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Suspect in 3 Pennsylvania killings makes initial court appearance on related New Jersey charges

Mar. 27, 2024 14:28 PM EDT

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A man charged in the fatal shooting of three family members in Pennsylvania and related carjacking and weapons counts in New Jersey will remain behind bars while his case proceeds, a judge ruled Wednesday. Andre Gordon Jr., 26, appeared via video from the...

Prosecutors charge a South Carolina man with carjacking and the killing of a New Mexico officer

Mar. 22, 2024 16:14 PM EDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A South Carolina man has been charged with two federal counts stemming from the killing of a New Mexico state police officer, federal and state prosecutors announced Friday. An unsealed criminal complaint charges Jaremy Smith, 33, with two counts:...

Bus hijacked in downtown Los Angeles collides with several vehicles and crashes into a hotel

Mar. 22, 2024 04:38 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who indicated he had a gun hijacked a transit bus in downtown Los Angeles and then grabbed the wheel, causing the bus to collide with several vehicles and crash into a hotel, police said Thursday. Only the driver was on the Los Angeles County Metropolitan...

Man accused of killing family members in Pennsylvania facing charges in 2 states

Mar. 17, 2024 20:03 PM EDT

LEVITTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man faces murder charges in Pennsylvania and carjacking and weapons charges in New Jersey after allegedly killing three family members, carjacking vehicles in both states and evading law enforcement for hours as police mobilized in two states, authorities said Sunday. ...

Shooting in Washington leaves 2 dead, 5 injured. Police are looking for a single gunman

Mar. 17, 2024 08:20 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two people have been killed and five others injured in a shooting in the nation’s capital early Sunday. Police were looking for a single gunman after the seven people were shot around 3 a.m. in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington. The five people who were...

3 escaped inmates from Grenada charged with murder after US sailing couple vanishes

Mar. 07, 2024 16:14 PM EST

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Three escaped inmates from the eastern Caribbean island of Grenada were charged in the killing of a U.S. couple whose catamaran they hijacked, police said Thursday. Ron Mitchell, a 30-year-old sailor; Atiba Stanislaus, a 25-year-old farmer; and Trevon...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signs tough-on-crime legislation

Mar. 06, 2024 18:27 PM EST

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Eight recently passed bills, including legislation that will treat all 17-year-olds who commit crimes as adults and harsher penalties for carjackings, were signed by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday. Spurred by violent crime in Louisiana cities and a...

3 men suspected in the disappearance of a US sailing couple ordered deported from St. Vincent

Mar. 05, 2024 00:30 AM EST

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) — Three men from Grenada suspected in the disappearance of a U.S. couple whose catamaran was hijacked were ordered deported from St. Vincent on Monday. The men, Trevon Robertson, a 19-year-old unemployed man; Abita Stanislaus, a 25-year-old farmer and...

A look at the tough-on-crime bills Louisiana lawmakers passed during a special session

Feb. 29, 2024 16:50 PM EST

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's Republican-dominated legislature concluded a two-week special session Thursday that was called to address one of the state's most pressing issues — violent crime. During the session lawmakers passed a slew of tough-on-crime policies, including...

Louisiana moves closer to final passage of tough-on-crime bills that could overhaul justice system

Feb. 27, 2024 20:47 PM EST

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana, a state grappling with one of the highest rates of incarceration and violent crime in the country, is on the cusp of overhauling parts of its criminal justice system as the state's GOP-dominated legislature barrels ahead with a package of bills — ranging from...