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Fake online pharmacies sold deadly counterfeit pills
Federal prosecutors say a network of illegal drug sellers packaged potentially deadly synthetic opioids into pills disguised as common prescription drugs and sold millions of them through fake online drugstores.
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Inmate dies after fight at Mass. Treatment Center
The death of an inmate after a fight at the Massachusetts Treatment Center Sunday is being investigated, authorities say.
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Inmate dies after Mass. prison assault, officials say
A man was fatally wounded in a fight at a Massachusetts prison on Sunday morning, officials said. The 34-year-old was pronounced dead after he was found unresponsive at the Massachusetts Treatment Center in Bridgewater and rushed to a hospital, according to the state’s Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. He hasn’t been publicly identified. Investigators believe another inmate...
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Montana man to be sentenced for cloning giant sheep to breed large sheep for captive trophy hunts
An 81-year-old Montana man is expected to be sentenced for using tissue and testicles from large sheep hunted in Central Asia and the U.S. to illegally create hybrid sheep for captive trophy hunts in Texas and Minnesota.
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Arkansas couple accused of trying to sell baby for beer and money, police say
In a letter signed by both parents, they agreed that there “will be no changing y’all two’s minds and to never contact again” the buyer.
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What is an indictment?
The indictment contains the basic information that informs the person of the charges against them.
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Brothers caught soon after robbing Boston bank where one worked, DA says
A month after returning to the Boston bank where he’d been previously been fired, a teller was caught with a large amount of cash he’d allegedly just stolen from the bank with the help of his brother, prosecutors said. Jenel Flounoury and his older brother Justin Flounoury, both from Brockton, are accused of stealing nearly $200,000 from Energy Credit...
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Kentucky sheriff pleads not guilty in fatal shooting of judge in courthouse chamber
The sheriff shot the judge multiple times on Sept. 19 following an argument in the Kentucky courthouse, according to Kentucky State Police.
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Healey nominates first female chief justice of appeals court
Gov. Maura Healey continued to put her imprint on the judiciary Wednesday, tapping Justice Amy Blake to be elevated to the first female chief justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Blake has been a justice of the Appeals Court since 2014 and, if her elevation is confirmed by the Governor’s Council, would succeed Chief Justice Mark Green, who resigned earlier...
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Missouri executes a man for the 1998 killing of a woman despite her family's calls to spare his life
Williams was put to death despite questions his attorneys raised over jury selection at his trial and the handling of evidence in the case.
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Ryan Routh is charged with attempted assassination
Federal prosecutors have charged Ryan Wesley Routh with attempted assassination of a presidential candidate on Tuesday.
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Mother of Elijah Lewis to plead guilty in his death
Danielle Dauphinais has agreed to plead guilty to a second-degree murder charge in the death of her son, Elijah Lewis, whose body was found in Abington, Massachusetts, in 2021.
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Are crime rates up in America? Here's what the FBI says
The FBI released its annual crime statistics report for 2023, with insights into everything from murder to robbery. Here’s what you need to know.
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Colorado men tied up and tortured their housemate for 14 hours, police say
Colorado law enforcement say three men are accused of tying up their housemate and torturing him for 14 hours.
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Gunman who killed 10 at a Colorado supermarket is sentenced to life in prison
A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 was sentenced Monday to life in prison for murder after a jury rejected his attempt to avoid prison time by pleading not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Murder and other violent crime dropped across the U.S. last year, FBI data shows
Violent crime was down about 3% from 2022 to 2023 and property crime took a similar drop of 2.4%, the FBI reported in its annual “Summary of Crime in the Nation.” The most serious crimes went down significantly: Murder and non-negligent manslaughter were down an estimated 11.6% — the largest single year decline in two decades — while rape decreased by an estimated 9.4%, NBC News reports.
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2nd person dies following Cape Cod crash that left teen dead
A second person has died following a crash in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, in August, and the 81-year-old driver said to be involved is now facing a second vehicular homicide charge, police announced on Monday. The crash — which happened on Aug. 30 on North Main Street — left 14-year-old John Hughan dead, and his uncle, identified as Cornelius Allen Bottomley, 54,…
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Ex-‘Jackass' star Bam Margera jailed in Pennsylvania over probation violation
Former “Jackass” star Bam Margera found himself back behind bars this week after allegedly violating his probation.
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Justice Department opens probe on Mississippi sheriff's office after torture of 2 Black men
U.S. District Judge Tom Lee called the former officers’ actions “egregious and despicable” and imposed sentences near the top of federal guidelines for five of the six.
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Kentucky officials say sheriff fatally shot judge in courthouse chambers
A sheriff in Kentucky is accused of fatally shooting a district judge at a courthouse on Thursday, authorities said.