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American Christopher Savoie is back on U.S. soil after spending a harrowing 18 days in a Japanese jail for trying to wrest his children away from his ex-wife. But the joy of being reunited with his current wife, Amy, is muted by the heartbreak of having to leave his son and daughter behind. Complete Story...
El Salvador's defense minister says the army will send an additional 2,500 soldiers to crime-plagued parts of the country to increase security.
The fragile psyche of Delonte West could use a break, but if the frustrations with life that drove the Cavaliers guard to ride around the Metro D.C. area armed like a mercenary weighed on him, how must West feel with the weight of the legal system on his tattooed shoulders?
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says the Department of Justice is spending almost $400 million to help tribes reduce violence on their reservations.
Justin Little was a fun-loving young college student with a sense of adventure. Now his grieving family is left to wonder whether that adventuresome spirit may have led to his bludgeoning death.
The mother of the Florida girl who was abducted, murdered and dumped in the trash broke down as she talked about how she tried to teach her 7-year-old to beware of strangers. But, she said Friday, “I feel like I failed.”
COLUMBIA, Tenn. - A man who allegedly videotaped a friend having sex with a horse at a farm in Washington state in 2005 is now accused of performing sex acts with a horse in Tennessee.
Kansas' attorney general said Tuesday that a state lab has a backlog of more than 38,000 DNA samples and suggested budget problems could keep some crimes unsolved longer.
Minister Louis Farrakhan on Sunday urged his followers not to become complacent by President Barack Obama's election and to work to repair communities.
Lacking both sense and sensibility, “Law Abiding Citizen” tries to be a man-against-the-system drama, but the movie can’t decide whether the audience is supposed to root for the man, the system, both or neither.
Police in Louisiana say the pungent smell of pickles or jalapenos may lead to the perpetrators of a crime. Police in Slidell, a small town just east of New Orleans, are asking parents to call authorities if their children came home smelling like pickles or jalapenos over the weekend, or if they hear about students selling lots of candy.
With “hair that looks like she fights crime in space,” Kate Gosselin starred in one of the funnier sketches Jay Leno’s aired since the start of “The Jay Leno Show.”
Court documents say DNA found after a grocery store break-in on a Washington state island last month matches that of an elusive teenager wanted in a string of burglaries.
Disabled people are 1.5 times more likely to be victims of violent crime than nondisabled people, according to a government study.
If a truly great artist engages in a truly awful crime, should our feelings about the art mitigate our feelings about the crime?
Celizic: There’s just one race left in baseball, and wouldn’t you know it’s in the division that no one cares about — the AL Central. Well pay attention, folks, because this one's worth watching.
South Africa's murder rate — one of the world's highest — has dropped slightly, but the country faces a distressing rise in rapes, robberies and hijackings, South African police said Tuesday.
The U.S. Department of Justice is committed to helping American Indian communities battle a rising tide of violence against women and children, gang activity and other crime, a top agency official said Monday.
More New Yorkers are out of work, and the cash-strapped city isn't graduating a new class of police cadets this year. And yet crime is going down — way down.
Blyleven: Everyone steals signs in baseball, but to use that knowledge to help an opponent, as Miguel Tejada was accused of doing, is a big no-no.
Murder and manslaughter dropped almost 4 percent last year, as reported crime overall fell around the country, according to new data released Monday by the FBI.
Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting small and medium-sized businesses that don't have the resources to keep updating their computer security, according to federal authorities.
In November 2001, Alex King, then 12, and his brother Derek, 13, were charged with murder in the bludgeoning death of their father. Today, having served time in prison, they are focusing on the future. “Hopefully we can learn from our past,” Derek said.
The Justice Department said Wednesday the rate of violent crime in the United States held steady in 2008.
On just a single day this year on the Red Lake reservation in northern Minnesota, police and investigators received emergency calls about a suicide, a murder, three stabbings, two shootings and multiple incidents of domestic violence.
Two dead, several injured in Tualatin shooting- A gunman who opened fire with a rifle at a drug-testing clinic today killed one woman and injured several other people before apparently fatally shooting himself, authorities said.
Couple in court over howling sexA British couple whose sex sessions were so noisy that neighbours could not sleep have heard in court how their marathon romps sounded like someone being murdered.
Wal-Mart's sick leave policy risks spreading swine fluWith swine flu in full swing, Wal-Mart's punitive sick leave policy is discouraging employees from calling in sick, lest they earn enough demerits to be fired, according to a report by the National Labor Committee.
Bill aims to protect innocent from executionRep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) and six other representatives introduced a bill last week that would allow death row inmates to have the opportunity to present newly discovered evidence of innocence.
Charge Reduced For Firefighter In Super Bowl Couch-BurnPITTSBURGH -- A former volunteer firefighter who police said sprayed lighter fluid on a burning couch during a Super Bowl celebration got his charges reduced Monday after completing a program for first-time offenders.
Top UPS Executive Accused Of Rape Kills SelfATLANTA -- Police say a vice president for shipping giant UPS who was accused of raping a 21-year-old Indiana University student over homecoming weekend has committed suicide in Georgia.
Taser Wars: The Real Dangers of Loose TriggersLt. Michael Pigott, a 21-year NYPD veteran, ordered an officer on the ground to fire his stun gun. Morales collapsed and fell 10 feet to the sidewalk, landing on his head. He was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead on Sept. 24, 2008.
Maine Toddler Missing; New York, Vermont Issue Amber AlertSANFORD, Maine -- An Amber Alert was issued in New York and Vermont on Monday evening for a missing 2-year-old girl who police said was taken by her father in Maine after a violent assault on the girl's mother.
Mothers Of 12-Year-Old Victims Testify In Sex Abuse CaseCLARK COUNTY, Ind. -- Monday, jurors heard from two mothers whose 12-year-old sons said they were sexually abused by a 33-year-old Clark County, Ind., woman.
Father thought 3yo 'possessed', court toldA Supreme Court trial has heard a man accused of murdering his three-year-old son and dumping the body in a mine shaft in the outback was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and believed his son was possessed by the devil.
Police shoot dead three-year-old in South AfricaPolice in South Africa have allegedly shot dead a three-year-old boy because they mistook a metal pipe he was holding for a gun.
Man provides photo for his own wanted posterLONDON (Reuters) - A British man on the run from police sent a picture of himself to his local paper because he disliked the mugshot they had printed of him as part of a public appeal to track him down. Vanity strikes again. H2
Man paid woman to have sex with her teen daughterA man who allegedly paid money to the mother of a 14-year-old girl so he could have sex with the child has been charged with sexual assault.
9-Year-Old Stops CarjackingPolice in Charleston, W.Va., said that a 9-year-old boy stopped a carjacking in order to protect his young siblings, WCHS in Charleston reported.
Alleged Hit-And-Run Victim Turns To Facebook For HelpBOSTON -- The victim of an alleged hit-and-run is turning to Facebook to help fund an investigation into the Boston incident.
Suspects Fight Indictment In Torture Of 16-Year-Old BoyTRACY, Calif. -- Four people accused of torturing a captive teenager at a Tracy home will be in court today to challenge the indictment against them.
Trial of Baltimore Mayor Sheila DixonBALTIMORE -- Ten months after she was indicted, Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon has entered a courtroom -- about a block from City Hall -- as a criminal defendant.
Jeff Hardy Update: Not Talking to Anybody, His Father SpeaksGilbert Hardy, father of Matt and Jeff, spoke to the Fayetteville Observer newspaper last week and said Jeff has been keeping a very low profile in the weeks and months since his September 11th drug arrest. "He won't talk. He ain't talking to nobody," the senior Hardy said.
Massachusetts Psychiatrist To Return Home After StabbingBOSTON -- A psychiatrist who was repeatedly stabbed by a patient at her office near Massachusetts General Hospital last month is expected to return to her Belmont home on Monday, according to her husband.
Man Survives Brutal Hammer AttackSELLERSBURG, Ind. -- A 56-year-old man, brutally assaulted with a hammer, lived to tell the story. Meanwhile, police are searching for the man they said is still in the area and still dangerous.
A university student’s effort to “Drop the petition for Roman Polanksi's release” is gaining public attention, and has resulted in at least one celebrity withdrawing their name from French philosopher’s Bernard-Henri Lévy’s petition calling fo …
Ex-adoption agency director Debra W. West pleads guilty to bilking adoptive parents - St. Petersburg TimesThe former director of a Tampa Bay area adoption agency pleaded guilty Monday to bilking adoptive parents out of more than $178,000.
Driver had her own tequila setupA woman was caught driving Thursday evening with a half bottle of Jose Cuervo tequila by her side, sliced limes on the console — and two children as passengers, according to a report from the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.
Uncle under arrest after giving nephew grain alcoholA 38-year-old Valrico man who alledgedly gave his nephew grain alcohol is being held without bond in Hillsborough County.
Texts leads to 16 year old girl's killingPolice said the stabbing death of a 16-year-old South Daytona girl behind the Daytona Beach Bandshell early Sunday was a case of the wrong place, wrong time and wrong group of friends.
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