Courts & Law

Pioneered in Boston in the 1990s, focused deterrence identifies people — often gang members or those involved in the drug trade — most likely to commit violent crimes.

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been detained since Dec. 12 for allegedly violating a 1923 law called the Official Secrets Act and could face up to 14 years in prison.

Police have arrested a North Cape May woman for allegedly stealing toys from a collection bin. 

The case could have major implications for the government's strategy for prosecuting more than 150 others charged for their actions that day.

Delaware’s U.S. Senators were pleased by the nomination of their recommended candidates Colm Connolly and Maryellen Noreika to serve on the U.S. District Court for Delaware.

Keystone Crossroads reporters Emily Previti and Lindsay Lazarski have been covering the re-districting cases at both the state and federal levels.

The biggest drop is projected in the murder rate, which the report estimates will decline by 5.6 percent.

New Jersey State Police say a 16-year-old boy stole an unmarked police SUV from a trooper’s home last weekend and used it in two ro ...

A federal judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case against rancher Cliven Bundy, his two sons and another self-styled militiaman.

Authorities have charged a man with operating a school bus loaded with children in Lakewood with driving under the influence. Poli ...

The fight to reinstate criminal charges against the engineer in a deadly 2015 Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia will carry over into next year.

As the Trump administration continues its immigration crackdown, ICE agents find courthouses a convenient place to collar undocumented immigrants.

A barking dog alerted a Lacey family to a burglar's presence over the weekend, authorities said. 

Homeland security adviser Tom Bossert said it was "a reckless attack and it was meant to cause havoc and destruction." He said it put lives at risk.

Much has been made in the press recently to cast doubt on Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s potential use of the Logan Act in his investigation of the Trump-Russia scandal.