Investigations
The Investigations topic area furnishes cops with the latest news, information and strategies used in closing a case and putting bad guys behind bars. This touches on everything that happens between the suspect’s crimes to the final conviction.
An evolving technology may be able to determine when a fingerprint was left behind
A disabled vet and his family say they are the target of anti-cop vandalism
Databases documenting cell phone theft have resulted in an integrated data-sharing network that is damaging the illegal aftermarket
Deputies didn’t fire a single shot during the final two hours of a standoff with Christopher Dorner
The woman has told authorities she has not been in frequent touch with her brothers and is very upset
Russia’s volatile North Caucasus, which the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings once called home, have seen two decades of brutal fighting
Former justice of the peace, Eric Lyle Williams, and his wife, Kim Williams, are charged with capital murder
The two Chechen brothers lived on a quiet street in Cambridge, they had been in the US about 10 years
An agent says the photos came from surveillance cameras near the explosion sites
State Police conclude there was no wrong-doing, and officers used minimal force in a Mardi Gras altercation
The boy’s mother and her boyfriend kept him in a room covered in tarps with just a space heater
Investigators have been analyzing photos and videos frame by frame for clues
Workers could be seen carrying cribs and children from the day care center in the court house
Some media had said the suspect was expected in federal court in Boston
Suspicious mail has also been intercepted in Miss. and Washington
Jeremy Goulet’s criminal records show he resigned from the military instead of face a court-martial after he was twice accused of rape
Both the officer and pedestrian were found at fault for their actions, the man did not have a green light
Kim Lene Williams was arrested early Wednesday, who’s husband has also been arrested for terroristic threats
The poison-filled letter heightened concerns about terrorism a day after the Boston Marathon bombings
The explosives that detonated at the Boston Marathon were made of pressure cookers packed with metal and ball bearings
Police and federal agents appealed to the public Tuesday for clues to who is responsible for the attack
Commissioner Charles Ramsey has called in federal authorities to investigate what he calls a “very serious” situation
Police have announced that both detectives struggled several minutes with the suspect
He is being held on $3 million bond as Texas authorities investigate the justice of the peace, who was once prosecuted by the DA
Campus police are investigating and said the situation is under control
Officials said no one had claimed responsibility for the bombings, but the blasts raised fears of a terrorist attack
At least two people were killed and more than 80 injured when two bombs exploded in the packed streets
Police Chief Rebecca Coleman has set an 11 a.m. CDT news conference Monday
Authorities identified the slain suspect as Curtis Hicks. The officer, David Freeman, is in stable condition
A man died of a ‘self-inflicted’ injury following an altercation in the infield
Officers and emergency medical responders arrived after getting an emergency call late Friday
He spent weeks planning the kidnapping, targeting firefighters rather than police to avoid being shot
Police found the 3 men in a home digging through several swords they had stolen