Trials
Woman blames daughter for beating grandma over game volume

Jul. 11, 2019 08:26 AM EDT
YOUNGWOOD, Pa. (AP) — A woman has asked a judge to dismiss charges that she beat her mother and shaved her head because she thought the older woman was listening to...

Trial set to begin for former Baltimore Ravens running back

Jun. 24, 2019 10:59 AM EDT
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — A trial begins Monday for the Baltimore Ravens' former starting running back Alex Collins on drug and weapons felony charges. ...

FILE - In this May 20, 2019 file photo Former NFL football player Kellen Winslow Jr. looks at attorney Marc Carlos during his rape trial in Vista, Calif. Prosecutors are expected to announce, Friday, June 14, whether they will retry Winslow Jr. on eight criminal charges left undecided by the jury that convicted the former NFL player of rape. Winslow was convicted Monday of raping a 58-year-old homeless woman and two counts of lewd conduct involving two other women. The jury deadlocked on remaining charges, including two counts of rape involving a hitchhiker and an unconscious teenage girl. (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool,File)
The Latest: Ex-NFL player will face new rape trial

Jun. 14, 2019 02:25 PM EDT

Ex-NFL player Kellen Winslow II, standing, who was accused of committing several sex crimes against women in North County last year, including rape, answers a question from San Diego County Superior Court Vista Judge Blaine Bowman during a status hearing Friday, June 14, 2019 in Vista, Calif. (Howard Lipin/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)
Prosecutors to retry Kellen Winslow Jr. on rape charges

By Julie Watson Jun. 14, 2019 10:41 AM EDT

File - In this May 20, 2019, file photo, former NFL football player Kellen Winslow Jr. looks at attorney Marc Carlos during his rape trial in Vista, Calif. The former NFL star was convicted Monday, June 10, 2019, of raping 58-year-old homeless woman in San Diego County. (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)
The Latest: Mistrial on last counts in ex-NFL player trial

Jun. 11, 2019 02:40 PM EDT

File - In this May 20, 2019, file photo, former NFL football player Kellen Winslow Jr. looks at attorney Marc Carlos during his rape trial in Vista, Calif. The former NFL star was convicted Monday, June 10, 2019, of raping 58-year-old homeless woman in San Diego County. (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)
Mistrial declared on remaining counts against ex-NFL player

By Julie Watson Jun. 11, 2019 01:01 AM EDT

Closing arguments given in rape trial of Kellen Winslow Jr.

Jun. 04, 2019 08:01 PM EDT
VISTA, Calif. (AP) — Attorneys for former NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr. say five women who accused him of rape and lewd conduct invented the allegations to prey on...

Woman accused of beating mom over game volume to stand trial

May. 23, 2019 07:43 AM EDT
YOUNGWOOD, Pa. (AP) — A woman will stand trial on allegations she beat her mother and shaved her head because she thought the older woman was listening to the...

Former NFL player Cierre Wood, who along with his girlfriend is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 5-year-old daughter, La'Rayah Patra Nicole Lamont Davis, appears in court at the Regional Justice Center on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
Ex-NFL player faces trial in death of girlfriend's child

By Ken Ritter May. 22, 2019 03:55 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 10, 2019, file photo, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft leaves his seat during an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Miami Heat in New York. A Florida judge has blocked prosecutors from using video that allegedly shows Kraft engaging in paid sex at a massage parlor. Judge Leonard Hanser ruled Monday, May, 13, 2019, that Jupiter police did not follow proper procedures after installing the hidden cameras that secretly recorded Kraft visiting the Orchids of Asia Day Spa twice in January. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Kraft trial postponed while prosecutors appeal video ruling

May. 21, 2019 05:16 PM EDT

Former NFL football player Kellen Winslow Jr. looks at attorney Marc Carlos during his rape trial, Monday, May 20, 2019, in Vista, Calif. (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)
First accuser testifies at ex-NFL player's rape trial

By Julie Watson May. 21, 2019 01:14 AM EDT

The Latest: Trial begins for ex-NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr

May. 20, 2019 02:41 PM EDT
VISTA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the rape trial of Kellen Winslow Jr. (all times local): 11:30 a.m. A jury in Southern California has...

Former NFL football player Kellen Winslow Jr., standing center, takes his seat in the courtroom on the first day of his rape trial, Monday May 20, 2019, in Vista, Calif. (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)
Prosecutor: Ex-NFL player raped homeless woman, 2 others

By Julie Watson May. 20, 2019 01:02 AM EDT

Witness at NCAA trial says he paid football recruits

By Larry Neumeister Apr. 24, 2019 01:59 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A key prosecution witness at a trial highlighting corruption in college basketball testified for a second day Wednesday about money he paid to...

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2012, file photo, New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith appears before an NFL football game against the New York Giants in East Rutherford, N.J. In a ruling Wednesday, March 27, 2019, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of Cardell Hayes in the April 2016 killing of Will Smith. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)
Court denies appeal of man convicted ex-Saints star's death

By Rebecca Santana Mar. 27, 2019 06:04 PM EDT

File-This Jan. 27, 2019, file photo shows New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft addressing the crowd during an NFL football Super Bowl send-off rally for the team, in Foxborough, Mass. Kraft now says he wants his misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution charge tried by a jury, not a judge. Kraft’s attorneys filed a court notice Tuesday, March 26, 2019, also waiving his arraignment, which had been scheduled for Thursday. His lawyer’s also reiterated his not guilty plea, which he made last month. Kraft and 24 other men were charged in Palm Beach County as part of a multicounty crackdown on massage parlor prostitution. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Patriots' Kraft now wants jury trial on prostitution charge

Mar. 26, 2019 04:58 PM EDT