Crime and Courts

A woman allegedly abducted an 8-year-old boy from a bus stop in Charles County Thursday morning, police said. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

A lawyer for celebrity pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes filed a motion seeking more information about four YouTube accounts posting salacious misinformation about him.

A former bank teller is accused of embezzling more than $180,000 from customer accounts, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Thursday.

Boston Scientific’s Relievant Medsystems used at least 25 unclaimed bodies for training, including that of a murdered 21-year-old woman whose family was fighting to bring her home. The company said it didn’t know.

Aurimar Iturriago Villegas left Venezuela hoping to lift her family out of poverty. When she was murdered, her corpse became a commodity in the U.S. body trade.

The Ivy League graduate was indicted on murder as an act of terrorism in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Dozens of men, including the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot, were found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting her in a historic trial that shocked France. 

A 20-year-old Carlsbad man has been ordered to surrender his guns after authorities said he communicated with the teenage girl who committed a fatal school shooting in Wisconsin, allegedly expressing his own plans to carry out a deadly attack against a government building.

In addition to state murder charges already filed, federal prosecutors are looking into whether to file additional criminal charges against the suspect charged in gunning down UnitedHealthcare’s CEO outside a midtown Manhattan hotel.

The Justice Department has unsealed a civil complaint alleging CVS Pharmacy Inc. and various subsidiaries filled unlawful prescriptions in violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act.

Former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins was convicted of all 12 conspiracy, fraud and bribery charges against him in federal court Wednesday evening in a corruption case that upended the rural Virginia leader’s career. Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg reports.

Neighbors of Dunbar High School in Northwest D.C. shared their concerns about gun violence after a 17-year-old girl was shot Tuesday. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.

A Fort Lauderdale tennis coach who’s the grandson of tennis legend Bobby Riggs has been arrested on federal child sex abuse charges, authorities said.

State leaders say the federal government has “stonewalled” their attempts to investigate the September assassination attempt. Ryan Routh already faces federal charges.

Five family members were found dead at their home outside of Salt Lake City on Tuesday. Police in Utah say the lone survivor of the isolated incident is a teenage boy.

Ohad Fisherman, a friend of the Alexander brothers, is accused of joining Alon and Oren in assaulting a 25-year-old woman at a New Year’s Eve party on Miami Beach in 2016.

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.