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A New York man who was convicted and behind bars last month for raping a high school senior and holding her captive for days is now accused of orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot along with his girlfriend and a minor to allegedly take out the people who put him in jail, authorities said. Alexander Kise, 21, […]

Several southern French cities are imposing night-time curfews on unaccompanied children to reduce youth violence.  The right-wing mayor of Béziers this week banned any unsupervised under-13s on the streets of three districts between 11pm and 6am. Robert Ménard said his move was a response to the “increasing number of young minors left to their own […]

An 18-year-old Missouri teen is behind bars after police say his GPS bracelet connected him to nine burglaries committed in a single night, authorities said. Leslie James III is being held without bail at the St. Louis City Justice Center, according to court records. He has been charged with 31 felony and misdemeanor counts including […]

An Illinois high school teacher who left one of his students to die in the woods is now a free man. Sam Shelton, 44, was released from the Illinois Correctional Center on Monday, 17 years after he pled guilty to attempted murder. His victim, 17-year-old Ashley Reeves, somehow managed to survive not only the barrage […]

A teen in Alaska was arrested Monday in connection with the stabbing death of another teenager that took place during a fight at a movie theater, police said. The altercation involved multiple teens and occurred inside a theater at the Valley Cinema on Old Matanuska Road in Wasilla around 6:45 p.m. on April 12, the Wasilla Police department […]

Jamey Noel, a former sheriff and local GOP leader, is already the focus of a staggering Indiana criminal corruption case. Now he faces allegations from his family that he stole from them as well. In a separate civil case, Noel’s niece and nephews claim he defrauded them of tens of thousands that should have been […]

A manhunt for the individual who robbed an Ohio bank at gunpoint earlier this week ended with the arrest of a surprising suspect. Ann Mayers, 74, allegedly told investigators with the Fairfield Township Police Department (FTPD) that she was the person who walked into the AurGroup Financial Credit Union Bank and demanded a teller turn […]

A former premier of the British Virgin Islands has been convicted on drug trafficking charges in the US, highlighting the territory’s status as a “formidable cocaine trafficking hub”. Andrew Fahie, who led BVI from 2019 to 2022, was arrested in April 2022 after a US “sting operation” involving a confidential informant known as “Roberto Quintero”, […]

The aunt of two children killed after prosecutors say a drunk driver crashed into a birthday party addressed the court during the driver’s arraignment Tuesday. Marshella Chidester, 66, has been charged with murder and driving under the influence in connection with the deaths of Alanah Phillips, 8, and her 4-year-old brother Zayn, who were attending a […]

What is often the most magical night of high school for many students ended in tragedy and heartbreak in one Arkansas city.  Lorenzo Harrison III, an 18-year-old high school senior at Central High School in West Helena, was murdered in the early morning hours of Sunday while attending a prom afterparty, according to Arkansas State Police (ASP). His […]

A 14-year-old Mississippi girl called a friend and said “Ever seen a dead body?” not long after shooting her mother three times in the face, according to a police detective who testified during the girl’s murder trial. Carly Gregg is being tried as an adult in the March killing of her mother, high school teacher […]

What happened Prosecutors and former President Donald Trump’s lawyers presented their opening statements Monday as Trump’s first criminal trial got underway in Manhattan. Assistant District Attorney Matthew Colangelo laid out the government’s roadmap to convincing the jury Trump falsified records about a hush-money payment to a porn actress to illegally influence the 2016 election. Defense […]

New guidance will make it easier for police to protect people from stalkers after critics argued the standard of proof required to apply existing powers was too high. Stalking protection orders make it a criminal offence for perpetrators to approach or contact their victims, carrying a sentence of up to five years. But since coming […]

Lucy Letby is back in court this week seeking permission to appeal against her conviction for the murder of seven babies and attempted murder of six others. The former neonatal nurse was found guilty of committing the offences at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016. She was first arrested in […]

The daughter of a widowed woman who was found dead under what she claims are mysterious circumstances says her mother gave her entire life savings of $1.5 million to the grifter. Now, she’s speaking out to warn of the dangers of romance scams. Laura Kowal, 57, joined Match.com and fell in love with a man named […]

An Arkansas sheriff’s deputy filmed brutally beating a man pleaded guilty to federal civil rights offenses on Friday. Levi White, 34, is now in the custody of the U.S. Marshal Service, according to the court docket. He faces up to 10 years in prison after changing his plea three weeks before his federal trial. The […]

An Arkansas sheriff’s deputy filmed brutally beating a man pleaded guilty to federal civil rights offenses on Friday. Levi White, 34, is now in the custody of the U.S. Marshal Service, according to the court docket. He faces up to 10 years in prison after changing his plea three weeks before his federal trial. The […]

A 13-year-old boy in Florida is facing a felony charge after he pointed a laser at a helicopter piloted by the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office and told investigators he did so because he “was bored,” authorities said. Deputies in the helicopter radioed for assistance after being blinded by green laser lights being flashed at them, […]

A 10-year-old Texas boy has told investigators he shot a sleeping man in the head after breaking into the victim’s home when he was 7 years old, authorities said. The startling confession came as officers were interviewing the boy two weeks ago after school officials reported he had allegedly threatened to kill a classmate, according […]

The Karen Read murder trial is underway in Massachusetts, with jury selection expected to be complete by Monday. It may be no easy feat to find an impartial jury in the divisive case that has gripped the small town of Canton, located approximately 20 miles south of Boston. Read, an equity analyst and college professor […]

Scotland Yard and its beleaguered commissioner are under renewed scrutiny over their handling of Gaza protests in London. “Britain’s streets have become another frontier in the war between Israel and Hamas,” said The Times‘s crime editor Ben Ellery, “and often the police are being caught in the crossfire.” A “series of flashpoints” involving supporters of […]

The frustrated families of two young men are begging for answers in a mysterious case that began with three friends taking a late-night drive. Only one of them came home, authorities said. The bodies of Ausar Scott-Thomas, 21, and Quadir Diaz, 18, were pulled from Philadelphia waters weeks after they disappeared on March 7, police […]

Craig Ross Jr., the 47-year-old man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl he abducted while she was on a camping trip with her family, has been sentenced to 47 years to life in prison. In the courtroom, the prosecutor read a statement written by the 9-year-old victim. “Because of you, […]

Michigan State Police are finally sharing the tragic details surrounding the murder of Kayla Sedoskey after the sixth and final suspect in her death entered a guilty plea last week. A group of high school students stumbled upon the 23-year-old Michigan woman’s body wrapped in a tarp on March 2, 2023, at an abandoned juvenile […]

No criminal charges will be filed against a Los Angeles Police Department officer who opened fire at a suspect inside a clothing store, killing a 14-year-old girl who was hiding and praying with her mother in a dressing room, the California Attorney General’s office announced. Officer William Dorsey Jones Jr. fired three times as officers […]

A commercial has been made in an attempt to solve the murder of a 37-year-old woman who was killed while on a jog. Her mother appears in the 30-second commercial and hopes it will help crack the case. Patty Morin appears in the commercial tearfully asking for help in solving what happened to her daughter, […]

Jamey Noel is currently in jail. In a massive fall from grace, the once-powerful sheriff and GOP leader of Indiana’s Clark County is charged with a stunning list of criminal charges accusing him of using millions in taxpayer funds to buy scores of luxury cars, an airplane, designer clothes, vacation trips and college tuitions for […]

A nurse in Texas is accused of abandoning her two children while she went on a cruise. Lakesha Williams, 29, is charged with abandoning a child with intent to return after allegedly leaving her 6-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son alone in the family’s $3,500 apartment in Houston, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Inside […]