Crime and Courts

The Onion’s winning bid for Alex Jones’ Infowars platform is under review by a federal bankruptcy judge after Jones and his lawyers raised concerns about how an auction was conducted.

A Venezuelan man “went hunting for females on the University of Georgia’s campus” earlier this year and ended up killing nursing student Laken Riley after a struggle, a prosecutor said Friday.

The Supreme Court of Texas ruled on Friday that a legislative subpoena cannot stop the execution of Robert Roberson.

The Supreme Court of Texas ruled Friday that a legislative subpoena cannot stop an execution and that “the legislature lacks the authority to upend a final judgment of the judiciary.”

A New Hampshire woman will spend more than two years in prison, partly because she wanted to see Tom Brady and the Buccaneers play the Patriots.

One person is in custody after a man was fatally shot in a Walmart parking lot in Frisco on Wednesday night. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the details.

One person is in custody after a man was fatally shot Wednesday night in a Walmart parking lot in Frisco.

A South Florida businessman accused in the February disappearance of his estranged wife in Spain is now facing a murder charge in the case.

California officials say four people were arrested after a person dressed in a bear costume faked attacks on cars for insurance payouts.

Families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims say the satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction.

A California teen accused of making hundreds of swatting calls and offering swatting-for-a-fee services pleaded guilty to making hoax threats to schools, religious institutions and government officials about mass shootings and bombings across the country.

A Miami man has pleaded guilty in a $16 million bribery and money laundering scheme involving his father, a former government official in Ecuador, prosecutors said.

The Oklahoma city police department has released video showing an officer slamming an elderly Asian man to the ground during a recent traffic stop. KFOR’s Adria Goins reports.

Conspiracy theory purveyor Infowars and most of its assets are set to go on the auction block on Wednesday.

The operation uncovered a network of forgers in Spain, France and Belgium who produced the works, said Eurojust, the European Union agency for judicial cooperation.

Federal prosecutors from all four Texas districts converged in North Texas to address the concerning rise in family violence homicides. Last year, 205 Texans lost their lives to domestic violence, with 179 of those victims being women. NBC 5’s Alicia Barrera delves deeper into this issue.

Apologetic rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was sentenced Tuesday to 45 days in prison by a federal judge who said repeated violations of his probation after his cooperation against a violent gang won him leniency in a criminal case show that he doesn’t have sufficient respect for judicial system rules.

A loyal dog that refused to leave his dead owner’s side helped solve the case of her murder by allowing detectives to identify her body, prosecutors said.

New developments in the massive backlog of sexual assault evidence in Fort Worth. Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes acknowledged on Monday he was aware a year ago that 0hundreds of rape kits had missed state testing deadlines. Senior investigative reporter Scott Friedman asked that question in a frank and open discussion with the chief.

A man accused of murder after a 911 call about a fake bear attack in the mountains of Tennessee led authorities to a dead man in October has been found and arrested, police said Sunday, NBC News reported.