Matt Delaney

‘Safety hub’ in Chinatown part of D.C. mayor’s effort to reinvigorate city center

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday a new public safety outpost in Chinatown will bring together police, drug abuse counselors and homeless services in hopes of suppressing the crime and disorder that have plagued the downtown neighborhood.

February 12, 2024

Shootout at Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch leaves female gunman dead, two wounded, including child

Houston police said Sunday that an armed woman was gunned down by officers in a shootout at pastor Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church that left a child and a man wounded.

February 11, 2024

Minnesota mayor, son charged following drug raid

Minnesota authorities said the mayor of Winnebago and his adult son were arrested Thursday after police seized hundreds of marijuana plants at multiple homes.

February 11, 2024

No bail for migrant teen charged in Times Square shooting

A New York City judge ordered a migrant teen boy held without bail Saturday after the suspect tried to flee the area following a Times Square shooting that left one injured.

February 11, 2024

Napping baby girl dies after Missouri mother put her in oven

Prosecutors in Missouri have accused a mother of killing her sleeping baby by putting the child in an oven.

February 11, 2024

Florida father fends off kidnapper who snatched four-year-old son; suspect in custody

Miami prosecutors charged a man Friday accused of attempting to kidnap a boy in broad daylight -- only to be thwarted by the boy's father.

February 11, 2024

Toddler killed, mother wounded in crossfire of shootout in Prince George’s County, Md., police say

Prince George's County police arrested and charged two men with murder Friday who are accused of killing a toddler and wounding his mother.

February 11, 2024

Adding ex-con to city’s prison guidelines panel draws pushback

The D.C. Council's appointment of a paroled killer to the city's Sentencing Commission angered grassroots leaders on Wednesday who have pushed back against the District's soft-on-crime politics.

February 7, 2024

Anti-police activists cheer crime bill as D.C. leaders blink

The "defund-the-police" movement in the nation's capital lost some ground Tuesday after city leaders, shaken by a bloody year of carjackings, shootings and robberies, voted to approve a legislative crackdown on crime.

February 6, 2024

Migrants nabbed in Arizona may be cop-beating suspects who fled New York City

Federal authorities in Arizona are investigating whether four illegal immigrants arrested Monday are the same suspects who recently bolted from New York City after being charged with jumping a pair of police officers.

February 6, 2024

Oakland pizzeria weighs closure after 4 break-ins since start of year

A pizza shop owner in Oakland, California, said she's considering shutting down her East Bay business after it was hit by thieves four times this year, according to a report.

February 6, 2024

Four charged with hauling over ton of Mexican drug cartel heroin in Oregon

Federal prosecutors in Oregon said four affiliates of a Mexican crime syndicate were charged Thursday with trafficking over one metric ton of liquid heroin in a moving truck.

February 4, 2024

Woman arrested in Los Angeles dognapping in which owner clung to hood of getaway car

Los Angeles police said they arrested a woman Friday in connection to a dognapping incident that went viral when the animal's owner was caught on video clinging to the hood of the suspect's getaway vehicle.

February 4, 2024

Florida woman accused of stealing patrol car dies in crash that killed two others

Police in Florida said a woman stole a sheriff's deputy's SUV Friday and led authorities on a high-speed chase that ended in a wrong-way crash that killed herself and two others.

February 4, 2024

Former Trump official dies from gunshot wounds suffered during D.C.-area carjacking spree

A former Trump administration official who was gravely wounded during a gunman's rampage last week through the District and Prince George's County died from his injuries Saturday, according to his family.

February 4, 2024

Crime down in Ohio after state OKs permitless gun carry, but officials clash on connection

A new study shows Ohio's permitless firearm carry law coincided with a statewide drop in crime, but officials disagree on whether there is a correlation.

February 1, 2024

Sanctuary switch-up: New York governor now backs deportations for migrants who assaulted police

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul this week embraced deportation for the migrants who assaulted two New York City Police officers, challenging the logic of the city's sanctuary policy and drawing a rebuke from a former ICE director.

February 1, 2024

Target employee blames Gov. Gavin Newsom for brazen shoplifting — to his face

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has shared a story about a Target employee refusing to stop a shoplifter in his presence because she said "the governor" removed consequences for the crime.

February 1, 2024

Gov. Hochul considers deporting migrants accused of attacking New York City cops

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday suggested that deportation should be on the table for illegal immigrants accused of jumping two cops in the Big Apple.

February 1, 2024

Crime, loss of sports teams cut off lifeline in downtown D.C.; leaders talk as business owners fret

Rampant crime and the looming loss of the NHL's Capitals and NBA's Wizards will mean the "slow death" of the District of Columbia's downtown, business owners warn, despite Mayor Muriel Bowser's optimism about plans to revitalize the struggling city center.

January 31, 2024