Crime and Courts

Teens on their way to school made a horrific discovery in a Long Island park: A human arm, that police say hadn’t been there very long before the kids found it. Later in the day, a leg and a second arm were found not far away in the same park. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

Manuel Rocha, 73, told a federal judge he would admit to federal counts of conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government, charges that could land him behind bars for several years

First, two children on their way to school found a human arm. Then the leg turned up.

A dead man was found in the trunk of a parked car in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, and investigators are seeking information as to who he is — and how he got there, prosecutors said Thursday. The grisly find came a day ago, shortly after noon, when Lakewood Township Police got word about an unconscious man inside the trunk of…

A Washington state man accused of helping kill more than 3,000 birds, including eagles, on a Montana Indian reservation then illegally selling their carcasses and feathers intends to plead guilty to federal criminal charges.

A Detroit couple is charged with having a dangerous animal causing death after authorities say their three dogs fatally mauled a 35-year-old man.

A New York man is facing charges after shooting another man to death at his suburban home, then putting the victim in his car and setting it on fire just off the Palisades Parkway, according to the district attorney.

A New York man has pleaded guilty to charges he illegally trafficked birdwing butterflies and other rare insects. Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that Charles Limmer’s plea deal calls for a $30,000 penalty, and he had to turn over a collection of 1,000 butterflies, moths and other insects. Some of the dried specimens include birdwing butterflies, which are among the rarest...

Actor Hunter Schafer was among dozens of war protesters arrested at NBC’s 30 Rock headquarters in Manhattan during President Biden’s appearance on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” earlier this week, organizers confirmed.

Judge Arthur Engoron recently handed down Donald Trump’s now $464 million-dollar civil fraud settlement.

Two men are facing charges after a string of burglaries at businesses and multiple fires at PSEG substations on Long Island, according to the district attorney.

A suspect in the killing of a woman at a New York City hotel has been indicted by a grand jury in Arizona’s most populous country in the subsequent stabbing attacks of two women in the Phoenix area. The Maricopa County Attorney’s office announced 26-year-old Raad Almansoori was indicted on attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, attempted sexual assault, attempted armed...

Two men were found guilty in the 2002 murder of prolific DJ and member of Run DMC, Jam Master Jay, at his Queens recording studio. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

Jam Master Jay, born Jason Mizell, was shot dead in his recording studio on the evening of Oct. 30, 2002.

Terry Roberts, a guard for the G League’s Long Island Nets, was hurt while in Philly early Sunday.

A former finance director at New York University has pleaded guilty to a more than $3 million fraud scheme that authorities say helped fund renovations to her home in Connecticut. Cindy Tappe, 57, of Westport, Connecticut, used her position at the Manhattan school to divert money intended for minority- and women-owned businesses, the offices of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg…

President Biden is in New York City on Monday afternoon for a taping of ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’ at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.

Natalee Holloway’s brother Matthew Holloway details searching for her body in landfills after her 2005 disappearance in E! News’ tragic first look at Peacock’s new Joran van der Sloot documentary.

The suspected killer in the Soho hotel murder is being tried in Arizona after committing crimes there. The Maracopa attorney refused to extradite the suspect back to New York to face murder charges here, instead suggesting the Manhattan district attorney is too soft with criminal charges. Tracie Strahan reports from Lower Manhattan. 

A Brooklyn preacher with ties to New York City Mayor Eric Adams went on trial Monday in Manhattan federal court over charges that he looted a parishioner’s retirement savings and tried to extort a businessman to fuel his lavish lifestyle. Lamor Miller-Whitehead, 47, a Rolls Royce-driving bishop, was in court as a jury was being chosen two years after a grand...