in George Floyd’s death intends to appeal his conviction and sentence. More

September 24, 2021

A former Louisiana State Police trooper has been charged with a civil rights violation for pummeling a Black motorist 18 times with a flashlight. More

September 24, 2021

A Georgia inmate was found guilty of murder Thursday in the slayings of two prison guards shot during a bloody escape in 2017. More

September 24, 2021

Timothy Haag of Longview was initially sentenced to life without parole for choking and drowning 7-year-old Rachel Dillard in a bathtub in 1994. More

September 24, 2021

A judge decided the evidence prosecutors presented in a preliminary hearing is sufficient to send Letecia Stauch to trial. More

September 24, 2021

Brian Laundrie, whose girlfriend, Gabby Petito's body was found at a national park, was charged with unauthorized use of a debit card. More

September 24, 2021

Scott Peterson who spent more than 15 years on Death Row in the 2002 murders of his pregnant wife and unborn son will be sentenced to life in prison this fall. More

September 23, 2021

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor in closing arguments at the sex-trafficking trial of R. Kelly urged jurors on Thursday to make the R&B superstar “pay” for his alleged crimes, while a defense lawyer told them they’ve been misled by opportunistic accusers about consensual relationships.    “It is now […] More

September 23, 2021

British police investigating the killing of a 28-year-old woman in London said Thursday they are probing whether she was attacked by a stranger, in a case that sparked new concerns for the safety of women walking the capital's streets. More

September 23, 2021

A double-homicide remains unsolved roughly five weeks after the bodies of Kylen Schulte and Crystal Turner were found outside of Moab. More

September 23, 2021

R. Kelly’s long-awaited racketeering and sex trafficking trial is underway in federal court in Brooklyn, New York. Court TV will provide the latest legal updates and live analysis during the trial. More

September 23, 2021

Robert Durst avoided justice for the murder of his friend Susan Berman for 20 years, but that all came to an end last week when the L.A. jury charged with deciding his fate returned a verdict. More

September 23, 2021

Attorney Stephen Estey said the group of men he represents was devastated by the judge's decision. More

September 23, 2021

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis testified Wednesday in the trial of fallen tech star Elizabeth Holmes. More

September 23, 2021

R. Kelly got away with sexually abusing underage victims by ruling inner circle enablers with an iron fist a prosecutor told jurors at R&B singer's sex-trafficking trial. More

September 22, 2021

Britney Spears said in a court filing Wednesday that she agrees with her father that the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money since 2008 should be terminated. More

September 22, 2021

Opening statements in the case of a U.S. Air Force airman charged in the shooting death of a Mennonite woman are scheduled to start Friday. More

September 22, 2021

Search teams Florida wilderness park look for Brian Laundrie boyfriend of Gabby Petito young woman authorities say was killed while on a cross-country trip with him. More

September 22, 2021

Man punched kicked by Georgia police officers traffic stop filed a lawsuit alleging the stop was unjustified and the officers used excessive force against him. More

September 22, 2021