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.
Multiple-camera video system provides a 270-degree view around the vehicle
Closing cases like the mystery of “the Gypsy Hill murders” makes national news, but using DNA technology has the potential to solve even ‘mundane’ crimes like property theft
Cellphone forensics can help agencies examine contraband cellphones to find potential evidence
The package was addressed to Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts and was left outside Wrigley Field
Detroit police found the bodies of a man and woman; presumably the gunman and his former girlfriend
Eugene Maraventano told a detective that he stabbed his wife and son while they slept because he feared he had contracted HIV from prostitutes and spread it
The officer facing felony charges for the inmates escape says money was not a part of their agreement
He bought a firearm despite being legally prohibited from possessing one
Brothers “overcome with emotion” got into an altercation with police while the officers investigated a man’s death
Police are looking for a thief who used a black Crown Victoria to somehow take the ATM
A man who used to work at the building had grabbed a woman and was firing at others
Authorities in numerous jurisdictions in California, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, Mississippi and Ohio are looking for ties to one man
A man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 was found less than 24 hours after his escape
With each near miss, each wanted poster and each threatening note left behind for law enforcement, the legend of him only grew
The video cannot be released, but a source said the suspect was not handcuffed, and shot the officer 4 times
The officer’s report states the woman began performing a sexual act, then he told her the police were coming
He wrestled a gun away from the detective interrogating him at police headquarters, killing the officer and himself
After an 18-month review of information, the DA declined to ask a judge to dismiss the case of a man who killed a retired cop
James Lohr was taken into custody early Friday just miles from where the state official was shot to death
A man reportedly got on a bus, rode it to a school and left a gun magazine with 15 rounds of ammunition on it
Authorities “are investigating a personal incident and not a random act of violence”
Authorities are warning officers that they are armed and dangerous
He said his son was not targeting police in particular and would have shot anyone
The suspect died of gunshot wounds to the torso after he tried to force his way into the deputy’s homes
The boy, 14, was taken into police custody and no one was seriously injured
The inmates fled the jail in Sulphur Springs by scaling a fence or slipping through a gap in a perimeter fence
The man can be seen handing a note to a teller and calmly leaving the bank with cash
Surveillance video catches a purse thief burst through a glass door so hard it knocks him unconscious
Sheriff’s deputies are searching nearby woods for Brian Allen Tucker and John Marlin King
Shots were fired as officers arrived; authorities believe fight was among five biggest held annually in the US
The couple seen smuggled into a van were actually part of an elaborate birthday prank
Police have not made arrests but have detained a person of interest
Officials declined to say how the couple died or whether authorities believe their deaths are linked to the death of an assistant DA in January
