Crime

CHICAGO – “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett pleaded no contest to not only driving under the influence of alcohol, but also for driving without a license and giving law enforcement false information in 2007. Smollett was…

Toledo police mug shot of Lashauwna Tucker, 26, who left her children 4 and 6 years old, alone in her house before going to Burger King. TOLEDO – Police arrested and charged an Ohio mother for endangering children, arson and…

SARASOTA - Vandals covered a statue in Florida depicting the iconic photograph commemorating the end of World War II in red paint Tuesday, spraying #MeToo across the memorial. Sarasota’s statue of the “The Kiss” remembers one of the…

CHICAGO - Jussie Smollett’s case about an alleged attack in January could be headed to a grand jury. Law official sources reported the case could be headed to a grand jury sometime this week, according to TMZ Sunday. Law…

KENTUCKY - A Tennessee man faces a charge of first-degree wanton endangerment after allegedly pulling a gun on a Sam’s Club customer in Kentucky for wearing a Make America Great Again hat. James Phillips, 57, told police he made an…

NEW JERSEY - A Democratic lawmaker who called the alleged hate crime attack against Jussie Smollett a “modern-day lynching” now says that he is withholding judgement in the case amid reports that authorities believe the “Empire” actor…

BROOKLYN - Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner has been transferred from a federal detention facility in Devens, Massachusetts, to a residential reentry center in Brooklyn, New York, according to the Bureau of Prisons. Weiner…

CHICAGO - Jussie Smollett’s attorneys said reports claiming the “Empire” actor planned his own attack on Jan. 29 “further victimized” him and were lies, according to a Saturday night statement. Smollett reported two men beat…

ILLINOIS - Police named the five victims of a shooting at a manufacturing company in Aurora, Illinois, Saturday after a man opened fire during a meeting Friday. The victims were employees of the Henry Pratt Company. According…

VIRGINIA - The special counsel’s office said Friday that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort faces between 19 and 24.5 years in prison for the tax and bank fraud charges for which he was convicted in August. Citing federal…

ILLINOIS - The Chicago Police Department (CPD) said Friday night that two men arrested in connection with the alleged attack against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett were released with no charges. “Due to new evidence as a result of…

WASHINGTON - A federal judge issued a limited gag order in the government’s case against Roger Stone, the longtime Trump confidant indicted in the special counsel’s probe last month. The order, issued by U.S. District Court Judge…

AURORA - At least four police officers and multiple civilians are injured after a shooter stormed a manufacturing company in Aurora, Illinois, Friday, The Aurora Daily Herald reports. At least one civilian might be dead. Multiple…

MINNEAPOLIS - A 911 call revealed the suspected gunman shot a Minnesota bus driver stopped in traffic during a snow storm on Feb. 5 because he feared getting run over. Kenneth Lilly, 31, reported to police in a phone call Feb. 5…

WEST VIRGINIA – Allen Loughry, a former justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, was sentenced to a two-year prison term Wednesday, following his conviction for fraud and lying to federal investigators. U.S.…

GRAND PRAIRIE - A judge sentenced a Texas man Thursday to eight years of prison after he was arrested with a gun he built while under a protective order barring him from possessing a firearm. Eric Gerard McGinnis was sentenced to…

TUCSON - A federal jury convicted Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes Tuesday of killing Border Patrol agent Brian Terry eight years after his death. Osorio-Arellanes was found guilty and convicted of first-degree murder, second degree…

DELAWARE - Authorities arrested a Delaware Corporal officer Tuesday after he allegedly forced a woman to perform oral sex on him by threatening a warrant for her arrest and refusing to let her exit the vehicle. Corporal Thomas R.…

TEXAS - Authorities discovered four malnourished young children, two of whom were locked in a dog cage, in a Texas home Tuesday. Police officers responded to a domestic disturbance call, but ended up also finding four children, ages…

WATERVILLE – A suspected bank robber in Waterville, Maine, was quickly arrested after being taken out by a patch of ice, sending the cash he had allegedly just taken flying through the air Tuesday. “I had just left my shift at…

NEW YORK - Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas floated the possibility Tuesday of using the seized assets of convicted drug cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán to help build a wall at the southern border. “America’s justice…

TEXAS - Authorities found a 15-month-old and her family shot to death in a rural Texas home Monday morning and have thus far not found any leads in the bloody case. Emergency responders reacted to a call around 10:30 a.m., according…

ILLINOIS - Ten men were cleared of drug convictions Monday after a judge ruled that they were framed by a former Chicago police sergeant. Cook County Judge Leroy Martin Jr. granted requests from the prosecution to vacate convictions…

NEW JERSEY – Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey attacked President Donald Trump Monday for treating illegal aliens that drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol as criminals. Democratic lawmakers are …

Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano said on “Morning with Maria” Monday that the National Enquirer’s parent company could have committed blackmail but not extortion if Jeff Bezos’s allegations are true. “If the…

MICHIGAN - A Macomb County jury found a man guilty of shooting a friend and then chopping his body up into bits and burying them in two shallow graves. Andrew Fiacco, 21, was charged and found guilty Thursday of killing his…

ATLANTA - Law enforcement officers apprehended 169 persons related to sex trafficking activities ahead of Super Bowl LIII, highlighting an issue that experts are calling a “public health issue.” More than 25 local, state and federal…

RIVERDALE - Georgia school district is investigating a teacher who was caught on video beating up a student Friday. Chief of Communications for Clayton County Public Schools Jada Dawkins confirmed to The Daily Caller News Foundation…

NORTH CAROLINA - A University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) student thought she heard a ghost in her bedroom closet, but it turned out to be a 30-year-old man allegedly wearing her clothes over the weekend. The college…