Crime and Courts

A Florida-based Christian organization with a history of child sex abuse allegations against it has been hit with a lawsuit claiming one of its missionaries sexually assaulted a minor overseas 15 years ago.  

Members of a high school lacrosse program in upstate New York are accused of staging an armed abduction of younger players in a stunt that “went way beyond hazing,” prosecutors said this week.

The Australian host of a weekend family lunch is on trial charged with murdering her estranged husband’s parents and an aunt and attempting to murder an uncle with poisonous mushrooms.

Helicopter video shows the pair riding away from the scene before they were stopped by police.

A Pittsburgh pet mortuary owner faces charges after allegedly victimizing thousands by carelessly dumping their deceased pets into landfills.

The driver told Connecticut police that she was speeding because she was running late to a “Thomas the Train” event.

A grass-roots group in Tarrant County has spent the past several years trying to tackle violence among teenagers and young adults.

Yunice Abbas was the first defendant questioned Tuesday in the trial in connection with the 2016 robbery during which the reality star was held at gunpoint.

For people who have been convicted of crimes and served their time, reintegrating back into society can be challenging. The Dallas nonprofit Unlocking Doors helps former criminal offenders get a second chance to get back on their feet and benefit their community. Noelle Walker has the story.

Two people are dead after a shooting at a gas station in Arlington over the weekend. Arlington police arrested a 17-year-old suspect. A grass-roots group in Tarrant County says youth gun violence is an issue they’re trying to tackle. Sophia Beausoleil has more.

Unlocking Doors works with ‘background-friendly’ apartment complexes and employers in Dallas to help give former criminal offenders a chance to reintegrate.

Police said that “up to 15 bodies had been mutilated and subject to experimentation” by the suspect, who owns a mortuary in Texas.

Jonathan Pullen, the Rocky Mountain DEA’s special agent in charge, said the agency seized illegal drugs and weapons at the nightclub.

Almost nine years after Kim Kardashian was held at gunpoint and robbed of more than $9 million in jewelry in Paris, the suspects are now on trial.

The complaint said the back door of the truck opened by unknown means, leading to three bags of U.S. currency falling out.

Scott Peterson said in a declaration seeking to overturn his murder conviction that he had “absolutely nothing to do with the disappearance and deaths of my wife and son.”

A Texas mother who officials say took alcoholic Jell-O shots to her child’s elementary school Christmas party has been arrested.

Mangione faces four federal charges, for which prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

The former GOP representative had pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges.

The New York Republican pleaded guilty last summer to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.