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Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Yahoo
KBI releases 2024 Kansas Crime Index report
TOPEKA (KSNT)- There were more than 70,000 reported incidents in the Kansas Bureau of Investigation's (KBI) 2024 Kansas Crime Index report that was released on Monday. The overall crime rate index decreased from 27 per 1,000 people to 23.3 in 2024, the lowest reported in more than 20 years, according to the report. The violent crime index also decreased 6.7% from 2023 but was still equal to the 10-year average. Other trends identified by the KBI included murders below the 10-year average, rape 16.9% below the 10-year average and robbery 31.6% below the 10-year average. The KBI reported that aggravated assault and battery charges were 7.8% above the 10-year average. 'I was screaming': Florida woman recounts surviving tornado that swept up home Of all counties in Kansas, Sedgwick County had the largest number of reported violent crime and property crime incidents, according to the report. 27 News broke down the figures for metro areas in northeast Kansas as reported by the KBI: Total reported incidents: 70,804. Violent Crime incidents: 12,643. Murders: 117. Rapes: 989. Robberies: 940. Aggravated Assaults: 10,597. Property crime incidents: 58,161. Burglaries: 7,118. Thefts: 43,636. Motor vehicle thefts: 7,407. Arson: 419. Total reported incidents: 6,220. Violent Crime incidents: 1,184. Murders: 24. Rapes: 57. Robberies: 106. Aggravated assaults: 997. Property crime incidents: 5,036. Burglaries: 709. Thefts: 3,614. Motor vehicle thefts: 713. Arson: 36 reported cases. Lake campgrounds close in Kansas due to high water levels Total reported incidents: 5,610. Violent Crimes: 1,076. Murders: 20. Rapes: 51. Robberies: 102. Aggravated assaults: 903. Property crime incidents: 4,534. Burglaries: 621. Thefts: 3,257. Motor vehicle thefts: 656. Arson: 22 reported cases. Total reported incidents: 1,216. Violent Crime incidents: 198. Murders: One. Rapes: 30. Robbery: Six. Aggravated assaults: 161. Property crime incidents: 1,018. Burglaries: 112. Thefts: 835. Motor vehicle thefts: 71. Arson: 13 reported cases. Total reported incidents: 711. Violent Crime incidents: 191. Murders: none. Rapes: 14. Robbery: 2. Aggravated assaults: 175. Property crime incidents: 520. Burglaries: 78. Thefts: 403. Motor vehicle thefts: 39. Arson: Three reported cases. Total reported incidents: 685. Violent Crime incidents: 99. Murders: none. Rapes: 18. Robbery: 4. Aggravated assaults: 77. Property crime incidents: 586. Burglaries: 103. Thefts: 457. Motor vehicle thefts: 26. Arson: Three reported cases. Total reported incidents: 174. Violent Crime incidents: 48. Murders: none. Rapes: Seven. Aggravated assaults: 41. Property crime incidents: 126. Burglaries: 26. Thefts: 92. Motor vehicle thefts: Eight. Arson: 2 reported cases. You can read the full KBI report by clicking here. For more crime news, click here. Keep up with the latest breaking news in northeast Kansas by downloading our mobile app and by signing up for our news email alerts. Sign up for our Storm Track Weather app by clicking here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Al Arabiya
04-07-2025
- Al Arabiya
Notorious Swedish crime boss arrested in Turkey: Police
The head of one of Sweden's biggest crime organizations, accused of instigating a surge in violent crime, has been arrested in Turkey, Swedish police said on Friday. Police did not identify the man by name but Swedish media named him as 35-year-old Ismail Abdo, head of the Rumba crime organization and alleged to have been orchestrating operations from abroad. Abdo is one of Sweden's most wanted criminals and the subject of an international arrest warrant since 2024. The Scandinavian country, once known for its low crime rates, has struggled for years to rein in organized crime. Criminal networks are involved in drug and arms trafficking, welfare fraud, and regular shootings and bombings that have plagued the country in recent years. The networks are also reported to have infiltrated Sweden's welfare sector, local politics, legal and education system as well as juvenile detention care. Police say the leaders of the criminal networks increasingly operate from abroad, orchestrating murders and attacks via social media and often recruiting young children under the age of criminal responsibility to carry out the attacks. Abdo once led the Foxtrot crime network together with Rawa Majid -- Sweden's other most wanted criminal -- and the two are suspected of having controlled large parts of the Swedish drug market. But the pair fell out in 2023, and a wave of ruthless, escalating violence was triggered when Abdo's mother was shot dead in September 2023 in an act of revenge. Abdo's Rumba gang has since waged a violent feud against Majid and Foxtrot. Abdo was arrested in a raid conducted by Turkish security forces, police said. 'In a law enforcement operation in Turkey, Turkish police have today arrested a Swedish man who for many years has been suspected of drug-related crimes and instigating serious violent crimes in Sweden,' police said in a statement. 'The arrest is the result of targeted work over time between Turkish and Swedish judicial systems,' Mats Berggren, acting deputy chief at the Swedish police's National Operations Department (NOA), said in the statement. According to global database Statista, Sweden had the third highest number of homicides involving firearms per 100,000 inhabitants in Europe in 2022, behind Montenegro and Albania. Data from Sweden's National Council for Crime Prevention show that shootings have declined since the peak year 2022 but the number of explosions have increased.
BBC News
26-06-2025
- BBC News
Gang targeted e-biker in drive-by shooting in Watford
A man has been convicted of attempted murder after a drive-by shooting on a dual carriageway in broad victim, riding an e-bike, was shot on the A41 in Watford in July 2024, following a number of other violent incidents in the Hertfordshire Galmne, 27, of Pinner in London, was found guilty of attempted murder and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger is one of eight people now awaiting sentence for their part in either the shooting or a series of stabbings, including one at a chicken shop. The shooting followed a disturbance at a park in Meriden Way on 25 July last year. Two hours later, a shot was fired at the e-bike rider from a black BMW. The victim was taken to hospital and passenger, a 17-year-old boy from Watford, was found not guilty of attempted murder but convicted of GBH with intent and possessing a firearm with intent to endanger Gordon, 19, of Garsmouth Way, Watford, was found guilty of violent disorder in relation to the shooting. He was also convicted of GBH with intent and possessing a bladed article in relation to a stabbing at Maeme's chicken shop on 23 July 2024. 'Reckless and careless' Two men previously pleaded guilty to involvement with the shooting, while four people - including two 17-year-olds - admitted to involvement with a second stabbing that took place in Brocklesbury Close on 24 July. A man in his 20s recovered from his injuries. Det Insp Mark Butler, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit said: "This result proves we will go to great lengths to hold people who use such extreme violence in such a reckless and careless manner to account."He thanked his team as well as "the brave members of the public who responded to such a dangerous incident, gave evidence during the trial and played a crucial role in our enquiries".Det Insp Michael Ball, of the Operation Thwart team, said: "There is no place for violence in Hertfordshire."I'd like to thank my team who have worked tirelessly to ensure these dangerous individuals have been removed from the streets of Watford."All eight are due to be sentenced on 21 November. Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Telegraph
23-06-2025
- Telegraph
80-year-old murderer handed third life sentence for prison stabbing
An elderly convicted killer who slit another prisoner's throat in a revenge attack has been handed his third life sentence. Brian Wade, 80, told a judge he was 'quite happy' to receive another maximum sentence and was 'too old to worry about it' as he accepted that he would die in jail. Wade was serving a life sentence for the manslaughter of a young man in 1998 when he attacked fellow inmate Robert Kendrick. He cut his throat with an 'improvised shank' made from a matchstick cutter. Kendrick, 40, was airlifted to hospital but survived. Wade denied attempted murder but admitted wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, stating he wanted to leave a mark 'for him to remember me by'. Judge William Mousley KC said Wade was 'clearly a dangerous offender, even at the age of 80'. Previous convictions Simon Jones, prosecuting, said: 'He has a number of previous convictions for serious violence – a grievous bodily harm in 1965, a life sentence for murder in 1966, a section 18 wounding with intent in 1972 and a life sentence for manslaughter in 1998. 'That sentence is the one he was serving at the time of this offence.' His first killing is believed to have been a neighbour called Edwin Cardwell, 21, in Rotherham, South Yorks, whom he bludgeoned to death with a sledgehammer. The 1998 killing is thought to be Johnathan Abell, a 22-year-old in Nottingham whom Wade killed with a machete and a knife before handing himself in to police. Relationship had turned sexual The court heard that Wade and Kendrick had known each other for about 10 months at the time of the attack at HMP Guys Marsh in Shaftesbury, Dorset, on Oct 28 2022. Kendrick said they had 'bonded' over their mutual love of art and their relationship had turned sexual at one point for about two months. But by October Kendrick was in a relationship with someone else and he told the other prisoner about the previous relationship with Wade. Wade lured Kendrick to his cell. Once there, he tied his hands and feet with shoe laces before cutting his throat with three deliberate movements. The wound came within a centimetre of a main vein in the neck. Mr Jones read a victim impact statement from Kendrick, who has since been released from prison. He said: 'I suffer awful night terrors and replay the incident in my mind. I see Brian on top of me slitting my throat while I lay in a pool of my blood, Brian giggling to himself and rubbing his hands together.' Wade, who represented himself, wrote a letter to the judge before the sentencing hearing to explain the motivation for the attack. He wrote: 'He put a mark on my name and good reputation so I put a mark on his neck as a reminder of what he had done.' Wade told Bournemouth Crown Court: 'I'm quite happy with a life sentence. I'm too old to be worrying about these things, I place myself at your mercy. I will die here in prison, which is fine by me.' Judge Mousley gave Wade another life sentence with a minimum term of 10 and a half years before he can be considered for parole. The court heard that Wade's letter also said that he knew who had stolen his watch and had 'now marked time on him'. The judge asked for the prison to be notified about this threat.
Bloomberg
28-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Why Has New York City Defied the Great American Crime Decline?
Crime is falling across the US, with the monthly totals through March published by the Real Time Crime Index showing violent crime back roughly at pre-pandemic levels while property crime is much lower. The violent crime decline appears to have accelerated over the winter. 1 Crime has also been falling lately in the country's largest city. But the recent drop comes after years of increases, and crime remains much more prevalent in New York City than it was before the pandemic. Real Time Crime Index numbers are available only by state, but New York City represents 94% of the state population covered in these statistics, so they are a close enough approximation.
