Naresh Bhatt could be found guilty of first-degree murder, or acquitted: Legal expert after dismemberment admission

Naresh Bhatt admitted to using a saw to cut up his wife's body. (X/@cathyrusson)

Naresh Bhatt could either be found guilty of first-degree murder or could be acquitted, a legal expert has opined. This comes after Bhatt gave a bombshell testimony, in Virginia, on Thursday, telling jurors that he dismembered his wife’s body after finding her dead. Bhatt stands accused of killing his wife, Mamta Kafle Bhatt. Naresh Bhatt … Read more

Sachem stabbing suspect's family says teen was bullied before high school attack; accused pleads not guilty

A Sachem high school teen has been accused of stabbing a schoolmate while the former's family has alleged bullying. Image for representational purposes. (Unsplash)

A 15-year-old boy has been accused of stabbing another 16-year-old in the parking lot of Sachem High School East in Farmingville. The accused reportedly used a 4-inch kitchen knife to stab the victim in the upper chest, seriously injuring him, as per reports. The accused’s family has claimed the teen was bullied. A Sachem high … Read more

Robert Kessler: Florida man, 74, tells judge he will plead guilty to woman's murder in exchange for cheesesteak, fries and Pepsi

Robert Kessler: Florida man, 74, tells judge he will plead guilty to woman's murder in exchange for ‘cheesesteak, fries and Pepsi’ (Law&Crime Trials/YouTube)

A Florida man accused of killing and dismembering a woman told a judge he would plead guilty to the charges if given a cheesesteak and other snacks of his choice. 74-year-old Robert Kessler appeared before Hillsborough Circuit Judge Nick Nazaretian on Monday, Oct appeared before Hillsborough Circuit Judge Nick Nazaretian on Monday, October 26, for … Read more

Chris Brown avoids jail after pleading guilty to affray in London nightclub attack

Chris Brown was sentenced to eight months, suspended, after pleading guilty to affray following a 2023 London nightclub attack on music producer Abe Diaw.. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

R&B artist Chris Brown has escaped incarceration following an incident in which he struck music producer Abe Diaw repeatedly with a tequila bottle during an aggressive altercation at Tape nightclub in Mayfair, Central London, in February 2023. Chris Brown was sentenced to eight months, suspended, after pleading guilty to affray following a 2023 London nightclub … Read more

Federal executive with top-secret clearance created a fake classified program and diverted $145 million into luxury property and gold; after FBI found 298 gold bars, he pleaded guilty to a $193.6 million fraud

Federal executive with top-secret clearance created a fake classified program and diverted $145 million into luxury property and gold; after FBI found 298 gold bars, he pleaded guilty to a $193.6 million fraud

Federal executive created fake program, diverted $145M; FBI found 298 gold bars in $193.6M fraud (Image Credit: USAO EDVA) A former senior federal employee with a top-secret security clearance has pleaded guilty to defrauding the US government of approximately $193.6 million, allegedly using fabricated government authorities to obtain money for himself. According to the US … Read more

Caleb Flynn guilty verdict: Does Ohio have death penalty? What sentence could he face for wife Ashley’s murder?

Caleb Flynn listens to court proceedings inside the Miami County Court of Common Pleas in Troy, Ohio. (/AP via AP)

Caleb Flynn, a former Ohio music pastor who once appeared on “American Idol,” has been found guilty of murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn, in Ohio. Caleb Flynn listens to court proceedings inside the Miami County Court of Common Pleas in Troy, Ohio. (/AP via AP) What happened to Ashley Flynn? Ashley Flynna 37-year-old schoolteacher and … Read more

Florida teen sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing mother and her boyfriend in planned ambush

Florida teen sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing mother and her boyfriend in planned ambush

Florida teenager Julia Grace Egler, 18, has been sentenced to 50 years in state prison after pleading guilty to killing her mother and her mother’s boyfriend in Palm Bay in July 2024. Egler was 16 when Kelley McCollom and Matthew Szejnrok were killed. Prosecutors said she had planned the attack, staged a fake home invasion … Read more

From 2018 to 2022, a Georgia nonprofit employee stole $96,713 meant for abused and neglected children, spending it on Netflix, Six Flags, lingerie and a home theater before pleading guilty

From 2018 to 2022, a Georgia nonprofit employee stole $96,713 meant for abused and neglected children, spending it on Netflix, Six Flags, lingerie and a home theater before pleading guilty

O’Neal worked as a programme specialist for Court Appointed Special Advocates of Polk & Haralson, Inc Jennifer O’Neal, a former employee of a Georgia nonprofit that supports abused and neglected children, pleaded guilty to stealing $96,713 from the organisation between 2018 and 2022, according to the US Department of Justice. She used the money for … Read more

Lindsay Clancy trial update: Holdout juror believed ‘she was guilty’ from the start

The lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial has spoken out about the deliberations. (Greg Derr/Pool The Patriot Ledge)

The lone juror who caused a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder case has spoken out, saying other jurors gave wrong information about him. The lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial has spoken out about the deliberations. (Greg Derr/Pool The Patriot Ledge) Who is the holdout juror and what he believed The … Read more

Alex Saab, ally of Venezuela’s Maduro, pleads guilty in US corruption case

Alex Saab, ally of Venezuela's Maduro, pleads guilty in US corruption case

By Luc Cohen and Jonathan Stempel Alex Saab, ally of Venezuela’s Maduro, pleads guilty in US corruption case Sept 15 – A Colombian-born businessman with close ties to ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a U.S. corruption case, as federal prosecutors prepare separately to take Maduro to trial next year. Alex … Read more