arrested

Hines Ward, current 'Dancing With the Stars' champion and Pittsburgh Steelers star wide receiver, was arrested for driving under the influence just outside Atlanta, Georgia early Saturday morning. The former Super Bowl MVP was booked into the DeKalb County jail and later released on $1,300 bond.

A Lubbock man who is accused of ditching his son on a rural highway in the middle of the night is facing increased charges. His charge has been upped to attempted capitol murder. 32nd Judicial District Attorney, Ann Reed, upped the charges against Carlos Rico after talking with the police chief in Sweetwater...

Two men were arrested late Wednesday after federal officials said they planned to attack a military processing center in Seattle using grenades and firearms.

Infamous mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger,  who had been a member of the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted list and on the run for more than 16 years, was taken into police custody in Santa Monica, California on Wednesday, according to the FBI.

Nelson Walter Myers was sentenced by a Potter County Judge to 8 years in prison after a jury found him guilty for the crime of  indecency with a child. Myers must serve at least half of that sentence before being eligible for parole. The indictment stated that in 2006, Myers caused a 4-year old girl do touch him improperly...

Last week, James Verone walked into an RBC bank –sans gun – with a robbery plan. However, unlike most bank robbers, his plan did not involve walking out with loads of cash. Instead, the 59-year-old North Carolina man actually wanted to be arrested so he’d have access to prison healthcare provided by the government.

When Stephen McDow discovered there was an extra $110,000 from the IRS in his checking account, it was probably one of the best days of his life. Unfortunately, the money wasn’t for him.

The scene was straight out of a classic Saturday-morning cartoon: After a robber took an undisclosed amount of money from a local CVS, he made a mad dash to a nearby laundromat. As he ran, the pile of cash in his arms left a trail behind him, making it an easy catch for police officers.

Talk about a bizarre chain of events: Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage was arrested early Saturday morning in New Orleans on charges of public drunkenness, disturbing the peace and domestic abuse battery. The arrest stemmed from an argument Cage had with his wife, Alice, about the location of the house they were renting. According to a statement from the New Orleans Police Department, "Cage a

The 40-dollar bag of drugs Antonio Recinos bought from his friendly neighborhood drug dealer seemed to him to be a bit short. So the East Hartford, Connecticut man dialed 911 to report that he had been ripped off.