A Michigan officer narrowly escaped an oncoming car while investigating a crash on a busy interstate. Officer Brian Kashyk was taking information from one of the drivers involved in a crash when he noticed an oncoming car that had lost control in the snow was sliding towards him. Police said Kashyk originally tried to run from the car, but at the ...

PHILADELPHIA -- A 21-year-old New Jersey man pleaded guilty Tuesday to vomiting on another spectator and his 11-year-old daughter in the stands during a Philadelphia Phillies game. CHERRY HILL, NJ - Matthew Clemmens, of Cherry Hill, N.J., pleaded guilty to one count each of simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment for his conduct during an April 14 Phillies-Nationals game at Citizens ...

BRITAIN - British police would likely love to defriend an escaped prisoner who continues to taunt them by posting photos of himself enjoying his Christmas on Facebook. Craig "Lazie" Lynch, a 28-year-old convicted burglar, has gained an Internet following as he has posted regular updates on the social networking site since his escape from Suffolk's Hollesley Bay Prison on Sept. 23, ...

PORTLAND, OR - A suspected trespasser has been accused of breaking into a house and then calling the police for help when the owner arrived. Timothy Chapek was rumbled when the owner, accompanied by two German shepherd dogs, heard him taking a shower in the house in Portland, Oregon. So instead of facing the man, Chapek, 24, who feared the householder ...

ATLANTA, GA - Allen Iverson has lots and lots of fancy cars. At least, that's what he told an Atlanta cop in a fit of pique during a traffic stop in Buckhead last week. The former NBA star hurled one expletive after another at the officer who pulled over his gray 2007 Lamborghini Murcielago around 6 p.m. on March 30, according ...

WASHINTON, DC - An on-duty D.C. police officer charged with murder and accused of acting as a lookout in a street robbery gone fatally wrong also was present during the planning of the holdup and drove some of the participants to the crime scene, authorities said in a court affidavit. Officer Reginald Jones, charged with felony murder in the Dec. 1 ...

TRENTON, N.J. — Two men and three teenage boys were charged Saturday with gang-raping a 7-year-old girl who was sold by her 15-year-old stepsister during a party at a crime-ridden apartment building in the state's capital, police said. Details of the arrests were announced at a Saturday evening news conference outside police headquarters. Police Director Irving Bradley said detectives had been ...

MORAGA, CA -- An East Bay Regional Park District police officer had to be rescued Monday after he was shot at by multiple people while on patrol in a rugged area of park lands near Moraga and Canyon, police said. The officer called dispatch about 7 p.m. asking for help after he said he was fired upon by assailants with automatic ...

MANCHESTER, Conn. -- Seconds after Edmanuel Reyes' hostages escaped from the home where he had been holed up Thursday, a supervisor ordered police not to shoot the man who had fired about 100 shots at them -- one of them hitting a cop --and negotiate instead. "All units, hostages are out," the supervisor said. "We're going to try to negotiate out. ...

MIAMI - When two gunmen tried to rob a New York City detective vacationing in Miami Beach last weekend, he fought back hard. The veteran of 27 years on the force opened fire, wounding both attackers who accosted him and also shot him in the courtyard of a hotel on Collins Avenue. Those details of the events during Saturday’s attempted hold-up ...

NEW YORK - Two undercover federal agents infiltrated the violent Pagans biker gang and smashed a plot to kill rival Hells Angels members with homemade grenades, authorities said Wednesday. Nineteen Pagan members — including a 70-year-old man — and associates were rounded up in coordinated, early-morning raids in Long Island, New Jersey and Delaware. An explosive device packed with nails and ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Police have arrested the mother accused of giving birth to a baby in an arena bathroom and leaving the newborn there. Greenville police charged 24-year-old Jessica Blackham with felony child abuse and neglect. A quick-thinking cleaning crew is credited for saving the life of the baby that was choking in the cold toilet water. "They did save the ...

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police on Wednesday busted a prostitution ring that operated in airport hotels. Police arrested nine people Wednesday by using Craigslist and City Paper ads to lure prostitutes who conduct their business in airport hotels, the Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Inquirer report. Police didn't identify the hotel used for the sting when they announced the arrests on Thursday. ...

SEATTLE - Two men accused of beating a teenager and blaming it on white oppression were charged Tuesday with a hate crime and first-degree robbery. Prosecutors allege Ahmed Mohamed, who is black, and Jonathan Baquiring, who is Asian, had blood on them when an officer stopped them shortly after the May 25 attack. The Washington State Crime Lab returned the DNA ...

TIFT COUNTY, GA - A South Georgia police chief was arrested Friday and charged with aggravated assault. Special Walter R. Young, chief of police in Omega, allegedly assaulted an inmate in the Tift County Jail T Walter R. Young, chief of police in Omega, allegedly assaulted an inmate in the Tift County Jail Thursday night, according to the Georgia Bureau of ...

STAMFORD, Conn. -- A 21-year-old man sitting down for a haircut allegedly grabbed scissors and slashed another in the back Tuesday, police told the Stamford Advocate. That led to his arrest and a bizarre booking photo taken before his haircut could be finished. [photo:595115] David Davis, of Cedar Hill Avenue, New Haven, was arrested shortly after the incident when Stamford patrol ...

KEARNS, UT - Three caregivers have been arrested after a disabled woman police believe was bound in a crucifix formation in a small closet was found dead. The suspects were accused of putting a pepper seed in the eyelid of 22-year-old Christina Harms and covering her hands with bandages to stop her getting it out. The mother-of-one was discovered at her ...

DALLAS - A neighbor who saw Cecilia Marie Ogle back a car over her mother, dragging her into a Far East Dallas street late Thursday night, shouted at the 21-year-old woman to stop, according to police documents. But Ogle ignored his pleas and accelerated the teal Toyota Camry over 60-year-old Sheila Ann Ogle, dragging her under the vehicle again toward the ...

FORT WORTH -- A Fort Worth police officer tried to move his patrol car from the path of an SUV just seconds before it rammed him almost head-on early Saturday, injuring both drivers, according to video from a police helicopter released Monday. The video shows the SUV driver, Stanley Wayne Robertson, 42, of College Station, leading several officers on a low-speed ...