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Kidnapping

OJ Simpson stands during sentencing at the Clark County Regional Justice Center December 5, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Simpson and co-defendant Clarence 'C.J.' Stewart were sentenced on 12 charges, including felony kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy related to a 2007 confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel. (Photo by Issac Brekken-Pool/Getty Images)

O.J. Simpson returns to courtroom

Linda Deutsch, Associated Press
NBC News - O.J. Simpson will head to a Las Vegas courtroom Monday in a bid to have his conviction on armed robbery and kidnapping charges thrown out.
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OJ Simpson stands during sentencing at the Clark County Regional Justice Center December 5, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Simpson and co-defendant Clarence 'C.J.' Stewart were sentenced on 12 charges, including felony kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy related to a 2007 confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel. (Photo by Issac Brekken-Pool/Getty Images)

OJ Simpson says lawyer botched case, wants new trial

Ken Ritter, Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson will return next week to the Las Vegas courthouse where he was convicted of leading an armed sports memorabilia heist to ask a judge for a new trial on the grounds that his lawyer botched his case...
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Dr. Noelle Hunter and her daughter Muna on a family holiday in Mali in 2009

Mother of allegedly abducted daughter to fly to Africa

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - Dr. Noelle Hunter will fly out to the African nation in early June following the recent news her estranged husband filed for sole custody of their daughter in a Mali court...
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Brian Banks works out for the Seattle Seahawks, in Renton, Wash., Thursday, June 7, 2012.  (AP Photo/Seattle Seahawks, Corky Trewin)

Linebacker exonerated in rape case signs with Atlanta Falcons

Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Brian Banks has signed with the Atlanta Falcons after the former Southern Cal recruit's football dream was derailed when he was convicted of rape and kidnapping charges a decade ago...
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Police stand at a road block at Hwy. 38 and Bryant Street just north of Yucaipa, Calif. as a gunfight between police and fugitive ex-Los Angeles cop Christopher Dorner takes place farther up the highway in the Seven Oaks community, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise, Stan Lim)

Cops hurt in manhunt for LA fugitive

Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The hunt for former LAPD officer Christopher Dorner took a dramatic turn Tuesday after a resident of Big Bear, Calif., reported that someone who looked like the suspect had swiped his car...
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The missing child poster for 5-year-old Rilya Wilson is shown May 8, 2002 in Miami, FL. Wilson has been missing since January 2001 when someone claiming to work for the Florida Department of Children and Families (DFC) took her from her grandmother's home. The DFC reported her missing on April 25, 2002 and has no record of anyone taking her. (Photo courtesy of Miami-Dade Police Department/Getty Images)

Rilya Wilson case: Woman convicted of abuse, kidnap of missing girl

Curt Anderson, Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) - A woman was convicted Friday of kidnapping and child abuse in the case of a 4-year-old foster child who disappeared more than a decade ago...
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This undated photo provided by the Philadelphia Police Department shows Linda Weston (AP Photo/Philadelphia Police Department)

Hate crime, murder alleged in Philly basement case

Kathy Matheson, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A paroled killer targeted mentally disabled adults in a scheme to steal their Social Security benefits, confining them like 'zoo animals'...
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Rapper Nas attends Moet Rose Lounge Presents Nas' Life Is Good at Bagatelle on July 17, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Moet Rose)

Nas reportedly sued for $10 million over 'kidnapping'

theGrio
theGRIO REPORT - The hip-hop icon was supposed to perform in Angola that month, but backed out, costing Allocco roughly $300,000 in fees...
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Naquelle Sontieq Ballard

Teen baby snatcher gets 10 years behind bars

Kunbi Tinuoye
ATLANTA - An African-American teenager has been jailed for ten years for posing as a hospital worker and kidnapping a newborn at a hospital in metropolitan Atlanta...
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O.J. Simpson arrives for a verdict at the Clark County Regional Justice Center, thirteen years to the day after he was acquitted of double murder charges, in Las Vegas on Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)

Nevada judge sets May hearing in OJ freedom bid

Ken Ritter, Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Nevada judge set the stage Friday for former football star O.J. Simpson to testify for the first time in the Las Vegas armed robbery and kidnapping case...
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