Crime and Courts

Ahead of Karen Read‘s retrial, the prosecution has suggested in court that the defense “instigated” the since-closed federal investigation of how the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office handled the case. The claim was included as the prosecution moved, in new court filings, to keep several defense witnesses from testifying. The battle is playing out with just over two weeks before...

An Australian woman narrowly avoided jail on Monday over her plans to sell on the black market two human toes that had been regurgitated by dogs at the animal shelter where she worked. Joanna Kathlyn Kinman, 48, was not present at the animal shelter in the southeastern state of Victoria when the two dogs vomited up the toes and other...

Robert Morris surrendered to officials in Oklahoma, where he was charged last week with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child.

Audio from a 911 call made after four University of Idaho college students were fatally stabbed reveals the panic of the survivors as they struggled to understand what occurred, NBC News reported. The 911 audio call made on the morning of Nov. 13, 2022, was obtained by NBC News on Friday, about two weeks after the transcript of the call was entered into court...

A Los Angeles County jury awarded a man with $50 million after he suffered severe burn injuries from a hot drink at a Starbucks drive-thru.

At the president’s Department of Justice speech, members of the Massachusetts Sheriff Association were sitting in the audience and calling for a collaborative tone from the commander-in-chief.

A Maryland judge has formally sentenced Adnan Syed to the time he’s already served in prison.

The man who was killed in an officer-involved shooting last week in Boylston, Massachusetts, has been identified, and an outside attorney has been brought in to review the case, authorities said Friday.

According to the indictment, Combs used the “power and prestige” he wielded as a music mogul to intimidate, threaten and lure women into his orbit, often under the pretense of a romantic relationship.

Bestselling mystery writer Brendan DuBois has been sentenced to prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of possessing child sexual abuse material.

President Donald Trump used a triumphant visit to the Justice Department on Friday to air a litany of grievances about the criminal investigations that threatened to torpedo his political career, decrying in often profane terms his adversaries and casting himself as a victim of unfair and biased prosecutions.

The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the school unless it cedes control of an international studies department and implements sweeping changes to other campus policies. In a letter sent Thursday night, federal officials said the university must immediately place its Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Department...

A Boston medical worker was sentenced with 9-12 years in state prison followed by 3 years of probation Friday after being found guilty of six counts of indecent assault and battery in early March. Damien Knighton, 41, was also ordered to register as a sex offender and never work in the medical field in Massachusetts again, according to the Suffolk…

Karen Read’s attempt to have a federal court intervene in her closely watched Massachusetts murder case before her retrial was denied on Thursday.

A father in Missouri was sentenced to 13 years in prison for shooting and wounding a St. Louis youth football coach over his son’s playing time.

A Virginia high school track athlete is facing a misdemeanor charge following a viral video of her at a meet where her competitor gets struck in the head with a baton.

A Massachusetts State Police trooper appeared in court and pleaded not guilty Thursday after being accused of proposing that he not have a driver’s car towed in Boston in exchange for a sex act.

Officials described the disturbing conditions that a Waterbury, Connecticut, man endured during 20 years of captivity.

The wife of “Ghost Adventures” star Aaron Goodwin was arrested last week on allegations that she was plotting to have him assassinated, according to a police report.

Investigators believe they have solved the killings of an elderly woman and her adult daughter, whose bodies were discovered after Christmas 2023 at a Maine dog kennel.