Crime and Public Safety

Authorities in St. Kitts and Nevis have recovered the body of a Chinese cruise ship passenger who went missing nearly a week ago while hiking alone.

Despite owning a $35 million Orange County mansion, dual US-Iranian national Jamshid Ghomi reported a peak annual income of just $20,684 and fraudulently claimed low-income tax credits for seven years, prosecutors said.

Harrowing video shows the moment a fireworks factory exploded, injuring two men in nearby fields.

Kent police are investigating the death of a woman found with severe injuries early Wednesday morning after officers responded to reports of gunfire.

The self-proclaimed crypto “Godfather" is facing a robbery charge after being linked to a multi-million dollar Bitcoin heist and a brazen broad daylight kidnapping. 

Actor Nick Pasqual was found guilty of attempted murder in the stabbing of his ex-girlfriend, who reportedly underwent 14 hours of surgery after the May 2024 attack.

The Seattle City Council honored Amarr Murphy-Paine on Tuesday. He's the Garfield High School student who was shot and killed in 2024 outside the school.

What looked like a San Diego discount retail store turned out to be something more nefarious, and what was allegedly sold there was a lot more dangerous than snack foods and cleaning supplies.

State regulators have launched a formal investigation into a catastrophic chemical tank implosion at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility that killed 11 people and left others seriously injured.

Deputies have arrested two people in connection with the deadly shooting of a 17-year-old boy over Memorial Day weekend in Parkland.

A private investigator reported that a new witness came forward with a tip regarding the 1995 disappearance of Iowa news anchor Jodi Huisentruit.

Two National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers were arrested and charged for allegedly smuggling monkeypox into the U.S. and lying to border officials.

Authorities are seeking 21-year-old Brandon Torres-Mesa, believed to be the man who fatally shot a teen in Parkland last week during a robbery.

Washington State Patrol is seeking witnesses on a shooting that happened on I-5 in Seattle early Tuesday morning.

An Auburn man who admitted to a hate crime, stabbing a Black woman on a King County Metro bus, was sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in prison.

A New Mexico legislative committee has issued subpoenas to multiple agencies, marking its first major enforcement action in the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch.

State regulators have begun a workplace safety probe at Seattle's Nippon Dynawave mill, one week after a chemical explosion killed 11.

One of the bodies of the 11 mysteriously missing persons that had potential ties to U.S. nuclear secrets or rocket technology has been discovered by a hiker in a New Mexico national forest.