Crime & Safety

SPOKANE, Wash.  — Serial killer Joseph Edward Duncan III died in U.S. prison recently, having admitted to slaughtering seven people — including five children — in Idaho, Washington state, Montana...

BEDFORD – A Bloomington man is on trial this week in Lawrence County Superior Court I. Scott M. Afanador is facing charges of auto theft and being a habitual offender. The...

MONROE COUNTY, Ind. — A Monroe County reserve deputy was killed in a crash Monday while responding to an accident, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Reserve Deputy James...

MIAMI — Police have arrested a man for abducting and sexually assaulting a young boy before shooting him in Miami-Dade County. Aliex Santiesteban, 43, is now in custody. He faces...

WASHINGTON  — A former DC Public Schools teacher faces a sex abuse charge after authorities say he had a sexual relationship with a student between 2014 and 2016. Mark Walker,...

INDIANAPOLIS — Police are investigating a shooting that left one person critically wounded Saturday. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said the shooting happened at the intersection of East 38th Street...

Oklahoma City police officers fatally shot an inmate who took a correctional officer hostage at a county jail Saturday, authorities said. Officers had tried to deescalate the situation at the...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.  - Authorities on Friday charged a man already accused of a beating death in New Jersey with murder and other counts in New Mexico in the slaying of...

LIBERTY, Mo. - A Missouri state lawmaker already indicted on 20 charges related to a fraud scheme involving medical treatments now faces three more charges alleging she fraudulently sought federal...

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah man seeking to get revenge on an ex-girlfriend on behalf of his friend was allegedly involved in a shooting that injured the woman and...

BEDFORD – A Bloomington man was arrested on a warrant Wednesday after Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department detectives were called to Speedway on December 18, 2020, after a report an employee stole...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.– Police say a 16-year-old suspect was arrested Thursday in connection with a deadly shooting. Police responded to the 1400 block of North Woodburn Avenue around 12:15 a.m. Thursday...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — An 18-year-old Bloomington woman driving away from an attempted robbery was fatally shot early Thursday, police said. Keisha Huntington was pronounced dead at IU Health Bloomington Hospital,...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A Bloomington ride-share driver has been charged with sexual battery after a woman accused him of touching her inappropriately during an Uber ride back to her dorm....

LUBBOCK, TEXAS — An Arizona man is accused of forcing off the road a National Guard convoy transporting COVID-19 vaccines in West Texas and then holding 11 guard members at...