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Murders, mayhem and officer's gunfire spark charges at Brooklyn jail holding Diddy
Criminal charges unsealed Monday offer a fresh window into violence and dysfunction plaguing the Brooklyn federal jail where Sean “Diddy” Combs and Sam Bankman-Fried are locked up.
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Criminals set up fake online pharmacies to sell deadly counterfeit pills: Prosecutors
Federal prosecutors say a network of illegal drug sellers packaged potentially deadly synthetic opioids into pills disguised as common prescription drugs and sold millions of them through fake online drugstores.
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Montana man gets 6 months in prison for cloning giant sheep and breeding it
An 81-year-old Montana man was sentenced Monday to six months in federal prison for illegally using tissue and testicles from large sheep hunted in Central Asia and the U.S. to create hybrid sheep for captive trophy hunting in Texas and Minnesota.
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Arkansas couple accused of trying to sell baby for beer and money, police say
In a letter signed by both parents, they agreed that there “will be no changing y’all two’s minds and to never contact again” the buyer.
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What is an indictment?
The indictment contains the basic information that informs the person of the charges against them.
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Kentucky sheriff pleads not guilty in fatal shooting of judge in courthouse chamber
The sheriff shot the judge multiple times on Sept. 19 following an argument in the Kentucky courthouse, according to Kentucky State Police.
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Missouri executes a man for the 1998 killing of a woman despite her family's calls to spare his life
Williams was put to death despite questions his attorneys raised over jury selection at his trial and the handling of evidence in the case.
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Man and teen indicted after burnt, mutilated body found in shopping cart in Yonkers: DA
A 40-year-old man and a teenager were indicted on murder and a slew of other charges in a gruesome Bronx killing in which the victim was dismembered, put in a shopping cart and then set on fire, according to the district attorney.
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Former NY judge dies in apparent suicide after FBI arrives at his home
It was a stunning development in Orange County, as a former high-ranking assistant district attorney apparently taking his life just as he was about to be arrested by the FBI at his home on bribery and other charges. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports.
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Ryan Routh is charged with attempted assassination
Federal prosecutors have charged Ryan Wesley Routh with attempted assassination of a presidential candidate on Tuesday.
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Former judge, prosecutor in Orange County, NY dies by apparent suicide ahead of arrest: Sources
A former Orange County judge facing allegations of accepting bribes died by apparent suicide as the FBI arrived at his house to arrest him, multiple sources familiar with the matter told NBC New York. News 4’s Sarah Wallace reports.
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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, New York 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...
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Tearful Caroline Ellison gets 2 years in prison over her role in FTX fraud
A former top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried’s fallen FTX cryptocurrency empire has been sentenced to two years in prison for participating in what a prosecutor said was one of the largest recent financial frauds in U.S. history. Federal Judge Lewis A. Kaplan praised Caroline Ellison’s cooperation but said it could not be a get-out-of-jail-free card. Prosecutors said she deserved leniency...
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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...