Crime and Courts

Marlena Velez, 22, is alleged to have stolen items from a Target in Cape Coral, Florida, by scanning false bar codes with cheaper prices, police said.

Authorities say a suspected terrorist wanted in the U.S. for two bombings in the San Francisco area in 2003 has appeared in a London courtroom after being captured in the U.K.

An FBI agent is accused of luring women to his tattoo studio in Gaithersburg, Maryland, before raping and assaulting them, police say.

Safety concerns persisted in downtown Chicago on Monday as the investigation continued into a shooting following the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival. A woman was shot near Macy’s along State Street as crowds were leaving the popular parade along North Michigan Avenue. According to police, the 19-year-old female victim was shot in the leg while standing on the sidewalk. Video...

Safety concerns persisted on Monday as the investigation continued into a shooting that occurred following the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival. NBC Chicago’s Jenn Schanz reports.

A new three-part Netflix documentary series, “Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey” examines how the actions of law enforcement and the media at the time may have influenced the investigation.

An alleged member of the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren de Aragua, who is believed to be involved in criminal acts in Chicago, was among those arrested in a sex trafficking investigation in Tennessee, authorities announced Monday.

A Connecticut couple was arrested at a Lululemon store in Woodbury, Minnesota, on Nov. 14 and charged with retail theft.

Two people were arrested on Nov. 14 at a Lululemon store in Woodbury, Minnesota, according to court documents.

Erik and Lyle Menendez were part of a court hearing in Van Nuys to determine what happens next in the brother’s murder case.

Prosecutors in France are setting out the punishments they want for 51 men accused of raping a woman while she was drugged and rendered unconscious by her husband.

A bankruptcy judge on Monday ordered a new hearing in conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ effort to stop the satirical news outlet The Onion from buying Infowars and turning it into a parody.

Questions surrounding public safety in downtown Chicago have increased following a shooting near Macy’s on State Street as the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival wrapped up on Saturday night.

A newborn baby girl was removed from the Safe Haven Baby Box at the Grove Creek Medical Center on Oct. 13 in Blackfoot. Officials say she was dead before she was placed in the box. 

A woman was injured in a shooting near Macy’s on State Street in downtown Chicago late Saturday night, authorities said. NBC Chicago’s Vi Nguyen reports.A woman was injured in a shooting near Macy’s on State Street in downtown Chicago late Saturday night, authorities said. NBC Chicago’s Vi Nguyen reports.

A woman was injured in a shooting near Macy’s on State Street in downtown Chicago late Saturday night, authorities said.

An Idaho teenager has been arrested in connection with the body of an infant found last month at a hospital in a box meant for people to anonymously give up a newborn, police said Friday.

A decision on whether Sean “Diddy” Combs’ will be released on bail was pushed back to next week by the judge overseeing his sex-trafficking case.

He may be nicknamed the “Preppy Predator,” but police warn that an alleged robber in Manhattan should be considered extremely dangerous.

The individual accused of shooting and injuring a Jewish man walking to synagogue and subsequently opening fire at first responders in Chicago’s West Rogers Park neighborhood performed searches on Google for synagogues, a Jewish community center and gun range in the days ahead of the attack.