A man was sentenced Friday to 27 years to life in prison for killing a 25-year-old woman whose dismembered body parts were found in two New York City parks. Daquan Wheeler, 34, of the Bronx, was convicted of murder and other charges in April in the 2018 death of Lisa …
Read More »Lauren Pazienza, 26, charged in shoving death of 87
A 26-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday in the death of an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach who was shoved to the ground on a New York City street. Lauren Pazienza, of Port Jefferson, Long Island, turned herself in to face a manslaughter charge in the death of Barbara Maier Gustern, which …
Read More »Michigan school shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley to pursue insanity defense
A teenager charged with killing four students at a Michigan high school will pursue an insanity defense, his lawyers said in a notice filed Thursday. The notice comes as Crumbley, his parents and school officials face a new lawsuit over the attack at Oxford High School. The notice, listed in …
Read More »NXIVM trial: Keith Rainere alleged sex cult case heading to Brooklyn, New York, jury for deliberations
After weeks of relentlessly lurid testimony, jurors on Wednesday will begin deliberating the sex trafficking case against Keith Raniere, the former spiritual leader of the purported self-improvement group NXIVM. Prosecutors and defense lawyers gave closing arguments in a Brooklyn federal court this week following a trial that has given a …
Read More »Federal prosecutors investigate sex crime allegations against Harvey Weinstein
NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors in New York’s Southern District have opened an investigation into former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein apparently stemming from allegations of sex abuse, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News senior investigative producer Pat Milton. CBS News has learned the federal investigation into Weinstein …
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