Claudia Banton, 42, is on trial for the point-blank 2021 shooting of Delia Johnson in Brooklyn Lesley Cosme Torres is a writer at PEOPLE covering crime. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025.

Marshella Chidester, 67, was found guilty on all nine counts, including two counts of second-degree murder, in the 2024 deaths of two siblings, ages 4 and 8 Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer ...

An 18-year-old man has been charged with murder after an alleged fatal stabbing in Melbourne's south-east last week. Police say a group of males were seen fighting near Society Avenue in Lyndhurst ...

Two men have been convicted in a murder-for-hire scheme targeting an Iranian-American journalist at her Brooklyn home. A federal jury in New York found Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov guilty of ...

who takes a second bow in GLORY DAZE (Pegasus Crime, 295 pp., $27.95). Glory is still recovering from her unwitting turn as an amateur detective in the unforgettable “Glory Be,” when she ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A Travis County jury has convicted a 23-year-old of murder in connection with a 2023 shooting in Austin. On Sept. 26, 2023, Austin police located 40-year-old Keith Bedford with ...

One of the most concerning trends is the recruitment of minors into organised crime and terrorism groups, which recently prompted countries like Sweden to introduce legislation to wiretap children ...

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US A group of teenage siblings face charges ...

This is because there is no single category for knife crime, as distinct from crimes carried out with all kinds of weapons, in the Garda Pulse computer system. The Garda analysis service is ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Adnan Syed, whose case amassed a worldwide following of “Serial” podcast listeners, will remain free — even though his murder conviction still stands, a Baltimore judge ...