Crime and Courts

A Florida man has pleaded guilty in connection with the carjacking and kidnapping of a Connecticut couple, in what authorities call a failed ransom plot that may have been linked to a $240 million cryptocurrency heist. Michael Rivas was one of six men arrested after the series of events in Danbury on Aug. 25. He has plead guilty Thursday to...

Actor Alec Baldwin has filed a civil lawsuit for malicious prosecution and civil rights violations in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie “Rust.”

A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to delay his sentencing in his hush money case in New York.

A judge has ruled that a Wisconsin woman who stabbed her sixth grade classmate to please horror character Slender Man can be released from a psychiatric hospital.

A federal judge in New York will now decide the pre-trial fates of the Alexander brothers, the two successful real estate brokers who with another brother face sex trafficking charges. NBC6’s Tony Pipitone reports

A longtime Broward principal who was once named the county’s “Principal of the Year” has been arrested for allegedly impersonating police. NBC6’s Steve Litz reports

A former police officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol with fellow members of the Proud Boys extremist group has been sentenced to 14 months in prison. The federal judge who sentenced 32-year-old Nathaniel Tuck on Wednesday allowed him to report to prison at a date to be determined. Prosecutors say Tuck and other Proud Boys, including his father, were among...

A man was stabbed early Wednesday at a bus terminal in Fort Lauderdale, and police say the suspect took off. NBC6’s Bri Buckley reports.

A short video shows the police presence at a bus terminal in Broward County after a man was stabbed. 

A man was stabbed early Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale and police are still searching for the suspect, according to the Fort Lauderdale Police Department.

Federal authorities executed a search warrant Tuesday in St. Louis in connection with an investigation in Puerto Rico of a tourist accused of setting businesses on fire last week.

Prosecutors say the 36-year-old Santos has earned more than $400,000 from appearances on Cameo, the video-sharing website, and another $400,000 from a new documentary.

A Miami-Dade judge has ordered a North Miami Beach mother, who confessed to killing her 3-year-old daughter by strangling then stabbing her, to take psychiatric medications inside the county jail.

A Miramar woman who laundered millions of dollars that were stolen in romance scams was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison, authorities said.

A Miami-Dade judge has ordered a North Miami Beach mother, who confessed to killing her 3-year-old daughter by strangling then stabbing her, to take psychiatric medications inside the county jail.  

A Miramar woman who laundered millions of dollars that were stolen in romance scams was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison, authorities said.

An ex-gang leader is filing to dismiss all the charges against him in the killing of rap music icon Tupac Shakur decades ago, citing constitutional violations.

The man accused of being drunk when his car struck and killed NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and brother Matthew as they biked near their South Jersey hometown the night before their sister was to be married pleaded not guilty in court on Tuesday morning. Prosecutors have offered a plea deal.

A Florida International University student was arrested for making a bomb threat on Instagram. Ronaldo Hernandez-Padron, 18, apologized as he walked out of jail on Monday night: “It was a joke and it was a very bad joke and I’m extremely sorry for making it.” NBC6’s Jamie Guirola reports

Four San Diego State University fraternity members pleaded not guilty Monday to criminal charges stemming from a skit that allegedly involved intentionally setting one of the defendants on fire, causing him to suffer third-degree burns.