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Prosecutors rejected claims that the Mollie Tibbett's 2018 murder could be connected to sex trafficking and other abductions. More

July 15, 2021

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A jury on Thursday found the gunman who killed five people at a Maryland newspaper criminally responsible for his actions, rejecting defense attorneys’ mental illness arguments. The verdict means Jarrod Ramos will be sentenced to prison, not a maximum-security mental health facility, for one of the […] More

July 15, 2021

WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — State police told a judge that they don’t want to release more information about the slayings of two members of a prominent South Carolina legal family and, after more than a month of investigation, said they still don’t know what evidence might be important to solve the case. The State Law […] More

July 15, 2021

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Richard Sherman’s father-in-law armed himself with a handgun and fired pepper-spray at the NFL cornerback to protect his family as Sherman tried to bust in the door of his in-laws’ home, according to a police statement obtained by The Associated Press. Sherman was arrested early Wednesday after […] More

July 15, 2021

BALTIMORE (Scripps News Baltimore) — A suspended Baltimore City Police officer has been charged with the murder of his 15-year-old step-son. Eric Glenn Banks Jr., 34, was initially arrested July 6 at his home on Stoney Point Way in Curtis Bay, after police discovered the body of Dasan James “DJ” Jones stuffed inside an attic […] More

July 15, 2021

MARIANNA, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida sheriff’s deputy received a 12-year prison sentence for planting drugs inside drivers’ cars during traffic stops and then arresting them. Former Jackson County deputy Zachary Wester, 28, did not speak at Tuesday’s hearing. He was convicted in May on 19 of 67 counts, including racketeering, official misconduct, fabricating […] More

July 15, 2021

A jury convicted Bo Pete Jeffrey of beating his ex-wife to death on her birthday and hiding her body in their RV. More

July 15, 2021

While Bo Pete Jeffrey admitted to hiding his ex-wife's body in their trailer, he denied being the one to kill her. More

July 15, 2021

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new attorney has been appointed to represent Britney Spears in her conservatorship after a hearing in which the singer tearfully spoke about the case’s impact on her life. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny on Wednesday approved Spears hiring former federal prosecutor Mathew […] More

July 14, 2021

Actor Jussie Smollett returned to court for a hearing that will determine whether one of his attorneys will be allowed to stay on his case. More

July 14, 2021

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI made numerous serious errors in investigating sexual abuse allegations against former USA Gymnastics national team doctor Larry Nassar and didn’t treat the case with the “utmost seriousness,” the Justice Department’s inspector general said Wednesday. The FBI acknowledged conduct that was “inexcusable and […] More

July 14, 2021

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that “Tiger King” Joe Exotic should get a shorter prison sentence for his role in a murder-for-hire plot and violating federal wildlife laws. Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was sentenced in January 2020 to 22 years in federal […] More

July 14, 2021

OMAHA, Neb. Scripps News Omaha) — James Fairbanks, who pleaded no contest to second-degree murder in the killing of convicted sex offender Mattieo Condoluci last year, was sentenced in a Douglas County on Wednesday morning. 3 News Now reporter, Jon Kipper was in the courtroom where a judge sentenced him to a total of 40–70 […] More

July 14, 2021

By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A judge on Wednesday delayed sentencing for the man convicted of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts after defense lawyers said they needed time to investigate new information pointing to other potential suspects.    Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 27, was scheduled to be […] More

July 14, 2021

SEATTLE (AP) — Former Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers star Richard Sherman was booked into a jail in Seattle on Wednesday morning, accused of “Burglary Domestic Violence.” The King County Correctional Facility lists Sherman as being booked at 6:08 a.m. Online records say bail was denied, though it was unlikely Sherman would have had […] More

July 14, 2021

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three weeks after Britney Spears ‘ dramatic comments in court condemning the conservatorship that has controlled her life for 13 years, a Los Angeles judge and others with legal power over the pop star will convene for a hearing Wednesday to deal with the aftermath. Spears’ remarks […] More

July 14, 2021

SEATTLE (AP) — A man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a young man last year in Seattle’s temporary Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone, police said. Seattle officers and U.S. Marshals arrested Marcel Long, 19, in the Seattle suburb of Des Moines on Monday, The Seattle Times reported. Police had identified Long […] More

July 14, 2021

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed failed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore’s $95 million lawsuit targeting comedian Sacha Baron Cohen filed after Moore complained he was tricked into an interview that lampooned sexual misconduct accusations against him. Judge John Cronan wrote that Moore signed a clear disclosure agreement that prohibited any […] More

July 14, 2021

BOSTON (AP) — Actor Sacha Baron Cohen has sued a Massachusetts cannabis dispensary he says used an image of his character Borat on a billboard without his permission, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Boston. The billboard for Somerset-based Solar Therapeutics Inc. showed Baron Cohen posing as Borat with two thumbs up […] More

July 14, 2021

The jury heard an interview where Bo Pete Jeffrey admitted to hiding his ex-wife's dead body in their camper. More

July 14, 2021

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s highest court on Tuesday tossed out a 2017 first-degree murder conviction after finding that the state may have relied on “implicit or unconscious” bias when it sought to remove a prospective Black juror. The 7-0 decision called for a new trial and a state […] More

July 13, 2021

PHOENIX (AP) — A woman who acknowledged helping a former politician in an illegal adoption scheme involving women from the Marshall Islands was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday in Arizona for helping submit false applications for the birth mothers to receive state-funded health coverage, even though none of the women resided in the […] More

July 13, 2021

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Tulsa man pleaded guilty Tuesday to allowing his young daughter and son to die of heat exposure in his pickup truck while he slept after using cocaine. Dustin Dennis, 32, pleaded guilty to child neglect in federal court in Tulsa for the June 2020 deaths of Tegan Dennis, 4, and […] More

July 13, 2021

Two witnesses came forward after Bahena Rivera's testimony to say they heard another man brag about killing Mollie Tibbetts. More

July 13, 2021

By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press WOODLAWN, Md. (AP) — Two Baltimore city police detectives were shot and a homicide suspect was killed as a U.S. Marshals’ task force served a warrant outside a mall Tuesday morning, authorities said. Members of the warrant apprehension task force were looking for a vehicle and suspect wanted in a […] More

July 13, 2021

The men Ed Buck lured to his apartment for “party and play” found themselves in a situation of life and death, prosecutors said. More

July 13, 2021

Authorities said NFL linebacker Barkevious Mingo "turned himself in on his own accord in consultation with his attorney." More

July 13, 2021

The Wisconsin couple was reported missing by their son, Chandler Halderson, who has since been arrested for their murder. More

July 13, 2021

A neighbor reportedly found the elderly couple dead in their beds from a single gunshot wound to the head. More

July 13, 2021

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — A former Stillwater Junior High School history teacher and coach who helped organize the teacher walkout in 2018 has been sentenced to prison for engaging in sexual communication with a minor. Alberto Morejon, 28, was sentenced Friday to ten years after pleading guilty to engaging in sexual communication with a minor […] More

July 12, 2021