CARY, N.C. -- A hostage hiding in a North Carolina bank secretly helped police during a standoff with a teenager who was shot dead after slowly emerging from the building holding a gun to the head of one of his captives, authorities said. The gruesome final scene after three tense hours in the quiet suburban town played out live on television ...

BERKLEY COUNTY, SC - An unmarked Berkeley County sheriff's cruiser that was stolen this evening in Goose Creek has been located, a spokesman for the Sheriff's Office said. The deputy who was driving the vehicle, sheriff's Capt. Cliff McElvogue, was visiting a residence in Goose Creek and had gone inside for a moment, Moon said. When the deputy came outside about ...

BARNSTEAD, N.H.—Officials in the New Hampshire town of Barnstead and Belknap County are exploring the idea of saving money by turning local law enforcement duties over to the sheriff's department. Sheriff Craig Wiggin says one possible way for the town to save money would be for his department to provide policing services in a contract-type arrangement. Wiggin says there are legal ...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- Police charged a 28-year-old man Thursday with murder in an attack on a suburban Atlanta family that left two young boys dead in their home and their father and another brother injured. Police arrested Antonio Cardenas-Rico and charged him with two counts of murder, Gwinnett County police Cpl. Jake Smith said. Three-year-old Bradley Garcia and 1-year-old Edward Garcia ...

[photo:591870] DENVER (AP) - A man wanted in the slaying of a 27-year-old woman 15 years ago in Denver has been arrested in Las Vegas. Denver authorities say Chester Leroy Todd had been wanted ever since the discovery of Sherri Lynn Majors' body in a downtown alley on March 18, 1996. Authorities say Todd was a truck driver at the time ...

KANSAS CITY - Four Kansas City police officials on Thursday reimbursed the department $3,452.22 for pricey meals they had charged for legislative-related expenses in 2009 and 2010. Police board president Pat McInerney had asked for the refund Monday after receiving an anonymous tip and reviewing credit card purchases by Maj. Roger Lewis and Maj. Wayne Stewart, who act as legislative liaisons ...

ROCKVILLE, Md. - Some local police officers who contested tickets they received from speed cameras have now been told to pay up. The case involves four Montgomery County Police officers caught speeding while on duty in 2008. At the time, the cars were caught on camera without emergency lights and sirens running. A police department review found the officers were not ...

DETROIT - The Detroit police sergeant rushed to the commander's office. Cmdr. Brian Davis had been shot. He had made it down a hallway to his office and collapsed in his chair. Sgt. Marcellus Ball asked where he was hit. Davis leaned. Blood covered his back and side. "I didn't think," Ball said Thursday, remembering Jan. 23, the day a gunman ...