Crime and Courts

A little girl was killed in a crash Friday night when a man speeding away from a traffic stop hit four other cars in Capitol Heights. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

LA County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced Monday that his office is ready to move forward with a resentencing hearing in the Menendez brothers murder case.

The 17-year-old was arrested after police in Sanford, Florida, were alerted to a video allegedly featuring him threatening to launch an attack.

Miranda Corsette, 16, was lured through a social media app to meet 35-year-old Steven Gress, police say.

More than three decades after a young mother was stabbed to death in her Springfiled, Virginia, home while her toddler sat in her crib, her killer was finally sentenced to 70 years in prison.

More than three decades after a young mother was stabbed to death in her Springfield, Virginia, home with her toddler nearby in her crib, her killer was sentenced to the maximum 70 years in prison. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports. 

The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office says three relatives assaulted members of law enforcement before the fatal shooting of a neighbor by an off-duty FBI agent. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder spoke to two of those family members who tell a different story.

Prosecutors have said Jiang intended to shoot congregation members of the Park Valley Church in Haymarket in September 2023.

The night four college students were fatally stabbed, their surviving roommates at the Idaho home expressed worry about not being able to reach their friends and referred to someone in a “ski mask,” court documents unsealed Thursday show.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard says these words from her first husband changed her perspective.

Police uncovered a major break in a cold case from nearly 70 years ago. A Portland family went missing after a road trip to the Gorge and now it appears their car has been found at the bottom of the river. The case was one of the biggest stories that NBC affiliate KGW covered back in 1958 and this is...

Black women and girls are more vulnerable to sex trafficking than other groups. As shocking as that sounds, a lot of people are unaware. But a forum in Prince George’s County called “Human and Sex Trafficking Exposed” is putting the issue front and center. News4’s Molette Green reports.

D.C. police say criminals are using real police names and phone numbers to scam District residents. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

The man whose legal saga amassed a worldwide following of “Serial” podcast listeners will remain free even though his murder conviction still stands. A Baltimore judge ruled on Thursday for Adnan Syed’s sentence to be set to time served under a relatively new state law that provides a pathway to release for people convicted of crimes committed when they were...

Two people have been charged for allegedly reselling tickets to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour illegally, facing up to 15 years in prison if convicted.

“This case is a tragic reminder of the dangers of street drugs,” Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd told a news conference Wednesday.

New York authorities on Wednesday outlined an astonishing story of kidnap, torture and sexual assault in the killing of Sam Nordquist, a transgender man from Minnesota.

Jaythan Gilder, 32, allegedly swiped two pairs of earrings worth $769,500 from a Tiffany & Co. in Orlando before taking the expensive gulp, police said.

A Manassas mother who says she shot her estranged husband in self-defense was released on bond after the charge against her was elevated to first-degree murder.  Last week, prosecutors dropped the initial second-degree murder charge against LaToya Crabbe after they failed to meet key deadlines to prepare a trial that was supposed to start this week. Crabbe was arrested in October...

A Manassas mother who says she shot her estranged husband in self-defense will be released on bond after charges against her were elevated from second-degree murder to first-degree murder.