Crime and Public Safety

Two Texas brothers are now facing federal charges for allegedly holding a Minnesota family hostage at gunpoint for hours and taking more than $8 million in cryptocurrency.

Sources tell FOX 5 NY an off-duty couple, who are both police officers, were approached near Long Island Rail Road tracks 18 and 19.

Gang membership in NYC is at an all-time high, according to multiple law enforcement officials, and the age of many gang members is barely in the double digits.

A special election in Arizona gives the U.S. House enough support to force a vote that could compel the Justice Department to release all of its files on Jeffrey Epstein.

During the response, three officers and a woman were injured and taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The NYPD have arrested a 21-year-old accused of stabbing a man on a southbound 7 train several times.

Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old accused of fatally shooting Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk during a campus speech earlier this month, finally has a defense attorney.

The 13-year-old boy who was shot in the head in Queens earlier this week has died, officials have confirmed.

The 50-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene and a 55-year-old man was taken to a hospital in stable condition, according to officials.

A sniper died from a self-inflicted gunshot early Wednesday morning after he shot three ICE detainees at a Dallas ICE facility from a rooftop, according to law enforcement.

A Washington County family was reportedly kidnapped and held hostage at gunpoint for hours by two Texas brothers who ultimately took more than $72,000 in cryptocurrency. The incident led to a shelter in place order that led to the Mahtomedi homecoming game being canceled.

The U.S. Marshals Service confirmed that triple-murder suspect Travis Caleb Decker is dead. 

The two were reported missing to the Conejos County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) on September 13, but last made contact with their family on September 11.