Matt Delaney

D.C. murder suspect escapes police custody at George Washington Hospital

D.C. police said Wednesday a man accused of murder in a deadly shooting near the waterfront escaped police custody at a city hospital.

September 6, 2023

Baltimore shoplifter charged with attempted murder for hitting cops with car

Police in Baltimore charged a shoplifting suspect with attempted murder Tuesday after authorities said the man struck two officers with his car as he tried to get away.

September 6, 2023

Memphis driver turns tables on armed carjacker by taking gun, holding suspect until arrest

Police in Memphis, Tennessee, said Monday a driver snatched the firearm away from a would-be carjacker and held the suspect at gunpoint until officers arrived.

September 6, 2023

California family fights off robbery attempt at their jewelry store

Jewelry store owners in California fended off a robber who tried to pull off a smash-and-grab heist over the weekend.

September 5, 2023

Shoplifting woes at Giant in Southeast D.C. cause supermarket to remove big-name brands

A Giant Food store in Southeast has removed its name-brand health and cleaning products due to rampant shoplifting at the District location.

September 5, 2023

Escaped killer on the loose nearly a week after Pennsylvania jailbreak

Police in Pennsylvania on Tuesday said an escaped killer remains at large after he was spotted walking through botanical gardens in the Philadelphia suburbs.

September 5, 2023

Violent Labor Day weekend sees 7 killed in D.C.

Seven people were gunned down throughout the District of Columbia during the Labor Day weekend.

September 5, 2023

Migrant woman charged with striking NYPD cop during vehicle seizure

Police in New York City accused a migrant woman of assaulting an officer while authorities were conducting a sweep of unregistered mopeds, scooters and bikes in Manhattan's Upper West Side.

September 3, 2023

Texas teen who was subject of AMBER alert now suspect in murder case

Police in Texas expect to charge a teenage girl with murder, just days after the same teen was the focus of an AMBER alert.

September 3, 2023

Man charged with murder in ‘depraved’ killing of missing Prince George’s County teacher

Prince George's County Police have charged a University Park man with murder in the slaying of a Greenbelt elementary school teacher who was reported missing in July.

September 3, 2023

Five people gunned down in D.C. in violent start to Labor Day weekend

Five people were killed in four separate shootings around the District in a violent beginning to Labor Day weekend.

September 3, 2023

Feds charge 16 in connection with string of armed jewelry store robberies along East Coast

Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment Wednesday charging more than 16 individuals in connection with a string of store robberies along the Eastern Seaboard that law enforcement authorities say were the work of an organized crew of armed and violent District-based thieves.

August 31, 2023

5 teens charged with carjacking, robbery in D.C.

D.C. police said they arrested five teenagers Tuesday in connection with a series of robberies and carjackings that took place across the District.

August 31, 2023

Minnesota police pull cops from schools to avoid violating student safety law

Multiple Minnesota police departments have removed their officers from school campuses over concerns with a new state law that limits what kind of restraining methods the in-school officers can use on students.

August 30, 2023

San Francisco shopkeeper dies after thief beats him with baseball bat

A San Francisco shopkeeper died Tuesday after a thief beat him with a baseball bat last week, said the store owner's family.

August 30, 2023

California mall to make unaccompanied teens wear ID badges after chaos during National Cinema Day

A mall in Southern California will soon require unaccompanied minors to wear identification cards after a crowd of youths started three brawls at the shopping center during last weekend's National Cinema Day promotion.

August 30, 2023

Virginia soccer coach says parent beat him with metal water bottle at youth game

Police in Virginia have arrested a man after a youth soccer coach was beaten so badly with a metal water bottle that his face fractured.

August 29, 2023

Teen’s stabbing death shows girl power to increase rate of violent crime

A fight over a McDonald's sauce packet in the District last weekend left one teen girl dead, another charged with murder and a community grappling with how susceptible young people of both sexes are to getting caught up in the city's juvenile crime crisis -- as either victim or perpetrator.

August 29, 2023

D.C. man pleads guilty to gunning down bystander while trying to shoot alleged robbers

A District man pleaded guilty Monday to shooting and killing a bystander as the man was trying to gun down his alleged robbers.

August 29, 2023

Chicago journalists robbed by armed suspects while covering city’s recent robberies

Police in Chicago on Monday said a TV reporter and cameraman were robbed at gunpoint while covering a string of robberies in the neighborhood.

August 29, 2023