Crime and Courts

The man arrested on murder and arson charges in the death of a woman who was set on fire inside a subway train has been arraigned, while police said the identity of the victim was still “pending.” Sebastian Zapeta was arraigned on Tuesday and has another court appearance set for Friday. Police say surveillance video from Sunday morning showed a...

A one-day enforcement operation targeting organized retail crime statewide in collaboration with local law enforcement agencies led to 117 arrests, said the California Highway Patrol on Tuesday.

Defense lawyers say the former longtime CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch may have dementia, and a competency hearing is necessary to determine if he can face sex charges.

New Mexico prosecutors won’t pursue an appeal of a court’s decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin.

New York City police charged Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, with starting the blaze that killed a sleeping woman in a subway car.

The Guatemalan man, who officials say was in the U.S. illegally, is accused of lighting a sleeping woman on fire.

Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to murder and weapons charges in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson during his arraignment on Monday morning.

His initial appearance in New York State Supreme Court was preempted by federal prosecutors bringing their own charges over the shooting.

A George Mason University freshman was arrested by the FBI and charged with distributing information about weapons of mass destruction online, after plotting a mass-casualty attack against people at the Israeli consulate in New York, according to court documents.

An Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike will face the maximum sentence of 130 years in prison, a judge ruled Friday in the case that’s long cast a shadow over the teens’ small hometown of Delphi.

Two Romanian nationals accused of posing as fake immigration agents to rob people in Southern California were in Orange County Superior Court.

Luigi Mangione, the accused killer of the UnitedHealth CEO, was helicoptered to New York Thursday after waiving extradition earlier while in Pennsylvania. Conan Nolan reports for the NBC4 News at 3 p.m. on Dec. 18, 2024.

A Southern California political operative is accused of acting on behalf of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as an illegal foreign agent. 

Signal Hill Police Chief Wayne Byerley died Wednesday evening after a medical emergency while working, the city announced Thursday.

A lawyer for celebrity pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes filed a motion seeking more information about four YouTube accounts posting salacious misinformation about him.

A former bank teller is accused of embezzling more than $180,000 from customer accounts, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Thursday.

Boston Scientific’s Relievant Medsystems used at least 25 unclaimed bodies for training, including that of a murdered 21-year-old woman whose family was fighting to bring her home. The company said it didn’t know.

Aurimar Iturriago Villegas left Venezuela hoping to lift her family out of poverty. When she was murdered, her corpse became a commodity in the U.S. body trade.

The Ivy League graduate was indicted on murder as an act of terrorism in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Dozens of men, including the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot, were found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting her in a historic trial that shocked France.