Crime and Courts

Williams was put to death despite questions his attorneys raised over jury selection at his trial and the handling of evidence in the case.

Federal prosecutors have charged Ryan Wesley Routh with attempted assassination of a presidential candidate on Tuesday.

In a rare occurrence, jurors were allowed to submit questions to ask the “ghost candidate,” a key witness in the trial of former Republican Sen. Frank Artiles.

The FBI released its annual crime statistics report for 2023, with insights into everything from murder to robbery. Here’s what you need to know.

Colorado law enforcement say three men are accused of tying up their housemate and torturing him for 14 hours.

The alleged sham candidate, Alex Pedro Rodriguez, under oath, said former state Sen. Frank Artiles was behind his ghost campaign where the plan was not to win, but only to disrupt the race.

A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 was sentenced Monday to life in prison for murder after a jury rejected his attempt to avoid prison time by pleading not guilty by reason of insanity.

Violent crime was down about 3% from 2022 to 2023 and property crime took a similar drop of 2.4%, the FBI reported in its annual “Summary of Crime in the Nation.” The most serious crimes went down significantly: Murder and non-negligent manslaughter were down an estimated 11.6% — the largest single year decline in two decades — while rape decreased by an estimated 9.4%, NBC News reports.

A ghost candidate who helped sway a Miami-area legislative race back in 2020 testified Friday that he was offered $50,000 to run for office.

A ghost candidate who helped sway a state election testified that he was offered $50,000 to run for office. He never planned on winning, only disrupting the race – which ended up flipping the Senate seat from Democrat to Republican. NBC6’s Steve Litz reports

A Miami man was arrested this week after police say he brutally beat another man on Miami Beach, called him homophobic slurs and threatened to kill him.

The family of a teenager accused of murdering his mother in Hialeah burst out in tears Friday when they saw him appear in court virtually.

A man is under arrest after a Florida father hit him with a bat and chased him away from his home for allegedly peeping into his 14-year-old daughter’s room.

Authorities said the suspect lives just a block away from the victim and told them he gets a thrill out of going around people’s homes.

Police are searching for the thieves caught on camera sidling up to a woman in a South Miami restaurant before stealing her wallet and trying to use it at several stores. 

Former “Jackass” star Bam Margera found himself back behind bars this week after allegedly violating his probation.

Police are searching for the thieves caught on camera sidling up to a woman in a South Miami restaurant before stealing her wallet and trying to use it at several stores. 

U.S. District Judge Tom Lee called the former officers’ actions “egregious and despicable” and imposed sentences near the top of federal guidelines for five of the six.

A sheriff in Kentucky is accused of fatally shooting a district judge at a courthouse on Thursday, authorities said.

Three Miami-Dade families were once again struck with tragedy when county officials refused to answer how the man accused of causing a deadly triple crash on West Flagler was deported to Honduras and avoided American justice.