GAFFNEY, S.C., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Police in Cherokee County, S.C., say they want to learn why a man allegedly ran rampant on area streets with a front-end loader, killing one person.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca is planning to institute one of the nation's toughest policies on off-duty deputies carrying firearms when drinking alcohol.
SANTA ANA, Calif., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A California businessman told a jury Thursday he gave cash payments to a former Orange County sheriff and assistant sheriff.
HARTLAND, N.Y., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Authorities say a fast-moving fire killed three boys and seriously injured their grandmother in Hartland, N.Y.
SANTA ANA, Calif., Oct. 29 (UPI) -- The corruption trial of a former high-profile Southern California county sheriff accused of selling his office began Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- County sheriffs across the United States are finding themselves caught in an economic cross fire, serving evictions on tenants who have kept up with their rent.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Roughly a third of the U.S. properties currently involved in foreclosure proceedings are not owner-occupied, leaving many renters at risk, advocates said.
CHICAGO, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- The sheriff of Cook County, Ill., says he will end his prohibition on foreclosure evictions now that area renters are better protected under the law.
MANASSAS, Va., Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Police officials in states like Virginia say they are concerned the troubled U.S. economy could lead to an increase in suburban crime.
CHICAGO, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A mortgage lender Friday said it was dropping a lawsuit in Cook County, Ill., seeking to force a sheriff to begin evictions on foreclosed homes.
CHICAGO, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- The Cook County, Ill., sheriff said he will suspend serving eviction notices at properties where owners have fallen behind on mortgage payments.
CHICAGO, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- A Chicago-area official has said his office plans to stop serving eviction notices on people who have fallen behind on their rent or mortgage payments.
DOTHAN, Ala., Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Authorities said a prisoner at the Houston County Jail in Alabama used a hacksaw blade hidden in his Bible to cut through a cell bar.
BERGHOLZ, Ohio, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- A group of Amish parents have sued the sheriff's department in an Ohio county, claiming their civil rights were violated when officers visited their school.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 15 (UPI) -- A 63-year-old woman attempting to flee from police officers in Baker County, Fla., accidentally ran herself over with her own van, police allege.
