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Jasmine West had a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit when she hit a family of four in 2023, killing the father who was driving.

A 23-year-old Pensacola woman was sentenced to over 20 years in state prison for a fatal DUI wreck in Escambia County in ...

A jury in McDowell County found a man guilty in an attempted murder trial on March 18. According to a release, the charges ...

Beaumont Police arrested a wanted man who they have been searching for over a week. (EDITOR'S NOTE: The above video is from a ...

the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), with the ...

SAN DIEGO — Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California filed more than 90 border-related cases this week, including charges of transportation of illegal aliens, bringing in aliens for ...

Mary is the ghost of a teen girl who opted to go home late one night. She was killed in a hit-and-run case, and the driver ...

As the pursuit reached Manor Drive, suspects in the truck lowered the rear cab window and opened fire on troopers, striking a patrol vehicle’s right headlight. No officers were injured, but police ...