Crime and Courts

Dozens of Chinese workers have been taken and put up in hotels in Brazil’s tropical northeastern region after local labor authorities found them at a construction site for electric vehicle automaker BYD.

Jason Lewis, the former D.C. employee found guilty of shooting and killing a D.C. teenager, is set to be sentenced in the case in the early days of 2025. A new court filing accuses him of obstructing a witness in the case.

Jason Lewis, the former D.C. employee found guilty of shooting and killing a D.C. teenager, is set to be sentenced in the case in the early days of the new year.

Video of the fatal Dec. 9 assault on Robert Brooks was made public on Friday by the state’s attorney general, who is investigating the officers’ use of force.

Newly released body-camera footage shows that a man fatally beaten in a New York prison this month was repeatedly pummeled by correctional officers while in handcuffs.

The man accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train has been indicted on state charges.

The woman has sued the embattled rapper, alleging he drugged and sexually assaulted her in 2006.

An Alabama woman who says she was raped by Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs when she was 13 can proceed anonymously, for now, in her lawsuit against the rap moguls, a judge ruled Thursday.

A 66-year-old man recently diagnosed with dementia was killed in a hit-and-run Tuesday in Kingman Park, a few blocks from Eliot-Hine Middle School in Northeast D.C. Ronnie Clark was standing near 16th and C streets NE on Christmas Eve when the driver of a Nissan jumped the curb and hit him, leaving him trapped under the car. Clark died...

Ronnie Clark was walking with a friend on Christmas Eve in Kingman Park when he was fatally struck by a car. He was 66. News4’s Paul Wagner speaks with his older brother about Clark’s life and continued search for the suspect.

The Moxley matriarch was a steadfast presence in the courtroom as the suspect in her daughter’s killing, a Kennedy cousin, saw his conviction later overturned.

A woman allegedly stabbed one person multiple times in Kissimmee over a bad tip for pizza delivery, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office. 

A child is dead and three other people are hurt after a shooting in Baltimore County on Tuesday, according to police. Police responded to the unit block of Breslin Court at 6:35 a.m. in Rosedale, Maryland to the report of a shooting at an apartment complex. At the scene, officers found a woman and two children suffering from gunshot wounds,…

Baltimore County police found a woman and two children who were shot on Tuesday. After being transported to a hospital, one child was pronounced dead. 

The man arrested on murder and arson charges in the death of a woman who was set on fire inside a subway train has been arraigned, while police said the identity of the victim was still “pending.” Sebastian Zapeta was arraigned on Tuesday and has another court appearance set for Friday. Police say surveillance video from Sunday morning showed a...

Defense lawyers say the former longtime CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch may have dementia, and a competency hearing is necessary to determine if he can face sex charges.

He’s a small dog out there in a big world. A 3-month-old puppy named Benji was stolen Friday, along with his family’s car, at a Wawa in Forestville, Maryland. “He’s tiny,” said KerryAnn Wiltshire, one of Benji’s owners. “He’s very, very tiny, very loving.” Wiltshire says she and her boyfriend were driving from New York to North Carolina Friday...

A 3-month-old puppy named Benji was stolen Friday, along with his family’s car, at a Wawa in Forestville, Maryland. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

New Mexico prosecutors won’t pursue an appeal of a court’s decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Monday he’s commuting the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death row inmates, reclassifying their sentences to life without the possibility of parole. “Make no mistake: I condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts, and ache for all the families who have suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss,” Biden said…