Crime and Courts

A 30-year old woman was the victim of a terrifying attempted sexual assault as she was on a Manhattan subway platform, according to police. The alleged attack occurred around 2:30 a.m. Monday as the victim was waiting for a northbound F train at the East Broadway station in the Lower East Side. When the suspect, who has not yet been…

Prosecutors in Los Angeles filed a murder charge with special circumstances Monday in the disappearance and death of Oscar Omar Hernandez, a 13-year-old boy who vanished last month after visiting a soccer coach.

Karl Mitchell, 71, did not have the proper permits to own the animals, and violated other rules over the years, according to the NYE County Sheriff’s Office.

Indian police have arrested a 24-year-old American Youtuber who visited an off-limits island in the Indian Ocean.

A man attempted to rob a Houston convenience store earlier this year but as he was drawing a handgun from his waistband, the weapon slipped and slid down the leg of his sweatpants.

Lori Vallow Daybell, who was convicted of killing her two youngest children and conspiring to murder a romantic rival, is on trial again Monday. This time, she’s accused in Arizona of conspiring to murder her estranged husband.

Police allege the attacker ambushes women from behind, wraps his legs around them, and forces himself on them.

The NYPD is looking for a man linked to attacks on at least four women in just over two weeks in Brooklyn. They allege he comes up behind them and grabs them, and there are concerns the alleged assaults may escalate. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

Prosecutors are seeking more than seven years in prison for disgraced former congressman George Santos after he pleaded guilty to federal fraud and identity theft charges. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York argues in a court filing filed Friday that a significant sentence was warranted because the New York Republican’s “unparalleled crimes” had “made a mockery”...

New video has been obtained by NBC New York of a man who law enforcement sources now believe has sexually assaulted at least five women across Brooklyn. In a few seconds of video, the suspect is seen inside a Brooklyn bodega wandering the aisle and casually checking his phone. A short time later, police say he sexually assaulted a 60-year-old…

The British comedian and actor was charged with two counts of rape, indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault.

British police have charged comedian Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault after an investigation sparked by complaints from several women.

Jury selection continued for Karen Read’s retrial on Friday, but the day ended with the same number of jurors selected.

The convictions and death sentence of the one-time leader of an Atwater Village street gang, who police believed committed at least a dozen murders and who was once on the US Marshals most-wanted list, were overturned Thursday by the California Supreme Court, which found a juror was improperly dismissed during deliberations. Timothy McGhee was found guilty in 2007 of three...

A brutal, hammer-wielding attacker accused of viciously beating a 57-year-old woman as she entered a Queens subway station and fracturing her skull was convicted on multiple charges for the disturbing 2022 incident, the district attorney said. William Blount was found guilty of first-degree assault, robbery and other charges following a six-week trial, Queens DA Melinda Katz said Thursday. He was…

A Queens man is accused of performing cosmetic procedures — such as Botox, fillers and even liposuction — inside his apartment and without a license. His alleged fly-by-night procedures landed at least one person in the hospital.

A California man’s attorneys say he’ll plead guilty to trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.C. In a court filing Wednesday, lawyers for Nicholas John Roske say he intends to plead guilty to attempting to murder a justice of the United States at a hearing next week. The charge carries...

A New Jersey man has been sentenced to six months in jail for breaking into a Rutgers University Islamic center on the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Fitr and vandalizing it. Jacob Beacher, of North Plainfield, will also have to serve a year of supervised release once he gets out under the terms of the sentence he received Tuesday. He pleaded guilty in...

A Florida influencer and self-described “dog mom” has been arrested after she filmed herself having sex with a dog for a social media user who paid for it, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.⁠ Logan Guminski, 27, was charged with two felonies, sexual activity involving an animal and filming sexual activity involving an animal. ⁠It was back in January...

Accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione is now facing the possibility of the death penalty in the murder case against him. Federal prosecutors are being directed to seek the death penalty for Mangione by the Trump administration, making the case the first death penalty case for Trump’s second administration. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.