Crime and Courts

A former math teacher at an upscale private school in Brooklyn and one-time “Jeopardy!” champion was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison on charges that he posed as a teenager on Snapchat to solicit nude images and sexual videos from children. Winston Nguyen, 38, had pleaded guilty earlier this month to one count of use of a child in&#8230...

The NYPD is investigating three thefts from luxury gyms in New York City over the past few months. The alleged thieves left with wallets, cell phones and credit cards, which were then used to make unauthorized purchases totaling $83,000, the NYPD said. The thefts all involved personal property being taken from gym lockers. The first theft occurred ...

FBI Director Kash Patel applauded Mexican authorities Tuesday for the arrest and handover of one of the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” suspects, an alleged gang leader from El Salvador. Francisco Javier Román Bardales is allegedly a senior leader of the Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13 gang. He was arrested Monday in the mountains of the Gulf coast state o...

A Columbia University student activist who was detained by the U.S. government over his participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations has the right to challenge the legality of his detention, but the case should be heard in New Jersey, rather than in New York or Louisiana, a judge ruled Wednesday. Mahmoud Khalil, 30, a legal U.S. resident with no...

A Iranian dissident who prosecutors allege was targeted for murder for speaking out against the Iranian regime took the stand in federal court. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

Tuesday was Day one in the bribery trial for Nadine Menendez, the wife of former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez. Nadine Menendez is accused of helping her husband orchestrate the bribe scheme. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

The dissident writer testified for more than two hours at the trial of two men charged with trying to kidnap and kill her in 2022. Prosecutors say the murder plot was orchestrated from Iran to stop her from speaking out about human rights abuses in her home country.

Jury selection began Tuesday in the bribery trial of Nadine Menendez, whose husband, former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, was sentenced to 11 years in prison earlier this year for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gold and cash. Nadine Menendez, 58, was originally scheduled to face trial last year with the 71-year-old Democrat, but a br...

NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports.

Detectives said the 20-year-old father originally told police the 2-month-old fell, but investigators later found out her death was caused by something much more horrifying. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

A new father on Long Island is facing murder charges after police allege he beat his 2-month-old baby girl to death. On Jan. 1, 2025, a hospital in Far Rockaway celebrated the birth of Liseyda Rabanales-Barrios, it’s first baby of the new year. On March 7, EMTs responded to a 911 call in the Nassau County community of Inwood, and…

A Manhattan man was indicted for murder after allegedly killing his step-grandfather and dismembering his body before putting the remains in bags that he dumped in the East River, according to prosecutors.

A Bergen County police lieutenant is charged with stealing cocaine and fentanyl that was drug evidence used or set to be used in upcoming trials.  Lt. Kevin Matthew, 48, faces 50 criminal counts related to the alleged scheme. Prosecutors said he stole evidence from at least nine criminal cases and tried to sell the drugs for personal profit. I...