Crime and Courts

A Georgia businessman has been convicted of cheating former NBA stars Dwight Howard and Chandler Parsons of $8 million after a trial in Manhattan federal court.

A pair from Philadelphia will face trial for assault on police, multiple thefts and risking the lives of others after officials said they tried to get away with the crimes. This massive heist happened at a Montgomery County Lululemon. NBC10’s Deanna Durante was there as the pair faced a judge in a courtroom.

Author Robert Rant said he found a letter written by Erik Menendez to his cousin, alleging ongoing sexual abuse by his father.

A Colorado man accused of poisoning his wife’s protein shakes and killing her is accused of trying to recruit “attractive women” to give false testimony at his trial, Aurora police say, according to NBC affiliate KUSA in Denver.

Mark Geragos, the defense attorney for Lyle and Erik Menendez said he is “hopeful” that he could get them released by the end of the year.

A woman who allegedly worked as a hair-and-makeup stylist for Garth Brooks said he raped her, according to a new lawsuit.

Prosecutors in Los Angeles are reviewing new evidence in the case of the Menendez brothers, who were convicted of killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion more than 35 years ago, the city’s district attorney said Thursday.

Three former Memphis police officers were convicted Thursday in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, but were acquitted of the harshest charges they faced for a death that sparked national protests and calls for broad changes in policing.

Omaha’s police chief says an officer followed protocol when he shot a fleeing armed man eight times, killing him.

Closing arguments are underway in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights in a fatal beating.

The former president and vice president of a Penn State fraternity where pledge Timothy Piazza fell and later died after consuming a large amount of alcohol will spend time behind bars. A judge sentenced Brendan Young and Daniel Casey on Tuesday to two to four months in jail after they pleaded guilty to hazing and reckless endangerment.

A former anti-violence youth mentor is going to spend 10 years in federal prison for gun trafficking. He was sentenced for selling illegal firearms from South Carolina on the streets of Philadelphia. He was one of seven people involved in the scheme to move firearms up the so-called “iron pipeline.” He once worked for the NOMO Foundation who released a...

The LAPD said Tuesday that the parents of three teenagers who were allegedly shown in security video from recent flash mob-style robberies at convenience stores had brought their children to police stations so they could be arrested.

A Texas-based attorney said he’s representing more than a hundred accusers in a series of new civil lawsuits he’ll file against Diddy.

Federal prosecutors say a network of illegal drug sellers packaged potentially deadly synthetic opioids into pills disguised as common prescription drugs and sold millions of them through fake online drugstores.

A woman told a judge that it was her intention to kill both her parents and dismember their bodies as a way to hide them. She plead guilty to the murders but also said she’s suffering from mental illness. NBC10’s Leah Uko shares more from what happened inside the courtroom.

An 81-year-old Montana man was sentenced Monday to six months in federal prison for illegally using tissue and testicles from large sheep hunted in Central Asia and the U.S. to create hybrid sheep for captive trophy hunting in Texas and Minnesota.

In a letter signed by both parents, they agreed that there “will be no changing y’all two’s minds and to never contact again” the buyer.

Two more people were arrested and charged in connection to last weekend’s dangerous car meet-ups that happened throughout the city of Philadelphia, police said.

“Let these thieves know that we’re out there… and we’re coming to stop you,” Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports on a Friday summit dealing with strategies for stopping organized retail theft rings.