crime

Democratic and Republican voters want New York’s main legislative focus in 2022 to be fighting crime, according to a new Siena College Research Institute poll. Roughly 25% of Independents, Republicans …

Philadelphia, PA – Back in November, the city of Philadelphia reported its 500th murder of 2021, surpassing a record set in the city back in 1990. On Sunday, police here …

Philanthropist Jacqueline Avant was killed in her Beverly Hills home on Wednesday, sparking renewed concerns about Los Angeles’ rising violent crime bleeding into wealthy neighborhoods. Violent crime rates have been …

SAN JOSE –Ole Hougen was sentenced to 82 months in prison for committing a federal hate crime in connection with attacking a Black man with a knife on a street …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A St. Albans man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime. According to court documents, on September 23, 2020, a trooper with the West Virginia State …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Marmet man pleaded guilty today to a federal gun crime. According to statements made in court, Kevin Maurice Crider, 52, of Marmet, possessed  a .45 caliber …

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Hurricane man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime. According to court documents, on November 15, 2020, a trooper with the West Virginia State Police …

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. –  Dan Bean, 42, of Toledo, Ohio, was sentenced today to three years in prison for a federal drug crime.  After completing his prison sentence, Bean will serve …

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A former Columbus man was sentenced today in federal court to six months in prison, a $50,000 fine and one year of supervised release for criminally interfering …

Gulfport, Miss. – A Jackson County man was sentenced to 120 months in prison for possessing a sawed-off shotgun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Darren …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Parkersburg man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime.  According to court documents and statements made in court, in July 2020, Benjamin Michael Nash, 37, …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Ronald Pleasant, 26, of St. Albans, was sentenced to five years and 11 months in federal prison for distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. According …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Charleston man to pleaded guilty today to a federal drug trafficking crime. According to court documents, Rance McNeil, 46, sold an informant approximately two ounces of …

BALTIMORE, MD – A former police officer alleged to have kidnapped his daughters was found dead inside a car with a current Baltimore police sergeant late Thursday following a Pennsylvania …

          GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that, as part of a national rollout, the Department of Justice awarded $2,438,323 in grants …

BEACHWOOD, NJ – The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office has announced Thomas Jann, 34, of Beachwood, pled guilty to two counts of Robbery in the First Degree in violation of N.J.S.A. …

Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that an Okreek, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Second Degree Murder and Using and Carrying …

EUGENE, Ore.—A Springfield, Oregon man has been charged with a federal hate crime after using the internet to target and brutally assault a gay man, because of his sexual orientation. …

HARRISBURG –Acting U.S. Attorney Bruce D. Brandler announced that the Department of Justice’s Office of Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has awarded over $236,000 of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice …

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington man pleaded guilty today to a federal gun crime. According to court documents and statements made in court, on May 18, 2019, a law enforcement …

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime. According to court documents and statements made in court, on February 28, 2019, law enforcement officers …

NEW YORK CITY, NY – If New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams gets tough on crime, Black Lives Matter leaders say they will once again take to the streets and …