What It's Like To Clean Up Crime Scenes For A Living
There is blood all over the room. It’s on the walls and it has seeped into the cracks in the floor. There are smears of it on the doorknob and bloody handprints on the lampshade, the light switch, and...
View ArticleA 15-Year-Old Girl Was Killed Trying To Stop Someone From Stealing Her iPhone
This past Saturday, a 15-year-old girl was killed when she tried to stop someone from stealing her iPhone, according to the LA Times.The girl, who was identified by police as Rubi Rubio, was walking...
View ArticleGerman Woman Charged With Trying To Extort $15 Million From Saudi Sheikh
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A German woman who falsely claimed she was raped and tortured by the son of a Saudi sheikh in Los Angeles was charged on Monday with trying to extort at least $15 million from...
View ArticleAP Reporter Describes Witnessing Execution That Took Nearly 2 Hours
Joseph Rudolph Wood looked around the death chamber and glanced at the doctors as they made preparations for his execution, locating the proper veins and inserting two lines into his arms.Wood then...
View ArticleREPORT: Man Arrested After Trying To Rob Coffee Cart In Front Of NYPD...
A man was reportedly arrested Tuesday morning for allegedly attempting to swipe what just might be one of the world's most secure tip jars. According to tweets from New York Times police reporter J....
View ArticleMalcolm Gladwell: Overpolicing Is Preventing Drug Dealers From Evolving Into...
In the latest edition of The New Yorker, best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell asks why old-school crime families used to be able to integrate into mainstream society, while drug dealers and their...
View ArticleAlaska Is A Terrifying Place To Be The Victim Of A Crime
For many remote Alaskan communities only accessible by plane, the biggest danger isn't nature. Rather, it's the villagers themselves and the unavailability of any law enforcement to protect...
View ArticleCalifornia Governor Rejects Parole For Manson Family Member
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Manson Family member Bruce Davis, who was sentenced to life in prison for two 1969 murders but was granted parole this year, was ordered on Friday to remain behind bars...
View ArticlePolice Express Sympathy For Officer Who Killed Unarmed Teen In Ferguson,...
Riots have gripped Ferguson, Missouri, since the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown on Saturday, and police have taken to the website PoliceOne to offer their own insights into the...
View ArticleFather Of Dead Racer Lashes Out At NASCAR Driver Tony Stewart
The father of a race car driver who was fatally struck by NASCAR's Tony Stewart over the weekend lashed out in a newspaper interview at the three-time champion for not seeing his son standing on the...
View ArticleFerguson, Missouri Is Part Of A Growing Suburban Poverty Trend
Nearly a week after the death of 18 year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., protests continue in the 21,000-person suburban community on St. Louis’ north side and around the nation.Amid the social...
View ArticleCar Thieves Love Stealing These Family Sedans
In movies, car thieves often favor exotic, rare rides like Lamborghinis, Bugattis, and vintage Mustangs. But according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (and our own personal experience),...
View ArticleEx-Police Chief Analyzes Shocking Cellphone Video Of St. Louis Police...
A disturbing police-involved shooting occurred in St. Louis on Tuesday, amid weeks-long protests over the killing of an unarmed teen in Ferguson, Missouri.St. Louis police shot and killed 25-year-old...
View ArticleThe 11 Countries With The Highest Rate Of Theft
Gallup Analytics has released the results of research into theft around the world, and the results don't look good for countries in sub-Saharan Africa. About 14% of adults across the 134 countries...
View ArticleGangs Aren't Wearing Colors Anymore
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Nearly gone are the gang days of the 1980s and '90s, when the Bloods wore head-to-toe red, the Crips wore blue and Latin Kings wore black and gold.Gangs from coast to coast have...
View ArticleMassive Manhunt In Pennsylvania For Suspected Cop Killer
CANADENSIS PA. (Reuters) - A massive police manhunt intensified on Friday for the gunman who killed an officer and wounded another in an ambush at a Pennsylvania state police barracks a week ago.Waves...
View ArticlePennsylvania Police Can't Find A Survivalist Who Allegedly Killed A Policeman
CANADENSIS, Pa. (AP) — Nine days after a gunman opened fire in a deadly ambush at a state police barracks, authorities have had no contact with the suspect they describe as a self-taught survivalist...
View ArticleWoman Turns Herself In Just So Police Will Take Down An Unflattering Photo Of...
A Columbus, Ohio woman named Monica Hargrove had a warrant for her arrest on an aggravated-robbery charge. After the police posted a photo of her on their Facebook page, Hargrove went to the police...
View ArticleTake A Tour Of Norway's Unbelievably Luxurious Prison
Norway's prison system is known as one of the most humane in the entire world.It may also be one of the most radical. "This is prison utopia,"American prison warden James Conway said in "The Norden," a...
View ArticleWhy Britain Has To Start Chaining Up Its Plants
Some of London's rarest flowers have to be locked up and monitored by security cameras due to an upswing in plant theft. The Sir Harold Hillier Gardens in Hampshire has become a "crime hotspot," the...
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