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Kim Avis was found guilty of of raping three women and sexually assaulting a minor following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow. More

June 17, 2021

Chaos broke out after Judge Synenburg ruled the motion to acquit Tevin Biles-Thomas on all charges. More

June 16, 2021

ISLANDTON, S.C. (AP) — State police have released a brief timeline of events as part of their investigation into the shooting deaths of a mother and son from one of South Carolina’s prominent legal families. On Tuesday, the State Law Enforcement Division released an update into their probe of the deaths of Paul Murdaugh and […] More

June 16, 2021

BIG SPRING, Texas (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man in the death of a 13-year-old West Texas girl who was reported missing more than a decade ago, a police spokesman said. Texas Rangers arrested Shawn Casey Adkins on Monday on a murder charge in the killing of Hailey Dunn, said Sgt. Fred Biddle, a […] More

June 16, 2021

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has approved a $15 million settlement against a doctor in a lawsuit by the parents of an incapacitated woman who was sexually assaulted and later gave birth at a Phoenix long-term care center, marking the last of several deals to resolve legal claims over the […] More

June 16, 2021

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press A New York judge on Tuesday approved disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s extradition to California, where he faces additional sexual assault charges, ending a legal fight prolonged by the COVID-19 pandemic, the defense’s concerns about Weinstein’s failing health and a squabble over paperwork. Judge Kenneth Case said there was […] More

June 16, 2021

LAS VEGAS (Scripps News Las Vegas) —The California woman accused of murdering her son and dumping his body at a trailhead near Las Vegas will have a virtual hearing on her advisement this coming Thursday, June 17th at 10:30 am ET. Samantha Moreno Rodriguez, 35, was taken into custody on June 8th in Denver, Colorado, […] More

June 15, 2021

Ronnie O'Neal is accused of murdering his girlfriend and their daughter. More

June 15, 2021

Dashboard video from Trooper Rodney Dunn’s cruiser shows he performed a PIT maneuver about two minutes after initiating the stop. More

June 14, 2021

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (Scripps News Denver) — A teen brutally stabbed last September felt justice was served on Friday when a judge handed down her attacker a 60-year jail sentence. In a wheelchair and surrounded by family and friends, Jadah McDaniels held her head high as she entered the Arapahoe County District Court for the […] More

June 14, 2021

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Eighteen-year-old Angie Dodge was raped and killed in her Idaho home a quarter-century ago and an innocent man wrongly served 20 years in prison for the crime. On Tuesday, the man authorities have said is the real killer was sentenced to life in prison. Brian Leigh […] More

June 14, 2021

A jury found Joseph Daniels guilty of murdering his missing 5-year-old son. More

June 14, 2021

William Wallace dragged his wife’s body from the bedroom to the living room couch, placed sunglasses on her. More

June 14, 2021

Authorities charged 33-year-old Christopher Collin Demmon this week with malice murder in the killing. More

June 14, 2021

YORK, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge declined to dismiss some charges and suppress part of a statement by a woman accused of keeping her maternal grandmother’s remains in a freezer for a decade and a half and continuing to receive the dead woman’s Social Security checks for a portion of that time. The York […] More

June 14, 2021

It's now been two years since Carnell Sledge and Katherine Brown were shot and killed in a double homicide in the quiet Rocky River Reservation. More

June 14, 2021

ISLANDTON, S.C. (AP) — A longtime prosecutor in South Carolina has died just days after his grandson and daughter-in-law were found dead on the family’s land in Colleton County in a shooting investigators have said little about. The announcement of Randolph Murdaugh III’s death came from his law firm Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick […] More

June 11, 2021

Closing arguments are being heard today in the trial of Joseph Daniels, the man accused in the presumed death of his 5-year-old son. More

June 11, 2021

Robert Durst was hospitalized for an unspecified medical issue, delaying his murder trial in Los Angeles, California. More

June 10, 2021

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The defense attorney for the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd is seeking not only a new trial but also a hearing to “impeach the verdict” by investigating potential juror misconduct. Eric Nelson’s request for a new trial for Derek Chauvin is fairly routine, but the […] More

June 10, 2021

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State president Graham Spanier has reported to jail early to begin serving his sentence for child endangerment in a case stemming from the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal. Spanier reported to Centre County Correctional Facility, several miles from the Penn State campus, on Monday morning, the warden, Christopher Schell, said […] More

June 10, 2021

PODCAST: On June 9, 2020, the bodies of Tylee Ryan and her little brother JJ Vallow were discovered buried in Chad Daybell’s backyard. Murder charges were filed against Daybell and his new wife, Lori Vallow, the children’s mother. The couple were charged with the deaths of not only Tylee and JJ but also Chad’s first […] More

June 10, 2021

Dallas police said late Wednesday that Darriynn Brown, 18, will face the new charge for the death of Cash Gernon. More

June 10, 2021

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti should spend no more than six months behind bars after a jury concluded he tried to extort $25 million from sportswear giant Nike, his lawyers told a judge Wednesday, saying the once high-flying California attorney faces constant ridicule after his “cataclysmic fall.” In a […] More

June 10, 2021

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman pleaded guilty Thursday to charges in the U.S. and admitted that she helped her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire. Emma Coronel Aispuro, wearing a green jail uniform, appeared in federal court in Washington and pleaded guilty […] More

June 10, 2021

By Katie McLaughlin FREEMONT COUNTY, Idaho (Court TV) – An Idaho district judge has signed an order that will send Lori Vallow Daybell to a state mental health facility. In the meantime, her husband Chad Daybell has entered a plea of Not Guilty in court today. Just moments ago, he appeared before District Judge Steven […] More

June 9, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A more detailed trial schedule for three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in the death of George Floyd has been set for next March, according to an order made public Wednesday. Last month, a judge pushed the trial of Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao out to next March, in part […] More

June 9, 2021

ISLANDTON, S.C. (AP) — A mother and son from a prominent South Carolina legal family were found shot and killed on their family’s land, and authorities said they have made no arrests in the double homicide case. Deputies in Colleton County found the two dead from gunshots on property near Islandton around 10 p.m. Monday, […] More

June 9, 2021

The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in the case of Mohamed Noor. More

June 9, 2021

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man was charged Tuesday with murder in a road rage shooting that killed a 6-year-old boy on a local freeway last month. Prosecutors in Orange County, California charged Marcus Anthony Eriz, 24, with murder in the death of Aiden Leos. Eriz was […] More

June 8, 2021