The mom of a McDonald’s employee charged with beating two customers defended her son yesterday telling a Manhattan court, “My son is a loving individual – not a criminal,” she said. Her son, Rayon McIntosh, 31, faces assault and weapons charges after he was seen on tape beating Denise Darbeau and Rachel Edwards, both 24, with […]

A Georgia man is feeling rather idiotic after being caught in the act attempting to rob a Quick Trip station in Snellville, Ga. Stephen Daniel, 21, can be  seen in surveillance footage walking up to the clerk  and demanding all the cash. What the video does not capture is a police officer standing behind him […]

While it is commonly believed that crime will rise during periods of economic downturn that has not been the case in the U.S., where violent crime has decreased in the last four years. Still, many cities face rampant violence, Detroit being one of them. In 2010, the “Motor City” led the nation with 345 murders […]

Orange County, Fla. authorities have charged four teens after they allegedly assaulted a 77-year-old grandma and held a 6th grader at gun point over an X-Box Police say the crooks forced their way into the home and forced victim Trevor Bailey to hand over money and his X-Box. Bailey’s older sister, who heard the commotion […]

Police in Missouri arrested a man for an incident last Saturday after he pulled a shotgun on a Taco Bell employee for forgetting to include hot sauce with his order. Police said Jeremy Combs, 30, arrived home after making an order at a Lee Summit, MO. Taco Bell. Combs returned to the restaurant’s drive-through with […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of violent crimes fell by a surprisingly large 12 percent in the United States last year, a far bigger drop than the nation has been averaging since 2001, the Justice Department said. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reported there were 3.8 million violent crimes last year, down from 4.3 million […]

Even though they say crime doesn’t pay, several rich gangsters prove otherwise. While most end up dead or in jail, a very lucky few get to spend their money. In the early part of the 20th Century, gangsters made a lot of money selling liquor during prohibition. In the seventies many gangsters made a killing […]

Did you know that 95 percent of the music downloads in the United States are downloaded illegally? Or did you know that an estimated 10,000 prostitutes flock to the Super Bowl every year? Studies of these crime trends always make for good news headlines because it always makes you wonder “How is this happening?!” Here’s […]

Link to video OCAL, Fla. — A Florida woman was shot in the middle of a fight in Ocala and kept fighting before she noticed she was shot in the chest. Police have now released the video in hopes of finding the gunman responsible for the shooting. The victim, Brittany Thomas, said she had gone […]

JARRATT, Va. (AP) — A man who raped and suffocated an 88-year-old woman was executed, becoming Virginia’s first inmate to be given a lethal injection using a revised three-drug cocktail. Jerry Terrell Jackson, 30, was pronounced dead at 9:14 p.m. Thursday at Greensville Correctional Center. Asked if he had any final words, Jackson shook his […]