Crime and Public Safety

A person claiming to know the identity of Nancy Guthrie's abductors has contacted TMZ again. The message claims a secured phone holds videos, photos, names, and ages of the suspects.

A Colorado mother has been charged in connection with the death of her 16-year-old daughter, who prosecutors say drank herself to death and had 173 empty alcohol bottles hidden in her bedroom.

A federal judge declared a mistrial in the trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht, the man charged with setting a fire that officials said eventually became the Palisades Fire.

A Utah judge on Friday found a prosecutor in civil contempt for violating a pretrial publicity order by publicly stating there was "ample evidence" to prove Tyler Robinson's guilt in the 2025 killing of Charlie Kirk.

John Bolton served as national security adviser in President Donald Trump’s first administration before he later became a critic of Trump.

Former Pueblo County Coroner Brian Lee Cotter and his brother, Christopher Aaron Cotter, were arrested in Colorado and face 125 counts of abuse of a corpse, with a judge setting their bond at $1 million.

A new lawsuit targets Uber’s board of directors, alleging that executives and board members cut critical compliance corners, ultimately paving the way for a wave of sexual assault and harassment lawsuits against the company.

Iowa authorities have identified a teenage girl whose body was found in the Mississippi River more than 50 years ago, solving the state's longest-unidentified "Jane Doe" case.

A 31-year-old woman has confessed to violently killing and dismembering a man with whom she lived, following an anonymous tip that led detectives to a Texas landfill, police said Thursday.

Ghislaine Maxwell, the former British socialite and girlfriend of convicted felon and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, is looking to overturn her conviction and sentence, saying her rights were violated. 

A 26-year-old man is in custody days after police say he fled a crash that left two pedestrians dead in Newark this past weekend.

Longtime radio personality and former television host Big Tigger was arrested over the weekend on child cruelty and battery charges in Fulton County after allegedly pushing his wife into an office door during an argument, causing a deep facial cut, according to court documents.

Alex Murdaugh's defense team filed a series of motions seeking independent DNA testing, a change of venue and expanded access to case materials as the convicted South Carolina attorney continues to challenge his murder case.

Police are asking for the public's help to identify and locate two suspects wanted for assaulting an elderly man while riding a bus on the Upper West Side earlier this month.

A former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been arraigned on bribery charges, while federal authorities simultaneously executed search warrants on the homes of several high-ranking current and former NYPD officials.

Detroit Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold has been arrested four months after a Tampa armed robbery and kidnapping linked to an Airbnb the player rented in Largo. 

The parents of a girl who was raped when she was 12 years old by an adult stranger she met on Snapchat have sued its parent company and the attacker.

Hundreds of "unauthorized" drones have been seized at FIFA World Cup sites since the tournament began earlier this month. Here's what to know.