Teen busted with gun, $30,000 in cash at Brooklyn school
Police arrested a 17-year-old boy who was carrying a loaded handgun at his high school in Brooklyn this week. Police are looking into why the teen had more than $30,000 on him.
R. Kelly associate sentenced to prison for torching victim's car
An associate of convicted sex trafficker R. Kelly has been sentenced to eight years in prison for setting fire to a victim's SUV.
R. Kelly's fate now in jury's hands
After weeks of lurid testimony in a sexual misconduct trial, R. Kelly's fate is now in a jury's hands. A jury of seven men and five women began deliberating racketeering and sex trafficking charges against the R&B superstar.
Video shows gunman opening fire near NYU Brooklyn campus
Security camera video shows a person opening fire in Downtown Brooklyn on Tuesday, wounding an NYU student. Cops are hoping someone recognizes the man seen in the video.
Feds urge jury to convict R. Kelly; defense says accusers lied
Federal prosecutors told a jury they must hold R. Kelly "responsible for the pain he inflicted on each of his victims." But the disgraced singer's defense team had harsh words for the witnesses who have taken the stand in this sex-trafficking trial.
R. Kelly declines to testify at trial; closings begin
Closing arguments have begun in the sex trafficking trial of R&B singer R. Kelly. Prosecutors told jurors that they'd proved that Kelly for years got associates to help him target, groom and exploit girls, boys, and young women for his own sexual gratification. Kelly has vehemently denied the allegations.
NYU student shot outside Brooklyn campus
A student was standing outside NYU's Tandon School of Engineering in Brooklyn when he was shot. The student is expected to recover, a spokesperson said.
R. Kelly is unlikely to take the stand at his trial, lawyer says
A lawyer for R. Kelly has told a judge that the R&B singer is unlikely to take the witness stand at his sex-trafficking trial. Closing arguments could begin as early as Wednesday afternoon.
R. Kelly trial: Prosecution rests; defense calls singer's allies
After calling dozens of witnesses over the last month, federal prosecutors have rested their case against R. Kelly. Several women and two men testified about how Kelly groomed them for unwanted sex.
Expert witness: R. Kelly behavior mirrors abuse tactics
Prosecutors are inching closer to concluding their case at the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial, calling two final witnesses to try to further cement allegations he groomed young victims for unwanted sex and psychological torment in episodes dating to the 1990s.
Prosecutors play R. Kelly tapes for jury
Prosecutors at the sex trafficking trial of R. Kelly have played video and audio recordings for the jury they say back up allegations he abused women and girls.
Tapes captured R. Kelly threatening women, prosecutors say
The feds the jury at the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial to hear profane video and audio recordings they say demonstrate how he threatened his victims with violence.
SHOCKING: Woman kicked down Brooklyn subway escalator
The NYPD is asking for the public's help identifying the man who kicked a woman causing her to fall down an escalator inside a subway station in Brooklyn.
Woman testifies R. Kelly kept her locked up before sexually assaulting her
A former radio station intern says R&B singer R. Kelly kept her locked in a darkened room for days before sexually assaulting her while she was unconscious in 2003. Kelly has repeatedly denied accusations that he preyed on several alleged victims.
NXIVM co-founder Nancy Salzman sentenced to 3 1/2 years in sex slaves case
Nancy Salzman, the former president and co-founder of the cult-like NXIVM group, must serve 42 months in prison and pay a $150,000 fine.
Witness who wasn't a fan describes falling prey to R. Kelly
A woman who wasn't a fan of R. Kelly says she ended up getting exposed to a sexually transmitted disease after he enticed her to join him on the road.
On witness stand, man says R. Kelly sexually abused him
After several days of testimony from women claiming they were sexually abused by R&B star R. Kelly, a man has testified that Kelly exploited him in the same way.
R. Kelly compared himself to Jerry Lee Lewis, witness says
A witness at the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial says the R&B star once compared himself to rock legend Jerry Lee Lewis, who became notorious for marrying his 13-year-old cousin decades ago.
R. Kelly made victims write fake blackmail letters, witness says
R&B hitmaker R. Kelly's forced his girlfriends to write fake blackmail letters that he could use to defend himself in case he got charged with sexually abusing them, one of his accusers testified on Wednesday at his New York City trial.
R. KELLY TIMELINE: Life, lurid rumors, lawsuits, criminal charges
R. Kelly has long faced allegations of lurid sexual behavior and abuse, some of which have been made public through documentaries or court documents. This is a timeline of Kelly's life, from his early days in Chicago through his rise and fall as an R&B artist.