Police Investigations

by Katie Fretland In downtown Orlando, 24 cars were vandalized yesterday and the culprits left behind note cards with messages that supported Hillary Clinton and insulted Barack Obama and John McCain. Our friends at the Orlando Sentinel report that three....

What prompted Pembroke Pines police to conduct a dawn paramilitary raid that ended with the June 12 shooting death of homeowner Vincent "Vinny Hodgkiss? An anonymous complaint, surveillance of high-turnover visitors and two searches of Hodgkiss??? trash,...

by James Oliphant Speaking to the National Sheriffs' Association this morning in Indianapolis, John McCain positioned himself as a strong law-and-order candidate, again slamming the Supreme Court for its decision last week to invalidate a Louisiana law...

by Nick Madigan Undercover Maryland State Police officers repeatedly spied on peace activists and anti-death penalty groups in recent years and entered the names of some in a law-enforcement database of people thought to be terrorists or drug traffickers,...

A New York City Emergency Service police officer inspects a mailbox on Fifth Avenue in New York/ (October 17, 2001) (AP photo) by Frank James A federal government biodefense expert has apparently committed suicide just as prosecutors were about......

Suddenly the Laurence Fishburne-to-"CSI" rumors - which they remain - have heated up again, and so I guess it's time to acknowledge them. Consider them officially acknowledged. They've been out there almost since the day Billy Petersen said he......

As promised, here are some outtakes from the teleconference with Laurence Fishburne, just ended. The headline: A lot of details still need to be worked out. When asked about his character - someone with a mysterious past, presumably with a......

It is officially official: Laurence Fishburne is joining "CSI." He joins up in the forthcoming season's ninth episode which - per my calculations - should land him sometime during November sweeps. (Oooops, calculations are wrong: The show just said......

FBI stats say NY is now the fourth safest state, jumping ahead of Vermond, according to a release from the NY Division of Criminal Justice Services. Release after the jump.......

We've got our first winner out of the 2008-9 season gate: "Grey's Anatomy," which squeaked out an 18-49 win over "Desperate Housewives." Its rating? A 7.4 in this demo, which is a very solid number. Please go to the......

Jerome Corsi being escorted for deportation from Kenya. (AP Photo) by Frank James updated at 8:38 am UPDATE: The Associated Press is reporting the following -- NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) _ Kenyan airport official says American author of book slamming......

A lot of calculations about the Democratic chances of taking over the state Senate had to be recalibrated yesterday when a Siena poll showed longtime Buffalo-area Dem incumbent Bill Stachowski (right) trailing Republican challenger Dennis Delano (left) by...