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Some judges at Cook County’s main criminal courthouse are refusing new security measures imposed by the sheriff, including mandatory trunk inspections. 

Efforts to crack down on copper theft suffered a setback in New Jersey with the surprise veto of a bill that would have required scrap dealers to keep records of their purchases.

The deadly shooting at Washington D.C.’s Navy Yard is promoting Senators to consider a fresh attempt to advance legislation strengthening background checks for gun buyers, Bloomberg reports.

Bus drivers in Detroit want better security after they say at least eight drivers were hospitalized after attacks by riders in the last nine months.

The number of violent crimes, however, increased 0.7 percent in 2012, with an estimated 1,214,462 violent crimes. 

Nearly one in three victims of identity fraud chose to avoid specific merchants after falling victim to fraud, according to the 5^th Annual LexisNexis True Cause of Fraud study, which found that between 10 and 14 million U.S. consumers are victims of identity fraud every year.   

One suspect is dead after a shooting at the Washington D.C. Navy Yard, according to CNN. Conflicting reports have emerged about whether the suspect worked alone, but multiple people were killed in the Monday morning shooting. 

One financial analyst stole nearly $3.4 million from payments due to Medicaid, and the healthcare system only discovered the discrepancies after the worker's death last year. 

A new study from the American Journal of Public Heath shows that U.S. states with higher estimated rates of gun ownership experience a higher number of firearms-related homicides.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is launching a new smartphone app to seek the public's help with fugitive and unknown suspect child predators.