Days after the head of Twin Cities-based Best Buy warned analysts that the retailer was seeing an uptick in crime, numerous shoplifters apparently working in tandem Friday night rushed two metro area Best Buy stores, grabbing high-priced items before fleeing.
Los Angeles police late Friday were on citywide tactical alert after a wave of smash-and-grab "flash mob" robberies at high-end stores.
The daughter of the late Malcolm X was found dead in her Brooklyn home Monday night, police sources said.
The latest on the tragedy out of Waukesha, Wisconsin is that the death toll has risen to 5 and there are more than 40 injured after an SUV plowed into a Christmas parade, according to local officials.
ATLANTA — Despite claims on social media, there was not an active shooter at Atlanta’s airport, said Hartsfield-Jackson officials in a statement posted to Twitter.
A group of youngsters are wanted for randomly shooting two people point-blank in the face with a BB gun in the Bronx — a spree reminiscent of a notorious “Knockout Game” nearly a decade ago, police sources said.
A Virginia police officer who was asked to perform a welfare check at a deserted home around 4 a.m. Saturday was shot by a suspect inside and died that evening.
Mexican authorities have arrested Fidel Barragan, the 28-year-old boyfriend of Georgia school teacher Alexandra Morales who was found dead in Guadalajara. Barragan was charged with aggravated disappearance but more charges may be forthcoming.
A woman took off her shoe and clocked a cop in the head as the officer tried to break up a melee at a Queens fast food restaurant, police said Friday.
A Bronx woman who allegedly attacked a train conductor with a pumpkin on a MetroNorth train is due to appear in court this week.
