The father of murdered Newark police detective Joseph Azcona called the violent death of his hero son “a pain that is indescribable” as he was nearly too choked up for words Sunday evening.

Joseph Azcona, who was shot and killed in the line of duty Friday night. A dignified transfer of his remains took place Saturday afternoon. "Our heart is heavy right now. Our agency is hurting.

Thadeus A. Joseph, 22, of Avon, is accused of killing his mother with a knife in their Avon home on Tuesday, March 4, the DA's office said. At 4:22 p.m. Tuesday, Avon police and fire officials ...

Aiming to unite Christian scholars and theologians worldwide to study and communicate St. Joseph’s role in God’s plan of salvation history. (L-R) Guido Reni's St. Joseph. Father Edward Looney ...

LOS ANGELES — Joseph Wambaugh, who wrote the gripping, true-crime bestseller “The Onion Field” and numerous gritty but darkly humorous novels about day-to-day police work drawn from his own ...

Before Joseph Wambaugh came along, the unofficial bard of the Los Angeles Police Department was Jack Webb, whose unsmiling Sgt. Joe Friday peppered every episode of “Dragnet” with homilies ...

Joseph Wambaugh, a retired Los Angeles Police Department detective turned bestselling author known for his novels journeying into the world of police work and crime, died Friday at his residence ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Author Joseph Wambaugh poses in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Dec. 7, 2007, to promote his book ...

Joseph Wambaugh, whose experience as an LAPD officer enabled him to bring a warts-and-all realism to his novels about policing and the movies and TV shows like “Police Story,” died Friday in ...

Joseph Wambaugh, the writer who mined his years as a Los Angeles Police Department patrolman for a series of bestselling crime books including The Onion Field, The New Centurions, The Blue Knight ...