Criminal Justice

Lt. Joseph Szczerba died a violent death while trying to take a theft and stabbing suspect into custody nearly 13 years ago near New Castle.

A convicted killer captured last year after two weeks on the run in southeastern Pennsylvania’s rolling farmlands has pleaded guilty to escape and burglary charges.

A jury in Nevada has found a Democratic former Las Vegas-area politician guilty of murder in the killing of an investigative journalist.

Sources have identified the victim as Abdul Vicks, a well-known rapper affiliated with the gang Young Bag Chasers (YBC).

Advocates said gun violence prevention needs to be a “priority” for elected officials and leaders.

A New Jersey man has been sentenced to seven years in connection with an arson and antisemitic graffiti last year, authorities said.

Both sides at the trial agreed that the teen walked into a Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles in Los Angeles in 2022 and shot the Philly rapper while robbing him of his jewelry.

Attorneys for former officer Mark Dial, who shot and killed Eddie Irizarry as he sat in his car in Kensington last August, sought the change of venue in the spring.

The settlement does not include the University of Pennsylvania and six other colleges, which are continuing to defend themselves against the class-action lawsuit.

Multiple state prisons in Pennsylvania lack air conditioning, leaving thousands of incarcerated people at risk during increasingly common high temperatures.

William C Hoyle, who was wanted for a shooting that left an innocent bystander in critical condition in Wildwood, New Jersey, has been taken into custody.

A defense lawyer for Sen. Bob Menendez has tried to convince a New York jury that there's nothing to the federal government's bribery case against the Democrat.

Families, cities and states wish to hold Purdue Pharma, the maker of Oxycontin, and its owners, the Sackler family, accountable for the opioid crisis.

Samuel Woodward, 26, was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder for the killing of Blaze Bernstein, who was home visiting his family in California when he went missing.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Brian Healion, 33, successfully rushed a police line — and posed for photos inside a Senator’s office.