Crime and Courts

A Missouri man who crashed a rental truck into barriers protecting the White House was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison for an attack that prosecutors said was inspired by his fascination with Nazi ideology, court records show.

The truck driver in a Texas smuggling attempt that ended in the deaths of 53 migrants in a sweltering tractor-trailer without air conditioner has pleaded guilty.

“This situation was cleared up quickly, largely due to the juvenile’s disposition, patience, and cooperation,” the sheriff’s office said. The girl was handcuffed for seven minutes.

Ruth Monroe had just won $200 from a lottery ticket she had purchased at a convenience store when she was attacked by a man in the parking lot.

The deal was announced after Giuliani was a no-show at the trial to determine the fate of his World Series rings and Florida home.

Less than 4% of reported rapes, sexual assaults, and child sex abuse allegations in certain cities across the United States ever result in a sex crime conviction, an NBC News investigation found.

A Denton, Texas, man accused of stalking WNBA star Caitlin Clark and sending threatening and sexually explicit messages via social media had his first court appearance in Indianapolis on Tuesday.

A company linked to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is now offering over $7 million to buy his Infowars platforms as part of Jones’ bankruptcy.

An Allentown police officer and a former vice officer were charged with raping the same victim over a decade ago, according to Lehigh County officials.

Michael Scheuer, who had been a Disney menu production manager, in one instance added a swastika to a menu during hack, prosecutors said.

A Manhattan judge chose a sentence that sidestepped thorny constitutional issues to end the case but assures Trump will become the first person convicted of a felony to assume the presidency.

A judge can sentence a defendant to unconditional discharge. What does that mean and how often is it used?

In a singular moment in U.S. history, President-elect Donald Trump faces sentencing Friday for his New York hush money conviction after the nation’s highest court refused to intervene. Like so much else in the criminal case and the current American political landscape, the scenario set to unfold in an austere Manhattan courtroom was unimaginable only a few years ago. A state judge...

Judge Juan Merchan isn’t going to sentence Donald Trump to jail before he takes office.

A New Jersey school bus aide charged in the death of a 6-year-old girl took the stand in her own defense on the same day the jury saw new video showing what occurred leading up to the child’s death — and as prosecutors alleged the woman was on her phone the whole time.

Actor Alec Baldwin has filed a civil lawsuit for malicious prosecution and civil rights violations in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie “Rust.”

A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to delay his sentencing in his hush money case in New York.

A judge has ruled that a Wisconsin woman who stabbed her sixth grade classmate to please horror character Slender Man can be released from a psychiatric hospital.

Federal authorities executed a search warrant Tuesday in St. Louis in connection with an investigation in Puerto Rico of a tourist accused of setting businesses on fire last week.

Prosecutors say the 36-year-old Santos has earned more than $400,000 from appearances on Cameo, the video-sharing website, and another $400,000 from a new documentary.