Washington, D.C.’s acting police chief visited the New York Police Department on Wednesday to learn about the agency’s massive camera surveillance program as crime in the nation’s capital surges. “It was really an opportunity for me to just come and see how they work — local, state and federal agencies …
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This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). The devastated mother of 14-year-old Kansas teen Jaylee Chillson, who fatally shot herself in front of a deputy earlier this month, said she’s …
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NEW YORK – Jurors are watching the confession of a man who claimed to have choked 6-year-old Etan Patz (AY’-tahn paytz) in a New York store basement in 1979. Pedro Hernandez is on trial for murder and has pleaded not guilty to killing Etan. His attorney Harvey Fishbein says the …
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Los Angeles police were looking for at least one suspect in a series of attacks that left one person dead and four others injured in a normally quiet neighborhood west of downtown Thursday. The Los Angeles Times reported that the attacks happened within a span of around 10 minutes shortly …
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Murder charges were reinstated against an Illinois woman who was accused of lethally poisoning a local police chief’s food with eyedrops. Charges were dropped against Marcy Oglesby, 51, in March after the trial judge sided with her defense team’s argument that Oglesby was deprived of her right to a speedy …
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A Michigan man who killed an 83-year-old retired nurse when he was a teenager will get an opportunity for parole in the years ahead, despite telling a judge that life behind bars seemed appropriate. Shawn Commire has been serving a life sentence for the death of Rita Salogar of Bay …
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DNA evidence recovered from a mask allegedly used by a suspect accused of breaking into a Pennsylvania man’s home in 2013 and killing him during a home invasion robbery has led to an arrest, authorities announced Wednesday. Thomas Delgado, 50, was arrested Wednesday by the U.S. Marshals Service in Philadelphia …
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A Michigan college student was shot to death by her ex-boyfriend over the weekend following months of reported stalking as the victim attempted to obtain a restraining order. Sarah Carroll, 20, was killed by her ex-boyfriend, identified as “Lincoln,” on Saturday night at theWoodland Villa Apartments, located approximately 25 miles …
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday ripped “reckless” criminal justice policies in the wake of the Aug. 22 stabbing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, North Carolina, calling it a tragedy that was preventable and overlooked by much of the media. Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee, was killed while …
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A second man is in custody stemming from a San Antonio mass shooting that left a home riddled with bullets and a young girl dead. Bryan Salazar, 20, is now in custody and charged with capital murder, injury to a child, aggravated assault from a mass shooting and drug and …
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