The phrase "a second criminal" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an additional individual involved in criminal activity, often in a legal or narrative context.
Example: "The police arrested a second criminal who was linked to the robbery case."
Alternatives: "another offender" or "a second perpetrator".
In the meantime, a second criminal case has been opened involving the L.& H co-founder, Pol Hauspie.
A second criminal investigation by the Dutch prosecutor's office is due to conclude later this year or early in 2016.
The government has opened a second criminal investigation into the previous government led by Yulia V. Tymoshenko, the prosecutor general said Friday.
The same questions will be tested again on May 7 in Virginia, where Manafort has moved to toss out a second criminal case brought by the special counsel.
Severn Trent yesterday revealed it is facing a second criminal investigation after Belgian authorities decided to look at its Biffa waste management operation.
Last week, prosecutors opened a second criminal case against the former prime minister, accusing her of embezzling £250m in shady gas deals in 1997.
A third criminal was none other than the man who drove Chetrus to make his uranium deal.
A third criminal case began but Litvinenko secretly left the country, ending up in London with his wife Marina, and was granted political asylum.
The two lawyers, along with a third criminal defense lawyer representing the current speaker, Christine C. Quinn, are being paid with city funds; Mr. Miller's lawyer, Henry Putzel III, is not.
Khodorkovsky is due to be let out of prison next August, and though the threat of a third criminal case looms, Pavel believes that this time his father will see freedom.
That year, the so-called padlock law, which allowed the police to close a club if two criminal convictions and a third criminal arrest occurred in 12 months, left a gaping loophole.
