Law_Crime
Latest Stories
brazil_security_52169.jpg
A Civil Police officer stands guard over a looter shot in the leg by the Civil Police while looting an electronic store in Vitoria, Espirito Santo state, Brazil, Monday, Feb 6, 2017. Protests by the friends and family of military police in Espirito Santo have led to an increase in crime and forced the shut-down of some state services, authorities said Monday. (AP Photo/Diego Herculano)
super_bowl_brady_judge_75274.jpg
FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2015, file photo, Judge Richard M. Berman enters federal court in New York. Berman, who ruled against the National Football League in "Deflategate," says the New England Patriots, with their Super Bowl 51 victory, have showed "us all never to quit, everything is possible, and the importance of teamwork." (AP Photo/Larry Neumeister, File)
ranching_standoff_12865.jpg
This undated photo provided by the Multnomah County Sheriff's office shows Darryl Thorn. Thorn is one of four of the remaining seven defendants charged in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge that are taking plea deals in Portland, Ore., Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, rather than go to trial next week. (Multnomah County Sheriff's Office via AP)
ranching_standoff_97161.jpg
This undated photo provided by the Multnomah County Sheriff's office shows Dylan Anderson. Anderson is one of four of the remaining seven defendants charged in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge that are taking plea deals in Portland, Ore., Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, rather than go to trial next week. (Multnomah County Sheriff's Office via AP)
ranching_standoff_38314.jpg
This undated photo provided by the Multnomah County Sheriff's office shows Sean Anderson. Anderson is one of four of the remaining seven defendants charged in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge that are taking plea deals in Portland, Ore., Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, rather than go to trial next week. (Multnomah County Sheriff's Office via AP)
ranching_standoff_55837.jpg
This undated photo provided by the Multnomah County Sheriff's office shows Sandra Anderson. Anderson is one of four of the remaining seven defendants charged in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge that are taking plea deals in Portland, Ore., Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, rather than go to trial next week. (Multnomah County Sheriff's Office via AP)
ranching_standoff_89441.jpg
FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2016, file photo, an American flag hangs on the sign at the front entrance of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Ore. Four of the remaining seven defendants charged in the armed takeover of the refuge are taking plea deals in Portland, Ore., Monday, Jan. 6, 2017, rather than go to trial the following week. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
inmate_killed_transport_van_36219.jpg
This undated photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows David Johnson, who received an eight-year sentence for sexual battery. The Ross County, Ohio, Coroner's Office identified Johnson as the inmate fatally strangled Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, while riding in a transport van to the Ross County Correctional Institution with other prisoners and guards, after Johnson had been taken to Columbus, Ohio, for medical treatment, according to Ross County Prosecutor Matthew Schmidt. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP)
Trump_Travel_Ban_9th_Circuit_39014.jpg-a5e80.jpg
FILE- In this Sept. 18, 2014, file photo, Circuit Judge William A. Fletcher, right, questions Asst. U.S. Atty. Merry Chan about Barry Bonds' conviction before an 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. The federal appellate court is hearing arguments whether to reinstate President Donald Trump's immigration travel ban. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, Pool, File)
elijah_lovejoy_documents_72887.jpg
In this Feb. 2, 2017, photo, Madison County Circuit Clerk Mark Von Nida looks over old documents in his office at the Madison County Courthouse in Edwardsville, Ill. Nida recently found court documents relating to Elijah P. Lovejoy that were almost destroyed. Lovejoy was a Presbyterian minister and journalist who was murdered by a pro-slavery mob in 1837 while defending his press. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield acquired the historic documents last month. (Scott Cousins/The Telegraph via AP)
deadly_apartment_fire_63504.jpg
Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey, left, talks while Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck looks on during a news conference in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Los Angeles police say three people are in custody and a fourth is being sought in connection with a deadly fire that struck an apartment building in 1993. Two men were arrested Feb. 3 and a woman was already in custody in connection with the fire. Police will ask the district attorney to file homicide charges with special circumstances involving multiple victims, gang affiliations and arson. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
deadly_apartment_fire_06815.jpg
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck talks during a news conference in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Los Angeles police say three people are in custody and a fourth is being sought in connection with a deadly fire that struck an apartment building in 1993. Beck says two men were arrested Feb. 3 and a woman was already in custody in connection with the fire. Police will ask the district attorney to file homicide charges with special circumstances involving multiple victims, gang affiliations and arson. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
deadly_apartment_fire_80438.jpg
Los Angeles police Sgt. Jack Richter displays photos of arson suspects from a 1993 fire prior to a news conference in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Los Angeles police say three people are in custody and a fourth is being sought in connection with a deadly fire that struck an apartment building in 1993. Two men were arrested Feb. 3 and a woman was already in custody in connection with the fire. Police will ask the district attorney to file homicide charges with special circumstances involving multiple victims, gang affiliations and arson. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
deadly_apartment_fire_27104.jpg
FILE - In this May 3, 1993, file photo, May Isabela Diego holds her infant son Pedro in the aftermath of a fire in an apartment complex in the Westlake section of Los Angeles. Diego had to drop her two children out of a window as fire threatened their safety. Police have arrested several people for the 1993 fire that killed 10 people, including seven children. (AP Photo/Michael Tweed, File)
trump_76687.jpg
White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks to reporters while on board Air Force One over Maryland, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
ranching_standoff_trial_nevada_67109.jpg
Brand Thornton blows a horn in support of defendants on trial at the federal courthouse, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, in Las Vegas. Jury selection began Monday in Nevada for the federal trial of six defendants accused of taking arms against federal agents herding cattle off public land near Nevada cattleman and states' rights advocate Cliven Bundy's ranch in April 2014. (AP Photo/John Locher)
ranching_standoff_trial_nevada_49666.jpg
People protest outside of the federal courthouse Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, in Las Vegas. Jury selection began Monday in Nevada for the federal trial of six defendants accused of taking arms against federal agents herding cattle off public land near Nevada cattleman and states' rights advocate Cliven Bundy's ranch in April 2014. (AP Photo/John Locher)
aptopix_ranching_standoff_trial_nevada_89212.jpg
Supporters and critics of defendants on trial at the federal courthouse gather Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, in Las Vegas. Jury selection began Monday in Nevada for the federal trial of six defendants accused of taking arms against federal agents herding cattle off public land near Nevada cattleman and states' rights advocate Cliven Bundy's ranch in April 2014. (AP Photo/John Locher)
deadly_apartment_fire_58497.jpg
FILE- In this May 3, 1993 file photo, a young man weeps after seeing a dead child in front of an apartment house in the Westlake district that was devastated by fire in Los Angeles. Police have arrested several people for the 1993 apartment building fire that killed 10 people, including seven children, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. ( J.Albert Diaz/Los Angeles Times via AP)
nightclub_shooting_mosque_fire_86108.jpg
FILE - In a Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016, file photo, Farhad Khan, who has attended the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce for more than seven years, shows members of the media its charred remains, in Fort Pierce, Fla. Joseph Schneider, an ex-convict who investigators say confessed to setting fire to the mosque tied to the Orlando nightclub shooter, pleaded no contest to those charges, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)