Crime and Courts

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, who’s currently on trial on charges including sexual abuse of a minor, was charged with illegal possession of a handgun, prosecutors said.

During the fourth week of the Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking trial in New York, a woman was removed from the courtroom after she yelled at the disgraced rapper.

President Donald Trump signed pardons for reality TV stars Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley on May 28. The couple have been serving federal prison sentences after being convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion. Trial attorney and legal expert Misty Marris breaks down what these pardons mean for the Chrisleys and explains if they are still considered convicted felons.

Authorities have closed campgrounds and backpacking areas along the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington as they search for a former Army soldier wanted in the deaths of his three daughters.

Here are five key moments from the fourth week of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial in New York.

A Seattle man was charged Friday with a string of burglaries at the homes of prominent current and former football and baseball players.

A former police chief and convicted killer known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” has been captured after he escaped from a prison, triggering a massive manhunt in the mountains of northern Arkansas.

Officials have revealed disturbing new details in the deadly stabbings of two sisters in Streamwood.

A Streamwood man charged in the stabbing deaths of two of his siblings has been ordered to remain detained as court documents reveal details surrounding the harrowing killings.

Police in Florida said a woman was rescued after she left a note asking for help in the bathroom of a Jersey Mike’s Subs restaurant.

Jurors heard more than five weeks of testimony, including lengthy and sometimes fiery questioning of Weinstein’s three accusers in the case.

Court records show Bode Technology Group Inc., the private lab that did the testing, lost the evidence and it can’t be retested.

Portuguese and German police announced renewed efforts to locate Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in 2007 while vacationing with her family.

A Texas man was arrested Tuesday and accused of trespassing at Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida, club, according to an arrest report obtained by NBC News.

A Washington man is wanted in connection with the deaths of his three young daughters, who went missing after his scheduled custody visit.

The NYPD says officers are looking for a nanny allegedly seen on video beating three young children she was tasked to care for with a leather belt.

Jasper Greene, 23, of New Haven, was one of three men charged in the death of Mabel Martinez Antongiorgi on April 9, 2022.

The family of Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, could be deported as early as Tuesday night, the White House said in a post on X.

Former legal heavyweight Tom Girardi was sentenced on Tuesday to seven years and three months in federal prison for ripping off $15 million from injured clients in a long-running Ponzi scheme.    

Sean “Diddy” Combs has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and racketeering charges in Manhattan federal court. His trial is now in its fourth week.