Crime and Courts

New York City police charged Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, with starting the blaze that killed a sleeping woman in a subway car.

The Guatemalan man, who officials say was in the U.S. illegally, is accused of lighting a sleeping woman on fire.

Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to murder and weapons charges in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson during his arraignment on Monday morning.

His initial appearance in New York State Supreme Court was preempted by federal prosecutors bringing their own charges over the shooting.

Two men were found guilty this week in federal court of kidnapping, torturing and fatally shooting two truckers execution-style before dumping their bodies outside an abandoned Opa-locka neighborhood back in 2020.

In a case that has drawn national attention because of its lurid allegations, the twin brothers accused of raping multiple women, Oren and Alon Alexander, were in federal court Friday to be arraigned. 

In a case that has drawn national attention because of its lurid allegations, the twin brothers accused of raping multiple women, Oren and Alon Alexander, were in federal court Friday to be arraigned.  NBC6’s Ari Odzer reports

Two men were found guilty this week in federal court of kidnapping, torturing and fatally shooting two truckers execution-style before dumping their bodies outside an abandoned Opa-locka neighborhood back in 2020. NBC6’s Lorena Inclan reports

Jurors on Friday recommended life in prison for the pair convicted in the grisly murders of a Miami couple that inspired the 2013 film “Pain & Gain.”

A George Mason University freshman was arrested by the FBI and charged with distributing information about weapons of mass destruction online, after plotting a mass-casualty attack against people at the Israeli consulate in New York, according to court documents.

Two men are behind bars Friday after police responded to a business burglary in Coral Springs.

Police are searching for a third suspect involved in a reported burglary at a business in Coral Springs. 

An Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike will face the maximum sentence of 130 years in prison, a judge ruled Friday in the case that’s long cast a shadow over the teens’ small hometown of Delphi.

A substitute teacher was arrested Thursday after he allegedly inappropriately touched three students under the age of 16 at a Hialeah middle school.

Three students under the age of 16 said the man touched them inappropriately at school.

After 12 years without answers, a suspect was identified in the robbery and fatal shooting of a 16-year-old in Miami, now that a single witness has come forward. NBC6’s Lorena Inclan reports

A lawyer for celebrity pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes filed a motion seeking more information about four YouTube accounts posting salacious misinformation about him.

According to an arrest warrant, 30-year-old Adrian Oneal Grimes, also known as “Peanut” or “Nut,” is the man responsible for killing teenager Bryan Herrera on Dec. 22, 2012.

A former bank teller is accused of embezzling more than $180,000 from customer accounts, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Thursday.

Boston Scientific’s Relievant Medsystems used at least 25 unclaimed bodies for training, including that of a murdered 21-year-old woman whose family was fighting to bring her home. The company said it didn’t know.