Crime and Courts

Los Angeles County’s new top prosecutor will take office when he is sworn in Tuesday at a Hall of Justice ceremony in downtown LA.

Benefield, 33, was convicted of manslaughter in July for a killing that she said was self-defense. Florida prosecutors had charged her with murder.

A 47-year-oldFlorida woman has been sentenced to life in prison for zipping her boyfriend into a suitcase and leaving him to die of suffocation amid a history of domestic and alcohol abuse.

Investigators have video evidence of Kobayashi crossing the border into Mexico on foot, the LAPD confirmed. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024.

Jamie Lee Komoroski pleaded guilty Monday to reckless homicide and three felony driving under the influence charges.

With Nathan Hochman less than 24 hours away from being sworn in as Los Angeles County’s next District Attorney, he shares how he expects to execute his new role and how he plans to keep the county safe and how he will handle the Menendez brothers’ case.

The Los Angeles Police Department said Monday it had video that showed Hannah Kobayashi, the woman from Hawaii who vanished last month after landing at LAX, crossing the border into Mexico, and said there was no evidence of foul play in her disappearance.

Burglars ransacked a family arcade in San Bernardino over several days during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the business’ owner said.

The body of a 7-year-old boy has been recovered after he went missing over the weekend in Two Rivers, Wisconsin.

The Los Angeles Police Department believes the Hawaii woman missing after arriving at LAX may have intentionally missed her flight. This video was broadcast on the NBC4 News at 5 a.m. on Dec. 2, 2024. 

“I never went a day without worrying or thinking about if they had a terrible ending to their life,” Christine Heller Seaman said about her grandparents Charles and Catherine Romer, who were reported missing in April 1980.

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been denied bail as he awaits a May sex trafficking trial.

Police in Boulder, Colorado, are refuting assertions that there is viable evidence and leads about the 1996 killing of JonBenet Ramsey that they are not pursuing.

After a judge on Tuesday said Rudy Giuliani was not complying with court orders to surrender his assets to the two Georgia election workers he falsely accused of election fraud during the 2020 election, former New York City Mayor said that he’s struggling to make ends meet.

Two companies have cut ties with Conor McGregor after a civil court jury in Ireland ruled that he must pay a woman who accused him of raping her more than $250,000.

A Massachusetts man who spent 27 years in jail for a murder he claims that he didn’t commit has been awarded $13 million by a jury.

Marlena Velez, 22, is alleged to have stolen items from a Target in Cape Coral, Florida, by scanning false bar codes with cheaper prices, police said.

About 3,000 counterfeit Gibson guitars are seized at a SoCal port. See why they struck the wrong chord with investigators.

The LA County District Attorney’s office has asked the court to delay the deadline for its response to the petition until December 20, 2024.

Authorities say a suspected terrorist wanted in the U.S. for two bombings in the San Francisco area in 2003 has appeared in a London courtroom after being captured in the U.K.