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Laken Riley's family will get back the iPhone used to call her mom in the final moments before she was killed by illegal migrant
Convicted killer Jose Ibarra left a thumbprint on the phone, making the device a critical piece of evidence in his trial.
Ex-con charged with shooting Bronx dad over parking spot did time for 1997 upstate murder
Lavar Davis, 46, did 24 years in state prison on an upstate murder charge -- and is now facing a new murder rap in the Sunday morning death of a...
NY man who was so drunk he doesn't remember beating his buddy to death found guilty of murder: 'Merciless'
Jare Diaz said he went on a bender after his wife left him with their young son -- and has now been convicted of murdering his buddy while blackout drunk.
First woman receives sexually violent predator designation in Texas history as expert compares her to a cult leader
One forensic psychologist, Dr. Jason Dunham, told jurors the convicted sex offender was akin to a cult leader.
Real estate agent convicted of money laundering in landmark case tied to Russian oligarchs' luxe Miami condos
Sinyavsky was fined around $1.1 million and faces up to five years in jail when he is sentenced on April 11.
Dad who claimed he killed 14-year-old daughter in 'freak accident' found guilty after jurors don't buy story about tongs mixup
Simon Vickers claimed his 14-year-old daughter's stabbing death in their home was a "freak accident" -- but a British jury on Monday called it murder.
Creep faces up to 30 years after he's caught secretly filming teen girl in bath: feds
Rayford Evans, 52, used his phone to shoot video of a teenaged girl while she was using the bathroom and bathing, federal prosecutors in Missouri said.
Federal judge slams Jack Smith, blocks release of report on Trump documents case
A federal judge slammed special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday and accused his office of seeking to deny two former co-defendants of President Trump a fair trial by releasing a final report...
Children's book author and engineer husband exposed for double life in house of horrors
A Florida children's book author and her husband were each sentenced to more than a decade in prison after pleading guilty to abusing their three adopted children.
Trump, in overnight social media storm, goes scorched earth on 'lamebrain' special counsel who claimed he would've been convicted if he lost election
Donald Trump blasted “lamebrain” special counsel Jack Smith early Tuesday as “deranged” for claiming he would have been convicted for election interference had he not won the presidential election in...
Trump would have been convicted in election interference case had he not won, Jack Smith’s report claims
Special counsel Jack Smith’s long-awaited report on Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case argues that the president-elect would’ve been convicted at trial had he not won the 2024 presidential election.
Dem governor commutes sentences of 15 death row inmates on final day in office — following in Biden's footsteps
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of first-degree murder.
Bob Menendez asks to postpone sentencing until after wife's corruption trial, saying it's 'too much to ask of any man'
"To ask him to face sentencing during the criminal trial of his wife, who is also in the midst of an ongoing battle against a life-threatening disease, is too much...
Ex-DC cop convicted of working as Proud Boys 'double agent' for Jan. 6 Capitol riot
An ex-Washington, DC, cop was convicted Monday of trying to cover up leaking confidential information to ex-Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in...
NYC judge spurns Trump effort to scrap hush money conviction based on immunity claim
President-elect Donald Trump's bid to toss out his conviction in the Manhattan hush money case based on the US Supreme Court's immunity ruling was rejected by a judge on Monday.
Newlywed accused of murdering wife on Fiji honeymoon at luxury resort learns his fate
The new bride, 36, was found inside her $3,500-a-night bungalow at the Turtle Island Resort on the Yasawa Islands in a pool of blood with multiple traumatic injuries including blunt...
Alvin Bragg floats 'novel' plan to keep Trump 'hush money' conviction intact
The DA's office's proposals include freezing the case until he’s out of office, or agreeing that any future sentence wouldn’t include jail time.
Philadelphia man exonerated after serving 24 years for murder is heading back to prison in separate killing
A Philadelphia man who was given a $4.1 million settlement after serving 24 years in prison for a murder conviction that was scrapped confessed to a separate killing -- over...
Texas killer convicted of dismembering 3 people is sentenced to death
A Texas jury decided what will happen to the murderer who killed and dismembered three people in Fort Worth back in 2021.
Manhunt underway for convicted killer who jumped from corrections van in stunning escape while headed to court
Convicted killer Cesar Hernandez was on his way to a California court hearing when he jumped out of a correction fan and took off -- and remains on the loose.