Crime and Public Safety

Former youth pastor David Vander Meer has been arrested and charged with murder and insurance fraud in connection with the 2006 death of his wife, Bernadette Vander Meer, at Utah's Zion National Park.

Three adults were hospitalized after a shooting in Southeast D.C. that police said appears to be domestic in nature.

Investigators say he was bedridden, neglected, and living in complete filth.

Leesburg Police are investigating after a guitar smashed through an officer's windshield on Friday.

A boy was shot and killed at a community center in Prince George's County Friday afternoon.

Buttigieg compared the incident to swatting in his description when someone calls 911 with a false report of imminent danger at a public figure's home.

A person claiming to know the identity of Nancy Guthrie's abductors has contacted TMZ again. The message claims a secured phone holds videos, photos, names, and ages of the suspects.

A Chicago man was arrested after prosecutors said he obstructed an investigation into an alleged planned violent attack targeting a UFC event at the White House.

A Colorado mother has been charged in connection with the death of her 16-year-old daughter, who prosecutors say drank herself to death and had 173 empty alcohol bottles hidden in her bedroom.

A federal judge declared a mistrial in the trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht, the man charged with setting a fire that officials said eventually became the Palisades Fire.

A suspect is in custody after a man was shot and killed outside the MGM National Harbor casino late Thursday night, in what police said may be an instance of road rage.

A Utah judge on Friday found a prosecutor in civil contempt for violating a pretrial publicity order by publicly stating there was "ample evidence" to prove Tyler Robinson's guilt in the 2025 killing of Charlie Kirk.

John Bolton served as national security adviser in President Donald Trump’s first administration before he later became a critic of Trump.

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has announced the establishment of a temporary "Juvenile Curfew Zone" in the bustling U Street corridor this upcoming weekend.

Former Pueblo County Coroner Brian Lee Cotter and his brother, Christopher Aaron Cotter, were arrested in Colorado and face 125 counts of abuse of a corpse, with a judge setting their bond at $1 million.

Ruben Arevalo Saavedra, 16, was shot and killed in Brentwood earlier this month. Two other 16-year-old are being charged as adults with his murder, police said.