Crime and Courts

The motion also suggests that someone else may have orchestrated the shooting and that witnesses who could testify on the matter are being interviewed.

The suspect in the ambush killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson thanked people who have written to him as he is jailed in a New York City detention facility.

The Los Angeles jury of seven women and five men got the case late in the day and will begin discussing two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm on Tuesday.

Authorities are asking the public for help with information to help solve the murder of an art student at her apartment in Newhall. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.

The U.S. Department of Justice formally filed court paperwork to dismiss federal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, after two days of resignations from prosecutors who refused to do so.

Menghan Zhuang, better known as Emily King, was killed at the Vista Condo Complex in Newhall on Feb. 4.

An 86-year-old Kansas City man has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the man’s doorbell by mistake.

Authorities are asking for help to solve the killing of a Newhall art student. Video broadcast Friday Feb. 14, 2025 on Today in LA.

The AUSA’s resignation follows his boss, the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and other DOJ officials who stepped down this week

A man from Memphis, Tennessee, has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife during their honeymoon in Fiji in 2022.

Three staffers at an Arlington charter school are facing felony charges in an ongoing investigation into allegations of child grooming and an improper relationship with a student.

More than 160,000 counterfeit stamps were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection last weekend at the Chicago International Mail Branch.

Closing arguments are expected to begin Thursday in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom in the gun assault trial of rapper A$AP Rocky.

A jury has delivered a split verdict against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, finding him guilty on 11 of 23 criminal counts in his case.

A staffer at FIFA reportedly has been arrested in Miami on suspicion of having sex with an underage boy while on a work trip from Zurich last year.

An Orange County law firm is stepping up to assist crime victims, offering free legal services in response to a troubling rise in burglaries—particularly impacting the Asian American community. 

An Orange County law firm is stepping up to assist crime victims, offering free legal services in response to a troubling rise in burglaries—particularly impacting the Asian American community. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025.

The family of a 22-year-old woman who was shot and killed in West Athens last year continue their search for the gunman who took the life of their loved one. Karma Dickerson reports for the NBC4 News at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025.

A California teen accused of making hundreds of swatting calls and offering swatting-for-a-fee services pleaded guilty to making hoax threats to schools, religious institutions and government officials about mass shootings and bombings across the country.

A reward was announced in the shooting death of a driver who was about to enter a LA County freeway.