Matt Delaney

Missouri woman charged with trying to steal Graceland from Elvis’ family

Federal prosecutors said a Missouri woman was arrested and charged Friday with orchestrating a scheme to swipe Graceland from the descendants of music legend Elvis Presley.

August 16, 2024

Jury to decide fate of D.C. gun owner who shot teen breaking into cars

Jury deliberations began Thursday in the trial of Jason Lewis, a D.C. resident and legal gun owner charged with murder in the death of Karon Blake, a 13-year-old who was fatally shot while he and others were breaking into cars in the early morning hours of Jan. 7, 2023.

August 15, 2024

Flight attendants plead guilty to smuggling drug money to Dominican Republic

Federal prosecutors said the last of four flight attendants pleaded guilty this week to smuggling roughly $7 million in drug money to the Dominican Republic over an eight-year period.

August 15, 2024

D.C. gun owner testifies an assailant fired first in car-theft confrontation that left teen dead

An unknown thief fired the first shot, D.C. resident Jason Lewis testified Wednesday as he took the stand in the murder trial of 13-year-old Karon Blake.

August 14, 2024

Neighborhoods left in dark amid surge of thieves stripping copper wire from street lights

Neighborhoods across the country are falling dangerously dark at sunset -- and staying that way overnight -- as cities from Philadelphia to Los Angeles struggle to deal with a staggering increase in the theft of copper wire from utility poles and street lights.

August 14, 2024

Owner fends off burglars who ram car into L.A. smoke shop

A Los Angeles smoke shop owner fought off a crew of would-be thieves Tuesday after the suspects drove their car through the front of the business.

August 13, 2024

Armed man shot dead by police in Alexandria

Alexandria, Virginia, police said an officer shot and killed an armed man Monday night while responding to a call at an apartment complex.

August 13, 2024

Ex-sheriff’s deputies, foreign military officers charged in $37 million extortion

Two former police and two foreign ex-military officers were arraigned in federal court Monday after prosecutors said they helped a wealthy Chinese conspirator shake down her business partner for $37 million by posing as law enforcement officials.

August 12, 2024

Migrants arrested in knifepoint rape of woman near Coney Island boardwalk

Two suspected illegal immigrants were charged Sunday in a knifepoint rape near the Coney Island boardwalk. Authorities said the assailants attacked a 46-year-old woman and beat up her boyfriend who tried to intervene.

August 12, 2024

London’s top cop wants Americans extradited over online rumors that led to riots

London's head of police threatened to extradite U.S. citizens and other foreign "keyboard warriors" who violate the U.K.'s restrictive speech laws while posting rumors that fueled the country's recent riots.

August 12, 2024

IRS study shows a post-pandemic exodus of wealthy residents from D.C.

Wealthy residents are leaving the District of Columbia in droves, a new IRS report shows.

August 8, 2024

Gun owner who confronted group breaking car windows on trial in shooting death of 13-year-old

The fine line between self-defense and criminal offense was the focus of jury selection Tuesday in the trial of a District man accused in the shooting death of 13-year-old Karon Blake.

August 6, 2024

Handless, toothless body found burned in shopping cart near New York City

Police in New York said Monday they found a person's handless, toothless, burned body in a shopping cart underneath a Yonkers bridge.

August 6, 2024

Three killed, six others injured in D.C. during violent start to Saturday

A bloody Saturday morning in the District saw three people killed and four others wounded in multiple shootings as well as a stabbing attack that left two people injured.

August 4, 2024

Maryland boy dies after falling from airborne bounce house

Officials in Charles County, Maryland, said a 5-year-old boy died Friday after strong winds lifted a bounce house into the air and caused two children to fall from it.

August 4, 2024

Cons seeking gold bars steal life savings from Americans in golden years

The con starts as a pop-up message or a letter that carries a dire warning from the federal government. It ends with unwitting victims delivering bundles of gold to international criminals.

August 2, 2024

Rayful Edmond, D.C.’s infamous crack cocaine kingpin, moved to halfway house

Federal officials confirmed Thursday that Rayful Edmond III, the prolific drug dealer who helped fuel D.C.'s crack cocaine epidemic in the 1980s, has been transferred to a halfway house.

August 1, 2024

Illegal immigrant from El Salvador charged in deadly Loudoun Co. carjacking

The man accused of carjacking and then running over a woman in the Virginia suburbs last weekend is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, police confirmed Wednesday.

July 31, 2024

Gunshot victim collapses, dies in front of National Shrine in D.C.

District of Columbia police said a man who was shot fell from his moped and died Monday in front of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in the Northeast part of the city, triggering a brief shelter-in-place order for nearby Catholic University.

July 30, 2024

New York faces rise in rape, attacks on women; some in city cite shortage of police

Attacks on women are on the rise in New York City, a trend some in the city are blaming on a persistent shortage of police personnel that has meant fewer officers on patrol.

July 30, 2024