WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas school teacher has been jailed and charged with child sex crimes, The Wichita Eagle reported Monday. Police arrested Wichita resident Shawn Wingfield, 48, Saturday on two counts of sexual exploitation of a child. Wichita police spokesman Officer Charley Davidson said the agency investigated Wingfield after a report that […] More
July 26, 2021
The search for a missing father led police to his body and a murder-for-hire plot orchestrated by his longtime best friend. More
July 26, 2021
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state is embarking on a massive experiment in police reform and accountability following the racial justice protests that erupted after George Floyd’s murder last year, as nearly a dozen laws took effect Sunday. More
July 26, 2021
Prosecutors wrote that the accounts of the boys and others would help show that the actual charges “were not isolated events and were part of a larger pattern.” More
July 26, 2021
LORTON, Va. (AP) — The body of a 72-year-old Virginia woman who had been missing for weeks has been found, and a tenant of the woman’s has been charged with murder in her death, police announced Saturday. Fairfax County police officials said at a news conference that the suspect, Brian George Sayrs Jr., came forward […] More
July 26, 2021
“I am not sorry for something I didn’t do, and I’m not sorry for the things I did do,” he said, as he yelled towards family members in the courtroom. More
July 26, 2021
KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — A woman convicted in the 1987 kidnapping and death of a northern Illinois businessman has been granted a re-sentencing hearing by the state’s appellate court. Nancy Rish, 59, petitioned in December 2017 for a resentencing hearing so that the court can consider evidence of domestic violence. Stephen Small of Kankakee suffocated […] More
July 23, 2021
LEVELLAND, Texas (AP) — A man charged in the fatal shooting of a SWAT officer in a small West Texas city during a standoff last week was charged Friday with assaulting a federal officer who responded to the scene, prosecutors said. Omar Soto-Chavira, 22, was charged with one count of forcibly assaulting a federal officer […] More
July 23, 2021
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court on Friday disqualified a private judge being used by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in their divorce case, handing Jolie a major victory. The 2nd District Court of Appeal agreed with Jolie that Judge John W. Ouderkirk didn’t sufficiently disclose […] More
July 23, 2021
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court upheld on Friday most of the convictions against a Wichita woman for torturing and killing a man in a crime that the trial judge called “horrific beyond imagination.” Heidi Hillard and her husband, Jeff, were convicted of participating in the November 2016 killing of 33-year-old Scottie Goodpaster […] More
July 23, 2021
CHICAGO (AP) — An Iowa man arrested by Chicago police for having guns and ammunition in his hotel room overlooking a Lake Michigan beach told officers he “didn’t mean to startle anyone” and simply forgot to remove the firearms from a bag while packing for a trip to the city, police video shows. Keegan Casteel’s […] More
July 23, 2021
Joan Trevino is accused of drowning her 1-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son in her Nevada home. More
July 23, 2021
The woman told police that her boyfriend modified the yo-yo string to be used as a garotte because he believed the string could sever a human head. More
July 23, 2021
Hospital staff reportedly had to call EMS for lift assist to get the victim out of the truck. More
July 23, 2021
The bladed multi-tool resembling a double-handled knife was exhibited on the fourth day of trial for Nathaniel Rowland. More
July 23, 2021
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A Lake Stevens man has been charged with a felony hate crime for allegedly posting a photo of a gun on social media and threatening to kill people of color. Court papers say on Jan. 28, one of Benjamin Richey’s relatives, who was still a student at Marysville Pilchuck High School, […] More
July 22, 2021
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Attorneys in the upcoming murder trial of three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery clashed Thursday in court over limits on testimony that defendants acted in self-defense and were in a neighborhood that was on edge because of crime. Kevin Gough, an attorney for one […] More
July 22, 2021
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday to four counts of rape and seven other sexual assault counts. Sheriff’s deputies brought the 69-year-old convicted rapist into court in a wheelchair. He was wearing a brown jail jumpsuit and face mask. […] More
July 22, 2021
Richard Trask’s wife had lacerations on her head and blood on her chest, arms and hand, Kalamazoo County sheriff's investigators wrote. More
July 22, 2021
For our 100th episode host Vinnie Politan and Court TV’s Ted Rowlands cover the Mollie Tibbetts Murder Trial and Britney Spears' court battle to end her conservatorship. More
July 22, 2021
A judge is expected to delve into the jury selection process at a hearing Thursday for the upcoming murder trial of three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery. More
July 22, 2021
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A man who identifies with a group that despises women appeared in federal court in Cincinnati on Wednesday on charges related to his plans to kill sorority members at an unidentified university in Ohio, authorities said. Tres Genco, 21, of Hillsboro, Ohio, is charged with an attempted […] More
July 21, 2021
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “The View” canceled a planned appearance Wednesday by a woman who settled a sexual harassment lawsuit against Bill O’Reilly, after the former Fox News Channel personality sought and received a restraining order against her. O’Reilly accused his former producer, Andrea Mackris, of violating a non-disclosure […] More
July 21, 2021
LONDON (AP) — Former Sex Pistols singer John Lydon said Wednesday that he’s “heart and soul” against letting the band’s songs be used in an upcoming television drama about the pioneering punk outfit, dismissing the TV series as “nonsense.” Lydon, formerly known as Johnny Rotten, is being sued by guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul […] More
July 21, 2021
Federal lawmakers are introducing a new bill called the FREE Act to protect Americans whose rights have been stripped away under guardianship. More
July 21, 2021
Attorneys for two of the defendants have asked a Georgia judge to keep media outlets out of the courtroom when lawyers question potential jurors to determine whether they have biases in the widely publicized case. More
July 21, 2021
16-year-old Damien Feliz was discovered in an alley with a gunshot wound to his chest. He was rushed to a hospital, where he died. More
July 21, 2021
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho lawmaker who publicized the name of a 19-year-old intern who accused another state lawmaker of rape will face a legislative ethics hearing next month. The House Ethics and Policy Committee found probable cause that Rep. Priscilla Giddings, a Republican from the tiny town of […] More
July 20, 2021
By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The unrepentant former leader of the cult-like NXIVM group was ordered on Tuesday to pay $3.5 million to 21 victims of a sex-trafficking scheme, a sum including the cost of surgically removing scars from branding rituals performed by a secret sorority. The brands depicting the initials […] More
July 20, 2021
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A couple whose gender reveal ceremony sparked a Southern California wildfire that killed a firefighter last year were charged with involuntary manslaughter, authorities announced Tuesday. Refugio Manuel Jimenez Jr. and Angela Renee Jimenez pleaded not guilty Monday to charges involving the El Dorado Fire, San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason […] More
July 20, 2021
