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Murder and other violent crime dropped across the U.S. last year, FBI data shows
Violent crime was down about 3% from 2022 to 2023 and property crime took a similar drop of 2.4%, the FBI reported in its annual “Summary of Crime in the Nation.” The most serious crimes went down significantly: Murder and non-negligent manslaughter were down an estimated 11.6% — the largest single year decline in two decades — while rape decreased by an estimated 9.4%, NBC News reports.
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2nd person dies following Cape Cod crash that left teen dead
A second person has died following a crash in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, in August, and the 81-year-old driver said to be involved is now facing a second vehicular homicide charge, police announced on Monday. The crash — which happened on Aug. 30 on North Main Street — left 14-year-old John Hughan dead, and his uncle, identified as Cornelius Allen Bottomley, 54,…
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Ex-‘Jackass' star Bam Margera jailed in Pennsylvania over probation violation
Former “Jackass” star Bam Margera found himself back behind bars this week after allegedly violating his probation.
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Justice Department opens probe on Mississippi sheriff's office after torture of 2 Black men
U.S. District Judge Tom Lee called the former officers’ actions “egregious and despicable” and imposed sentences near the top of federal guidelines for five of the six.
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Kentucky officials say sheriff fatally shot judge in courthouse chambers
A sheriff in Kentucky is accused of fatally shooting a district judge at a courthouse on Thursday, authorities said.
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Prison officer union shares details on attack at SBCC in Shirley, Mass.
Five corrections officers were hospitalized, two of them stabbed, in an incident at the Souza Baranowski maximum security prison, and the officers’ union shared that they’ve been calling for change as well as details from Thursday’s incident.
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2 correction officers stabbed, 3 others injured at max-security prison in Lancaster
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security says five correction officers were hospitalized after two were stabbed at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center.
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2 correction officers stabbed at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center
Authorities say five correction officers were injured Wednesday at a Lancaster prison.
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2 correction officers stabbed, 3 others hurt at Lancaster prison
Authorities say two correction officers were stabbed Wednesday afternoon at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster, Massachusetts. Three other officers were also hurt. The Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security said the Department of Correction learned of the incident at 6:20 p.m. State police have also been notified. Inmates allegedly attacked two correction officers, who suffered multiple stab…
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Man newly charged with assault to rape a child over Yarmouth incidents 3 years apart
A man has been indicted by a grand jury on charges including assault to rape a child involving two incidents, three years apart, in one Cape Cod town, authorities said Wednesday.
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Mass. woman accused of kidnapping her child arrested in Puerto Rico
A Massachusetts woman and her child, whom she’s accused of kidnapping, were tracked down at a relative’s house in Puerto Rico Tuesday, authorities said. Danielle Andrews, a 47-year-old from Rockland, was arrested as a fugitive in Carolina, a suburb of San Juan, and the child placed in the custody of local Department of Family Services, according to the U.S....
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Ex-CIA officer from San Diego jailed for 30 years for drugging, sexually abusing women
Brian Jeffrey Raymond kept nearly 500 videos and photographs he took of naked, unconscious women.
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27-year-old Nebraska man who posed as high schooler sentenced to at least 85 years for sex crimes
Zachary Scheich, who prosecutors said identified himself as 17-year-old ‘Zak Hess,’ pleaded guilty to sexual assault and other crimes.
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Ex-CIA officer accused of sexually abusing dozens of women gets 30 years in prison
A longtime CIA officer who drugged, photographed and sexually assaulted more than two dozen women in postings around the world was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Wednesday
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Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to additional sex crimes charge
Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty on an additional sex crimes charge in a New York City courtroom on Wednesday.
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Former Patriots player charged with shoving elderly man at Rhode Island gym
A former New England Patriots player was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly assaulting an elderly man at a Rhode Island gym, according to police and NBC affiliate WJAR. Patrick Pass, 46, is facing an assault charge for the incident that happened last month at a Planet Fitness gym in North Providence, according to a news release from the town’s police…
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WATCH: Bodycam footage shows arrest of suspect near Trump International Golf Course
Footage of the suspect in the apparent assassination attempt near Trump International Golf Course has been released by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.
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Man pleads no contest in 2019 sword deaths of father, stepmother in Pennsylvania home
A Pennsylvania man has entered no contest pleas to charges that he killed his father and stepmother with a sword in their Pennsylvania home almost five years ago.
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Judge frees Colorado paramedic convicted in death of Elijah McClain from prison
A judge is freeing from prison a Colorado paramedic convicted in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became part of the rallying cries for social justice that swept the U.S. in 2020.
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Mexican cartel leader ‘El Mayo' Zambada pleads not guilty to US charges
Longtime drug cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada has pleaded not guilty to U.S. narcotics trafficking charges. Participating through a Spanish-language interpreter, Zambada