Crime and Courts

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.

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.

Officials announced that two cousins — who own pawn shops in the Philadelphia region — have been charged for buying and selling millions of dollars of stolen goods.

Daniel Penny was acquitted of the charges he faced in New York over the 2023 chokehold death of homeless man Jordan Neely.

Oren and Alon Alexander, granted pre-trial release from Miami’s state cases, remain in custody before a federal hearing next week. The brothers are accused in a sexual assault investigation involving dozens in South Florida and New York.

Two people have been charged with animal cruelty after police say they “brutally” killed a pet rabbit during a party in Massachusetts.

Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, was roused from her bed by police who came through the door using a battering ram after midnight on March 13, 2020.

The surveillance photos of Luigi Mangione played a crucial role in finding him. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk caught up with a retired New York Police Department detective to talk about how officials track down fugitives. 

The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office announced the arrest of a man who is accused of stealing from dozens of cars throughout the city of Philadelphia this year. NBC10’s Leah Uko has the latest. 

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been granted a laptop to review documents in his federal case as he awaits trial in jail, according to a court order obtained by E! News.

A former FBI informant accused of falsely claiming that President Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepted bribes has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges, according to court papers filed Thursday.

The 32-year-old DJ was booked for misdemeanor domestic violence Tuesday evening and later posted bail.

A man was arrested and charged after being accused of acting as a ringleader in a series of thefts from parked cars throughout the city of Philadelphia in 2024, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

As police continue to scour the history of the suspected shooter who gunned down an insurance CEO on a midtown Manhattan sidewalk, the NYPD said there is “no indication” he ever was a client of UnitedHealthcare.

Two of the three Alexander brothers, the ultra-luxury real estate brokers accused in a sexual assault investigation involving dozens of victims who were violently raped as far back as over a decade ago in South Florida and New York, were denied bond in court on Thursday.