Crime and Courts

The man arrested on murder and arson charges in the death of a woman who was set on fire inside a subway train has been arraigned, while police said the identity of the victim was still “pending.” Sebastian Zapeta was arraigned on Tuesday and has another court appearance set for Friday. Police say surveillance video from Sunday morning showed a...

Police are investigating an alleged attempted robbery and shootout that happened in Miami Tuesday.

Authorities say that a man called 911 to report that he opened fire when a group of men tried to steal his jewelry. NBC6’s Ari Odzer reports.

Defense lawyers say the former longtime CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch may have dementia, and a competency hearing is necessary to determine if he can face sex charges.

New Mexico prosecutors won’t pursue an appeal of a court’s decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin.

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.