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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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Former NY prosecutor accused of accepting bribes dies in apparent suicide as FBI came to arrest him
A former leader in the Orange County prosecutor’s office, who was facing allegations of accepting bribery payments, died in a shooting at his home Tuesday morning as the FBI arrived to arrest him, sources familiar with the matter tell NBC New York. Stewart Rosenwasser, the ex-chief counsel to the Orange County DA’s office and executive assistant district attorney, was...
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Former FTX executive Caroline Ellison faces sentencing
A former top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried’s fallen FTX cryptocurrency empire faces the possibility of years in prison when she is sentenced Tuesday for fraud. But prosecutors say Caroline Ellison deserves leniency for her “extraordinary cooperation” with their investigation of the company. Ellison is 29. She pleaded guilty nearly two years ago and testified against Bankman-Fried at a trial. Bankman-Fried...
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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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Suspect arrested in NYC subway station stabbing that started over accidental bump
A suspect was arrested in connection with a stabbing at a Manhattan subway station that was sparked after an accidental bump on the stairs, according to police.
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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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2 men plead guilty to providing drugs that killed prominent NYC transgender activist
Two men have pleaded guilty to providing fentanyl-laced heroin that killed a prominent New York City transgender activist Cecilia Gentili earlier this year.
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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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Where is Sean ‘Diddy' Combs being detained? Details on Brooklyn's federal lockup
Sean “Diddy” Combs is now on suicide watch as he remains in jail facing sex trafficking charges. Where he’s locked up is now getting a lot of attention: The Metropolitan Detention Center, the only federal jail in New York City, is known for violence, poor conditions and a string of celebrity detainees, including Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Yasmin Vossoughian...
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Fixes to be made at ‘dangerous, barbaric' NYC jail where Sean ‘Diddy' Combs is held
The agency’s push to fix the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn comes as detainees, advocates and judges have continued to raise alarms about “dangerous, barbaric conditions,” rampant violence and multiple deaths. Some judges have refused to send people to the jail, the only federal lockup in the nation’s biggest city.
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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.
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Man sentenced 12 years in prison for shooting inside Jacobi Hospital ER
A man who opened fire inside a waiting room at a Bronx hospital, leaving a man shot in the arm while other patients and staff were sent running in fear, was sentenced to more than a decade in prison, according to the district attorney.
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More than 110 pounds of crystal meth seized in $600K Manhattan drug bust: Prosecutors
More than 110 pounds of crystal meth was recovered from a vehicle during a stop in lower Manhattan in a $600,000 bust that is being called one of the biggest in New York history, according to prosecutors.
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Ex-CIA officer from San Diego jailed for 30 years for drugging, sexually abusing women
Brian Jeffrey Raymond kept nearly 500 videos and photographs he took of naked, unconscious women.
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27-year-old Nebraska man who posed as high schooler sentenced to at least 85 years for sex crimes
Zachary Scheich, who prosecutors said identified himself as 17-year-old ‘Zak Hess,’ pleaded guilty to sexual assault and other crimes.
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Bail denied again for Sean ‘Diddy' Combs in sex trafficking and racketeering case
A federal judge once again denied bail for Sean “Diddy” Combs, who will remain behind bars at a Brooklyn federal lockup after pleading not guilty to a variety of charges including sex trafficking and racketeering. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.
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A man was stopped for an open alcohol container. Turns out, he was wanted for murder
Officers stopped a man for drinking from an open container in the Bronx only to later find out that he was wanted for the murder of a homeless man over the summer, police said.
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Inside the Brooklyn jail where Diddy is locked up: Violence, squalor and death
The Brooklyn facility has been described as “hell on earth” and an “ongoing tragedy.” In recent years, its conditions have been so poor that some judges have refused to send people there.