Latest Crime & Trial News

For decades the infamous Robert Durst has been in and out of legal trouble – even doing prison time – but NOT for the biggest crime he’s been accused of committing – murder. More

March 5, 2020

Robert Durst is on trial for killing his best friend, Susan Berman, but prosecutors say he also killed his first wife in 1982. More

March 5, 2020

Lori Vallow will be sent from Hawaii to Idaho to face charges in the disappearance of her two children, J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan. More

March 4, 2020

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The mother of a terrorist who killed 14 people in a 2015 attack on a Christmas party in California has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence by shredding a map her son may have used to plan the massacre, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Rafia Sultana Shareef, 66, of Corona agreed to […] More

March 4, 2020

Robert Durst is charged with his friend, Susan Berman's, death, but his first wife and neighbor in Texas will also factor into the trial. More

March 4, 2020

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 75-year-old Missouri inmate who insists he did not kill his wife is clinging to hope that Gov. Mike Parson will heed his petition for clemency, despite three decades of unsuccessful legal efforts to secure his freedom. Kathy Middleton died from a gunshot wound in […] More

March 3, 2020

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The adult niece of an Idaho woman whose two children have been missing for five months is cooperating in the FBI’s investigation into the disappearance, undergoing three interviews with agents and surrendering her computer, the niece’s lawyers have said. Melani Pawlowski was accused by her ex-husband of […] More

March 3, 2020

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The stepmother of a Colorado boy missing for over a month was arrested Monday in connection with his disappearance and presumed death, authorities said. Letecia Stauch was arrested in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and is expected to be extradited to Colorado on charges including first-degree murder of a child in […] More

March 3, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said eight deputies allegedly took or shared graphic photos of the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash scene, but he ordered them deleted. “That was my No. 1 priority, was to make sure those photos no longer exist,” Villanueva told NBC News for a story Monday. “We identified the […] More

March 3, 2020

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Columbia man accused of killing his Chinese wife pleaded not guilty Monday to abuse charges related to the couple’s child but a plea in his wife’s death was delayed. Joseph Elledge is charged with first-degree murder in the killing his wife, Mengqi Ji, who has not been seen since early October. A […] More

March 3, 2020

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An adopted daughter of film director Steven Spielberg was arrested in Tennessee in a domestic incident involving her boyfriend, police said. Mikaela Spielberg, 23, was charged with domestic assault causing bodily injury early Saturday. Spielberg was released from a jail in Nashville later Saturday, jail records showed. According to a Metropolitan […] More

March 2, 2020

Jury selection is scheduled to begin for the trial of Richard Dabate, who is accused of killing his wife, Connie Dabate. More

March 2, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — A man shot and seriously wounded by a Chicago police officer in a downtown train station won’t face charges, as prosecutors on Sunday dropped the criminal case stemming from an incident captured on bystander video and shared widely. Cook County prosecutors moved to drop resisting arrest and criminal narcotics charges against Ariel […] More

March 2, 2020

Drew Malbin, who served on the jury that convicted Harvey Weinstein, said the #MeToo movement was not a factor in their deliberations. More

February 28, 2020

A jury has been seated to hear the trial of millionaire Robert Durst, who is charged with murdering his best friend, Susan Berman. More

February 28, 2020

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge is expected to give a death sentence Friday to a man prosecutors call “The Boy Next Door Killer,” who was found guilty of the home-invasion murders of two women. A Los Angeles jury recommended the death penalty in October for 44-year-old Michael Thomas […] More

February 28, 2020

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man was given four death sentences by a jury on Thursday, hours after he spoke in court and blamed the devil for his actions the night eight people were shot to death. Willie Cory Godbolt, 37, was convicted Tuesday of the May 2017 slayings of eight people. Four of […] More

February 28, 2020

'Full House' actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, will head to trial in October. More

February 27, 2020

Danny Welte was convicted of second-degree murder for shooting his estranged wife hours after they buried their son. More

February 27, 2020

Lori Vallow was ordered to be held on a $5 million bond as the search continues for her missing children, J.J. and Tylee. More

February 27, 2020

Court documents from Megan Boswell’s arraignment accuse her of initially telling state investigators that Evelyn was with the child's father. More

February 26, 2020

Guilty! After over twenty-four hours of deliberations, a jury of seven men and five women came to a decision – Harvey Weinstein is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of two charges: criminal sex act in the first degree and rape in the third degree. More

February 26, 2020

After a New York jury convicted former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of rape and sexual assault, he faces years behind bars. More

February 26, 2020

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A police officer’s body camera shows a 6-year-old Florida girl crying and begging officers not to arrest her as one fastens zip ties around her wrists at a charter school. The video that Kaia Rolle’s family shared with the Orlando Sentinel and other media outlets Monday shows the girl being arrested […] More

February 25, 2020

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and JAMES MARTINEZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White supremacist mass murderer Dylann Roof staged a hunger strike this month while on federal death row, alleging in letters to The Associated Press that he’s been “targeted by staff,” “verbally harassed and abused without cause” and “treated disproportionately harsh.” The 25-year-old Roof, who […] More

February 25, 2020

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant’s widow sued the owner of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed the former Los Angeles Lakers star and their 13-year-old daughter last month as she publicly mourned their deaths Monday in an emotional public ceremony. The wrongful death lawsuit filed by Vanessa […] More

February 25, 2020

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS NEW YORK (AP) — Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and sexual assault against two women and led off to prison in handcuffs Monday in what his foes hailed as a landmark moment for the legal system and a long-overdue reckoning for the man vilified […] More

February 25, 2020

Former 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty to charges that he staged a racist, homophobic attack in Chicago. More

February 24, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was convicted Monday at his sexual assault trial, sealing his dizzying fall from powerful Hollywood studio boss to archvillain of the #MeToo movement. He was found guilty of criminal sex act for assaulting production assistant Mimi Haleyi at his apartment in 2006 and third-degree rape of a woman in […] More

February 24, 2020

A jury of seven men and five women are hard at work to decide the fate of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. Weinstein, 67, faces 5 charges. Count 1: Predatory Sexual Assault, a class A-II felony, max life Count 2: Criminal Sexual Act in the First Degree, a class B felony, 5 to 25 years […] More

February 24, 2020