Criminal Justice

According to court records, Keffer appeared to be drunk, got in a crash and ultimately refused a blood test.

Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy said although the fired officers each played different roles in the killing of Nichols, “they are all responsible.”

Charles McGonigal allegedly worked with Oleg Deripaska, who has been on the U.S. sanctions list since 2018.

A Washington D.C. jury found Joseph Hackett, Robert Minuta, David Moerschel and Edward Vallejo guilty on Monday.

Prosecutors said Dewey Beach officer Dylan Ebke “reasonably felt in fear for his own life’’ and that of a fellow officer after trapping an armed suspect in an alley.

Prosecutors announced that actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer.

A city that prioritizes justice cannot tolerate a judge who jails people illegally and vindictively, writes Nikki Grant of Amistad Movement Power.

A man shot and wounded by a security officer outside the federal courthouse in Philadelphia was armed with two knives and has been charged with attempted murder and assault.

Weekly protests outside Philly’s courthouse call on Judge Genece Brinkely to step down.

A former candidate for the state legislature was arrested Monday for allegedly orchestrating the shootings at the homes of local Democratic officials.

Dwayne Pearson, 39, allegedly raped the girl in July and August. He faces three felony counts.

Wolf, a Democrat, signed his final 369 pardons this week, for a total of 2,540 since he took office in 2015. He surpassed Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell’s record of 1,122 granted.

The 31-year-old Ph.D student was never in Texas where the crime occurred, but an identification via social media led to her being jailed.

Police say they uncovered the dogfighting after being called to the rural Sussex County property to investigate a report of suspicious activity.

At Tuesday’s preliminary hearing, prosecutors presented evidence they said tied the adult and juvenile suspects to the Sept. 27 shooting outside of Roxborough High School.