Crime and Courts

Megan Thee Stallion has asked a court to issue a restraining order against rapper Tory Lanez.

A D.C. cocaine kingpin who spent more than 35 years in prison has died, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said.

Former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins testified in his bribery trial Tuesday to explain to the jury why he says he’s innocent of allegations of taking cash for auxiliary deputy badges. Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg has been covering the trial in Charlottesville.

A jury is deciding the sentence for a man convicted of the shooting of a woman that left her so injured she can barely speak. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on the key evidence and testimony from the victim’s brother about how the shooting changed their lives.

A girl police believe to be 17 was shot outside Dunbar High School in Northwest D.C. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

The woman was accused of selling counterfeit versions of popular weight loss drugs including Ozempic and Wegovy. Experts say fakes have exploded in the U.S.

Colgan was charged with first-degree murder but on Monday was found not competent to stand trial.

In a news conference on Tuesday, Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg discussed the charges for the shooting of Brian Thompson on Dec. 4. 

The 26-year-old Ivy League grad charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk this month has been indicted by a grand jury in the case, the district attorney’s office announced Tuesday. Luigi Mangione stands accused of first-degree murder, in furtherance of terrorism; second-degree murder, one count of which is charged as killing as an act of terrorism;...

Bob Lee, who founded the popular money transfer service Cash App, was fatally stabbed by an IT consultant after an argument about the suspect’s sister, prosecutors said.

An officer with the Metro Transit Police Department is hurt after a suspect stabbed the officer in the wrist Tuesday at the Gallery Place station in D.C., police say.

The New York City architect arrested last year in connection with a string of cold case bodies found on Long Island’s Gilgo Beach has been charged with another woman’s murder, bringing the body count against him thus far to seven, according to a superseding indictment unsealed Tuesday. Rex Heuermann is accused of murdering Valerie Mack, an escort who vanished in...

A Fairfax County jury deliberates the fate of a man accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend, prosecutors hope that new video evidence will be enough to prove their case. News4 Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports. 

The accused stowaway on a flight from New York to Paris in November has been arrested again, this time caught at the U.S.-Canada border after ditching her ankle bracelet monitor, according to a senior official briefed on the matter.

DC Council committee takes step toward expelling Trayon White The Council recommended voting to expel White, who is accused of accepting bribes. News4’s Mark Segraves explains what happens next, including how White could still be reelected to the position if he is expelled.

Jay-Z’s lawyer expects the hip-hop mogul, whose real name is Shawn Carter, to soon be “cleared” from a lawsuit that accuses him and rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping a minor in 2000, he told NBC News on Monday. 

Former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins watched a longtime associate tell a jury how he turned the FBI onto Jenkins’ alleged bribery scheme. News4’s Ted Oberg tells what happened in court.

A California man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for running a business to help pregnant Chinese women travel to the United States to deliver babies who would automatically have American citizenship.

A Fairfax County, Virginia, man accused of plotting with his family’s au pair to kill his wife and another man is facing more charges.

A committee of the D.C. Council voted to recommend expelling member Trayon White after an investigation found “substantial evidence” White accepted bribes and violated the Council’s code of conduct.