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Jury mulling fate of 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols' fatal beating
Jurors began their deliberations in the trial involving three Memphis police officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.
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Nebraska officer followed policy when he fatally shot a fleeing man 8 times, police chief says
Omaha’s police chief says an officer followed protocol when he shot a fleeing armed man eight times, killing him.
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Police delivered a ‘beatdown' that killed Tyre Nichols, prosecutor says in trial closing
Closing arguments are underway in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights in a fatal beating.
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Parents turn in their kids for 7-Eleven flash mob robberies in LA
The LAPD said Tuesday that the parents of three teenagers who were allegedly shown in security video from recent flash mob-style robberies at convenience stores had brought their children to police stations so they could be arrested.
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Sean ‘Diddy' Combs hit with a wave of 120 new sexual assault allegations
A Texas-based attorney said he’s representing more than a hundred accusers in a series of new civil lawsuits he’ll file against Diddy.
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State police arrest Pomfret man accused of abusing baby
Connecticut state police have arrested a 22-year-old Pomfret man who is accused of abusing a baby. Zachary Beausoleil has been charged with risk of injury to a minor and he has been ordered to have no contact with the victim and no unsupervised contact with minor children, according to the arrest warrant. The investigation started on Aug. 4, 2023, when…
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Fake online pharmacies sold deadly counterfeit pills
Federal prosecutors say a network of illegal drug sellers packaged potentially deadly synthetic opioids into pills disguised as common prescription drugs and sold millions of them through fake online drugstores.
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Montana man gets 6 months in prison for cloning giant sheep and breeding it
An 81-year-old Montana man was sentenced Monday to six months in federal prison for illegally using tissue and testicles from large sheep hunted in Central Asia and the U.S. to create hybrid sheep for captive trophy hunting in Texas and Minnesota.
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Arkansas couple accused of trying to sell baby for beer and money, police say
In a letter signed by both parents, they agreed that there “will be no changing y’all two’s minds and to never contact again” the buyer.
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What is an indictment?
The indictment contains the basic information that informs the person of the charges against them.
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Kentucky sheriff pleads not guilty in fatal shooting of judge in courthouse chamber
The sheriff shot the judge multiple times on Sept. 19 following an argument in the Kentucky courthouse, according to Kentucky State Police.
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Missouri executes a man for the 1998 killing of a woman despite her family's calls to spare his life
Williams was put to death despite questions his attorneys raised over jury selection at his trial and the handling of evidence in the case.
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Ryan Routh is charged with attempted assassination
Federal prosecutors have charged Ryan Wesley Routh with attempted assassination of a presidential candidate on Tuesday.
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Are crime rates up in America? Here's what the FBI says
The FBI released its annual crime statistics report for 2023, with insights into everything from murder to robbery. Here’s what you need to know.
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Colorado men tied up and tortured their housemate for 14 hours, police say
Colorado law enforcement say three men are accused of tying up their housemate and torturing him for 14 hours.
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Seizure of fake pills in CT was one of the largest busts ever in New England: officials
Federal officials have arrested seven people who are accused in a massive counterfeit synthetic opioids operation and officials from the DEA said the arrests come after one of the largest seizures of fake pills they have ever seen in New England.
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Gunman who killed 10 at a Colorado supermarket is sentenced to life in prison
A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 was sentenced Monday to life in prison for murder after a jury rejected his attempt to avoid prison time by pleading not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Two arrested after street takeover on I-95: state police
State police have arrested two people after a street takeover on Interstate 95 that they said extended from New Haven into New York. State police said they received several 911 calls around 11:10 a.m. on Saturday about erratic motorcyclists on Harley-Davidson-style bikes on Interstate 95 South in the New Haven area. Using Department of Transportation traffic cameras, state police found…
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Murder and other violent crime dropped across the U.S. last year, FBI data shows
Violent crime was down about 3% from 2022 to 2023 and property crime took a similar drop of 2.4%, the FBI reported in its annual “Summary of Crime in the Nation.” The most serious crimes went down significantly: Murder and non-negligent manslaughter were down an estimated 11.6% — the largest single year decline in two decades — while rape decreased by an estimated 9.4%, NBC News reports.
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Officials say seizure of fake pills in CT was one of the largest busts ever in New England
Federal officials have arrested seven people who are accused in a massive counterfeit synthetic opioids operation and officials from the DEA said the arrests come after one of the largest seizures of fake pills they have ever seen in New England.