Crime and Courts

A federal jury on Friday cleared a former Kentucky police detective of a charge he violated the civil rights of Breonna Taylor’s neighbors by using excessive force during a botched 2020 drug raid that left Taylor dead.

A woman posing as a nurse has given thousands of injections of counterfeit Botox and fillers at her Massachusetts beauty spas, federal prosecutors said Friday.

Surveillance video and bodycam footage captured the chaos unleashed during a mass shooting in downtown Orlando that left two dead and at least seven hurt while tens of thousands gathered for Halloween celebrations, according to the Orlando Police Department.

Police in Methuen, Massachusetts, have arrested three teenagers after a triple shooting last week. Three males — ages 16, 17 and 18 — were injured in the Oct. 21 shooting on Boston Street. The older gunshot victims were treated at the scene before being hospitalized, while the 16-year-old went to the hospital on his own for treatment. The 17-year-old victim...

Specialist Wooster Rancy is charged with murder and obstructing justice linked to the death of Sgt. Sarah Roque, the Army said.

The agreement, which includes probation and time served, ends the Atlanta rap star’s part in a sprawling trial that began with jury selection in January 2023.

A Washington state man who authorities said killed at least 118 eagles as part of a wildlife trafficking ring that operated on a Native American reservation in Montana was sentenced Thursday to three years and 10 months in prison, and must pay more than $777,000 in restitution.

Jennifer Guilbeault has been charged with second-degree and third-degree assault as a hate crime after she allegedly pepper-sprayed her Uber driver as he was praying in Arabic on July 31.

A man accused of booking appointments for buyers in a high-end brothel network with wealthy and prominent clients in Massachusetts and the Washington, D.C., suburbs pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday.

A woman who was allegedly caught on surveillance video walking out of a Florida hair salon without paying for her hair extensions was arrested Wednesday, police said. 

The resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez will take place on Dec. 11, according to a court official.

Massachusetts State Police Trooper James Doran, who was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after a car crash Sunday night in Tewksbury, has resigned, the department said.

Federal prosecutors say a former Louisville police detective’s actions were like “a drive-by shooting” the night of the deadly Breonna Taylor raid.

An Orlando-area bail bondsman was arrested and accused of making women have sex with him in exchange for bonding them out of jail after a years-long investigation, according to the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation (MBI).

The woman and another man kidnapped the victim and kept him locked in his car’s trunk as they drove around the Navajo Nation. Then, her co-defendant stabbed him to death.

Ed Kelley, who faces charges over Jan. 6 and plotting to murder FBI special agents, is an anti-abortion activist and was the fourth rioter to enter the Capitol, federal authorities say.

David DePape, the man who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, was sentenced to life without parole on his state conviction for the October 2022 assault.

David DePape, the man who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband in their San Francisco home two years ago, was sentenced to life without parole Tuesday on his state conviction.

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was arrested in New York City on Tuesday for alleged parole violations.

A Massachusetts State Police trooper, who recently graduated from the academy, was arrested after allegedly crashing into a car while under the influence in Tewksbury Sunday.