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Are crime rates up in America? Here's what the FBI says
The FBI released its annual crime statistics report for 2023, with insights into everything from murder to robbery. Here’s what you need to know.
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Colorado men tied up and tortured their housemate for 14 hours, police say
Colorado law enforcement say three men are accused of tying up their housemate and torturing him for 14 hours.
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‘Because of your lies': Ex-Sen. Frank Artiles' attorneys try to discredit ghost candidate
The alleged sham candidate, Alex Pedro Rodriguez, under oath, said former state Sen. Frank Artiles was behind his ghost campaign where the plan was not to win, but only to disrupt the race.
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Gunman who killed 10 at a Colorado supermarket is sentenced to life in prison
A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 was sentenced Monday to life in prison for murder after a jury rejected his attempt to avoid prison time by pleading not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Murder and other violent crime dropped across the U.S. last year, FBI data shows
Violent crime was down about 3% from 2022 to 2023 and property crime took a similar drop of 2.4%, the FBI reported in its annual “Summary of Crime in the Nation.” The most serious crimes went down significantly: Murder and non-negligent manslaughter were down an estimated 11.6% — the largest single year decline in two decades — while rape decreased by an estimated 9.4%, NBC News reports.
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‘I needed the money': ‘Ghost candidate' says he was offered $50k to run for office
A ghost candidate who helped sway a Miami-area legislative race back in 2020 testified Friday that he was offered $50,000 to run for office.
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‘Ghost candidate' testifies against former Sen. Frank Artiles
A ghost candidate who helped sway a state election testified that he was offered $50,000 to run for office. He never planned on winning, only disrupting the race – which ended up flipping the Senate seat from Democrat to Republican. NBC6’s Steve Litz reports
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Man accused of beating victim, using homophobic slurs on South Beach
A Miami man was arrested this week after police say he brutally beat another man on Miami Beach, called him homophobic slurs and threatened to kill him.
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Family emotional as Derek Rosa appears virtually in status hearing
The family of a teenager accused of murdering his mother in Hialeah burst out in tears Friday when they saw him appear in court virtually.
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‘Call the cops!': Florida dad whacks man with bat for allegedly peeping into teen's room
A man is under arrest after a Florida father hit him with a bat and chased him away from his home for allegedly peeping into his 14-year-old daughter’s room.
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‘Call the cops!': Florida father whacks man with bat for allegedly peeping into teen's room
Authorities said the suspect lives just a block away from the victim and told them he gets a thrill out of going around people’s homes.
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Video shows thieves sidling up to woman to steal wallet at South Miami restaurant
Police are searching for the thieves caught on camera sidling up to a woman in a South Miami restaurant before stealing her wallet and trying to use it at several stores.
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Ex-‘Jackass' star Bam Margera jailed in Pennsylvania over probation violation
Former “Jackass” star Bam Margera found himself back behind bars this week after allegedly violating his probation.
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Couple caught on camera stealing wallet, trying to use credit cards in Brickell
Police are searching for the thieves caught on camera sidling up to a woman in a South Miami restaurant before stealing her wallet and trying to use it at several stores.
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Justice Department opens probe on Mississippi sheriff's office after torture of 2 Black men
U.S. District Judge Tom Lee called the former officers’ actions “egregious and despicable” and imposed sentences near the top of federal guidelines for five of the six.
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Kentucky officials say sheriff fatally shot judge in courthouse chambers
A sheriff in Kentucky is accused of fatally shooting a district judge at a courthouse on Thursday, authorities said.
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Miami-Dade Corrections fails to answer how drunk driver in triple deadly crash got deported
Three Miami-Dade families were once again struck with tragedy when county officials refused to answer how the man accused of causing a deadly triple crash on West Flagler was deported to Honduras and avoided American justice.
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Man shot, killed while intervening in fight between girls in Florida City: Police
Miami-Dade police are searching for the person who fired the shots that left a man dead in Florida City.
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Man shot, killed trying to stop fight between girls in Florida City: Police
Investigators say a group of girls were in a dispute when the victim, 47-year-old Johnny Lewis Stevenson Jr., tried to intervene.
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Ex-CIA officer from San Diego jailed for 30 years for drugging, sexually abusing women
Brian Jeffrey Raymond kept nearly 500 videos and photographs he took of naked, unconscious women.