Crime and Courts

“When he heard that she’s afraid of flying, he took a bottle of alcohol out of [his] bag and said it would help her relax,” prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum

A former police officer was convicted of murder in the 2020 shooting of Andre Hill, a Black man who was holding a cellphone and keys when he was killed.

YNW Melly is seeking immediate release from prison in a new lawsuit, in which he accuses the Broward Sheriff’s Office of cruel treatment and violating his constitutional rights.

The FBI is investigating the death of a Black man in Alabama who was found hanging in an abandoned house.

Operations specialist seaman apprentice Albert Soto, who was assigned to the San Diego-based destroyer USS Pinckney, was shot to death on Aug. 30.

The suspect showed up uninvited at the septuagenarian’s home on Carmel Valley Road and asked her if her dogs needed to be washed, authorities said

A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Kentucky police detective of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during a botched 2020 drug raid that left her dead.

Surveillance video and bodycam footage captured the chaos unleashed during a mass shooting in downtown Orlando that left two dead and at least seven hurt while tens of thousands gathered for Halloween celebrations, according to the Orlando Police Department.

Specialist Wooster Rancy is charged with murder and obstructing justice linked to the death of Sgt. Sarah Roque, the Army said.

The agreement, which includes probation and time served, ends the Atlanta rap star’s part in a sprawling trial that began with jury selection in January 2023.

A Washington state man who authorities said killed at least 118 eagles as part of a wildlife trafficking ring that operated on a Native American reservation in Montana was sentenced Thursday to three years and 10 months in prison, and must pay more than $777,000 in restitution.

A woman suspected of stealing more than a quarter of a million dollars worth of jewelry from a 78-year-old Imperial Beach resident was arrested Wednesday.

Joshua Gilliland, 47, was killed on June 10, 2023, as he walked to his job at Cheers on Adams Avenue, reports NBC 7’s Kelvin Henry.

Jennifer Guilbeault has been charged with second-degree and third-degree assault as a hate crime after she allegedly pepper-sprayed her Uber driver as he was praying in Arabic on July 31.

A woman who was allegedly caught on surveillance video walking out of a Florida hair salon without paying for her hair extensions was arrested Wednesday, police said. 

Joshua Gilliland, 47, was killed on June 10, 2023, as he walked to his job at Cheers on Adams Avenue

The resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez will take place on Dec. 11, according to a court official.

Federal prosecutors say a former Louisville police detective’s actions were like “a drive-by shooting” the night of the deadly Breonna Taylor raid.

A murder trial has begun for a man who is accused of driving drunk and causing a 2023 crash that killed a beloved bartender before he fled the scene.

An Orlando-area bail bondsman was arrested and accused of making women have sex with him in exchange for bonding them out of jail after a years-long investigation, according to the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation (MBI).