Matt Delaney

Septuagenarian serial bank robber nabbed in Los Angeles

Los Angeles police arrested a geriatric career criminal last month after he allegedly held up a bank and hauled off more than $60,000.

January 10, 2024

‘Charm City’ comeback: New approach to crime lowers Baltimore homicide rate

Baltimore officials say a new carrot-and-stick approach to law enforcement helped drive homicides down 21% last year.

January 10, 2024

D.C. Council postpones vote to let paroled killer have say in prison sentencing

The D.C. Council tabled a planned vote Tuesday to add a convicted murderer to the D.C. Sentencing Commission after concerns about the nomination were raised by the city's top federal prosecutor.

January 9, 2024

Maryland governor wants juveniles to face felony gun charges, longer probations if convicted

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Tuesday he'd like to see lawmakers make juvenile gun offenders liable for felony charges and lengthen the probationary period for young offenders ahead of the state's upcoming legislative session.

January 9, 2024

Man who attacked Las Vegas judge in viral court video returns for sentencing

The defendant who incited a courtroom melee last week when he leaped over the stand and attacked a Las Vegas judge was sentenced Monday for the crime he originally appeared for.

January 8, 2024

Houston man charged with imprisoning woman for years inside garage

Houston police said they arrested and charged a man last week with holding a woman hostage in his garage for several years.

January 7, 2024

Prince George’s County teen dies in crash while driving stolen minivan: police

Prince George's County police said a teenage boy died Friday in a wrong-way crash after he drove a stolen minivan into oncoming traffic in Clinton.

January 7, 2024

D.C. car thieves leave baby girl on Southeast stoop after stealing vehicle in Georgetown

D.C. police said Friday a 4-month-old girl was found safe in Southeast after thieves had stolen the car with the baby in it in Georgetown.

January 7, 2024

Iowa teen kills sixth-grader, wounds 5 others in school shooting: police

Police in Iowa said a 17-year-old boy killed a sixth-grader and wounded five other people on the shared high-school and middle-school campus Thursday in Perry before taking his own life.

January 4, 2024

Ambush shootings target police officers in record numbers in 2023

Sgt. Marc McIntyre was on a welfare check in Griffin, Georgia, last week when a loud blast rang out from the home he was approaching.

January 4, 2024

Iowa school shooting wounds multiple people; suspect dead

Police in Iowa said numerous people were wounded during a high school shooting Thursday in Perry.

January 4, 2024

2 arrested in St. Louis after urinating over knocked-out victim

St. Louis police said they arrested two men on Tuesday after authorities said a male victim was knocked out, had a bottle smashed over him and was urinated on by a pair of assailants.

January 3, 2024

D.C. police nab suspect in city’s first homicide of 2024

D.C. police on Tuesday arrested a man in connection with the New Year's Day fatal shooting of a woman at a Friendship Heights hotel.

January 3, 2024

Gunman breaks into Colorado Supreme Court building overnight; police say incident not tied to court’

Authorities said a gunman shot through a window and then broke into the Colorado Supreme Court building before dawn Tuesday before he ultimately surrendered to police.

January 2, 2024

Cyberkidnapping scam in Utah caused Chinese student’s family to pay $80K ransom

Police in Utah said a Chinese exchange student was the victim of a cyberkidnapping scam where the teenage boy was threatened into simulating his own abduction so his family could be extorted for thousands of dollars.

January 2, 2024

10-year-old uses dad’s stolen gun to fatally shoot another California boy

Police in Northern California arrested a 10-year-old boy and his ex-con father over the weekend after authorities said the young suspect shot and killed another 10-year-old boy with his dad's stolen firearm.

January 2, 2024

Shootings at New Year’s celebrations kill three in Prince George’s County

Prince George's County police said three men were killed and another was injured in three separate shootings that erupted during the festivities on New Year's Eve and early New Year's Day.

January 1, 2024

Woman killed in Friendship Heights high-rise hotel room is D.C.’s first homicide of 2024

D.C. police said a woman was shot and killed in a Northwest hotel early Monday, marking the city's first homicide of the new year.

January 1, 2024

Off-duty police officer gunned down in North Carolina while trying to thwart beer heist

Police in North Carolina said they charged three people Sunday in the deadly shooting of an off-duty officer who was trying to stop a group of people stealing beer.

January 1, 2024

Driver runs over 9 people during New Year rampage in Manhattan: Police

New York City police said they arrested a man who raced through midtown Manhattan and struck nine people, including a police officer, just blocks from the city's New Year's Eve celebration.

January 1, 2024