Indianapolis Metro Police got a break in what appears to be a crime wave involving surprise attacks on people getting out of their cars.

WACO, Texas (AP) — Texas law enforcement officials on Friday launched a criminal investigation into the massive fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people last month, after weeks of largely treating the blast as an industrial accident.

Maurice Ainsworth was sentenced Thursday to more than six life terms in prison in a 2009 Los Gatos home invasion and a 2010 rampage in Santa Cruz during which he shot a Santa Cruz County sheriff's deputy with a stun gun and held a handgun to the head of a preschool teacher.

The state of Montana Wednesday took a second shot at convincing a judge to end a wrongful discharge lawsuit by former state tourism director Elizabeth “Betsy” Baumgart, citing a recent Montana Supreme Court case the state says gives employers broad powers to fire employees in management positions.

James Wayne Ham, 36, of Coldspring, was arrested Sunday and charged today with the murder of a mail carrier with the United States Postal Service (USPS), United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announ

WARREN, Ohio - A man is secretly indicted on charges that he raped a mentally retarded man. James Austin II, 32, was in court on Monday to answer five charges.

New York personal injury lawyer David Perecman of The Perecman Firm stresses the importance of a thorough investigation following the Connecticut train accident that injured at least 60 people. (PRWeb May 21, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/NYpersonalinjurylawyer/NYpersonalinjurylawyer/prweb10753474.htm

An Arizona escapee who is accused of killing a couple in New Mexico is seeking to have a key piece of evidence thrown out. Lawyers for John Charles McCluskey are in federal court in Albuquerque this week asking the judge to toss out DNA evidence they say is tainted. McCluskey was one of three prisoners who authorities say escaped in July 2010 from a medium-security prison near Kingman, Ariz ...

A Colorado court has ruled workers can be fired for smoking medicinal marujuana in their own time even if they have a prescription to do so.

A California judge ruled a man guilty of texting while driving, after he was seen using a map application on his phone, not sending a text nor talking.

A former city comptroller who recently began serving a lengthy federal prison sentence for stealing nearly $54 million from her northern Illinois community will not be tried a second time on s…

In the fourth day of deliberations in the trial of a Philadelphia abortion doctor, jurors asked Friday for a description of the babies the doctor is accused of killing.

Posted April 22, 2013, at 6:25 p.m. PORTLAND, Maine — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has upheld the conviction of a Brownville woman found guilty of supplying drugs and alcohol to minors.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island labor officials have asked the state Supreme Court not to review the $1 million fine levied against the former owners of the Station nightclub.        

MANCHESTER – A judge upheld Steven Spader’s sentence of life without parole Friday for the 2009 first-degree murder of Kimberly Cates in Mont Vernon. Spader, 21, formerly of Brookline, is incarcerated at the New Hampshire State Prison’s Special Housing Unit in Concord. “The circumstances of these  horrific crimes and the extent of the defendant’s planning and participating warrant the ...

WASHINGTON — Prosecutors say a Virginia man who planned a mass killing at the Washington headquarters of a conservative Christian lobbying group should spend 45 years in prison for his plot.

PHOENIX — The federal Bureau of Land Management has joined two San Pedro River landowners in a civil lawsuit against the Arizona Department of Water Resources, contesting its decision to grant an adequacy of water certificate to Pueblo Del Sol Water Company, developer of Tribute, a planned commercial and residential project in Sierra Vista. The BLM is being represented by Ignacio Moreno ...

City commissioners in Muskegon unanimously approved a plan Tuesday night ... The Holland Farmers Market opens 8 a.m. Wednesday.

New criminal sentencing guidelines for Indiana kick in next year to try and reduce state prison costs.

(AP Photo/Jon Elswick). The screen on the phone console at the reception desk at The Associated Press Washington bureau, Monday, May 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File). FILE - In this April 18, 2013 file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.

The attorneys for an El Paso lawyer and former Carnegie Mellon University trustee suspected of laundering millions for a drug cartel want to delay next week's trial so a psychological evaluation can be done.

Cook County's sheriff is proposing a countywide concealed-carry ordinance, saying if state lawmakers don't pass a law by next month as a federal court has ordered, Illinois could turn into the…

McDowell County Family Court Judge Lisa Clark and Chief Justice Brent Benjamin of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia enjoy refreshments with other guests Monday after the grand opening ceremony for the new McDowell County Juvenile Drug Court.

The jury in the Bryan Bey trial found him guilty Thursday on two kidnapping counts for the abduction and assault of a woman last May.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas' just-approved execution law is as badly flawed as the version it replaced, according to a lawsuit filed Friday that argues the new law is unconstitutional and puts inmates at risk for an agonizing death.

The Kentucky man whose impromptu, roadside confession exposed an alleged Lowcountry murder-for-hire plot has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to see if he is competent to stand trial.

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge on Thursday blocked a campaign finance violation case against Arizona's attorney general, saying it was improperly brought by the county attorney's office.

FAYETTEVILLE, AR-- Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Anthony Yager, 49, of Springdale, pleaded guilty to downloading child pornography. 

MINNEAPOLIS - Two Minnesota women convicted of conspiring to send money to al-Shabab in Somalia were given prison sentences in federal court Thursday, ending a week of punishments tied to long-running investigations into terrorism recruiting and financing for the terrorist group.

U.S. Attorney Deborah R. Gilg said Thursday that the Nebraska State Patrol and Internet Crimes Against Children groups have done outstanding work to protect children from sexual predators.

Paulino Perez-Mondragon is serving 25 years in prison for robbery and assault while participating in a felony. The Iowa Court of Appeals previously rejected his claim the sentence was unconstitutional.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - A narcotics detective assigned to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration said Thursday that Rodney "Rocco" Williams of Baltimore was a "middle man" in the drug world, someone who knows where to obtain large amounts of illegal...

A US doctor who was convicted of murdering three babies has agreed to a life sentence in prison.

Governor Mark Dayton has announced the appointments of Jana M. Austad, Anne M. Rasmusson, and Judge Korey Wahwassuck as District Court Judges in Minnesota’s Ninth Judicial District. Judge John R. Hawkinson will be replaced by Judge Wahwassuck, who will be chambered at Grand Rapids in Itasca County. Judge Michael J. Kraker will be replaced by Rasmusson, who will be chambered at Mahnomen in ...

FORT PIERCE — As Roscoe Tanner stood before the judge who would rule on the plea bargain that would leave him facing only a misdemeanor worthless-check charge, the prosecutor made sure the former tennis star knew what a sweet deal he was getting.

Fifty-five Colorado Sheriffs filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against two gun bills passed by the Colorado legislature in March. The suit was filed Friday in Federal District Court in Denver. (PRWeb May 21, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/anti-gun/lawsuit/prweb10751565.htm

The evidence presented at Amy Senser's criminal vehicular homicide trial was "more consistent with (her) innocence than guilt," her attorney argued before the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

Several Pennsylvania counties hope that the third time's the charm when it comes to abolishing elected jury commissions. Less than a month after the state Supreme Court struck down a law allowing county commissioners to get rid of elected jury overseers, the governor signed a replacement law, Senate Bill 808.

An inmate found dead in a Mohave County jail has been identified as a 28-year-Bullhead City man.

DELAWARE TWP. — A federal malicious prosecution lawsuit has been dismissed as it pertains to local law enforcement. The suit was filed in Hunterdon County and transferred to federal court. Brett Roberts, 49, of Delaware Township has been embroiled...

SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right of local governments to ban medical marijuana dispensaries, leaving intact a growing movement to outlaw the pot