Crime

Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped in 2023 while doing research, was freed Tuesday and turned over to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad following more than 900 days in captivity.

Justin Smith received a four-year prison sentence for one felony count. State police said many videos showed girls being forcibly raped.

Supporters of President Trump point to the fact that crime in D.C. has decreased since troops arrived in August compared to the same period in '24, according to data from MPD.

Dwayne Fountain personally mixed the ultra-deadly opioid to make concoctions with cocaine and other drugs, then reformed them into bricks.

Stacy Garrity did not push back against the comments made by Bob Cordaro, but has denounced the attack in the past.

Investigators are looking into the death of a bicyclist in Fairmount Park on Tuesday. No arrests have been made.

Analysts believe it's very likely a swatting group made false emergency reports targeting at least 10 universities, including Villanova.

Reported instances of both nonviolent and violent crime are down in Delaware County’s only city during the summer of 2025.

The suspects are accused of robbing four trucks from late June to mid-August in Philadelphia and Cheltenham.

Nadine Menendez is scheduled to be sentenced next month for her conviction on charges that she teamed up with her husband to accept bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car.

Anigar Monsee was convicted of posting videos to the internet of her torturing and killing animals while soliciting likes and viewers on YouTube.

Tony Allen, who chaired a college advisory panel for former President Biden, was pulled over near Smyrna on July 21. He faces arraignment next month.

Police have said they are still looking for at least a dozen more shooters after finding 13 separate guns and 140 pieces of ballistic evidence at the scene.

While the president lacks the authority to take federal control of local police departments, he may be able to send troops, depending on a federal case in California.

The Brinks vehicle was making a delivery to a bank branch at an H Mart along Old York Road. Police said the suspects fled the scene in a Black Acura with tinted windows.