Matt Delaney

San Francisco homeless could face arrest after federal court order lifted

Homeless people living on San Francisco's streets could end up in handcuffs after a federal appeals court lifted an order Monday that barred the city from clearing encampments.

July 9, 2024

Prosecutors fault the District’s soft-on-crime laws for difficulty in punishing young carjackers

Prosecutors on Monday blamed soft-on-crime laws passed by District leaders for making it more difficult to punish violent young carjackers -- but new police initiatives have helped bring car thefts down from the record highs of last year anyway.

July 8, 2024

Man fatally shoots acquaintance, himself in murder-suicide at Alexandria gym

Alexandria police said Monday that a gunman killed an acquaintance before mortally wounding himself in a deadly gym fight over the weekend.

July 1, 2024

Bloody weekend in D.C. sees 4 killed in separate shootings

Four people were killed in four different shootings across the District this weekend, and police have yet to announce any arrests in the violent incidents.

July 1, 2024

Investigators say Oakland businessman laundered political donations to now-mayor through karaoke bar

Federal investigators say a California business owner used a karaoke-bar-turned-brothel to funnel campaign donations to Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and other members of the city's political class.

July 1, 2024

Florida car thief gets ‘butt whipped’ by 66-year-old victim, police say

Police in Florida said they arrested and charged a man Thursday after the young suspect tried to steal the car of a 66-year-old man, only to be physically overpowered by the older victim.

June 30, 2024

Tougher jail sentences for theft, drug crimes could return to California

Tough penalties for drug crimes and thefts could make a comeback in California as voters will have a chance in the fall to overturn a nearly decade-old law that downgraded some nonviolent offenses to misdemeanors.

June 30, 2024

Illegal immigrants linked to vicious sex crimes expose poor vetting at U.S. border

A teen girl raped in broad daylight at a New York City park.

June 27, 2024

Romanian nationals charged with hate crimes in California robberies targeting Latinos

Two illegal immigrants from Romania were charged with hate crimes after Southern California prosecutors accused the men of posing as federal immigration officers to threaten Hispanic robbery victims with deportation.

June 26, 2024

China quietly uses cartel drug trade to upend American harmony at home

China's ongoing shadow war with the U.S. involves cleaning drug money for Mexican cartels so the gangs can fuel the deadly overdose epidemic and sow discord in American institutions, said an analyst who spoke to The Washington Times.

June 25, 2024

L.A. mayor to meet with Jewish leaders after anti-Israel protest turned violent

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she will meet with Jewish leaders and police brass after a Sunday protest outside of a synagogue devolved into a melee between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel demonstrators.

June 24, 2024

Two California robbers arrested after impersonating ICE agents to target Latinos

Two men who dressed as federal immigration agents in order to shake down Latino victims were arrested by police in Southern California.

June 24, 2024

Murder charges dropped against USC student who killed vagrant pretending to have gun

Los Angeles prosecutors have dropped murder charges against a college student who fatally stabbed a homeless man after authorities said the vagrant's false claim about having a gun made the student "fear for his life."

June 23, 2024

Republican push to remove progressive Memphis D.A. Steve Mulroy sparks a partisan skirmish

Tennessee Democrats rallied this week to the defense of a Memphis prosecutor targeted for removal by state Republican leaders who see the district attorney as soft on crime.

June 20, 2024

Feds raid home owned by Democrat Oakland mayor

Federal agents on Thursday raided a California home belonging to Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, according to multiple reports.

June 20, 2024

Family of taekwondo black belts foil sexual assault in Texas

Police in Texas said a family of taekwondo instructors thwarted a sexual assault Tuesday after they heard nearby cries for help.

June 20, 2024

USC student charged with murdering homeless man breaking into car

A Los Angeles college student remains behind bars Wednesday after police charged him with stabbing to death a man believed to be homeless for breaking into his car.

June 19, 2024

WATCH: Republicans targeting D.C. traffic cameras

Republicans on Capitol Hill are using their oversight power to try to eliminate traffic cameras that ticket speeding drivers, and soon enough, those who turn right on red.

June 18, 2024

Illegal immigrant charged in broad daylight rape of teen girl in New York City

An Ecuadorian migrant accused of tying up and raping a 13-year-old girl at a New York City park was arrested Tuesday after police said vigilant citizens tackled and held the suspect until officers arrived.

June 18, 2024

Moped crackdown sees D.C. police arrest more than 60 drivers, impound 200 scooters

Police have arrested dozens of moped drivers and impounded hundreds of scooters as of Monday during the District's crackdown on the mopeds zig-zagging their way through city streets.

June 17, 2024