Crime and Courts

Prosecutors are seeking more than seven years in prison for disgraced former congressman George Santos after he pleaded guilty to federal fraud and identity theft charges. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York argues in a court filing filed Friday that a significant sentence was warranted because the New York Republican’s “unparalleled crimes” had “made a mockery”...

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and other officials announced on Friday the arrests of nine alleged MS-13 gang members in homicide cases that had gone cold in Broward and Palm Beach counties. At the news conference on Friday, a poster stood next to the podium with photos of the suspects under the title “Operation Sombra de la Bestia (Operation...

A Miami man was charged with running an investment Ponzi scheme disguised as a cash advance business that bilked investors out of tens of millions of dollars, the United States Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Pablo Silverio Rebollido, 47, was charged with wire fraud on March 26. Officials said his business, E-Card Lending, was supposed to be providing MCAs, “a type…

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the arrests in four local homicides. Three of them happened in Oakland Park. NBC6’s Briana Nespral reports.

The British comedian and actor was charged with two counts of rape, indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault.

British police have charged comedian Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault after an investigation sparked by complaints from several women.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and other officials announced on Friday the arrests of nine alleged MS-13 gang members in homicide cases that had gone cold in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Nine alleged MS-13 gang members have been arrested in connection with homicide cases that had gone cold in Broward and Palm Beach counties, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and other officials announced on Friday. Bondi led a news conference in South Florida to announce the results of “Operation Sombra de la Bestia (Operation Shadow of the Beast).” The cases...

Jury selection continued for Karen Read’s retrial on Friday, but the day ended with the same number of jurors selected.

A South Florida man was found guilty Thursday afternoon of ambushing and killing a man outside a North Miami Motel in 2013. 

The convictions and death sentence of the one-time leader of an Atwater Village street gang, who police believed committed at least a dozen murders and who was once on the US Marshals most-wanted list, were overturned Thursday by the California Supreme Court, which found a juror was improperly dismissed during deliberations. Timothy McGhee was found guilty in 2007 of three...

A California man’s attorneys say he’ll plead guilty to trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.C. In a court filing Wednesday, lawyers for Nicholas John Roske say he intends to plead guilty to attempting to murder a justice of the United States at a hearing next week. The charge carries...

A custodian at a Broward County middle school was arrested this week on charges of possessing child pornography.

A custodian at a Broward County middle school was arrested this week on charges of possessing child pornography. NBC6’s Steve Litz reports

A Florida influencer and self-described “dog mom” has been arrested after she filmed herself having sex with a dog for a social media user who paid for it, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.⁠ Logan Guminski, 27, was charged with two felonies, sexual activity involving an animal and filming sexual activity involving an animal. ⁠It was back in January…

A Florida influencer and self-described “dog mom” has been arrested after she filmed herself having sex with a dog for a social media user who paid for it, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.⁠

In a temporary restraining order petition, Arielle Konig said her husband, Dr. Gerhardt Konig, had accused her of having an affair and sexually abused and assaulted her.

A man and a woman were arrested after authorities said they beat a police officer who was responding to a report of domestic violence outside a Wynwood club early Monday. The officer was in uniform and working the area in an off-duty capacity when he was flagged down at around 2:54 a.m. by an unknown bystander, authorities said. This person…

Luigi Mangione is accused of shooting UnitedHealhcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan. He pleaded not guilty to murder as an act of terror.

“JFK” director Oliver Stone is set to testify to Congress on Tuesday about thousands of newly released government documents.