Crime and Courts

Investigators believe they found the body of a missing 24-year-old mother buried in the woods in Charles County. Telemundo 44’s Freixys Casado reports the woman’s boyfriend faces charges.

What police say began as a kidnapping ended with a barricade situation in Bethesda. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports the situation is over and a suspect is in custody.

A judge says a former roommate of four University of Idaho students who were killed in 2022 can testify about seeing an intruder with “bushy eyebrows” around the time of the crime.

The officer was seriously hurt, but is in good spirits, police say. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

A South Florida man accused of stabbing another man more than 49 times and partially burning his body took bloody selfies after the killing, investigators said in a court hearing Thursday.

An escaped California killer convicted in an LA County murder and sought in a shootout in Tijuana that killed a law enforcement officer is in custody.

New Pornographers’ drummer Joe Seiders has been arrested for child pornography and molestation, police confirmed, with the band sharing in a statement they’ve cut all ties with the former member.

Luigi Mangione was indicted Thursday on a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a necessary step for prosecutors to seek the death penalty.

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov will next appear before a local court in Port Blair — the capital of India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands — on April 29.

Matthew Macatuno Naval was charged with kidnapping and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor Sunday, authorities said.

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel in December, was indicted in a New York court on four charges including a count eligible for the death penalty.

Virtual court appearances were disrupted for hours.

From the 1966 Texas clock tower shooting to the deadly incident at FSU, here’s a look at other shootings on U.S. college campuses in recent decades.

A 17-year-old Maryland student is facing charges after police say he made threats to a school in Montgomery County. School staff discovered a voicemail message threatening the school’s principal and various demographic and religious groups on March 18, police said in a release on Thursday. Police didn’t name the school or the teen, who has been charged as a...

Officials said the 20-year-old suspect is the son of a Leon County Sheriff’s Office deputy.

Residents were leaving for work when they discovered their car windows were shattered. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

The office said the court should obtain a copy of comprehensive risk assessments of the brothers before their resentencing hearings.

The Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, is a mega-prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador.

Prince George’s County police are warning residents about a scam that has costs victims more than $100,000. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

A Loudoun County teenager is under arrest and charged with murder in a weekend shooting that killed a 16-year-old. The victim was found in an SUV in the parking lot of a Harris Teeter grocery store in Ashburn, Virginia.