Crime and Courts

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.

An Arlington, Virginia, man is facing charges after a domestic-related double stabbing in Pentagon City on Saturday night, police say. Leonardo Reyes, 23, was being held without bond in the Arlington County Detention Facility. Police responded to the 900 block of Army Navy Drive at 9:45 p.m. to a report of a stabbing. At the scene, officers found a woman…

Arlington County police arrested a 23-year-old man after he stabbed a woman and toddler in Pentagon City. 

Police in Florida are trying to find the rightful owner of over 55 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated $1.7 million, that were found along the Atlantic coastline.

An American couple were shot to death while visiting the western Mexico state of Michoacan. Officials confirmed their nationalities on Saturday.

The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has added a prominent defense lawyer to his legal team as Manhattan prosecutors work to return him from Pennsylvania to face a murder charge. Luigi Mangione will be represented by Karen Friedman Agnifilo, who was a high-ranking deputy in the Manhattan district attorney’s office for years before entering private practice. Friedman Agnifilo’s...

From Utah to the U.K., authorities set on a worldwide chase to find the man, once praised for his work as a child advocate, behind a fake death and years of rape and fraud allegations.

A fatal hit-and-run on the D.C.-Prince George’s County line reraised concerns about safety in the area. News4’s Derrick Ward has new video of the aftermath and a heartbreaking message from the victim’s sister.

Paula Abdul and former “American Idol” producer Nigel Lythgoe have agreed to settle a lawsuit in which she alleged he sexually assaulted her in the early 2000s when she was a judge on the show.

Police in California gave the FBI a tip about alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione a number of days before he was finally tracked down and captured, according to two senior officials.

The leader of UnitedHealth Group wrote that the health insurance executive gunned down on a Manhattan sidewalk last week cared about consumers and was working to make the system better.

An incoming West Virginia state lawmaker was arrested Thursday after he allegedly threatened to kill other state lawmakers.

The woman who in 2006 falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of raping her has admitted publicly for the first time that she made up the story.