Crime and Courts

The convictions and death sentence of the one-time leader of an Atwater Village street gang, who police believed committed at least a dozen murders and who was once on the US Marshals most-wanted list, were overturned Thursday by the California Supreme Court, which found a juror was improperly dismissed during deliberations. Timothy McGhee was found guilty in 2007 of three...

The arson spree began in Jamul, and also included bush fires in Dehesa, Rancho San Diego, La Mesa and San Diego, reports NBC 7’s Shandel Menezes.

The arson spree began in Jamul, and also included bush fires in Dehesa, Rancho San Diego, La Mesa and San Diego.

An East County-based plumbing contractor has been ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution in a workers’ compensation fraud case brought by local prosecutors.

A California man’s attorneys say he’ll plead guilty to trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.C. In a court filing Wednesday, lawyers for Nicholas John Roske say he intends to plead guilty to attempting to murder a justice of the United States at a hearing next week. The charge carries...

A Florida influencer and self-described “dog mom” has been arrested after she filmed herself having sex with a dog for a social media user who paid for it, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.⁠ Logan Guminski, 27, was charged with two felonies, sexual activity involving an animal and filming sexual activity involving an animal. ⁠It was back in January...

Tyrice Jacquett, 50, was fatally stabbed in August 2023 near North Avenue and state Route 94.

In a temporary restraining order petition, Arielle Konig said her husband, Dr. Gerhardt Konig, had accused her of having an affair and sexually abused and assaulted her.

Luigi Mangione is accused of shooting UnitedHealhcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan. He pleaded not guilty to murder as an act of terror.

“JFK” director Oliver Stone is set to testify to Congress on Tuesday about thousands of newly released government documents.

Karen Read’s second trial is about to get underway, with the jury selection process set to begin on Tuesday.

The indictments were originally returned in 2022 against the defendants, all of whom remain at large and face drug trafficking and money laundering offenses, officials said.

The suspect has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed weapon without a permit, according to San Diego police.

MS-13 is a transnational criminal gang that has been declared a terrorist organization by El Salvador and the U.S.

Over the last year, thieves have targeted freight trains traveling through the Mojave Desert in the southwest, specifically targeting Nike sneakers.

Genetic testing company 23andMe’s bankruptcy has led to a new consumer privacy issue: what happens to the DNA of millions of Americans when it goes on sale?

Singer Sean Kingston and his mother were found guilty in a $1 million federal fraud trial in Broward County.

The U.S. Department of Justice says former NFL player LeShon Johnson has been indicted for allegedly operating a dogfighting venture in which authorities seized 190 dogs.

A 31-year-old man has been charged for taking part in a burglary spree at several businesses across San Diego County. NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer reports.

Days after an Atlanta man died in a scuba diving accident in Hawaii, authorities said they found the skeletal remains of his son who had gone missing four years prior in a tree house in his backyard, NBC News reported.