Lebanese commandos recaptured Wednesday a fugitive from an al-Qaida-inspired group, a day after he broke out of a high-security prison in a spectacular escape.
Federal authorities in Los Angeles say they will pay a reward of up to $150,000 following the capture of one of the FBI's most-wanted fugitives, who disappeared for nine years following the shooting of a sheriff's deputy.
Authorities say a fugitive from the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list suspected of spraying automatic weapons fire at two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies nearly nine years ago is in custody in Mexico.
Two Massachusetts men are being hailed as heroes by police for catching a toddler who fell 40 feet from a home's third-story window.
The official Moroccan news agency says an Islamist convicted in the deadly 2003 Casablanca bombings who escaped from prison has been caught in neighboring Algeria and returned home.
Her husband just signed a smoking ban into law in April. Now Iowa first lady Mari Culver admits she already broke it.
Police in Massachusetts say they caught a bank robber red handed — literally. On Monday, a man gave tellers a note threatening that he had a gun at a Sovereign Bank branch in Lawrence. Bank employees managed to hide a dye pack in the cash the robber stole.
A postal worker is credited with saving a 1-year-old girl by catching her after she fell out of a second-story window in Albany, N.Y.
An alleged thief wasn't fazed when workers at a Chicago muffler shop told him a safe he wanted to rob wasn't open. He just asked them to give him a call when their boss returned with the combination.
Deborah Ann Gavin did what many women do. She met a man, married, had two kids and lived quietly as a nurse. Until the day she feared for 33 years finally arrived.
A rookie with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is credited with capturing a U.S. fugitive killer and three-time escapee who has spent two decades dodging and taunting law enforcement.
Every time convicted killer Richard Lee McNair landed behind bars, he dreamed up a new way to escape.
A man who escaped from a New Jersey prison 28 years ago was arrested Wednesday at his Philadelphia home, making one last bid to conceal his identity and remain a free man.
Law enforcement officers are trained for all kinds of circumstances, but Ventura County sheriff's deputies were stunned to find an alligator crossing an intersection in Thousand Oaks.
A graffiti artist accused of spray-painting on several buildings appeared in court after being caught — blue-handed — by police.
Nacera Berrouba, a young Algerian in Paris, says she couldn't get the job she dreamed of until she dyed her hair blond.
A baby girl dangling by one hand from a third-floor balcony was spared death when she fell into the arms of a neighbor who waited underneath, police said Sunday.
A man profiled on "America's Most Wanted" was arrested after he snatched a woman's purse and she chased him down, authorities said.
A 10-foot-gator that was caught in a tug-of-war with some children earlier this week has been captured
Thomas Allen Wilcox walked into the bedroom of a Northeast Portland family residence early Tuesday morning and stood over a mother and her two young children sleeping together with a knife in his hand, according to county court documents.
The Bellevue police chief has defended a larger officer who was caught on surveillance struggling to enter a business during a robbery call.
Police divers have harpooned a huge fish that had been terrorising swimmers in a Swiss lake, sending a few to hospital with bite wounds.
A maintenance worker caught a 4-year-old boy who was dangling from a window of his second-floor apartment and fell Monday afternoon.
Disciplinary action taken against police officers for sexual innuendo incident recorded by their two female victims
A getaway driver who refused to break the speed limit during a police chase led to a gang of jewel robbers being caught and sent to prison for a total of 20 years.
Dutch police have arrested twin brothers on suspicion of robbery after their alleged victim spotted a picture of them following him on Google's Street View map application, a spokesman said on Friday.
TWO graffiti yobs were caught by cops who matched their street-art "signatures" to doodles on their school books. The vandals had added their individual "tags" to spray paintings on walls at a local skateboard park.
- Boys and Girls Club of Wellington receptionist Debbie Sahagian was doing her morning walk through of the building Monday when she noticed something terribly wrong. "When I came into this office, this wall was punched out here," she said
A man who allegedly told bank tellers in Utah - while cleaning out his savings account - that he was on a mission to kill President Barack Obama has been arrested.
A pub landlord fed up with repeated vandalism attacks on his car set up a CCTV camera to catch the culprit in the act - before playing the footage on TV.
Disturbing details have been released in the attempted abduction of a 4-year-old Orange County girl. Detectives said that Mauricio Reyes took the girl from her bedroom to the garage, laid her down on a blanket and bound and gagged her.
Two burglars were caught after booking a taxi home from a raid in a car driven by one of their victims.
Mark Cavendish bolted to a sprint victory Wednesday in the second stage of the Three Days of De Panne in Belgium.
Excerpt: A Perv caught naked at a beauty spot with a torch stuck up his bum — told cops he was depressed . Herbert Boothroyd, 61, said he had wanted to "cheer himself up".
DALLAS - There is controversy developing over red-light cameras. A Dallas lawmaker wants to ban cities from ticketing some drivers caught by the system. Many cities in North Texas have red-light cameras.
Antwan L. Grandberry, a 19-year-old Dade City man was arrested after assaulting mother who caught him masturbating.
Excerpt: Police arrested a man after he reportedly reached into his pocket like he had a gun and forced a customer in front of him at a Dunkin Donuts to pay for his order. Jacksonville Police say it happened at the Dunkin Donuts at 301 North Marine Boulevard Friday night.
Excerpt: An elderly man who was apparently smoking a cigarette while riding his bicycle home died Thursday after his clothes caught fire on a residential Bethpage street, officials said.
Excerpt: A THIEF has been caught on a surveillance camera with his pants down. The man broke into a Darwin bar early yesterday, where he proceeded to take off his clothes and wander around before taking off down the street in the nude.
CRANSTON, RI - An ACI corrections officer is charged with smoking pot on the clock.
HOUSTON—A Houston woman was arrested Wednesday night and charged with three counts of possession of child pornography. Crystal Dawn Wallace, 34, was arrested at her home in the 8900 block of South Braeswood.
Excerpt: The Escambia County Sheriff's Office has a new story for the Dumbest Criminals file.
- A robber got what he expected after robbing a bank, cash, but what he didn't expect was getting caught by two bank customers.