Crime and Courts

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.

In a temporary restraining order petition, Arielle Konig said her husband, Dr. Gerhardt Konig, had accused her of having an affair and sexually abused and assaulted her.

Rex Heuermann and the shocking headline-grabbing Gilgo Beach murders take center stage in Netflix’s new docuseries “Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer,” which debuted Monday. The docuseries directed by Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning director Liz Garbus examines the horrific murders that haunted the small Long Island beach town of Gilgo Beach, and the unsuspecting man who is thought...

Luigi Mangione is accused of shooting UnitedHealhcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan. He pleaded not guilty to murder as an act of terror.

“JFK” director Oliver Stone is set to testify to Congress on Tuesday about thousands of newly released government documents.

Karen Read’s second trial is about to get underway, with the jury selection process set to begin on Tuesday.

MS-13 is a transnational criminal gang that has been declared a terrorist organization by El Salvador and the U.S.

Over the last year, thieves have targeted freight trains traveling through the Mojave Desert in the southwest, specifically targeting Nike sneakers.

Genetic testing company 23andMe’s bankruptcy has led to a new consumer privacy issue: what happens to the DNA of millions of Americans when it goes on sale?

DNA testing was the focus again in the case against accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann. An expert took the stand to answer questions on the accuracy and reliability of the results the defense team is challenging, and a judge will decide if it can be used as evidence. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

Singer Sean Kingston and his mother were found guilty in a $1 million federal fraud trial in Broward County.

A former school custodian in New Jersey who pleaded guilty to contaminating food meant for students and staff and performing sex acts on objects in the school will spend at least the next half decade in prison.

The U.S. Department of Justice says former NFL player LeShon Johnson has been indicted for allegedly operating a dogfighting venture in which authorities seized 190 dogs.

Thirty years ago, music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was killed by her fan club’s president, Yolanda Saldívar. For the last three decades, Saldívar has served her life sentence in Texas. Now 64, Saldívar petitioned for parole under review, according to Texas Department of Criminal Justice online records. On Thursday, parole was denied. Saldívar is serving a life sentence at the Patrick L. O’Daniel Correctional...