Crime and Courts

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is going to prison for taking bribes of gold and cash and acting as an agent of Egypt.

Jurors in Karen Read’s second murder trial sent the judge four questions while deliberating Tuesday, but didn’t reach a verdict. Here’s what happened.

Arthur Folasa Ah Loo was killed when a man who was believed to be part of a peacekeeping team for the protest shot at a person brandishing a rifle at demonstrators, accidentally striking Ah Loo.

Minnesota officials announced that they will be charging 57-year-old Vance Boelter with first-degree murder for the shooting deaths of State Senator Melissa Hortman and her husband.

The judge in the Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking trail removed a juror and will have him replaced with an alternate after prosecutors found inconsistencies in his answers about where he lives.

The jury in the Karen Read murder trial didn’t come to a verdict Monday, with Judge Beverly Cannone sending the panel home for the day.

Before Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman became a nationally recognized figure following her fatal shooting death alongside her husband Saturday morning — an act public officials have called an act of “political violence” — she was revered by colleagues as a dedicated public servant.

Minnesota officials are asking for help locating 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter, the suspect in the shootings of two Democratic state lawmakers and their spouses early Saturday.

The judge presiding over the federal case against five former Memphis police officers convicted in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols has recused himself from further proceedings, just days before four of them were scheduled to be sentenced.

Antonio Brown is wanted on a charge of attempted murder with a firearm following an incident outside a celebrity boxing event in Miami last month.

The jury is now deliberating the charges against Karen Read after hearing closing arguments Friday morning and receiving detailed instructions on how they’ll deliberate.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth refused to answer Rep. Ro Khanna, D-California, when asked if he would abide by orders from the federal or Supreme courts regarding the use of military against protesters. “We should not have judges determining foreign policy or national security policy for the country.”

The judge in Harvey Weinstein’s New York sex crimes retrial has declared a mistrial on one charge jurors were still deliberating on Thursday.

Atlanta rapper Silentó has pleaded guilty but mentally ill Wednesday to voluntary manslaughter and other charges in the 2021 shooting death of his 34-year-old cousin. The 27-year-old rapper, whose legal name is Ricky Lamar Hawk is best known for his 2015 hit song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae).” DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston says Silentó has been sentenced to 30...

Former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was convicted of one of the top charges in his sex crimes retrial.

The jury has reached a partial verdict Wednesday in Harvey Weinstein’s New York sex crimes retrial, finding him guilty on one of the three charges he faced — but has been ordered to continue deliberating on another charge.

The wife and daughter of alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann speak out for the first time in a new Peacock documentary.

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.