Crime and Courts

Prosecutors are seeking more than seven years in prison for disgraced former congressman George Santos after he pleaded guilty to federal fraud and identity theft charges. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York argues in a court filing filed Friday that a significant sentence was warranted because the New York Republican’s “unparalleled crimes” had “made a mockery”...

In this episode of “Canton Confidential,” Ronald Estanislao, a juror in Karen Read’s first trial, reveals his thoughts on her claim, now with the Supreme Court, that two charges against her should be dropped because the jury was ready to acquit her. He also shares his thoughts on another former member of the jury joining Read’s defense team for her...

In what one tax expert called a “bombshell” decision, a state appeals court ruled this week that a tech founder’s sale of his interests in his company could be taxed as Massachusetts income, even though he no longer lived in Massachusetts at the time of the sale.

Karen Read’s legal team continues to try to have the murder charge against her dismissed even as jury selection continues for her second trial.

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The British comedian and actor was charged with two counts of rape, indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault.

British police have charged comedian Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault after an investigation sparked by complaints from several women.

Jury selection continued for Karen Read’s retrial on Friday, but the day ended with the same number of jurors selected.

As jury selection for Karen Read’s retrial continues — 10 jurors have been selected — her legal team has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court, contending that two charges in the case should be dropped. ...

Legal experts help explain what it means, and we go to the town of Canton, which is reviewing a new audit of the police department,...

Karen Read has taken her case for dropping two of the three charges against her to the highest court in the country.

The convictions and death sentence of the one-time leader of an Atwater Village street gang, who police believed committed at least a dozen murders and who was once on the US Marshals most-wanted list, were overturned Thursday by the California Supreme Court, which found a juror was improperly dismissed during deliberations. Timothy McGhee was found guilty in 2007 of three...

The owner of the Boston-area’s Stash’s Pizza shops was sentenced to two further years in prison on Wednesday for defrauding the U.S. Small Business Administration out of about $500,000, federal prosecutors said.

A Maine man shot and killed his mother while they were driving in a car Wednesday, then got out of the vehicle and began shooting at passing vehicles, killing another woman and injuring two other drivers before shooting and killing himself, police said.

A woman fleeing police with a child in her vehicle hit three Foxborough, Massachusetts, police cruisers before being arrested on Thursday, officials said.

A California man’s attorneys say he’ll plead guilty to trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.C. In a court filing Wednesday, lawyers for Nicholas John Roske say he intends to plead guilty to attempting to murder a justice of the United States at a hearing next week. The charge carries...

A Florida influencer and self-described “dog mom” has been arrested after she filmed herself having sex with a dog for a social media user who paid for it, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.⁠ Logan Guminski, 27, was charged with two felonies, sexual activity involving an animal and filming sexual activity involving an animal. ⁠It was back in January...

The second murder trial against Karen Read begins with the process of seating a jury.

In a temporary restraining order petition, Arielle Konig said her husband, Dr. Gerhardt Konig, had accused her of having an affair and sexually abused and assaulted her.

A Hartford man has been charged with murder-for-hire in Vermont. The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont said a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a 43-year-old Hartford, Connecticut man with murder-for-hire and distribution of fentanyl, cocaine and cocaine base. Federal officials said law enforcement was working with a confidential informant who met with...

Luigi Mangione is accused of shooting UnitedHealhcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan. He pleaded not guilty to murder as an act of terror.

Jury selection has begun in the second murder trial of Karen Read, who is accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, by hitting him with her SUV in January 2022....

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