Crime and Courts

An Idaho teenager has been arrested in connection with the body of an infant found last month at a hospital in a box meant for people to anonymously give up a newborn, police said Friday.

A decision on whether Sean “Diddy” Combs’ will be released on bail was pushed back to next week by the judge overseeing his sex-trafficking case.

He may be nicknamed the “Preppy Predator,” but police warn that an alleged robber in Manhattan should be considered extremely dangerous.

A civil jury in Ireland has found that mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor sexually assaulted a woman in a hotel penthouse in 2018.

The NBA and NFL is urging its players to take additional precautions to secure their homes following reports of recent high-profile burglaries of dwellings.

The victim reported being punched and kicked while the suspect allegedly screamed derogatory terms at her such as “you’re not a woman, you’re a man.”

Thursday’s short filing says “all claims against Defendant … are hereby dismissed with prejudice.”

Leilani Simon was convicted of murder in the death of 20-month-old Quinton Simon. She will be eligible for parole.

A missing Kansas woman who disappeared this year and was found in a freezer buried in a cow pasture in the Oklahoma panhandle was killed in a stabbing attack that left her with dozens of wounds, according to a medical examiner’s report.

A former Kentucky sheriff was indicted Thursday in the slaying of a judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers two months ago, shocking a tiny Appalachian community.

Danny Masterson’s defense team is facing criticism and possible legal action for allegedly contacting jurors after his conviction in his rape trial.

Officials in Lehigh County say Jayleen Rivas-Rodriguez has pled guilty after her 22-month-old child died of an overdose while in her care in April of 2021.

A Florida man who allegedly impersonated billionaire SpaceX founder Elon Musk on Facebook defrauded an elderly woman out of at least a quarter of a million dollars, police said.

John Ramsey, the father of JonBenét Ramsey, is still searching for his daughter’s killer, nearly three decades after she was found dead in their Boulder, Colorado, home in 1996.

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned the criminal conviction of actor Jussie Smollett, accused of faking a 2019 attack in Chicago.

On Thursday, the International Criminal Court issued warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes.

A judge has ruled that the death penalty will remain a possibility for a man charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students.

A former doctor has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing multiple patients, including children, over the span of years in the New York area.

The homes of NFL teammates Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce were burglarized last month. NBA stars Bobby Portis and Mike Conley Jr. also recently had their homes broken into.

A federal judge sentenced a former Dallas anesthesiologist caught on camera tampering with IV bags to 190 years in prison. His actions killed a fellow doctor and causing patients to go into cardiac arrest. NBC 5’s Sophia Beausoleil spoke to the widow of one of the victims.