Crime and Courts

The complaint said the back door of the truck opened by unknown means, leading to three bags of U.S. currency falling out.

Scott Peterson said in a declaration seeking to overturn his murder conviction that he had “absolutely nothing to do with the disappearance and deaths of my wife and son.”

A Texas mother who officials say took alcoholic Jell-O shots to her child’s elementary school Christmas party has been arrested.

A judge declared a mistrial in the sexual assault case involving former Flyers goalie Carter Hart.

Mangione faces four federal charges, for which prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

The former GOP representative had pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges.

The New York Republican pleaded guilty last summer to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

A judge declared a mistrial Friday in the sexual assault case involving former Flyer Carter Hart and other ex-members of Canada’s world junior hockey team.

Prosectors believe Mangione presents danger after he “expressed intent to target an entire industry, and rally political and social opposition.”

Kohberger is charged in the stabbing deaths of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves at a rental home near campus in Moscow, Idaho, on Nov. 13, 2022.

A judge has ruled that prosecutors can pursue the death penalty against Pennsylvania native Bryan Kohberger if he is convicted of murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022.

Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who lied about his life story and defrauded donors, faces sentencing in federal court on Friday.

The 43-year-old is accused of raping six women over five months in a depraved rampage in which he punched, waterboarded and shocked victims with a cattle prod and kept recordings of the assaults as trophies.

Florida police have released video of the arrest of a suspect accused of kidnapping the wife of her ex-boyfriend by impersonating an ICE agent.

Officials released video of the April 10 arrest of a suspect accused of kidnapping a woman by impersonating a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.

The Defender Association of Philadelphia continues to be committed to representing people after a Dominican man was recently detained by ICE following a court hearing.

James is Batt is accused of stealing money from Alice Lineman’s estate in Montgomery County.

Andre Brown had his conviction overturned after serving more than half of the sentence behind bars. But after three years of freedom, he may be heading back to prison, unless top officials intervene.

Families of the school shooting victims reached a settlement with the city of Uvalde, Texas, where nineteen children and two teachers were killed.

Not far from where a gunman killed 23 while targeting Hispanics at a Texas Walmart, victims’ family members and survivors got a chance to address him.