Crime and Courts

The two people gunned down outside a Jewish museum in Washington D.C. Wednesday were young Israeli Embassy staffers who were soon to be engaged.

The suspected gunman was arrested after two Israeli Embassy staffers were shot outside of D.C.’s Capital Jewish museum on Wednesday night.

Rapper Kid Cudi took the witness stand Thursday at the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs.

Two Israeli Embassy staff, couple Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, were killed at the Capital Jewish Museum in D.C. See live updates here.

More than 100,000 pounds of illegal fireworks were found and seized by fire officials in Los Angeles County, Cal Fire confirmed Wednesday.

A judge sentenced three men to decades in prison for facilitating a years-long drug-induced robbery scheme at NYC gay bars that ultimately killed two men.

International robbery fugitive Edward Deveaux was returned to the United States last week, the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office announced.

Police in Lindenwold, Camden County, have made an arrest in the dumping of a dog in a trash bag earlier this year.

A teenage university student from Massachusetts has agreed to plead guilty to charges in connection with the hacking and extortion of two U.S. companies, federal prosecutors say.

Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver says assault charges filed against her after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor are no more than “political intimidation,” and she anticipates her day in court, she told NBC News on Capitol Hill Tuesday. Interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba alleges McIver attacked officers who were trying to detain Mayor Ras Baraka outside an...

All charges have been dropped against Jaadir Goodwyn, the man accused of a hit-and-run crash that injured three nurses who were helping a shooting victim outside of a Philadelphia hospital last year. 

The parole hearing for Erik and Lyle Menendez brothers has been pushed back from June 13 to late August.

The capture of Gary C. Price, 21, means six inmates are still at large and the subject of a manhunt by more than 200 law enforcement personnel.

New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor said Monday that she’s charging Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver with assault after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor outside an immigration detention center.

Just days before 10 men broke out of a New Orleans jail, officials with the sheriff’s office asked for money to fix faulty locks and cell doors deemed a key factor in the escape.

The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said multiple roosters were roaming the property when they responded, for a total of 72 birds at the scene.

Two defendants accused of bribing former Sen. Bob Menendez with cash and gold bars have reported to federal prison.  Businessman Wael Hana and developer Fred Daibes surrendered to FCI Fairton in south New Jersey Monday morning.  Daibes and Hana were convicted along with Menendez in July on 16 counts.  A third businessman, Jose Uribe, pleaded guilty and testified against his co-conspirators...

Photos released Friday by the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office offer a look at how officials believe 10 inmates escaped from a jail in New Orleans.

Officials in New Orleans announced a manhunt after 11 inmates broke out of an Orleans Parish jail early Friday morning.