Latest Crime & Trial News

Former officer Andrew Delke pleaded guilty to manslaughter over the death of Daniel Hambrick. More

July 2, 2021

By Katie McLaughlin CHANDLER, Ariz. (Court TV) — Lori Vallow Daybell is facing charges that she conspired with her brother to murder her fourth husband, Charles Vallow. That is in addition to the charges the so-called Doomsday Cult Mom already faces, which include the murders of her children — Tylee and JJ — as well […] More

July 2, 2021

Prosecutors said Christina Greer gave several children who were sleeping over at her house alcohol and marijuana-infused gummy bears. More

July 2, 2021

Anissa Weier, 19, was sentenced to 25 years at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute in December 2017. More

July 2, 2021

Lazaro Pozo Illias was found guilty of killing Christopher Schulz and injuring another person while driving drunk.  More

July 2, 2021

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Scripps News Nashville) — The trial of former Metro Police Officer Andrew Delke was expected to begin July 12, but it won’t be happening now that Delke is expected to agree to a plea deal in the case. NewsChannel 5 has learned that Delke is expected to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter, which […] More

July 1, 2021

Bailey Boswell was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder last year for the slaying of Sydney Loofe. More

July 1, 2021

Prosecutors may file aiding and abetting third-degree murder charges against three former Minneapolis police officers in the death of George Floyd. More

July 1, 2021

A child's body was found inside a freezer at a Virginia home and police have arrested that child's parents. More

July 1, 2021

Two months after a Minneapolis jury found Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts, he returned to court to find out his sentence for the killing of George Floyd. More

July 1, 2021

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Franco and his co-defendants agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit alleging he intimidated students at an acting and film school he founded into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations, court filings made public Wednesday showed. The two sides first reached a deal […] More

June 30, 2021

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears’ father has asked the court overseeing his daughter’s conservatorship to investigate her statements to a judge last week on the court’s control of her medical treatment and personal life, which she called overly restrictive and abusive. James Spears emphasized in a pair of […] More

June 30, 2021

NEW YORK (AP) — A California woman who wrongly accused a Black teen of taking her phone at a New York City hotel late last year and grabbed at him as he tried to leave now faces hate crime charges. Miya Ponsetto was arraigned in court in Manhattan via videoconference Wednesday on charges including unlawful […] More

June 30, 2021

Why was Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction thrown out by Pennsylvania's highest court, and what's next in the case? More

June 30, 2021

CRANBROOK, British Colombia (AP) — A Canadian Indigenous group said Wednesday a search using ground-penetrating radar has found 182 human remains in unmarked graves at a site near a former residential school that housed Indigenous children taken from their families. The latest discovery of graves near Cranbrook, British Columbia follows reports of similar findings at […] More

June 30, 2021

PARIS (Scripps News Tallahassee) — Officials in the Brittany region of France have reportedly arrested a fan wanted in connection with a massive crash at the Tour de France. The fan held up a large cardboard sign while stepping out into the path of oncoming cyclists on Saturday, the first day of the multi-day race. […] More

June 30, 2021

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Former reality TV star Josh Duggar’s trial on child pornography charges has been moved to November. U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks on Tuesday granted Duggar’s request to delay his trial, which had originally been scheduled to begin July 6. Brooks moved the trial to November 30, with a pretrial conference […] More

June 30, 2021

Liam Husted's body was found by hikers near the Mountain Springs trailhead off State Route 160 between Las Vegas and Pahrump on May 28. More

June 30, 2021

Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction Wednesday after finding an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case. More

June 30, 2021

Dane Kallungi allegedly admitted to his ex-wife that he had murdered his current wife, Jepsy Kallungi, who has been missing since March 2019. More

June 30, 2021

The crime took place on Finnish waters near the Aland Islands archipelago. More

June 30, 2021

Police are investigating an allegation of assault against Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer. More

June 30, 2021

Allison Mack was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday on charges she manipulated women into becoming sex slaves for the NXIVM's spiritual leader. More

June 30, 2021

ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (Scripps News Nashville) — There’s been a change in the effort to locate a missing five-year-old girl. Plus, there’s a possible new lead that could help explain what happened to Summer Wells. This all comes as there’s a shift in strategy now focusing on the possibility of foul play. After nearly two weeks, […] More

June 30, 2021

BOISE, Idaho (Scripps News Boise) – Lori Vallow has been indicted on first degree murder charges in the death of her ex-husband. A Maricopa County Grand Jury in Arizona charged Vallow with one count of Conspiracy to Commit First Degree Murder in the death of Charles Vallow.    The indictment states, “Lori N. Vallow, […] More

June 29, 2021

A jury recommended that Andre Warner, convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of a single dad, get the death penalty for his crimes. More

June 29, 2021

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Video footage of a white Nashville police office fatally shooting an armed Black man from behind during a chase will be allowed into next month’s murder trial, a Nashville judge ruled Monday. Judge Monte Watkins’ decision comes as defense attorneys for 27-year-old white Officer Andrew Delke had sought to keep the […] More

June 29, 2021

A man charged in the death of his 13-year-old son in Colorado nearly a decade ago seemed uninterested in the search for the boy after he disappeared, a witness testified Monday. More

June 29, 2021

Eccentric millionaire Robert Durst's brother took the stand at his murder trial, saying that he believes the defendant wants him dead. More

June 28, 2021

LAUDERHILL, Fla. (AP) — Police are looking into reports that the mother of two young girls found dead in a South Florida canal was offering to baptize people in the canal a day earlier. Lauderhill police Lt. Mike Bigwood identified the sisters during a Wednesday evening news conference as 7-year-old Daysha Hogan and 9-year-old Destiny […] More

June 28, 2021