Crime and Courts

Thursday’s short filing says “all claims against Defendant … are hereby dismissed with prejudice.”

Leilani Simon was convicted of murder in the death of 20-month-old Quinton Simon. She will be eligible for parole.

A missing Kansas woman who disappeared this year and was found in a freezer buried in a cow pasture in the Oklahoma panhandle was killed in a stabbing attack that left her with dozens of wounds, according to a medical examiner’s report.

A former Kentucky sheriff was indicted Thursday in the slaying of a judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers two months ago, shocking a tiny Appalachian community.

Danny Masterson’s defense team is facing criticism and possible legal action for allegedly contacting jurors after his conviction in his rape trial.

Officials in Lehigh County say Jayleen Rivas-Rodriguez has pled guilty after her 22-month-old child died of an overdose while in her care in April of 2021.

A Florida man who allegedly impersonated billionaire SpaceX founder Elon Musk on Facebook defrauded an elderly woman out of at least a quarter of a million dollars, police said.

RAW: Video shows the arrest of a Florida man who police said posed as Elon Musk to take $250,000 from an elderly woman.

John Ramsey, the father of JonBenét Ramsey, is still searching for his daughter’s killer, nearly three decades after she was found dead in their Boulder, Colorado, home in 1996.

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned the criminal conviction of actor Jussie Smollett, accused of faking a 2019 attack in Chicago.

On Thursday, the International Criminal Court issued warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes.

A judge has ruled that the death penalty will remain a possibility for a man charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students.

A homeless Florida man was arrested Wednesday and charged with plotting to bomb the New York Stock Exchange to force a “reboot” or “reset” of the U.S. government, according to a criminal complaint. NBC6’s Kim Wynne reports

A man is now in jail for a string of back-to-back armed robberies and a carjacking in Miami that all happened within 24 hours.

A former doctor has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing multiple patients, including children, over the span of years in the New York area.

The homes of NFL teammates Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce were burglarized last month. NBA stars Bobby Portis and Mike Conley Jr. also recently had their homes broken into.

A man is now in jail for a string of back-to-back armed robberies and a carjacking that all happened within 24 hours. NBC6’s Kim Wynne reports

Harun Abdul-Malik Yener made a series of audio recordings to be sent to NBC News around the time of the planned bombing, the complaint says.

A Nebraska girl’s murder went unsolved for more than 55 years before an Oklahoma man was arrested and accused of being the “enraged killer,” that was being sought for decades, officials said.

A group of about 15 people urged against parole. They included her ex-husband and the father of the boys, David Smith; his family members; prosecutors; and law enforcement officials.