RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. — After a 13-year-old pleaded guilty to killing a K-9, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott expressed his frustration with the rising juvenile crime rates and unveiled a new measure.Under the Parent Accountability Initiative, parents could face a range of charges, including unlawful...
By Nate GartrellThe Mercury NewsANTIOCH, Calif. — The city of Antioch has formed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to increase police oversight, a major step as the police department looks to turn a corner on dual scandals involving racism and alleged criminals...
By Jack Brook, Stephen Smith and Sara ClineAssociated PressNEW ORLEANS — The man responsible for the truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day that killed 14 people visited the city twice before and recorded video of the French Quarter with Meta smart glasses,...
By Anne SnabesThe Detroit NewsDETROIT — Police in the city are mourning the loss of a fellow officer who was killed in an off-duty crash on the east side of Detroit around midnight on Saturday and are looking for a hit-and-run driver.Officer Cameron Richardson, 32,...
By Fatima HusseinAssociated PressWASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sunday signed into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees, affecting nearly 3 million people who receive pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and in other...
By Susan SmileyThe Macomb Daily, Mount Clemens, Mich.CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A 46-year-old Clinton Township man has been charged with assault and malicious destruction of a building after he allegedly crashed through the window of a Warren convenience store and threatened customers and employees while...
By Robert A. CronkletonThe Kansas City StarCLAYCOMO, Mo. — It was game over for a driver busted for speeding Friday evening on Interstate 35 in Kansas City’s Northland.A motorcycle officer clocked the driver of a white Nissan Sentra going 107 mph — while the driver...
By Mitchell WillettsMerced Sun-Star (Merced, Calif.)CYPRESS, Texas — A Texas man was arrested after deputies found guns, drugs, and exotic snakes slithering around in his car during a recent traffic stop, officials say.Deputies pulled over the driver on a freeway near Cypress, a suburb of...
By Blake NelsonThe San Diego Union-TribuneSAN DIEGO — When Zachary Martinez awoke in Sharp Memorial in late August, he wasn’t sure where he was or how he’d gotten there.Martinez spotted his mom and asked what was going on. She said he’d been in a car...
By Max ReinhartThe Detroit NewsDETROIT — Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard is urging legislators and judges to rethink laws and policies that let some violent offenders out of prison on parole after authorities said a man with a lengthy history of convictions went on a...
