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Crime

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Bexar County Man Re-Arrested Over AI-Generated Sexual Images of a Teen — Texas Law Covers Them

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 19, 2026
The red sandstone Bexar County Courthouse in downtown San Antonio, Texas, with its two towers and arched entrance.

Bexar County man accused of using AI to create sexual images of a teen faces a new child pornography charge; Texas law addresses AI-made material.

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Investment adviser gets 11 years in $35 million Ponzi case; Travis Kelce named a victim in court

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 17, 2026 · Updated September 19, 2026
Travis Kelce smiling at a charity softball event

Siddharth Jawahar was sentenced to 11 years and ordered to pay $31.35 million for a $35 million Ponzi scheme; Travis Kelce was named a victim in court.

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Murdaugh murder retrial moved to Sumter County, trial set for April 2027

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 16, 2026 · Updated September 19, 2026
A wooden gavel resting on its sound block, generic courtroom imagery.

Judge Debra McCaslin has moved Alex Murdaugh’s murder retrial to Sumter County, South Carolina, with jury selection set for the week of April 5, 2027.

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Brennan Is a “Subject” in the Broad Florida Probe — and a “Target” in a Separate, Narrower One, Filing Says

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 15, 2026 · Updated September 17, 2026
John Brennan, then the White House homeland security adviser, speaks in the Oval Office in a May 2010 file photo.

A sworn declaration from John Brennan’s lawyer details the Sept. 9 grand jury subpoena, DOJ’s ‘subject’ vs. ‘target’ distinction, and diGenova’s exit.

Categories Crime Tags DOJ

Leon Black Faces a Congressional Contempt Vote for Refusing to Testify on Epstein Ties

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 14, 2026
AI-generated illustration: Leon Black Faces a Congressional Contempt Vote for Refusing to Testify on Epstein Ties

Billionaire investor Leon Black sued the House Oversight Committee on September 3, 2026, rather than comply with a subpoena demanding his testimony and copies

Categories Crime Tags President Trump

Former Kentucky Bank Manager Reagan France Pleads Guilty to Stealing More Than $335,000 From Customers

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 12, 2026
AI-generated illustration: a generic, unbranded community bank teller counter interior

Reagan France, 36, the former branch manager of a Home Savings Bank location in Ludlow, Kentucky, appeared in U.S. District Court in Covington on a Thursday

Categories Crime Tags Eastern District, Federal, U.S. District Court

St. Louis Mail Carrier Indicted Over 30,000 Pieces of Dumped Mail, Pleads Not Guilty

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 11, 2026
AI-generated illustration: a pile of dirt-stained envelopes and letters scattered in an overgrown vacant lot

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri announced on Sept. 2, 2026, that a federal grand jury in St. Louis indicted a U.S. Postal Service

Categories Crime Tags Eastern District, Indictment, St. Louis, U.S. District Court

Virginia Mother Convicted Over Son’s Solo Walk to a Pond Appeals; September 16 Hearing Will Only Set a Trial Date, Not Decide the Case

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 10, 2026
Photo of James City County

A Williamsburg, Virginia mother was convicted this summer of a misdemeanor for letting her 5-year-old son walk alone to a nearby pond.

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Lil Durk’s Murder-for-Hire Trial Goes to the Jury After Closing Arguments

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 9, 2026 · Updated September 10, 2026
AI-generated illustration: Lil Durk's Murder-for-Hire Trial Goes to the Jury After Closing Arguments

A federal jury in Los Angeles began deciding rapper Lil Durk’s fate on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, the morning after both sides finished closing arguments

Categories Crime Tags Los Angeles

Thieves Steal Four Renoir Paintings From French Riviera Museum, Abandon Two in the Garden

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 8, 2026
The stone facade of the Musee Renoir, Renoir's former house in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France

Two thieves broke into the Musee Renoir on the French Riviera before dawn on Tuesday, stole four paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and got away before police

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Shots Fired Near Sacramento State’s Hornet Stadium: No Injuries, No Suspect in Custody

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 6, 2026 · Updated September 7, 2026
Aerial view of Hornet Stadium and Fred Anderson Field on the Sacramento State campus

Sacramento State’s home football opener against Mississippi Valley State was still underway on the evening of Saturday, September 5, 2026, when university police

Categories Crime Tags Shooting

ICE Agent Christian Castro Indicted on Federal Charges for Lying About a Minneapolis Shooting

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 4, 2026
AI-generated illustration: ICE Agent Christian Castro Indicted on Federal Charges for Lying About a Minneapolis Shooting

A federal grand jury indicted ICE agent Christian Castro on September 3, 2026, charging him with making false statements to federal investigators about the January

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Minneapolis Apartment Shooting Leaves Three Dead, Officers Hurt; Police Say Suspect’s Identity and Cause of Death Are Still Not Confirmed

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 3, 2026 · Updated September 6, 2026
A low-angle view of the Hennepin County Medical Center building in Minneapolis, its dark window bands and pale stone columns seen from the street behind trees

A shooting at an apartment building in downtown Minneapolis Wednesday afternoon left three people dead and injured multiple police officers, the City of Minneapolis

Categories Crime Tags Shooting

Tucson Police Say Shooting That Killed Two Outside Gay Bar Was a Hate Crime

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 2, 2026 · Updated September 6, 2026
Photo: editorial scene related to this story

Two men were shot and killed in the parking lot of a Tucson gay bar early on Monday, Aug.

Categories Crime Tags Shooting

Jury Convicts Duane “Keffe D” Davis of Murder in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 Killing

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 1, 2026
AI-generated illustration: courtroom

A Clark County, Nevada jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, guilty of first-degree murder with use of a deadly weapon on Monday, August 31, 2026, for orchestrating

Categories Crime Tags Clark County, Las Vegas

Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial Ends in Mistrial After Jury Deadlocks 11-1

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published August 31, 2026 · Updated September 6, 2026
AI-generated illustration: No Verdict Yet in Lindsay Clancy Trial as Jury Enters Third Day of Deliberations

A judge declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, after the jury deadlocked 11-1 over roughly 38 hours of deliberations

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Isha Yumakia Warr Sentenced to Prison for Wire Fraud After Diverting $253,855 From Her Employer

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published August 28, 2026 · Updated August 29, 2026
Cash and a handwritten note reading FRAUD on a legal pad

A federal judge has sentenced Isha Yumakia Warr, 53, of Columbia, South Carolina, to about three years in federal prison for wire fraud.

Categories Crime Tags South Carolina

Judge in Don Lemon’s Federal Case Orders DOJ to Turn Over Grand Jury Records

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published August 25, 2026 · Updated September 15, 2026
Don Lemon

A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to hand over sealed grand jury records in the criminal case against Don Lemon, a demand that could shape whether

Categories Crime Tags DOJ, Federal, Indictment

Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial: No Verdict Yet, Closing Arguments Could Start Next Week

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published August 20, 2026
Scales of justice and a courthouse building, symbolic editorial illustration of a criminal trial

Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial has reached its 17th day of testimony in Massachusetts, with no verdict yet. As of Aug.

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Seahawks Agree to Terms with Terrion Arnold, Who Faces Eight Felony Charges and Denies Involvement

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published August 19, 2026
Terrion Arnold playing for Alabama, jersey number 3

The Seattle Seahawks have agreed to a one-year, minimum-salary contract with cornerback Terrion Arnold even though he is fighting eight felony charges in Florida

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