Crime and Public Safety

Seattle police are investigating after three first graders at Alki Elementary reported a woman tried to lure them away during recess.

One person was killed after a small plane crashed at Paine Field in Everett Thursday afternoon.

Newly released text messages from Gov. Bob Ferguson reveal behind-the-scenes frustration and doubts among top officials following the deadly Bite of Seattle shooting.

A Richland, Washington man was arrested and charged Thursday morning with attempting to provide material support for the Houthis, a terrorist organization based in Yemen.

An attorney representing a 77-year-old woman accused alongside her husband of gunning down their son-in-law at a crowded Dublin park offered the first glimpse of her defense, portraying his client as a devoted grandmother while pointing to court records alleging that the slain man had abused his wife and children.

The judge in Lindsay Clancy’s murder case on Thursday denied the defense’s motion to declare her not guilty.

Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was granted parole after serving seven years of a 10-year sentence for the 2018 murder of her neighbor, Botham Jean, after mistakenly entering his apartment.

A 31-year-old Mumbai man was arrested in Davidson County after investigators said he concealed his identity online, posed as a younger male and traveled to the United States to contact a juvenile girl.

Christa Pike's attorneys said Thursday that she's still alive after surviving Tennessee's effort to execute her by means of lethal ​injection late Wednesday.

Rapper Rick Ross was arrested Thursday morning in Miami Beach in connection to an alleged domestic violence incident involving his ex-girlfriend, according to police.

Police investigating the deaths of two Ole Miss students are calling on state lawmakers to ban synthetic opioid compounds, and to distinguish them from “traditional botanical kratom.”

A new report from the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office found that 275 Catholic priests sexually abused at least 944 children across three dioceses in Massachusetts.

Carter Eslick was sentenced to 60 days in jail and three years of probation for his role in the fatal alcohol poisoning of 18-year-old Colin Martinez back in January.

A 21-year-old University of Georgia student is recovering after surviving an eight-floor fall through a window screen at an Athens apartment building Saturday.

A manhunt is underway after a Harris County deputy was shot on Wednesday evening.

Members of a Tacoma group are calling on the Washington Office of Independent Investigations, or OII, to look into a death in the Pierce County Jail.