Latest Crime & Trial News

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man accused of killing his 74-year-old aunt in Florida. More

October 18, 2021

An art professor at a prestigious women's college in Massachusetts pleaded guilty to attacking a colleague, leaving the victim with permanent injuries. More

October 18, 2021

A convicted murderer has been charged with the slaying of a woman whose body was found in a canal after being missing for three weeks. More

October 18, 2021

Jury selection could last two weeks or more. Once a jury is seated, the trial itself could reportedly take more than two weeks. More

October 18, 2021

Robert Durst was hospitalized after contracting COVID-19, days after he was sentenced in a two-decade-old murder case. More

October 17, 2021

A judge denied a last-ditch effort to dismiss charges against Jussie Smollett, who is accused of lying to Chicago police. More

October 15, 2021

Nikolas Cruz plans to plead guilty to killing 14 students and three staff members at a high school in Parkland, Florida. More

October 15, 2021

Attorney for South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh who discovered wife and son dead said Murdaugh is resigned that he will serve time in prison for stealing millions of dollars. More

October 15, 2021

Framed photo on wall of Travis Riddle's restaurant shows sheriff arresting gray-bearded white man with hands cuffed -- a reminder that justice still waits to be served in slaying of Arbery. More

October 15, 2021

Robert Durst was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without a chance of parole for the murder of his best friend more than two decades ago. More

October 15, 2021

The New York City police officer accused of fatally shooting one woman and wounding another while off duty has been identified as Yvonne Wu. More

October 15, 2021

Cher has sued the widow of her former musical partner and ex-husband Sonny Bono over royalties for Sonny and Cher songs including "I Got You Babe" and "The Beat Goes On." More

October 14, 2021

Congressional committee investigating Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection set a vote to recommend criminal contempt charges against former White House aide Steve Bannon after he defied subpoena. More

October 14, 2021

Bill Cosby accuser artist Lili Bernard filed suit over a 1990 hotel room encounter in Atlantic City New Jersey before the state's two-year window to file older sexual assault claims expires. More

October 14, 2021

Donald Trump is slated to return to New York City to provide videotaped deposition in case about security team's crackdown on a protest during early days of his presidential campaign in 2015. More

October 14, 2021

Former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter said she meant to use a Taser when she shot and killed Daunte Wright. More

October 14, 2021

Robert Durst was sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole for the murder of his best friend more than 20 years ago. More

October 14, 2021

Family filed lawsuit against Disney Cruise Lines saying 3-year-old daughter was sexually assaulted by an older child inside ship's day care due to understaffing and poor employee training. More

October 14, 2021

Judge refused to allow Jackie Ray Childers Jr. -- a man charged with murder after his aunt died of a heart attack after a Christmas home invasion -- to get out of jail while awaiting trial. More

October 14, 2021

A prominent South Carolina lawyer has been charged with stealing insurance settlements meant for the sons of his late housekeeper, state police said Thursday. More

October 14, 2021

Jonelle Matthews went missing on Dec. 20, 1984, shortly after performing in a Christmas concert with the Franklin Middle School Honor Choir in Greeley. More

October 14, 2021

Host Vinnie Politan and Court TV anchor Ted Rowlands take us through everything that has led to the Killing of Ahmaud Arbery Trial and break down the possible defense strategy of the three defendants. More

October 14, 2021

The real estate heir faces a mandatory term of life in prison without parole for the first-degree murder of his best friend, Susan Berman. More

October 14, 2021

The trial of four high-ranking members of Egypt’s security forces started Thursday without the Egyptians on hand to face charges they were involved in the abduction, torture and killing in Cairo of an Italian doctoral student. More

October 14, 2021

Kenyan Olympic runner and two-time world championship bronze medalist Agnes Tirop was found dead at her home Wednesday with stab wounds. More

October 14, 2021

A California mother is accused of hosting alcohol-filled parties for her teenage son and his friends, encouraging them to drink heavily and engage in sex acts with intoxicated girls, some of them non-consensual, prosecutors said. More

October 14, 2021

Mark Gooch showed no emotion when the verdict was announced. He stood in a military stance, with one hand resting over the other behind his back. More

October 14, 2021

By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate on trial in the 1984 killing of a 12-year-old Colorado girl wasn’t even remotely considered a suspect to law enforcement until his obsession with the crime and incessant visits to talk with police about it provided clues that turned […] More

October 13, 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared ready to reinstate the death penalty for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. More

October 13, 2021

Investigators said the 2-year-old found the gun in the backpack on Aug. 11 and fired a single shot that hit his mother. More

October 13, 2021