The United States may soon see its prison population drop for the first time in almost four decades, a milestone in a nation that locks up more people than any other. ...more

December 19, 2009

Bay-area law enforcement agencies could receive a total of about $9 million for personnel and specialized programs under a federal grant program, the White House said today. ...more

March 6, 2009

Unrequited love is generally portrayed in movies and songs as a harmless obsession. ...more

February 22, 2009

One form of martial arts Stephen Weed teaches his students is a Japanese style called okazaki ju-jitsu. ...more

January 24, 2009

About 3.4 million Americans identified themselves as victims of stalking during a one-year span, say federal crime experts who on Tuesday released the largest-ever survey of the phenomenon. ...more

January 14, 2009

By the tens of thousands, victims of stalking lose their jobs, flee their homes and fear for their safety, according to a new federal survey providing the most comprehensive data ever on a crime affecting an estimated 3.4 million Americans a year. ...more

January 13, 2009

A man who collected and traded sexually explicit photographs of infants, and repeatedly raped his three daughters when they were infants and children, was sentenced today to 40 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography. ...more

August 14, 2008

Three-week-old Kevin fussed in mother Melissa Lankey's arms until she started singing softly to him, "Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so." The newborn began dozing within seconds. ...more

May 25, 2008

SEBRING — The Highlands County Sheriff's Office has received a $42,000 grant for alien inmate assistance from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), which operates through the U.S. Department of Justice. To receive the 2007 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAPP) award, the sheriff's office had to submit records detailing the number of inmates housed in the county jail from July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006. Inmates had to be born outside of the United States or one of its territories, and have no documented claim of U.S. citizenship. Funding was based upon the number of eligible criminal aliens that were housed as inmates for more than four days. ...more

December 22, 2007