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Berkeley officials are expected to make a decision Tuesday on the hiring of a new police chief.

A dog rescued from an animal shelter in King County that went on to have an illustrious career as a K-9 dog for the Sequim Police Department has died.

Harris County deputies said a woman stole and crashed a patrol car Sunday night.

MIAMI -- A top Colombian kingpin who shipped billions of dollars worth of cocaine to the United States and ran a private army was sentenced Wednesday to 45 years in prison. Diego Montoya Sanchez, aka "Don Diego," was once on the FBI's 10 most-wanted list alongside Osama bin Laden. He had a $5 million bounty on his head, but eluded capture ...

Woodbury police responded to a call Friday night about a man jumping in and out of a freezing pond. They rescued him and put him in a squad car to get him medical help, but they did not expect what happened next. Police brought him to Westfields Hospital where doctors concluded the man needed a psychiatric evaluation. After his hospital stay, ...

The day after Stephen Phelps won his lawsuit against a former Moore County deputy, he was driving his sport utility vehicle toward the western part of the state to spend time with relatives. The past seven years have been a long ordeal for Phelps. Phelps, a former Army sergeant, was shot twice on Feb. 23, 2002, during an Army role-playing exercise ...

An inmate at the Curry County jail has been found guilty of the attempted murder of a jail guard with a homemade shank. Clovis district attorney Matthew Chandler says that jurors spent less than an hour deliberating before delivering guilty verdicts on all charges against 29-year-old Guadalupe Urquizo. Urquizo was charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery and possession of a deadly ...

The firebombing of four Seattle police vehicles last month was actually a failed attempt to kill police officers by the same man now suspected of the ambush-slaying of Officer Timothy Brenton, police officials said Monday.

The Montana Supreme Court is overruling a woman’s drunk driving conviction, citing a state law that lets people break the law if they are in danger.

NEW YORK — A police car working ahead of Vice President Joe Biden's motorcade was involved in a minor traffic accident Tuesday evening, but it wasn't part of the procession and the vice president was unhurt

Akron, Ohio

Authorities arrested a woman on Wednesday for bringing a shotgun to campus. The Morehead City Police Department arrested 37 year old Rashonda Hargett of Newport for bringing a weapon to Carteret Community College. if (self['plpm'] && plpm['Mid-Story Ad']) document.write('  She was charged with unlawful possession of a .20 gauge shotgun on educational property. The charge carries a misdemeanor penalty. WITN has ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Oregon State Police said on Wednesday that four people from Scappoose, all related, were involved in an "altercation" with a Portland hunter who died mysteriously nearly three weeks ago in Central Oregon. Frank Means, 61, died Oct. 7, shot to death while hunting on the John Day River in Wheeler County, about three and a half hours east ...

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) - A former Farmington police community service officer, who pleaded guilty to robbing a pharmacy at gunpoint to steal narcotics before leading authorities on a high-speed car chase, has been sentenced to five years in prison. Kathryn Martinez, 38, pleaded guilty to second-degree armed robbery, aggravated fleeing of a law enforcement officer and false imprisonment. State District Court ...

A 42-year-old man upset by the treatment of U.S. military personnel sneaked a disassembled shotgun into a middle school just after classes began Tuesday, put it together in a bathroom, then held the principal hostage for more than two hours before surrendering without firing a shot, police said.

A judge today agreed to expunge Mel Gibson's conviction that followed an infamous Malibu drunk driving arrest in which the actor made anti-Semitic comments to a sheriff's deputy. As part of his 2006 conviction, Gibson agreed to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, perform in public service announcements and pay $1,300 in fines to resolve the drunk driving case. [Updated at 10:35 a.m.: As ...