High-speed chase causes chaos in Florida
Police said a man broke himself out of a hospital, carjacked a woman and led authorities on a wild chase in Miami-Dade County on Thursday. Cristian Benavides reports.
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Police said a man broke himself out of a hospital, carjacked a woman and led authorities on a wild chase in Miami-Dade County on Thursday. Cristian Benavides reports.
The FBI released its quarterly crime report Monday. The data from Q1 shows overall violent crime fell 15.2% year over year with double-digit percentage decreases across several crime categories, including murder and robbery. Jeff Asher, criminal justice data expert and co-founder of consulting firm AH Datalytics, joins CBS News to unpack the numbers.
Authorities in Florida said they believe there's a connection between the suspects in the death of a Florida woman and the death of a tow truck driver.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are once again facing a deadline to avert a government shutdown on Friday. CBS News' Nancy Cordes and Scott MacFarlane have the latest.
Car thefts are on the rise, and many officials complain certain models are too easy to steal. Why do police solve so few cases?
Rep. Henry Cuellar was carjacked by his apartment in Washington, D.C., on Monday night. It was a stark example of a crime rate that continues to rise in the capital despite trending downward nationwide. Nicole Sganga has more.
Congressman Henry Cuellar of Texas says three young men wearing ski masks carjacked him at gunpoint outside his home in Washington, D.C., Monday night. His car was recovered by police a short time later. Cuellar spoke to reporters on Capitol Hill about what happened.
A Univision executive said the footage they shot was in the stolen camera, and the story never made it on the air.
A man killed at least three people during a violent rampage in the Northern California cities of Milpitas and San Jose, police said.
The pregnant woman's car was stolen with her 2-year-old son in the backseat, authorities say.
Vehicle thefts more than doubled in 14 major cities from 2020 to 2022, according to a new report from the Council on Criminal Justice.
Two suspects accused of carrying out a string of armed carjackings in the Washington, D.C., area were found and arrested on Tuesday.
A Chick-fil-A employee is being called a hero after saving a woman from a carjacking in Florida. The dramatic takedown was caught on video.
The suspect stole her keys, locked the driver's-side door and drove off as she tried to get in, knocking her to the ground in a supermarket parking lot.
Five teenagers have been charged in the armed carjacking of Scanlon in Philadelphia.
The incident took place in the middle of the afternoon at a park in Philadelphia.
Carjackings in parts of the U.S. have skyrocketed. In many cases teenagers are the carjackers. Motivations from video games and thrill-seeking sent these Chicago teens down the criminal path. Irika Sargent has the story.
Mohammad Anwar died last week after the teens allegedly Tased him while attempting to carjack him.
In Chicago, more than 1,400 people were carjacked in 2020-- a crime that is also spiking in cities across the U.S. One Chicago car dealer is trying to lessen the devastation by donating cars to carjacking victims. Charlie De Mar has more.
"It just floods your heart to be able to help someone else and it feels good," Jermaine Jordan said.
A former San Francisco police officer who fatally shot an unarmed carjacking suspect in 2017 has been charged with manslaughter. CBS station KPIX reports the district attorney said it marked the first time a city law enforcement officer has been charged with an on-duty homicide.
After a five-day manhunt, police have arrested four men suspected of killing a man in a botched carjacking at the Short Hills Mall in New Jersey. Terrell Brown reports.
Police are searching for two carjackers who shot and killed a man at The Mall at Short Hills in New Jersey. Norah O'Donnell reports.
A 56-year-old woman and a man in his 50s were transported to a hospital with gunshot wounds and are expected to recover, fire officials said.
The agency said Monday that three men in a black Mercedes Benz stole the agent's wallet, FBI credentials and official weapon.