Matt Delaney

Washington governor wants new prison for ‘avalanche’ of juveniles being arrested

An "avalanche" of juveniles arrested in stick-ups and car thefts prompted Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to propose opening a new detention center to alleviate overcrowded facilities in the state.

November 26, 2024

Man jailed for Trump assassination attempt says he was ‘ready to die for freedom and democracy’

The man charged with trying to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump in Florida sent a letter to a news outlet saying he considered himself a compatriot of the first would-be assassin of Mr. Trump.

November 26, 2024

Climate activists get prison time for dumping red powder on Constitution

Two climate change activists who damaged the U.S. Constitution were sentenced Monday to more than a year in prison Monday for dumping red powder over the historic document's protective casing.

November 25, 2024

Hawaiian dad dies in apparent suicide during search for missing daughter in L.A.

Los Angeles police said a Hawaiian father died in an apparent suicide while searching for his missing adult daughter, who disappeared during her layover in L.A. earlier this month.

November 25, 2024

Menendez brothers seek resentencing for parents’ murders during rare court appearance

Lyle and Erik Menendez will appear before a Los Angeles judge on Jan. 30 in their effort to get a reduction in their life sentences, as the convicted murderers hope shifting public perceptions and their own rehabilitation can secure their paroles more than 35 years after they gunned down their parents.

November 25, 2024

Venezuelan illegal immigrant charged with sexually assaulting his boss’ teen daughter

A Venezuelan illegal immigrant accused of sexually assaulting his boss' 14-year-old daughter was arrested in Denver last week after evading police for nearly three months.

November 24, 2024

Ex-Marine Daniel Penny doesn’t take stand in his manslaughter trial

The trial of Daniel Penny, the former Marine charged in the death of a menacing homeless man aboard a New York City subway car, is on hold until after the Thanksgiving holidays, with closing arguments in the case expected when proceedings resume in Manhattan on Dec. 2.

November 24, 2024

Son-in-law of cartel leader arrested in California, years after faking his death

U.S. authorities arrested and charged a prolific drug trafficker and son-in-law of a Mexican cartel leader this week in California, years after the suspect faked his own death and went into hiding.

November 21, 2024

Illinois Supreme Court overturns Jussie Smollett’s conviction

Illinois' highest court on Thursday overturned actor Jussie Smollett's conviction of lying to Chicago police after he staged a phony hate crime six years ago.

November 21, 2024

Venezuelan gang member exposes himself to Manhattan prosecutor during robbery

A suspected Venezuelan gang member was arrested in Manhattan this week after cops said he robbed a city prosecutor who caught him touching himself in her apartment building.

November 21, 2024

Venezuelan gangster convicted of murder, gets life in prison for killing Georgia student Laken Riley

A Georgia judge on Wednesday sentenced a Venezuelan gang member to life in prison for the murder of nursing student Laken Riley, whose killing ignited a political firestorm over America's flimsy border policies that let dangerous migrants into the country illegally.

November 20, 2024

Honduran migrant charged in rape on Virginia running trail, has history of sex offenses

A Honduran man charged with raping a woman he attacked Monday on the Washington & Old Dominion Trail in Herndon, Virginia, is in the country illegally and was convicted of another sex crime just last week.

November 20, 2024

Tren de Aragua gang, known for trafficking people and targeting police, infiltrates D.C. region

The Venezuelan gang known as Tren de Aragua is setting up shop in the U.S. capital, according to an internal Homeland Security memo.

November 19, 2024

Virginia AG passes on chance to replace Youngkin as next Republican governor

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares said Monday he will run for reelection next year, quieting speculation that the commonwealth's top prosecutor was weighing a bid to succeed Gov. Glenn Youngkin.

November 18, 2024

Reginald Brown murder: Teen girls convicted in beating death of elderly, disabled DC man

A D.C. judge ruled Monday two teenage girls were guilty of murdering a disabled man last year in Northwest, ending a tragic saga that started when a group of five juvenile girls went looking for a victim and then beat him to death out of boredom.

November 18, 2024

Jordan Neely died from former Marine’s chokehold, medical examiner testifies

The medical examiner who conducted Jordan Neely's autopsy testified Friday that the homeless man's lone cause of death was from the chokehold applied by Daniel Penny, a former Marine on trial for manslaughter after he subdued a menacing Neely aboard a Manhattan subway train last year.

November 17, 2024

Head of missing swimmer washes ashore near Miami

Miami Beach police confirmed Friday a human head that washed ashore earlier this week belonged to a teen swimmer who drowned while saving his younger sister from a rip current.

November 17, 2024

Parents say their son taken to hospital after he was bullied in Maryland elementary school bathroom

Parents from Charles County, Maryland, said their seven-year-old son was taken to the hospital after he was "hung" by an older student in an elementary school bathroom.

November 17, 2024

Police: Blue Origin employee hacked dad to death with ax on election night in ‘act of liberation’

Seattle police arrested a lesbian who works for Jeff Bezos' spacecraft company after she was accused of killing her elderly father in an election night rampage.

November 14, 2024

Migrant crime, violence in cities expected to be the focus for Trump’s new prosecutors

Look for the Trump administration's slate of new federal prosecutors to lead a nationwide crackdown on migrant criminals and to push for greater involvement in reining in big-city crime, especially in the District of Columbia, former federal prosecutors said.

November 14, 2024