Suspected Subway Pusher Says He Was Acting In Self-Defense
A homeless man accused of killing a Queens father by pushing him onto subway tracks has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, telling a court the man attacked him, The New York Post reported.The...
View ArticleA New Study Shows Just How Much Safer America Has Become In The Past 10 Years
Despite a summer filled with horrific crimes, including a mass shooting at a movie theater in Colorado and Chicago's summer of gang violence, America is actually significantly safer than it was 10...
View ArticleREPORT: Psychiatrist Declined To Put Colorado Shooting Suspect In A 'Psych Hold'
As the case against the accused "Dark Knight Rises" suspect unfolds, new reports suggest James Holmes' behavior was so alarming that campus police considered putting him in a "psychiatric hold."James...
View ArticleGeorge Zimmerman Writes Lengthy Tirade Against NBC
"Truth suffered" when NBC deliberately edited 911 tapes to make George Zimmerman sound like a racist murderer, he claims in a new blog post.Zimmerman announced in October plans to sue the broadcasting...
View ArticleREPORT: University Of Colorado Considered Purging Records On James Holmes
An official at the University of Colorado — Denver considered purging James Holmes' academic records on the advice of a lawyer, the Associated Press reported Wednesday, citing internal university...
View ArticleThe 15 Most 'Underpoliced' Cities In America
Cities that cut police budgets to save costs may be shooting themselves in the foot.A recent study by Aaron Chaflin and Justin McCrary at UC Berkeley found that for every dollar spent on police, the...
View ArticleThe States With The Most Hate Crimes [RANKED]
Hate crimes were down across the country in 2011, according to the annual report from the FBI.The report identified 6,222 hate crime incidents motivated by bias against a particular race, religion,...
View ArticleBurglary Suspect Caught On Video Escaping And Stealing Police Car
41-year-old Darren Porter was arrested on Friday for allegedly burglarizing an antique store near near Fort Worth, KSee24 reports.Police from the town of White Settlements initially arrested Porter at...
View ArticleGeorge Zimmerman Wants To Roam Freely Before His Murder Trial
A judge refused Tuesday to give George Zimmerman more freedom while he awaits trial, despite his lawyer's impassioned arguments that Zimmerman has been a model defendant.Zimmerman and his attorney Mark...
View ArticleNYPD Picture Shows Shooting Victim Being Stalked Before Execution
A 31-year-old man was shot and killed in broad daylight Monday in Midtown Manhattan near Columbus Circle.And based on pictures from the NYPD, it looks like the gunman stalked Brandon Lincoln Woodard...
View ArticleExperts Explain Why The FBI's Hate Crime Statistics Are Pretty Useless
Take the FBI's report on hate crimes with a grain of salt.The data, which suggested that Mississippi had America's fewest hate crimes in 2011, is highly dependent on reports from local police, some of...
View ArticleThere's A Disturbing Trend Involving Anti-Gay Hate Crime In The US
While the number of hate crimes in America is going down, hate crimes against gays are not, according to the FBI's Hate Crime Report.In fact, the number of anti-gay crimes rose to 1,256 in 2011 from...
View ArticleTech Mogul John McAfee Is In Miami And Out Of The Grasp Of Belize Police
The Central American saga of John McAfee seems to have come to an end in Miami.McAfee had been on the run from police in Belize, who wanted to question him about the murder of his neighbor, another...
View ArticleObama Says He Has Better Things To Do Than Attack Pot Smokers Out West
Pot smokers in Washington and Colorado can breathe a sigh of relief — the president isn't coming for them.In an interview this week with ABC News' Barbara Walters, President Barack Obama said the...
View ArticleShooting At Connecticut Elementary School: One Shooter Dead
A shooting has been reported at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., according to NBC Connecticut.State police have told Newtown Patch there are possibly two shooters and the suspect's car appears...
View ArticleHere's Everything You Should Do If You're Falsely Accused Of A Crime
Sometimes police arrest the wrong person, or an innocent defendant gets convicted in court.It's hard to imagine that happening to you, but anybody could be charged with a bogus crime.Steven and...
View ArticleSHOOTING AT CONNECTICUT SCHOOL: 26 REPORTED DEAD
Twenty children and six adults died this morning after a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Conn. — a town 60 miles northeast of New York City.The gunman walked into his mother's...
View ArticleFailed Thief Screws Up 3 Carjackings In The Same Target Parking Lot
Being a criminal is tough work, especially for one failed carjacker in southern California. The man allegedly attempted to carjack three different women in a Target parking lot, and failed each and...
View ArticleHere's A Timeline Of Mass Murders In The US This Year
At least 29 people are reported dead after an elementary school shooting rampage Get the latest update on this breaking story here >The tragedy, the worst since the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007,...
View ArticleMedia Reports Named The Wrong Lanza As The Sandy Hook Shooter
Following reports that the Connecticut mass shooting suspect was named Ryan Lanza, many media outlets linked to the Facebook account of a Ryan Lanza from Newtown, Conn. The account has since been taken...
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