Officer Ramon Ortega was fired after his duty belt — with a department-issued handgun and Taser — was recovered behind a Pasco County dumpster.

A federal grand jury indicted Robert Mayberry on a charge alleging he mailed threats to blow up the Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse in downtown Cincinnati. No hearings are scheduled yet.

Dallas police say Alejandro Silva Marines is wanted after an infant was critically injured on March 3. Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for tips.

Washington County Schools closed March 12 after a high school fight and an off-campus shooting; investigators are probing related incidents.

Houston police released surveillance stills after a Jan. 5 robbery on Fondren Road and are asking the public for tips. Crime Stoppers may pay up to $5,000 for information.

A Wheat Ridge case manager pleaded guilty in Denver after prosecutors say she swapped patients’ oxycodone with allergy pills and other OTC medicines.

Five years after a 2021 Belle Glade triple shooting that killed two men, PBSO has renewed an appeal and Crime Stoppers is offering up to $3,000 for tips.

Detectives arrested a Stockton suspect Thursday in a Dec. 2 drive-by that killed 26-year-old Obdulia Sanchez; the case remains under investigation.

A Huntington Beach man was sentenced to 30 years to life after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting two 6‑year‑old relatives; court records say the attacks began in 2011.

Three people are wanted after two knife-point spa robberies in Gravesend and Sheepshead Bay; police released surveillance images and are asking for tips.

The Arizona Attorney General says a sting found 451 criminal citations after nearly 1,900 inspections, naming Phoenix-area smoke shops as repeat offenders. Several stores posted double-digit failure rates in the AGO data.

A hit‑and‑run early Friday in Miami left a pedestrian dead; police say surveillance footage captured the crash and they are searching for the SUV and driver.

Authorities say a man wanted in the New Year’s Day killing of a Bronx rideshare driver was arrested in the Dominican Republic. Family members and livery groups are still awaiting details about extradition and prosecution.