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Man surrendered in Oregon after police say he killed his girlfriend, posted grusome photos of her body online, and wrote that he wanted police to kill him
Chief has heard community concerns regarding how department responds to property crime, including the amount of time 911 callers wait for response
Police say man killed his girlfriend, posted pictures of her body online and wrote that he wanted officers to kill him
Officers had just bought the candy and planned to give it away to trick-or-treaters at the police station
Dash cam footage has been released of the October 23 pursuit that ended with the suspect crashing violently into a bar
Man was arrested after police say he wandered into the wrong home drunk and got in bed with a stranger
Officials say the estimated 10,000 abandoned dwellings in Gary serve as magnets for drug dealers, squatters and others seeking cover for criminal acts
Encounter helped police identify 38-year-old Paul Carman as the man who committed the crime
A man who allegedly confessed to killing seven women in Indiana refused to respond to the judge during his initial court appearance Wednesday
Man was getting on the “drunk bus” after bars had closed when he licked a finger on each hand and stuck them into the ears of a police sergeant
Investigators in 2 states are reviewing unsolved murders and missing person reports after the arrest of a man who police say confessed to killing 7 women
Increasingly, police investigators and courts are putting their faith in four-legged tools — canines that can detect even small particles of human remains
Bodies of women were found over the weekend after a convicted sex offender’s confession to one killing led police to the grisly discovery of others
43-year-old Granite Falls man accused of shooting at police stations and other targets in three towns is now in jail
Woman who fell behind on her yard work was cited by code enforcers and has served a stint in jail over her overgrown yard
An unidentified body exhumed in Alabama is not the man accused of using a sledgehammer to kill his family in Maryland in 1976, the FBI said Wednesday
Investigators are trying to determine what set a man on an hour-long shooting spree against police stations, patrol cars and officers in three different towns
21-year-old man entered the home drunk and dressed as a Santa Claus zombie, terrifying a 16-year-old girl who locked herself in a bathroom
Lt. Jemal Johnson was arraigned on sexual assault, unlawful restraint, indecent assault and reckless endangerment charges
Prosecutor has filed formal notification that he’ll seek the death penalty against a man accused of beheading a woman at a food processing plant
Two men were dressed in black SWAT team gear and one was wearing a sheriff’s office uniform armed with a handgun
The FBI is also investigating the case, given the suspect’s interest in beheadings and a recent surge in Middle East violence
Man allegedly robbed a bank and then tried to get away on a light-rail train
Suspect will be charged Monday with first-degree murder and assault and battery with a deadly weapon and may also face federal charges
Burglar fatally shot his accomplice after the two men argued about how to split up the stolen goods
Man thought he was breaking into a Vermont school
Suspect stuck a banana in a front pocket of his sweatshirt and pointed it toward the cashier
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