Crime and Courts

A Massachusetts man who spent 27 years in jail for a murder he claims that he didn’t commit has been awarded $13 million by a jury.

Marlena Velez, 22, is alleged to have stolen items from a Target in Cape Coral, Florida, by scanning false bar codes with cheaper prices, police said.

Prosecutors announced indictments against four teenagers more than a month after an attack on a person with a disability near a middle school in Danvers, Massachusetts. The Essex County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday that four people — two 15-year-old Danvers residents, a 14-year-old from Danvers and a 15-year-old from Lawrence — had been indicted by a grand jury Monday….

Authorities say a suspected terrorist wanted in the U.S. for two bombings in the San Francisco area in 2003 has appeared in a London courtroom after being captured in the U.K.

An FBI agent is accused of luring women to his tattoo studio in Gaithersburg, Maryland, before raping and assaulting them, police say.

A new three-part Netflix documentary series, “Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey” examines how the actions of law enforcement and the media at the time may have influenced the investigation.

A Connecticut couple was arrested at a Lululemon store in Woodbury, Minnesota, on Nov. 14 and charged with retail theft.

Two people were arrested on Nov. 14 at a Lululemon store in Woodbury, Minnesota, according to court documents.

Erik and Lyle Menendez were part of a court hearing in Van Nuys to determine what happens next in the brother’s murder case.

Prosecutors in France are setting out the punishments they want for 51 men accused of raping a woman while she was drugged and rendered unconscious by her husband.

A bankruptcy judge on Monday ordered a new hearing in conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ effort to stop the satirical news outlet The Onion from buying Infowars and turning it into a parody.

A newborn baby girl was removed from the Safe Haven Baby Box at the Grove Creek Medical Center on Oct. 13 in Blackfoot. Officials say she was dead before she was placed in the box. 

An Idaho teenager has been arrested in connection with the body of an infant found last month at a hospital in a box meant for people to anonymously give up a newborn, police said Friday.

A decision on whether Sean “Diddy” Combs’ will be released on bail was pushed back to next week by the judge overseeing his sex-trafficking case.

He may be nicknamed the “Preppy Predator,” but police warn that an alleged robber in Manhattan should be considered extremely dangerous.

A civil jury in Ireland has found that mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor sexually assaulted a woman in a hotel penthouse in 2018.

The NBA and NFL is urging its players to take additional precautions to secure their homes following reports of recent high-profile burglaries of dwellings.

The victim reported being punched and kicked while the suspect allegedly screamed derogatory terms at her such as “you’re not a woman, you’re a man.”

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.