Crime and Courts

A congressman was the victim of an armed carjacking in Navy Yard in Southeast D.C. on Monday night, two law enforcement sources told News4. 

The Long Island woman accused of killing an 87-year-old voice coach when she callously shoved her to the ground in an alleged unprovoked attack on a Manhattan street pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nearly a decade in prison.

British media are reporting that a second British police force is looking into sexual offenses allegedly committed by actor and comedian Russell Brand.

Video played in court shows the encounter between a YouTube prankster and the food delivery driver who shot him inside a Virginia mall.

A New Jersey man deliberately drove his SUV into a home and the offices of a municipal police department last week, authorities announced Friday.

Scott Hall, one of the 18 defendants charged along with former President Donald Trump for allegedly interfering with the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia, pleaded guilty to the charges against him Friday.

Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones was taken into custody early Friday and arrested on accusations of violating a domestic violence temporary protection order.

A member of the Proud Boys extremist group who disappeared days before he was supposed to be sentenced for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot was found unconscious by federal agents after he tried to “covertly return” to his home.

A former St. Louis, Missouri, area police officer was accused this week in a federal indictment of groping eight men he’d handcuffed and sexually abusing one of them, prosecutors said Thursday.

A $1.5 million Buddha statue weighing nearly 250 pounds that was stolen from a Southern California gallery has been recovered.

Authorities have arrested the man suspected of killing of Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere, a U.S. Marshal confirmed, as police announced plans to reveal details of the capture following a major manhunt.

Colorado Bureau of Investigation agents found the remains of the 49-year-old mother of two daughters while searching Friday 40 miles south of Salida, where she was reported missing

One of six men charged in Texas over 53 migrants who died last year in a sweltering tractor-trailer has pleaded guilty to smuggling-related charges.

A federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s election interference case in Washington, D.C., had denied his request that she recuse herself from the case.

Sen. Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal charges accusing him of pocketing bribes of cash and gold bars in exchange for wielding his political influence to secretly advance Egyptian interests and do favors for local businessmen.

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is due in court to answer to federal charges alleging the Democrat used his powerful post to secretly advance Egyptian interests and carry out other favors for New Jersey businessmen in exchange for bribes of cash and gold bars.

A Wisconsin woman convicted of killing and dismembering a former boyfriend and scattering his body parts at various locations was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole.

A former children’s pastor in southern Missouri told police he stabbed his wife and children before he set their house on fire in the early morning hours of Sept. 16. 

A California man whom prosecutors say was fixated on arresting Democratic leaders and training for combat with paintball fights after the 2020 presidential election has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot.

A judge granted Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ request to restrict identifying information about jurors in the Georgia election interference case.