In the scales of justice in 19th-century London, the theft of two coats, two pairs of trousers, two waistcoats, a handkerchief, a pair of gloves and a notebook equaled one life.
Illegal immigrants living in Manhattan who have been victimized by crimes or who are aware of crimes can now report the incidents without fearing arrest and deportation, officials said.
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld a stiff prison term Tuesday for a repeat offender who argued that some earlier convictions shouldn't count in calculating his sentence.
If only all criminals were this helpful. A 24-year-old man called police to tell them he was trying to break into a church, but he wasn't having much luck.
A couple who ran a baby-sitting service out of their home videotaped themselves performing sex acts with children, some as young as 2 months old, police said Friday.
A West Allis mother is charged with giving her 3-month-old daughter a lethal dose of methadone.
Bernard Madoff's new Manhattan home is the size of a walk-in closet, with cinderblock walls, linoleum floors and a bunk bed. Breakfast will be served before sunrise, and the disgraced financier can stretch his legs outside, but only every other day — in a cage.
"I was scared, but I had to protect my children." That's what Nicole Gutierrez said drove her to wrestle, tackle and hold down an alleged Peeping Tom in Woodland on Thursday night
A program spreading across the country is giving veterans charged with non-violent alcohol or drug-related offenses a second chance to get their lives back on track.
Two Junior High School teachers are accused of sexually assaulting the same 13-year-old student. Authorities in Davis County filed first-degree felony charges of rape and sodomy on a child against Linda R. Nef, 46, and Valynne Bowers, 39
A 7-year-old boy was stabbed to death and a police officer was stabbed in the face during an attack at an apartment complex in Palatka on Tuesday evening.
Police say they believe the man charged with the weekend murder of a teenage girl, may be the suspect they've been searching for the past two years after two other similar murders in Avondale.
Waukesha - A Waukesha man was charged Friday with attempting to start a methamphetamine lab, a plan that authorities say was thwarted because an astute hardware employee saw instructions he was carrying in the store.
Police have arrested a former Broward County School employee after, authorities said, he sent sexual messages to elementary school students.
Police in Connecticut have arrested a man with a several-pack-a-day habit -- of Orbit gum.
Listen to this conference call between executives at Morgan Stanley, Citibank and other parties. If Wall Street Fat Cats call it a "Retention Award" instead of a "Bonus" they will outsmart all of us stupid taxpayers. After all, they are more important than us.
The three-year-old girl who was taken from her Northern California home during a burglary Monday morning has been found, according to Yreka Police.
Jacksonville State Attorney Angela Corey promised to be tough on crime but even she believes 24 years for writing eight bad checks is extreme.
The police thought they were going to help a dog bite victim, but that turned out to only be about half of the story.
A St. Johns County woman was recently arrested after police found a young girl in her custody covered with dirt and wandering around a shopping center. Patricia Devlin Patricia Devlin Police arrested Patricia Devlin and charged her with child cruelty.
Police said four members of the same family were arrested in Plainville Thursday night.
Donna Greenwell, 53, a long-haul trucker with an arrest record from Pitkin, is charged with aggravated kidnapping, along with would-be adoptive parents Paul J. Romero, 46, and Brandy Lynn Romero, 27, of Evangeline Parish.
CHULA VISTA, Calif. - Authorities in California say a man wanted for a store robbery was arrested when he showed up to take a test to become a police officer.
A man was been arrested after police said he used counterfeit money to purchase fake OxyContin pills from an undercover officer.
Five children who were unrestrained in a moving vehicle were taken by DHS after their parents were discovered to be under the influence of methamphetamine, police said.
Police said Friday they are investigating the shooting and killing of a pit bull.
Criminal, Judge Fauver 2-25-09 Peter Macdonald 465 Packersfalls rd Lee NH 03824 603-659-6217 I read in the paper today that a suicidal young man was given a jail sentence because the state had no treatment facility available. Judge Peter Fauver was involved.
Two men are under arrest for burglary, largely because they lost the key to their getaway vehicle.
Story Updated: Feb 20, 2009 Christian County prosecutors on Friday charged a Nixa woman with felony child molestation. They say she touched a 9-year-old boy -- and used a web camera to show off her crime on the Internet.