Eric Levenson - Senior Writer, CNN Digital
Eric Levenson
Senior Writer, CNN Digital
Eric Levenson is a senior writer for CNN Digital, reporting on national breaking news stories with a particular focus on crime and trials.
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Suspected killer who was accidentally released from Indianapolis jail has been captured
Sep 27, 2023
A homicide suspect who was mistakenly released from a detention center in Indianapolis two weeks ago due to a clerical error was captured Wednesday in St. Paul, Minnesota, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said.
Rex Heuermann, accused of killing 3 of the Gilgo Four, says he’s reviewing evidence in his cell
Sep 27, 2023
Gilgo Beach killings suspect Rex Heuermann appeared in a New York court on Wednesday for a short status hearing on his upcoming trial for the murders of three women whose bodies were found more than a decade ago.
Judge dismisses all charges against Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot Eddie Irizarry
Sep 26, 2023
A Philadelphia municipal court judge on Tuesday dismissed all charges, including murder, against the Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry during a traffic stop last month.
Nic Kerdiles, former NHL player and Savannah Chrisley’s ex-fiancee, dies in motorcycle crash
Sep 24, 2023
Nic Kerdiles, a former hockey player who was engaged to the reality TV star Savannah Chrisley, was killed in a motorcycle crash in Nashville early Saturday morning, police said.
Prosecutor, defense attorneys deliver openings in the trial of officers charged in the death of unarmed Black man Elijah McClain
Sep 21, 2023
Prosecution and defense attorneys delivered opening statements Wednesday in the trial of two Aurora, Colorado, police officers who arrested Elijah McClain, an unarmed 23-year-old Black man who died after their encounter more than four years ago.
Autopsy of Patriots fan who died after ‘scuffle’ at NFL game didn’t suggest traumatic injury, DA says
Sep 20, 2023
The preliminary results of an autopsy on a New England Patriots fan who died after a “scuffle” at a game Sunday “did not suggest traumatic injury, but did identify a medical issue,” the Norfolk district attorney said in a statement.
Tuohys ‘vehemently deny’ allegations by Michael Oher and say they will terminate conservatorship at any time
Sep 15, 2023
Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, who along with former NFL player Michael Oher were portrayed in the Oscar-winning movie “The Blind Side,” say they “stand ready, willing and able to terminate the conservatorship [over Oher] by consent at any time,” according to court documents filed Thursday in a Tennessee court.
School district agrees to pay $27 million to family of 13-year-old in fatal bullying case
Sep 14, 2023
A California school district agreed to pay $27 million to the legal guardians of a 13-year-old boy who was fatally beaten at school in what the family’s attorneys say is the “the largest bullying settlement in the United States.”
Police official defends officers’ group photo with captured fugitive: ‘They’re proud of their work’
Sep 13, 2023
“Those men and women worked amazingly hard through some very trying circumstances,” Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens said. “They’re proud of their work.”
Convicted killer’s escape is the latest in string of Pennsylvania jailbreaks this year
Sep 13, 2023
The escape of a convicted murderer from a Chester County correctional facility in late August is not the only incident of its kind in Pennsylvania in the past few months.
Escaped Pennsylvania prisoner now armed with a stolen rifle and ‘extremely dangerous,’ police say
Sep 13, 2023
The convicted killer who escaped from an eastern Pennsylvania prison nearly two weeks ago is considered “armed and extremely dangerous” after he stole a rifle from a homeowner’s garage, police said Tuesday morning.
South Carolina attorney general asks for state investigation into Alex Murdaugh jury tampering allegations
Sep 07, 2023
South Carolina’s attorney general has asked a state law enforcement agency to investigate claims of jury tampering during Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial this year, officials said Thursday.
These five cities could be one natural disaster away from a catastrophic water crisis
Sep 02, 2023
Here are five cities or regions across the country that show signs of vulnerability under a rapidly warming planet – from coastal flooding in New York to saltwater intrusion in California’s groundwater.
In Cedar Key, Hurricane Idalia turned a ‘haven for artists’ into a flooded wreck
Aug 31, 2023
Named for the trees that once covered the islands, Cedar Key, Florida, is located about four miles out in the Gulf of Mexico and connected to the mainland by a single road that crosses over four small, low bridges.
UNC graduate student charged with murder in fatal shooting of associate professor
Aug 30, 2023
The suspect in the fatal shooting of a faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday is a graduate student at the school, UNC police said in a news release Tuesday.
Jacksonville gunman in racially motivated attack legally bought two weapons earlier this year, sheriff says
Aug 28, 2023
The White gunman who killed three Black people in a racially motivated attack at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday legally purchased the two firearms he used in the shooting earlier this year, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said in a news conference Sunday.
About
Eric Levenson is a senior writer for CNN Digital, reporting on national breaking news stories with a particular focus on crime and trials.
Since joining CNN in 2017, he has covered many of the country’s biggest criminal trials, including those of Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein, Larry Nassar, Derek Chauvin, Kyle Rittenhouse and Ghislaine Maxwell.
He also has closely analyzed and reported on mass shootings in Parkland, Florida, and Las Vegas, Black Lives Matter protests across the country, hurricanes and flooding, and the coronavirus pandemic.
Before CNN, Levenson was a breaking news reporter for Boston.com and a writer for The Atlantic Wire. He is originally from Jacksonville, Florida, and graduated from Princeton.