Crime and Courts

Audio from a 911 call made after four University of Idaho college students were fatally stabbed reveals the panic of the survivors as they struggled to understand what occurred, NBC News reported. The 911 audio call made on the morning of Nov. 13, 2022, was obtained by NBC News on Friday, about two weeks after the transcript of the call was entered into court...

A Maryland judge has formally sentenced Adnan Syed to the time he’s already served in prison.

According to the indictment, Combs used the “power and prestige” he wielded as a music mogul to intimidate, threaten and lure women into his orbit, often under the pretense of a romantic relationship.

A second Columbia University student involved with last year’s protests has been arrested by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with Homeland Security Investigations, while another had her student visa revoked and self-deported, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday. Columbia University couldn’t immediately be reached for comment. The night before, DHS agents searched the dorm rooms of two...

President Donald Trump used a triumphant visit to the Justice Department on Friday to air a litany of grievances about the criminal investigations that threatened to torpedo his political career, decrying in often profane terms his adversaries and casting himself as a victim of unfair and biased prosecutions.

The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the school unless it cedes control of an international studies department and implements sweeping changes to other campus policies. In a letter sent Thursday night, federal officials said the university must immediately place its Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Department…

A government lawyer has asked a federal judge to move the legal fight over the detention of Mahmoud Khalil to either New Jersey or Louisiana. The request was made Wednesday during a hearing in New York City. Khalil is a Columbia University graduate student whom the Trump Administration is trying to deport over his role in pro-Palestinian protests at the...

Tracie Strahan reports.

Detectives said the 20-year-old father originally told police the 2-month-old fell, but investigators later found out her death was caused by something much more horrifying. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

A new father on Long Island is facing murder charges after police allege he beat his 2-month-old baby girl to death. On Jan. 1, 2025, a hospital in Far Rockaway celebrated the birth of Liseyda Rabanales-Barrios, it’s first baby of the new year. On March 7, EMTs responded to a 911 call in the Nassau County community of Inwood, and…

A father in Missouri was sentenced to 13 years in prison for shooting and wounding a St. Louis youth football coach over his son’s playing time.

A Virginia high school track athlete is facing a misdemeanor charge following a viral video of her at a meet where her competitor gets struck in the head with a baton.

Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira has pleaded guilty to military charges of obstructing justice. In his address to the judge at his court-martial Thursday, Teixeira called himself a “proud patriot” and claimed that he had exposed President Joe Biden’s lies about the war in Ukraine.

Officials described the disturbing conditions that a Waterbury, Connecticut, man endured during 20 years of captivity.

A New York judge is deciding what’s next for Mahmoud Khalil, who helped organize pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University in 2024. Protesters gathered outside federal court demanding his release. Khalil was taken to a detention center in Louisiana and will stay there for now, though his attorneys want him returned to New York. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

The wife of “Ghost Adventures” star Aaron Goodwin was arrested last week on allegations that she was plotting to have him assassinated, according to a police report.

A government lawyer has asked a federal judge to move the legal fight over the detention of Mahmoud Khalil to either New Jersey or Louisiana. The request was made Wednesday during a hearing in New York City. Khalil is a Columbia University graduate student whom the Trump Administration is trying to deport over his role in pro-Palestinian protests at the...

A Bergen County police lieutenant is charged with stealing cocaine and fentanyl that was drug evidence used or set to be used in upcoming trials.  Lt. Kevin Matthew, 48, faces 50 criminal counts related to the alleged scheme. Prosecutors said he stole evidence from at least nine criminal cases and tried to sell the drugs for personal profit. Investigators said Matthew…

A federal judge said Khalil will remain in the U.S. as the court weighs a challenge to his planned deportation, as President Donald Trump says his arrest will be the first of many.

Romney Smith reports on today’s court hearing for the pro-Palestinian activist arrested by ICE.