Crime and Courts

A New York man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for a scheme that involved killing and dismembering a woman after fraudulently taking out a life insurance policy in her name to collect the benefits, federal prosecutors said.

Two former Georgia election workers who were awarded the massive judgment reported to the court that they went to Giuliani’s Manhattan apartment last week to see what assets were there, but that it had been cleared out.

Lawyers say former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has cleared his Manhattan apartment of valuables. That’s despite a court order to surrender his belongings as part of a $148 million defamation judgment. Lawyers for the two former Georgia election workers that were awarded the massive judgement also said in their Monday letter that Giulian...

Never-before-seen cellphone video showed the moment Daniel Penny put Jordan Neely in a deadly chokehold on a subway train in May 2023. It came out during day 2 of the manslaughter trial against the Marine veteran. NBC New York’s Gus Rosendale reports.

Jurors have seen video of Daniel Penny gripping a man around the neck on a New York City subway train as another passenger beseeched the Marine veteran to let go.

A New Jersey man who was among seven people charged with smuggling electronic components to aid Russia’s war effort pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and other charges, authorities said.

Prosecutors and defense lawyers agree on one thing about Marine veteran Daniel Penny’s encounter last year with a distressed, angry and threatening man on a New York subway: Penny didn’t mean to kill him. But a prosecutor told jurors Friday that Penny “went way too far” in trying to neutralize someone he saw as a threat and not as......

A woman who owned a New York City daycare center where a toddler died after ingesting fentanyl pleaded guilty to federal drug charges Tuesday. More than a year after the September 2023 death of 22-month-old Nicholas Dominici, Grei Mendez entered the guilty plea in Manhattan to charges including conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death....

The coach of a Brooklyn youth travel baseball team sexually abused multiple teenage boys who played for him, repeatedly insisting the players expose themselves and at times even refusing to stop difficult training exercises until they did so, according to the district attorney.

Jury selection continued Friday, but no jurors have yet been chosen in the case against Daniel Penny.

The former longtime CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch pleaded not guilty Friday to federal sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges.

The family of a 4-year-old boy who was allegedly starved to death by his parents is taking legal action. His family claims the warning signs were ignored by NYC’s Administration for Children’s Services, and the boy’s death could have been prevented. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

Prosecutors will recommend Erik and Lyle Menendez be resentenced for the 1989 killings of their parents in the family’s Beverly Hills home, providing the brothers with a chance at freedom after 34 years behind bars. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced during a Thursday news conference that his office would recommend the bro...