Latest Crime & Trial News

Authorities in Florida arrested and charged with murder the fiancé of a woman who was shot to death in her apartment. More

May 21, 2021

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman testified Wednesday that she was five years into a relationship with actor Danny Masterson when she awoke to find he was raping her as she slept and took drastic measures to get him to stop. “I tried pushing him off me and saying […] More

May 20, 2021

The man charged with killing a University of Iowa student who went missing after going for a run in 2018 led investigators to her body and said that he killed her but couldn't remember how. More

May 20, 2021

PODCAST: Last week there were big hearings for two of the biggest stories of the year and host Vinnie Politan and Court TV Anchor Michael Ayala are prepped to break down all of the major developments. First in Brunswick, Georgia lawyers for the three men charged for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery made arguments to […] More

May 20, 2021

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A police officer who pushed a 73-year-old Colorado woman with dementia to the ground after she left a store without paying for items worth about $14 is facing charges of using excessive force, while a second officer is accused of failing to stop or report his actions, […] More

May 20, 2021

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for the state and for three former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd ‘s death appeared before the Minnesota Court of Appeals on Thursday as prosecutors sought to add an additional charge to the case. >>>WATCH FULL TRIAL ON DEMAND: MN v. DEREK CHAUVIN (2020) Thomas Lane, […] More

May 20, 2021

The girl escaped with minor scratches and some mental trauma. More

May 20, 2021

Robert Durst's attorneys pointed to the brutal, sloppy murder of his neighbor in Texas as evidence he didn't kill his friend in California. More

May 19, 2021

By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The boyfriend of a University of Iowa student testified Wednesday that he had nothing to do with her 2018 abduction and stabbing death, saying he had been out of town for work and heartbroken by her slaying. Dalton Jack, the longtime boyfriend of Mollie Tibbetts, […] More

May 19, 2021

Video evidence, DNA and a partial confession will all be presented in the prosecution's case against Cristhian Bahena Rivera. More

May 19, 2021

Barry Morphew is facing two new charges in connection with the alleged murder of his wife. More

May 19, 2021

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — In hours of often tearful testimony, a woman told a judge Tuesday that she was slipping in and out of consciousness on a night 18 years ago when she said she found actor Danny Masterson raping her. “When I came to, he was on top […] More

May 19, 2021

Anaiah Walker was found dead in the median along Interstate 10 in Arizona last May. More

May 19, 2021

Two sheriff's deputies involved in the January death of a South Carolina inmate with mental health issues have been fired. More

May 19, 2021

By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Attorneys on Tuesday completed the selection of a jury for the first-degree murder trial of the farm laborer charged with fatally stabbing a University of Iowa student while she was out running three years ago. Cristhian Bahena Rivera is accused in the death of 20-year-old […] More

May 18, 2021

Prosecutors said that Robert Durst couldn't keep track of the many lies he told and his own words prove he killed Susan Berman. More

May 18, 2021

A juror was removed Tuesday from the murder trial of Robert Durst because she violated the court's order not to read about the case. More

May 18, 2021

The father of two young children found dead in his eastern Nebraska home was charged Monday with child abuse resulting in death. More

May 18, 2021

The remains of an Indianapolis man have been located in a suburban storage unit nearly 17 months after his disappearance, authorities said. More

May 18, 2021

A Minnesota judge ruled Monday that the manslaughter case can proceed against a former suburban Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright. More

May 18, 2021

North Carolina sheriff's deputies were justified in their fatal shooting of a Black man in April, a district attorney said Tuesday. More

May 18, 2021

By Andrew Dalton AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors on Tuesday are set to begin presenting evidence to a judge as they attempt to show “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson should stand trial in the rapes of three women. Masterson, 45, who has pleaded not guilty and has been free on bail since his […] More

May 18, 2021

It's been two years since the body of 19-year-old Gage Jackson was found 11 days after he went missing in Florida. More

May 18, 2021

Howell Donaldson is the accused Seminole Heights serial killer charged with killing four people in the fall of 2017. More

May 18, 2021

After a 14-month recess in the case, Jurors will get refreshed on what has already been covered in the murder case. More

May 17, 2021

By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor warned prospective jurors Monday that the trial of a Mexican national charged in the 2018 fatal stabbing of a University of Iowa student will include graphic evidence that will be emotionally difficult to see and hear. Prosecutor Scott Brown said the first-degree murder trial of […] More

May 17, 2021

A Texas man accused of murdering his estranged wife and apologizing to their children in an online video is on the lam More

May 17, 2021

Legal experts say ensuring a fair trial for Cristhian Bahena Rivera, the farmhand charged with first-degree murder in the 2018 slaying of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts, will be difficult given the extraordinary circumstances of the case. More

May 17, 2021

It took nearly 15 years for police to arrest Robert Durst in the killing of his best friend and another five to bring him to trial. More

May 17, 2021

The 9-month-old male named India is now being cared for at the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch. More

May 17, 2021