A former astronaut, Lisa Nowak, charged with confronting a romantic rival in an airport parking lot has pleaded guilty to felony burglary of a car and misdemeanor battery.

Circuit Court Judge Larry Hyman sentenced Rodell Vereen, 50, to 5 years in prison, suspended to 3 years in prison and 2 years probation.

The Grammy-winning rapper Lil Wayne has pleaded guilty to attempted weapon possession, and expects to receive a one-year jail sentence.

The Grammy-winning rapper Lil Wayne has pleaded guilty to attempted weapon possession, and expects to receive a one-year jail sentence.

An Aiken County woman has pleaded guilty to hiring a hitman to kill her husband. Tuesday, 42-year-old Judy Dickson, of Salley, South Carolina, admitted in court that she agreed to pay $10,000 to have the home of her estranged husband burned down. The man she tried to hire alerted the FBI.

A former Yale University lab technician charged with murdering a graduate student last month is expected to plead not guilty.

An Afghan immigrant has pleaded not guilty to plotting a terrorist attack on New York City using common chemicals. Najibullah Zazi’s lawyer entered the plea Tuesday in Brooklyn. Zazi was ordered held without bail during the brief hearing.

A Warrenville, South Carolina woman accused of a fatal hit and run had her day in court, Wednesday afternoon. Our news partner, ‘The Aiken Standard’ reports, Ginger Carpenter pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident in which a death occurred.

Former Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress has been sentenced to two years in prison after accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a nightclub and later reaching a plea deal on weapons charges.

Former Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress has been sentenced to two years in prison after accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a nightclub and later reaching a plea deal on weapons charges.

The case against a south Augusta couple charged in the death of their disabled relative is closed…Jeanne and Buel Peterson pled guilty to reduced charges. The couple was arrested after Christina Baxter was found dead in her front yard.

The so-called “Crown Royal Bandit” has pleaded guilty in federal court to armed robbery and weapons charges. Bruce Allen Hughes appeared in a Gainesville court Friday morning. The 48-year-old was expected to plead guilty in January to committing a series of robberies in Georgia and Tennessee over an 11-year-period but changed his mind at the last minute.

Former New York Giant Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty to a weapons charge and agreed to a two-year prison term for accidentally shooting himself at a Manhattan nightclub.

Former New York Giant Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty to a weapons charge and agreed to a two-year prison term for accidentally shooting himself at a Manhattan nightclub.

A Vermont man who accidentally shot his 17-year-old son to death while they were turkey hunting has pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in exchange for a deferred three-year sentence.