Crime and Courts

Six people were arrested and charged in connection with stealing more than a million dollars from the Bazooka bubble gum company, according to the Manhattan district attorney.

Daniel Penny was back in court on Thursday for a hearing involving evidence that could be presented at his manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide trial in just days from now.

A 27-year-old Queens woman could spend life in prison after she was sentenced for fatally stabbing a well-known immigration lawyer who dropped her as a client back in 2022. Xiaoning Zhang, of Flushing, was found guilty by a jury last month of murder in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, menacing in the third&#8...

Velazquez had long maintained his innocence in the 1998 shooting death of a former police officer. NBC’s “Dateline” chronicled his decadeslong quest to clear his name.

Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that they might bring additional charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams and indict others in the corruption case against him. Prosecutors made the disclosure as Adams appeared in court for a hearing days after he was indicted on charges that he accepted about $100,000 worth of free or deeply disc...

A former celebrity bodyguard accused of raping a woman with Sean “Diddy” Combs more than two decades ago claims he is being falsely accused and unfairly linked to the controversial entertainment star who is facing sex trafficking charges.

A former celebrity security guard accused of raping a woman with Sean “Diddy” Combs 23 years ago now claims he is being falsely accused and unfairly linked to the controversial entertainment star. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports.

Criminal charges unsealed Monday offer a fresh window into violence and dysfunction plaguing the Brooklyn federal jail where Sean “Diddy” Combs and Sam Bankman-Fried are locked up.

Federal prosecutors say a network of illegal drug sellers packaged potentially deadly synthetic opioids into pills disguised as common prescription drugs and sold millions of them through fake online drugstores.

Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez was exonerated in court on Monday after serving a 25-years-to-life sentence at Sing-Sing prison in New York for the murder of a retired police officer. News 4’s Gus Rosendale reports. 

A woman filed a lawsuit Friday in New York saying she was repeatedly raped and drugged and became pregnant after one of the encounters with the music mogul known popularly as “Diddy.”

Mayor Eric Adams, facing corruption and bribery charges, has hired a celebrity lawyer known for being the go-to for well-known clients involved in high-profile cases. Alex Spiro is representing Adams in a shocking political case that has turned City Hall upside down. “Federal agents appeared this morning at Gracie Mansion in an effort to crea...

Here’s a round-up of some of the most surprising revelations in the 57-page indictment of NYC Mayor Eric Adams, who faces conspiracy, wire fraud and bribery charges