Crime and Courts

Thursday’s short filing says “all claims against Defendant … are hereby dismissed with prejudice.”

A Maryland police officer was struck head on by a suspected drunken driver while on duty early Thursday morning. The Laurel officer’s SUV was struck by a dark-colored Kia about 2:30 a.m. on Van Dusen Road near Laurel Oaks Lane while he was responding to a call, police said. The officer was taken to a hospital and is home...

A Maryland police officer who was badly injured in a crash that totaled his cruiser is recovering. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports investigators blame a suspected drunken driver.

A Maryland task force created to stop illegal car rallies has made dozens of arrests and recovered multiple guns over the past several months. The rallies that can block roads or take over parking lots can draw hundreds of spectators to watch drivers do doughnuts, burn tires and squeal wheels have drawn noise complaints and even turned deadly. In Prince…

The FBI doubled a reward to $50,000 in the 1991 killing of a Wells Fargo armored car guard who was surprised by two men as he picked up cash at a popular D.C. restaurant. Henry Robinette worked three jobs to provide for his family. On the day he was killed, he volunteered to pick up someone else’s shift. “The messenger…

Leilani Simon was convicted of murder in the death of 20-month-old Quinton Simon. She will be eligible for parole.

A missing Kansas woman who disappeared this year and was found in a freezer buried in a cow pasture in the Oklahoma panhandle was killed in a stabbing attack that left her with dozens of wounds, according to a medical examiner’s report.

A former Kentucky sheriff was indicted Thursday in the slaying of a judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers two months ago, shocking a tiny Appalachian community.

Henry Robinette’s killing still haunts his family and the detectives who have been trying to solve the crime for 33 years. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

Danny Masterson’s defense team is facing criticism and possible legal action for allegedly contacting jurors after his conviction in his rape trial.

D.C. police say a man assaulted a dozen women over the past thre-and-a-half years. News4’s Jessica Albert reports.

Illegal car rallies have disrupted communities in the D.C. area for years. News4’s Darcy Spencer learned police have made dozens of arrests and recovered multiple guns during their investigations.

Officials in Lehigh County say Jayleen Rivas-Rodriguez has pled guilty after her 22-month-old child died of an overdose while in her care in April of 2021.

A Florida man who allegedly impersonated billionaire SpaceX founder Elon Musk on Facebook defrauded an elderly woman out of at least a quarter of a million dollars, police said.

A man accused in a dozen sex abuse and assault cases in Washington, D.C., was arrested Wednesday and charged with attacking women over a three-and-a-half-year period.

A man accused in a dozen sex abuse and assault cases in Washington, D.C., was arrested Wednesday and charged with attacking women over a three-and-a-half year period. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.

John Ramsey, the father of JonBenét Ramsey, is still searching for his daughter’s killer, nearly three decades after she was found dead in their Boulder, Colorado, home in 1996.

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned the criminal conviction of actor Jussie Smollett, accused of faking a 2019 attack in Chicago.

On Thursday, the International Criminal Court issued warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes.

A judge has ruled that the death penalty will remain a possibility for a man charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students.