Crime and Public Safety

The Polk County K9, who was critically injured during a shooting in the woods with a suspect, had his leg amputated Friday and will be forced to retire. 

A Florida man was arrested after allegedly climbing a perimeter fence and sneaking onto a parked JetBlue aircraft at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

Valentina Tobon Henao, 25, was arrested after allegedly throwing multiple kittens out of a vehicle in Brookhaven.

A North Carolina police officer was arrested and charged after it was found that she used the city's license plate reader cameras to track her boyfriend’s ex-wife. 

A mother and her teenage daughter were shot dead inside their Missouri home by a neighbor who stopped over to complain about a "dispute," police said.

Body worn cameras are coming to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers within the next two months. But there may be some lingering issues surrounding transparency and the public having access to their video for some of their most volatile incidents. 

Investigators say they've seen an increase in tips in the Nancy Guthrie case since ransom notes were released to the public.

The DeLand Police Department has arrested the father of the 17-year-old suspected of shooting and killing two teenagers in a vacant lot in downtown DeLand.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement canceled a missing child alert for an 11-year-old girl last seen in Jacksonville. The child was found safe, according to authorities.

Police in Chicago are investigating the discovery of more than 50 human remains inside a South Side funeral home.

The families of two teenagers killed in a downtown DeLand shooting are calling for greater accountability in Florida's juvenile justice system as law enforcement officials and prosecutors continue to dispute whether earlier intervention could have prevented the killings.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd credits a K9, who was shot and critically injured by a suspect, with saving the lives of three deputies Thursday evening. 

An Orange County judge denied bond Thursday for an 18-year-old accused of fatally shooting a 4-year-old boy at an Orlando apartment complex, after prosecutors argued he posed a flight risk and presented evidence they say links him to the shooting.

A shocking dashcam video released by the Tennessee Highway Patrol shows the moment a patrol cruiser was blindsided during a traffic stop, sending it crashing into another vehicle.

The family of 71-year-old Jorge Vazquez-Escutia is shattered by his death. His stepson is accused of killing him, dismembering him, and putting his remains in his mother's suitcases.

Police arrested a 23-year-old U-Haul employee after a workplace argument over a drink turned deadly.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood have both criticized State Attorney Monique Worrell's Office following the arrest of a 17-year-old boy in connection with the shooting deaths of two teens in downtown DeLand.