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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.
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Ex-CIA officer accused of sexually abusing dozens of women gets 30 years in prison
A longtime CIA officer who drugged, photographed and sexually assaulted more than two dozen women in postings around the world was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Wednesday
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Sean ‘Diddy' Combs denied bail, judge cites possibility of witness tampering
A second judge has refused to grant bail to Sean “Diddy” Combs after the disgraced entertainment star’s lawyers had requested he be allowed to await his sex trafficking trial at his luxury home on an island near Miami Beach, rather than a grim federal jail in Brooklyn.
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Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to additional sex crimes charge
Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty on an additional sex crimes charge in a New York City courtroom on Wednesday.
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Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty in new NYC sex crime indictment, lawyer says
Harvey Weinstein is expected to be arraigned Wednesday in Manhattan on a new indictment charging him with up to three additional sex offenses, his lawyer said.
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Two people sneak onto empty subway train in Queens, operate and crash it: Police
Two people snuck onto an empty train at a Queens subway station and briefly operated it before crashing, according to police, leaving the locomotive damaged.
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Brother charged with murder of teen sister who was smothered to death in their NY home
A New York man was charged with murder three years after his teenage sister was smothered to death inside the family’s home in New York, according to prosecutors.
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Dad admits to stabbing wife to death in front of son in backyard of Long Island home
A Long Island man admitted to stabbing his wife to death in the backyard of their home, in front of the couple’s teenage son, according to prosecutors.
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Sean ‘Diddy' Combs denied bail in sex trafficking, racketeering case
Investigators revealed more about the salacious parties thrown by Combs that leave him facing decades in prison. The music industry giant pleaded not guilty to the charges against him, even as prosecutors alleged Combs used his media empire as a criminal enterprise to commit crimes like arson, kidnapping, bribery and forced labor. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.
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Days-long ‘Freak Offs,' Molotov attack, AR-15s: Sordid details of Diddy arrest
Here is a breakdown of some of the most noteworthy and stunning accusations lodged against Sean “Diddy” Combs in the federal indictment, including his abuse of women and victims, the threats toward women, and his so-called “freak offs.”
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Diddy pleads not guilty to racketeering, sex trafficking charges in NYC court
Sean “Diddy” Combs pleaded not guilty in court Tuesday to federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges. An indictment says the music mogul “engaged in a persistent and pervasive pattern of abuse toward women and other individuals.” Combs was arrested late Monday in Manhattan, roughly six months after federal authorities conducting a sex trafficking investigation raided his luxurious homes in Los Angeles and Miami. Read the indictment....
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Diddy indictment reveals sex trafficking, arson charges
Sean “Diddy” Combs, a hip-hop kingmaker and three-time Grammy winner who was arrested in New York City on Monday, has been indicted on federal sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges, according to court papers unsealed in the Southern District of New York on Tuesday.