St. Augustine Beach police canceled a planned pier 'teen takeover' and joined regional patrols after takeovers at the Avenues Mall and Jax Beach sparked fights and gunfire.

A Maricopa County sergeant says prosecutors negotiated with terrorists after a plea reduced charges in the 2019 Fountain Hills incident. The sentencing has reignited debate over prosecutorial discretion and mental‑health in terror cases.

A 17-year-old was shot early Friday at an apartment complex along Cascade Road in South Fulton and taken to Grady Memorial Hospital. Police are investigating and seeking tips.

A San Diego man says a wrong turn into Mexico led to a guilty plea, a fine and six days in jail; he now wants California to clarify whether the foreign conviction strips his gun rights.

Christopher Ford pleaded not guilty in Clark County after an October shooting that killed his partner. Prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty and a jury trial is set for March 8, 2027.

A Brooklyn caver says he was pinned for six hours inside Merlin's Cave in Canaan before forest rangers drilled away rock and he slipped free.

Needham Parks chair Christopher Gerstel was arrested and indicted on federal charges after prosecutors allege he siphoned roughly $250,000 from a little-league account.

Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell warns teen group assaults are rising and says prosecutions and prevention must ramp up as summer begins.

Federal agents announced arrests tied to a large‑scale drug distribution probe in San Angelo, officials said. The FBI and the U.S. Attorneys Office led the briefing.

A federal indictment unsealed June 5 accuses two New Castle–area men of conspiring to distribute cocaine and fentanyl. Arrests were made before the charges were unsealed.

Prosecutors say siblings followed and fatally shot a Cerritos businessman so they could steal his SUV; notebooks seized at a May hearing reportedly show plans for more violence against relatives. New testimony has expanded authorities' portrait of the case.

A Pierce County judge sentenced Lars Nelson to 7½ years in the April 2025 death of Sophie Tinney, a case that has raised questions about anti‑natalist ideology and online radicalization.

Portland police launched a tactical response in Hazelwood after reports an armed suspect held a hostage on NE 122nd Ave. The corridor was closed and residents were told to shelter in place.