A good Samaritan commended by police for subduing a purse-snatching suspect now faces criminal charges because the suspect charged him with assault.
The number of crimes committed against individuals and households in 1985 fell to the lowest level since the government began collecting the information 13 years ago, the Justice Department said.
The mid-1980s may be remembered as a time when entrepreneurs were celebrated as heroes and business school enrollments soared.
Half the offenders in 20 million cases of rape, robbery and assault committed from 1982 through 1984 were known to their victims, according to a study released Sunday by the Justice Department.
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Nearly 1.7 million passengers ride the bus every day in Los Angeles.
The man accused of setting two fires at an apartment complex under construction in Northridge said Sunday that he is innocent of the charges and incapable of scaling a fence on the grounds of the complex that arson investigators say he climbed.
Television newscasts concentrate excessively on violent crime, creating unwarranted fear among
When Terry Donahue leads his Bruins onto the field at Neyland Stadium today, you could say he is returning to the scene of the crime.
Crime may rise because of the spiraling popularity of legal gambling like lotteries, card parlors and bingo on Indian reservations, Atty.
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The City Council has introduced an ordinance that would elevate the city's Crime Prevention Committee to commission status.
Carroll Edward Cole, who confessed to killing more than a dozen women as revenge for an abusive mother, was executed by injection today, and at his request his brain was removed an hour later for research on criminal behavior.
Bernhard Hugo Goetz, the confessed subway gunman who has crime-weary New Yorkers rallying to his
The number of muggings and robberies reported to London police hit a record high last year, and overall crime rose by 9%, Scotland Yard said.
A city that sprawls in all directions like Los Angeles cannot have a cop on every corner.
An official Soviet campaign against vodka abuse brought a 10.4% drop in serious crime between July
Violent crime in Culver City dropped 8% and repressible crimes dropped 10% during the first 11 months of 1985, according to Police Chief Ted Cooke.
The city of Tulare is reaping the rewards of a federal law that allows municipalities and law enforcement agencies to keep equipment seized in criminal investigations.
Major crime in San Diego has jumped 15.2% during the first three months of 1986 compared to the