At a time when the rest of the country is pulling back on harsh sentencing and criminal legislation, New Mexico is preparing to implement stricter anti-crime laws.
A mass killing in the central Honduran city of Comayagua left at least six people dead on Jan. 9, and the authorities believe the massacre is probably drug-related.
In wake of the second phase of the Jodi Arias murder trial, the convicted boyfriend killer appeared in an Arizona courtroom on Friday, May 16, for a preliminary hearing.
Occupy Wall Street protester Cecily McMillan, who was convicted May 5 of second-degree assault against a New York City Police officer, could face a sentence of seven years in prison Monday.
A five-month long undercover investigation has led officers of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department to crackdown hard on drug dealers who have been using the Internet to push products and attack customers.
After alluding capture by U.S. authorities in December 2012, the Cuban fugitive, Raonel Valdez, went on the run to the Caribbean before eventually getting arrested in Mexico where he awaited justice for allegedly participating in a $2.8 million gold heist.
Earlier this month, a lead radiological technologist in Perry, Ga. was convicted for falsifying and signing off on mammogram reports that incorrectly cleared nearly 1,300 women of signs of breast cancer or abnormalities.
A $525 federal fine was issued to a North Charleston man on Wednesday after he refilled his 89-cent drink at the VA hospital without paying for it, however a spokesperson for the facility said Thursday that it chose to give the man a warning instead of the citation.
