Matt Delaney

Cons seeking gold bars steal life savings from Americans in golden years

The con starts as a pop-up message or a letter that carries a dire warning from the federal government. It ends with unwitting victims delivering bundles of gold to international criminals.

August 2, 2024

Rayful Edmond, D.C.’s infamous crack cocaine kingpin, moved to halfway house

Federal officials confirmed Thursday that Rayful Edmond III, the prolific drug dealer who helped fuel D.C.'s crack cocaine epidemic in the 1980s, has been transferred to a halfway house.

August 1, 2024

Illegal immigrant from El Salvador charged in deadly Loudoun Co. carjacking

The man accused of carjacking and then running over a woman in the Virginia suburbs last weekend is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, police confirmed Wednesday.

July 31, 2024

Gunshot victim collapses, dies in front of National Shrine in D.C.

District of Columbia police said a man who was shot fell from his moped and died Monday in front of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in the Northeast part of the city, triggering a brief shelter-in-place order for nearby Catholic University.

July 30, 2024

New York faces rise in rape, attacks on women; some in city cite shortage of police

Attacks on women are on the rise in New York City, a trend some in the city are blaming on a persistent shortage of police personnel that has meant fewer officers on patrol.

July 30, 2024

Three killed in 3 different D.C. shootings over the weekend

A man was shot and killed early Monday in Northeast, ending a violent weekend in the District that saw two other people slain in separate incidents and at least three more wounded in a fourth shooting attack.

July 29, 2024

FBI says it will interview Trump as victim in assassination attempt

The FBI said Monday it does want to interview former President Donald Trump as the victim of the July 13 assassination attempt.

July 29, 2024

Law enforcement alerted to would-be Trump assassin 90 minutes before shooting: Report

Law enforcement officials shared notes about Thomas Matthew Crooks' suspicious behavior more than 90 minutes before the would-be assassin took aim at former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania this month.

July 29, 2024

California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants more police pursuits in Oakland

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday pushed Oakland leaders to change the city's restrictive police pursuit policies that he said savvy criminals know how to work around.

July 28, 2024

Police in Howard County, Md., identify teen who was shot dead Saturday in Columbia Mall

Police in Howard County, Maryland, on Sunday identified the teenager who was shot dead Saturday inside the Columbia Mall.

July 28, 2024

Shoplifting surges nationwide while violent crime returns to pre-COVID levels, report says

Shoplifting remains a stubborn problem for American businesses even as the COVID-19-era crime wave cools overall.

July 25, 2024

Multiple D.C. shootings leave 2 dead, 9 wounded

Two shootings Thursday that left a man dead in Southeast and a woman wounded in Northwest capped off a bloody 24 hours in the District of Columbia where Metropolitan Police reported two slayings and nine people injured by gunfire.

July 25, 2024

Chinese national imported over 4,000 pounds of fentanyl chemicals into U.S., prosecutors allege

A Chinese national accused of importing one of the largest-ever amounts of fentanyl precursor chemicals into the U.S. made his initial court appearance Tuesday in Texas.

July 23, 2024

Michigan ATV driver runs over elderly man with Trump sign, kills himself

An ATV driver in Michigan targeted a supporter of former President Donald Trump by ramming into the elderly man as he put up a pro-Trump yard sign.

July 23, 2024

Would-be assassin flew drone over rally site before firing on Trump

The gunman who made an attempt on Donald Trump's life used a drone to survey the Pennsylvania rally site possibly days, or even hours, before he took aim at the former president.

July 23, 2024

Would-be Trump assassin was a sharpshooter, gun range classmate says

Would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks was considered a good shot by a fellow shooting range classmate who met the gunman just weeks before he made an attempt on former President Donald Trump's life.

July 21, 2024

Ominous internet post tied to would-be Trump assassin is fake, investigators say

Investigators did an about face Thursday, saying a threatening internet post originally attributed to former President Donald Trump's would-be assassin was actually from a fake account.

July 18, 2024

Two men killed, 2-year-old girl wounded in shooting near day care center in Southeast

Two men were killed and two other people, including a 2-year-old girl, were wounded Thursday morning in a shooting in Southeast, D.C. police said.

July 18, 2024

Would-be Trump assassin hinted at making his ‘premiere’ before rally shooting

Investigators said would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks posted "July 13 will be my premiere, watch as it unfolds" on an online gaming platform sometime before he tried to kill former President Donald Trump.

July 18, 2024

D.C.’s top cop sees massive crime drop in first year on job

Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith ended her first year as the District's top cop Wednesday by overseeing a major decline in the deadly shootings and rampant carjackings that were terrorizing the city when she took over.

July 17, 2024