Law Enforcement

Mom chases down child abductor; girl safe

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque police say a mother who saw her 5-year-old being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt. Police say the incident unfolded Wednesday […]

2013/05/16

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth (AP Photo)

UMass-Dartmouth remains closed amid investigation

DARTMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth remains closed as law enforcement officials continue their investigation into a student suspected as the Boston Marathon bomber.

2013/04/20

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (AP Photo)

Boston police: Bombing suspect is in custody

WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — A 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody Friday evening after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralyzed and his older brother dead.

2013/04/19

Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, identified by the FBI as suspect number 2 in 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, FBI handout (AP Photo)

Bomb suspect in boat stored in Mass. neighborhood

WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — A law enforcement official says the suspect being hunted in the Boston Marathon bombing is in a boat stored in a Watertown, Mass., neighborhood.

2013/04/19

Armed standoff in El Segundo

EL SEGUNDO (CNS) – A woman with a gun walked into her place of employment in El Segundo today, ordered people out of the building and apparently took a company executive hostage, prompting an hours-long standoff, police said.

2013/04/16

Human skull discovered in northern LA County

PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — The Sheriff’s Department says a human skull has been found in northern Los Angeles County.

2013/04/15

Long Beach Police release video of suspect.

Police seek bicyclist who gropes Long Beach women

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Long Beach police are seeking a bicyclist they say has been groping female victims as young as 12 and as old as their mid-60s while riding past them.

2013/04/09

Bob McCormick and L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca.

Sheriff Lee Baca in studio on Money 101

Money 101 host Bob McCormick talked with L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca about the cost of running a huge jail system. Click here to listen to a portion of the show.

2013/04/01

Police: Dog puts car into drive, injures man

YORK, Pa. (AP) — Police in Pennsylvania say a dog that was left in an unattended vehicle knocked it into gear and the car struck a pedestrian.

2013/03/27

Learn about real estate scams before it happens to you

There are lots of real estate scams out there. Bob talks with Andy Terhorst, an Investigator with the Orange County District Attorney’s Real Estate Fraud Unit.

2013/03/19

Wilmerding, Pennsylvania (Photo: Google Maps)

Pa. cops: Mom seeking new start left baby in woods

WILMERDING, Pa. (AP) — Police say a western Pennsylvania mother seeking a “fresh start” abandoned her 8-month-old daughter in the woods with a bottle of milk.

2013/03/01

Can tenants be evicted with repeated calls from law enforcement?

Can landlords quickly evict tenants who keep having the cops called on them? (For domestic disturbances for instance?) Click here to listen to this report.

2013/01/07

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