A New York City jury convicted Nadine Menendez, the wife of convicted former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, on Monday for her role in a years-long bribery scheme with her husband. She was found guilty on all 15 counts and faces sentencing on June 12. She wore a facemask and had no …
Read More »Man on FBI’s most wanted list arrested in Mexico for 2012 murder of his new bride in Chicago suburb
CHICAGO (CBS) — One of the FBI’s 10 most wanted fugitives, a man accused of stabbing his wife to death just hours after their wedding in Chicago in 2012, has been captured in Mexico. The FBI said 42-year-old Arnoldo Jimenez was arrested in Monterrey, Mexico, on Thursday, and is awaiting …
Read More »Menendez brothers resentencing hearing pushed back as aunts speak in court: “I want them home”
Erik and Lyle Menendez made their first court appearance in years Monday after their attorneys requested that a judge review potential new evidence and consider resentencing in the brothers’ first-degree murder convictions for the 1989 killings of their parents. The focus of the status hearing was the Menendez brothers’ habeas corpus …
Read More »Sean “Diddy” Combs returns key to New York City following mayor’s request
NEW YORK — Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has honored a request from New York City Mayor Eric Adams to return the key to city which he was given last year. Combs was given the key in a Times Square ceremony in September 2023, coinciding with the release of the …
Read More »Michelle Troconis found guilty in disappearance of Connecticut mother Jennifer Dulos
STAMFORD, Conn. — Michelle Troconis was convicted on all counts Friday in the murder of Jennifer Dulos, nearly five years after the Connecticut mother of five went missing. After deliberating for about 14 hours, the jury of three men and three women found Troconis guilty of conspiracy to commit murder, tampering with evidence …
Read More »Chicago police officer charged with shoving teen outside elementary school
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago Police officer was charged this week with shoving an eighth-grade student while off duty outside a South Side elementary school in May. He has also been relieved of his police powers. As CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reported Thursday, Officer Craig Lancaster has been indicted …
Read More »A new memoir serves up life lessons from a childhood in a Detroit Chinese restaurant
Many parents tell their children never talk to strangers. But Curtis Chin’s parents urged their six kids to ask customers at their Chinese restaurant about their background. It was their way of showing the children a world outside the Detroit restaurant’s four walls. “That is something my parents taught me …
Read More »Black and Hispanic murders are less likely to be solved. The reasons why are complicated.
DALLAS (CBSDFW.com) – Outside the Miller home in southeast Dallas, you can see 1-year-old Rory Norman still flashing the dimples his mother gave him. “It feels like everything still happened yesterday,” said Ebony Miller, standing by the sign with his picture she keeps planted in the front lawn. “I still wonder …
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