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A former assistant U.S. attorney who prosecuted U.S. Capitol rioters got better bail than some of the accused in the January 6 case after he allegedly stabbed a driver in a fit of road rage on Tuesday. Meanwhile, former assistant U.S. attorney Patrick Scruggs—who prosecuted some of those accused of storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021—has been charged with aggravated battery, aggravated assault and armed burglary. Scruggs, who spent 10 years with the U.S. Attorney's Office, posted $65,000 bail the same day he was arrested in Tampa, Florida. Scruggs was released from the Pinellas County Jail on Tuesday...

Video footage of incident between Tyre Nichols and Memphis Police Department Posted on January 27, 2023 These videos were recorded on the evening of January 7, 2023, in Memphis, Tennessee. Video 1 is a police-issued body-worn camera near the intersection of Raines and Ross Rd. Videos 2, 3, and 4 are video footage at the second location, a residential neighborhood. Video 2 is from a pole camera and contains no audio. Videos 3 and 4 are police-issued body-worn camera videos. These videos have been redacted pursuant to T.C.A. § 10-7-501, et. seq. WARNING: The video contains graphic content and language....

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A brutal and unprovoked attack was caught on camera. Three women were walking along an East Passyunk sidewalk minding their own business when a man comes alongside and begins to punch them. The brutal assault happened Wednesday night on the 1200 block of Morris Street and has left the neighborhood on edge. The attacker didn’t take a thing from his victims, casually walking off when it was over. We do want to warn you that this video is difficult to watch. “I heard screaming,” a neighbor said. Three women were walking down the 1200 block of Morris...

Several teen girls who were caught on video attacking a group of Asian students on a SEPTA train in Philadelphia have now been charged with ethnic intimidation and other offenses. On Thursday, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office approved aggravated assault, ethnic intimidation, criminal conspiracy, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and disorderly conduct against the four suspects, who are all under the age of 17. One of the suspects was also charged with an additional count of robbery for trying to steal air pods from one of the victims, the District Attorney's Office said.

Prosecutors announced they dropped assault charges against Abigail Geiger after she attacked her husband’s genitals amid a bath-time feud at their Lititz, Pennsylvania, home, Law & Crime reported.

A study newly released by the California-based law offices of Graham Donath lists Vallejo as the fourth most dangerous city in the state. The list was determined after comparing a number of factors, including 2014 crime rates, investment in police presence, community risk factors and geopolitical issues. Coming in ahead of Vallejo was Modesto, which was ranked third most dangerous. Stockton took second place and San Bernadino took the uncoveted honors of first place. Oakland was ranked the sixth most dangerous city in the study despite having the largest amount of violent crimes. For every 100,000 residents, 1685 violent crimes...

ASBURY PARK-The Asbury Park Police Department arrested Margaret M. Vannell, 34, of Liverpool Court on aggravated assault charges during a January 11th incident where Vannell assaulted another individual. Monmouth County Prosecutors announced Vannell's indictment on Tuesday. The Prosecutor's Office said Vannell attempted to cause serious bodily injury to a pregnant woman during the course of a robbery, pulling her pregnant victim to the ground and struggling with her over a pocketbook. The assault, police said, contributed to the victim's miscarriage of her baby.

A White House staffer has been charged with domestic violence after police say she threatened her boyfriend, a U.S. Capitol Police officer, with his own weapon during an argument. According to charging documents, Barvetta Singletary sent her boyfriend a text on Friday, asking him to come to her Upper Marlboro home for sex. After they had sex, Singletary confronted her boyfriend about other woman he was dating.

TRENTON, N.J. -- The pretrial intervention program offered to Ray Rice in the assault case involving his wife was granted in less than 1 percent of all domestic violence assault cases from 2010-13 that were resolved, according to New Jersey Judiciary data obtained Friday by "Outside the Lines." Rice and his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, were arrested on Feb. 15 and charged with simple assault after an incident at an Atlantic City casino. Janay's charges were later dropped, but on March 27, an Atlantic City grand jury increased Rice's assault charge to aggravated assault-bodily injury in the third degree causing bodily...

MEMPHIS, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Police in Tennessee said a woman who argued with her boyfriend drove at speeds of up to 60 mph with her beau on the hood of her car. Memphis police said Corrine Hines-Smith, 32, left the home of boyfriend Jerome Simmons, 40, after 8 p.m. Tuesday and Simmons jumped on the hood of her car while she was pulling away, the Memphis Commercial-Appeal reported Wednesday. "Officers were working traffic, and they clocked her doing 60," Lt. Jerry Gwyn said of Hines-Smith, "then they noticed this man on her hood." Police pulled the car over and...

Also, check the crime stats in your city and compare with other towns on this link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14503476/ ....Crowder’s was one of more than a dozen murders in Washington in early July. Police blotters in Seattle, Indianapolis, Minneapolis and other cities paint similarly violent pictures: After a decade of decline, violent crime is on the rise across the U.S. Assault and rape rose 2.5 percent between 2004 and 2005, according to the FBI’s latest report of national crime trends. Murder and robbery are up nearly 5 percent — the sharpest increase since 1991. Medium-sized cities of between 50,000 and 500,000 have...

Clearwater, FL (LifeNews.com) -- With time and legal options running out, the parents of Terri Schiavo have started a 24 hour prayer vigil outside the Florida hospice where she lives. Bob and Mary Schindler and Terri's bother and sister have been joined by dozens of pro-life advocates at the Woodside Hospice in St. Petersburg, where Terri lives. Meanwhile, a pro-life activist asked by the Schindlers to help their cause is appealing to the Florida legislature to give them a hand. Randall Terry is hoping Florida Governor Jeb Bush will ask the state legislature to convene in a special session to...

Hoffman, Dumas sentenced to jail BY LOREN LISTIAK, Staff Writer Oct 9, 2003 Two men who used handguns and handcuffs to detain a group of illegal immigrants near Gadsden were sentenced to jail Wednesday by a judge who said their actions were not only against the law but misguided and un-American. Yuma County Superior Court Judge Andrew Gould sentenced Matthew Hoffman to 120 days in jail with credit for 17 days he served after his arrest for detaining the group. Alexander Dumas, meanwhile, was given a 30-day jail term with credit for 16 days served. Gould also placed both men...