BOSTON - Two Boston Police officers – one of whom was off-duty -- were injured today in two crashes that took place within moments and six blocks of each other on the same major Roxbury road, police said. Department spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll said the first crash took place around 10:25 a.m. when an off-duty officer riding on his personal motorcycle was ...

WALNUT CREEK -- On the same day a former San Ramon police officer pleaded not guilty to charges that he allegedly stole cash and drugs connected to criminal investigations, attorneys for the officer's co-defendants said a federal grand jury had convened to investigate police corruption. Louis Lombardi, 38, of Discovery Bay, was arraigned inside a Walnut Creek courtroom Thursday along with ...

Police have obtained DNA samples from Joshua Powell as part of their investigation into the disappearance of his wife, Susan Powell. West Valley City police Capt. Tom McLachlan said investigators have taken DNA samples from multiple people in the search for 28-year-old Susan Powell, and the warrant served Tuesday does not imply her husband is a suspect. "We hope to have ...

MIAMI BEACH - An 11-year-old boy was taken into custody Thursday afternoon by undercover police officers who caught him on camera breaking into a parked car outside a Toys R Us store, North Miami Beach police said. The boy, whose name was not released because he is a minor, was charged with vehicle burglary and taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Metropolitan Police Department has opened up its doors to a gun dealer whose business, cleared by the D.C. Zoning Commission, will lift the de facto ban on District residents purchasing handguns. Charles Sykes, who possesses one of the city's few licenses to transfer guns into the city and previously had the only business to do so, can ...

SEATTLE - Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes announced Tuesday he is not renewing the city's nearly 40-year contract with private law firm Stafford Frey Cooper and will put complex litigation, including cases involving police, out for bid. While Holmes says the move will save an estimated $800,000 annually, it has drawn sharp criticism from the Seattle Police Officers' Guild, which opposes ...

KNIGHTSEN, CA - A huge police search is under way after a four-month-old baby disappeared from her parents' home overnight. Little Ramy Amadea Gallego, was last seen in her bassinet at about 10pm on Saturday night, when she was put to sleep at her home in the eastern Contra Costa County town of Knightsen, California. Although she was sleeping in the ...