Crime and Courts

An Idaho teenager has been arrested in connection with the body of an infant found last month at a hospital in a box meant for people to anonymously give up a newborn, police said Friday.

A decision on whether Sean “Diddy” Combs’ will be released on bail was pushed back to next week by the judge overseeing his sex-trafficking case.

For nearly 40 years, Mona Shafer Edwards has been the sketch artist for some of America’s most high-profile trials.

The Menendez brothers are back in court on Monday as will the sketch artist of their second trial, Mona Shafer Edwards. Alex Rozier reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Nov. 22, 2024.

Two men were arrested Thursday in connection with a burglary that involved 50 to 75 people in June at a Los Angeles AutoZone.

A civil jury in Ireland has found that mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor sexually assaulted a woman in a hotel penthouse in 2018.

The NBA and NFL is urging its players to take additional precautions to secure their homes following reports of recent high-profile burglaries of dwellings.

The victim reported being punched and kicked while the suspect allegedly screamed derogatory terms at her such as “you’re not a woman, you’re a man.”

Thursday’s short filing says “all claims against Defendant … are hereby dismissed with prejudice.”

In an NBCLA exclusive interview, the Menendez brother’s lawyer, Mark Geragos, has confirmed that the pair are expected to make a virtual appearance during their court hearing next week. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Nov. 21, 2024.

Leilani Simon was convicted of murder in the death of 20-month-old Quinton Simon. She will be eligible for parole.

A missing Kansas woman who disappeared this year and was found in a freezer buried in a cow pasture in the Oklahoma panhandle was killed in a stabbing attack that left her with dozens of wounds, according to a medical examiner’s report.

A former Kentucky sheriff was indicted Thursday in the slaying of a judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers two months ago, shocking a tiny Appalachian community.

Danny Masterson’s defense team is facing criticism and possible legal action for allegedly contacting jurors after his conviction in his rape trial.

A Mexican drug cartel member accused of faking his own death to live in California was arrested in Riverside.

The Menendez brothers’ request to challenge the validity of their murder convictions is expected to be heard at a Van Nuys courtroom Monday morning.

Officials in Lehigh County say Jayleen Rivas-Rodriguez has pled guilty after her 22-month-old child died of an overdose while in her care in April of 2021.

A Florida man who allegedly impersonated billionaire SpaceX founder Elon Musk on Facebook defrauded an elderly woman out of at least a quarter of a million dollars, police said.

John Ramsey, the father of JonBenét Ramsey, is still searching for his daughter’s killer, nearly three decades after she was found dead in their Boulder, Colorado, home in 1996.

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned the criminal conviction of actor Jussie Smollett, accused of faking a 2019 attack in Chicago.