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“You are the embodiment of evil,” Judge James C. Babler told Jake Patterson before sentencing him to life without parole for kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents, “and the public can only be safe if you are incarcerated until you die.” Watch Judge Babler’s full statement in the player above.

A woman who was shot twice in the chest by a former Olympic equestrian athlete said her recovery has been overtaken by brutal online comments blaming her for the attack

Federal police officers arrested a Silver Spring, Maryland, woman suspected of attempting to steal sensitive medical specimens and equipment from the clinical center of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda.

A judge has set bail at $100,000 cash or $500,000 bond for the 47-year-old plastic surgeon from Westchester who allegedly had a boatload of weapons in his car and another arsenal in his second home on Long Island — discoveries made as cops investigated a report he had threatened his estranged wife and family.

The Long Island plastic surgeon who was arrested for having an arsenal of guns in his car got support from the same person he allegedly threatened to kill in a bar: his ex-wife. The doctor’s bail was set at $100,000. NBC 4 New York’s Marc Santia reports.

A defense lawyer for the 47-year-old plastic surgeon from Westchester who allegedly had a boatload of weapons in his car and another arsenal in his second home on Long Island says his client simply likes guns and isn’t a public threat.

The 47-year-old plastic surgeon from Westchester arrested with an alleged boatload of weapons in his car, assault rifles, body armor, knives and more than 1,600 rounds of ammo, is expected to face separate charges on Long Island after another arsenal was found in his residence there, officials said.

A 47-year-old plastic surgeon from Westchester County allegedly had a huge weapons cache in his car, one including assault rifles, body armor, a ballistic helmet, knives and more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition, among other weapons, when police stopped him as they investigated a report he had threatened his estranged wife and family.

The man was arrested after a stranger overhead him threatening to kill his wife while he was at a bar in Westchester County. NBC 4 New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

A 54-year-old Olympian who owns and operates a sprawling equestrian center in New Jersey will remain jailed until trial for allegedly shooting a woman, his tenant, twice in the chest at point blank range on his 53-acre property last week.

A former U.S. Olympic equestrian athlete is accused of shooting a woman at his farm. George Spencer reports.

Amber Portwood is accused of wielding a machete while attacking her boyfriend Andrew Glennon during a confrontation that led to her arrest last week. On July 5, the 29-year-old “Teen Mom” star was arrested after allegedly assaulting her boyfriend in their Indiana home while he was holding their 1-year-old son, James. She was charged with three felonies: domestic battery, domestic...

The Long Island mother accused of murdering her 2-year-old twin daughters last month in a county park said in court Wednesday that she killed the girls with her own hands. Her attorney has asked for a psychiatric exam.

Prosecutors revealed Wednesday the mother told cops just moments after the crime she allegedly killed her young daughters with her own hands. NBC 4 New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

Former USC campus gynecologist George Tyndall, who is charged with sexually assaulting 16 patients, had his nearly $2.1 million bail reduced to $1.6 million Tuesday, despite his attorneys asking that the amount be set as low as $350,000.

Former USC campus gynecologist George Tyndall, who is charged with sexually assaulting 16 patients, had his nearly $2.1 million bail reduced to $1.6 million Tuesday, despite his attorneys asking that the amount be set as low as $350,000.

A Wisconsin man was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents in a case that mystified authorities until the girl made a daring escape from the remote cabin where she was held for 88 days.

An 18-year-old New Jersey mother who allegedly pressed on her newborn son’s chest until he stopped breathing, then threw him in a dumpster like trash, made her first appearance in an emotional courtroom Wednesday on a murder charge.

Officials released new details in the death of a newborn, allegedly at the hands of his teen mother.

“The butchery in this case is beyond my ability to describe,” Common Pleas Judge Diane E. Gibbons said in court.