Lizamarie Rivera-García is facing federal charges of sex trafficking of a child, transportation of a minor to engage in ...

The First Circuit held that a Puerto Rico judge should have resentence a defendant who was given 30 years for a kidnapping ...

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PUERTO RICO, — An arrest has finally been made in the murder of Greensboro man Noah Amerson, who was shot and killed last ...

Puerto Rico's per capita murder rate is six times that of the U.S. as a whole. And with violence escalating, many residents are fleeing to the mainland. Still others hope to turn their home around.

Palm Bay police this week made an arrest in connection with a 16-year-old homicide case after investigators located and ...

Puerto Rico had a record number of homicides last year and the island has been struggling with rising crime for several years, largely as a result of the island's role as a transshipment point for ...

Puerto Rico not long ago changed its pension plan for police officers, prompting thousands of them to quit. In 2012, the island had 17,500 police officers; it now has 11,800, the public safety ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – An updated penal code signed into law Monday by the Puerto Rican governor increases prison sentences for homicide, assault and other offenses as the U.S. island territory ...

June 23 (UPI) --U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized a vessel with 18 pounds of cocaine in Rincon, Puerto Rico, valued at $4.2 million. On Sunday, CBP's Caribbean Air and Marine Operations ...

More than a month after Hurricane Maria wrecked the island, Puerto Rico’s overwhelmed police force of 13,000 officers is struggling to contain crime, just as before — but now with ...