Crime

The woman accused of murdering three members of her ex-husband’s family by serving them poisonous mushrooms has taken the stand at an Australian court on Monday as the highly publicized triple murder trial nears its conclusion. Erin Patterson, 50, is accused of killing her former parents-in-law, Don and Gail Patterson, …

Authorities seized more than six tons of cocaine from a semi-submersible vessel — a so-called “narco sub” — and from two underground hiding places discovered in Colombia, the country’s navy announced this week. Officials released video of the narco sub being intercepted off the country’s Pacific coast, as well as video showing …

U.S. Olympic gold medalist Kyle Snyder was among more than a dozen people arrested as part of a prostitution sting in Ohio, police said Monday. The former Ohio State wrestler, 29, was arrested for engaging in prostitution by uniformed officers inside a hotel room, the Columbus Division of Police said.  …

A man who was captured on video attacking a judge in a Las Vegas courtroom after vaulting over her bench and desk has been sentenced to decades in prison. Deobra Redden was ordered on Tuesday to serve between 26 and 65 years in a Nevada prison for the attack on …

An Idaho jury resumed deliberations Thursday in the case of Chad Daybell, who is accused in the deaths of his first wife, Tammy Daybell, and Joshua “JJ” Vallow and Tylee Ryan, the children of his second wife, Lori Vallow Daybell. The jury started its deliberations Wednesday afternoon in the trial, …

Two teenagers accused of murder escaped over the weekend from a youth jail in Louisiana, less than two weeks after one of them fled the same jail for the first time earlier in November, police said. Both murder suspects, who are 17 years old, escaped late on Saturday night from …

Baltimore police arrested a 17-year-old male on Friday morning in connection with a mass shooting Sunday that left two people dead and 28 injured, authorities said. Police previously said they were looking for at least two suspects but have not ruled out additional shooters.  Members of the homicide and SWAT teams arrested the suspect …

A teenager in western Iowa was arrested and charged last week with solicitation to commit murder after allegedly attempting to hire a hitman to kill a young child, CBS affiliate KCCI-TV and the Des Moines Register reported, citing local authorities. The accused teen, who is 17 years old, apparently submitted a …

A Florida man was accused of fatally shooting a dune buggy driver in a confrontation over a beer can, according to court records. Wallace Mannin Kirkland, 59, allegedly shot the unidentified male driver after he said something similar to “I’m going to kill you” during the incident last week, a …

A former respiratory therapist has pleaded guilty in the deaths of two patients at a Missouri hospital two decades ago. Jennifer Hall, 42, initially was charged with two counts of first-degree murder but pleaded guilty instead Friday to reduced first-degree involuntary manslaughter counts in the deaths of 75-year-old Fern Franco …