Tag: Violent crime
Prosecutors: Shots fired at teen mistaken for suspect
EMMITSBURG, Md. — Prosecutors in Maryland have found that a sheriff’s deputy and Pennsylvania state trooper mistook a 15-year-old bystander for an attempted murder...
Indiana man charged in death of toddler
<p>FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A Fort Wayne man has been charged in the death of his girlfriend's toddler son, who authorities said was battered...
Los Angeles sheriff to name deputies involved in shootings
LOS ANGELES — In a major reversal, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Wednesday that the names of deputies who shoot civilians will...
Judge drops murder charges against 2 Mississippi cops
JACKSON, Miss. — A state judge in Mississippi dismissed murder charges Thursday against two police officers accused of body-slamming and beating a Black man....
Video tip was key to solving 2018 Iowa slaying, deputy says
<p>IOWA CITY, Iowa — Video of a vehicle driving near where a missing 20-year-old Iowa woman had been out running helped police quickly identify...
Appeals court hears case of 3 ex-cops charged in Floyd death
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Thursday on whether three former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd 's...
Hawaii News Now obtains video from police shooting of teen
HONOLULU — A Honolulu police officer was directly behind a car when he fired 10 shots at the back of the driver's seat during...
Girl purposely got blue slime on would-be kidnapper’s arms
<p>PENSACOLA, Fla. — As Alyssa Bonal fought the strange man who had just grabbed her by the throat, threatened her with a knife and...
Durst’s defense says dismemberment helps prove innocence
LOS ANGELES — The savage and sloppy manner in which Robert Durst dismembered a man he accidentally killed in Texas helps prove the New...
DOJ: Alabama prisons remain deadly, homicides increasing
MONTGOMERY, Ala, — Alabama prisons remain deadly and dangerous two years after federal officials warned the state of unconstitutional conditions, the U.S. Department of...