Crime and Courts

Authorities have arrested the man suspected of killing of Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere, a U.S. Marshal confirmed, as police announced plans to reveal details of the capture following a major manhunt.

Colorado Bureau of Investigation agents found the remains of the 49-year-old mother of two daughters while searching Friday 40 miles south of Salida, where she was reported missing

One of six men charged in Texas over 53 migrants who died last year in a sweltering tractor-trailer has pleaded guilty to smuggling-related charges.

Dayjia Blackwell, the social media influencer known as Meatball, was arrested after she livestreamed looting in Philadelphia on Tuesday night. NBC10’s Rosemary Connors has more on the investigation.

A federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s election interference case in Washington, D.C., had denied his request that she recuse herself from the case.

Social media influencer Meatball was arrested during the looting in Philadelphia and has been charged.

Sen. Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal charges accusing him of pocketing bribes of cash and gold bars in exchange for wielding his political influence to secretly advance Egyptian interests and do favors for local businessmen.

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is due in court to answer to federal charges alleging the Democrat used his powerful post to secretly advance Egyptian interests and carry out other favors for New Jersey businessmen in exchange for bribes of cash and gold bars.

A Wisconsin woman convicted of killing and dismembering a former boyfriend and scattering his body parts at various locations was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole.

A Delaware State Trooper could lose his job and spend years in prison after prosecutors said he punched a handcuffed teenager in Elsmere in August after the teen played a prank. NBC10’s Tim Furlong has more on the indictment and what the body and dash cam video showed.

Former Philadelphia Police officer Mark Dial had been charged with first-degree murder and other offenses in connection with the death of Eddie Irizarry. In court Tuesday, the judge ruled the shooting was justifiable. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle has more on the ruling and reaction from Irizarry’s family.

A former children’s pastor in southern Missouri told police he stabbed his wife and children before he set their house on fire in the early morning hours of Sept. 16. 

A California man whom prosecutors say was fixated on arresting Democratic leaders and training for combat with paintball fights after the 2020 presidential election has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot.

As the number of lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle calling for Bob Menendez to resign grows amid his indictment on federal bribery charges, the senior senator from New Jersey just lost the support from one of his closest allies in congress.

NBC10’s Rosemary Connors and Miguel Martinez-Valle report Tuesday moments after a Philadelphia judge dismissed murder charges against former Philadelphia Police Officer Mark Dial in the caught-on-camera shooting of Eddie Irizarry during a traffic stop. Irizarry’s family vows to continue to fight to hold Dial accountable.

Charges against officer Mark Dial — who killed 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry during a traffic stop in Kensington in August — have been dismissed citing lack of evidence. The family of Irizarry filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the officer and his partner.

Officials said that Pennsylvania state troopers responded to a Montgomery County home Sunday, after a man “placed a call to an FBI Threat Assessment Center and indicated that he may have hurt his family members.”

Mark Dial is expected in a Philadelphia courtroom Tuesday for a preliminary hearing. The suspended police officer is accused of shooting and killing Eddie Irizarry during an August traffic stop.

A judge granted Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ request to restrict identifying information about jurors in the Georgia election interference case.

The victims, ages 19, 20 and 21, were chased and attacked in San Diego’s Ocean Beach neighborhood on June 6, subjected to a racial epithet and told they didn’t belong there, prosecutors said in a news release.