The Orange County Sheriff's Department and district attorney's office have reached an agreement with federal officials over their illegal use of snitches in county jails, a scandal that upended the justice system in the Southern California county.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department has reached an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to end a years-long investigation into the systemic misuse of jailhouse informants, federal authorities announced on Friday,

A few days after reaching an agreement with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, the U.S. Department of Justice Friday reached a similar accord with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department related to the use of jailhouse informants.

The US Justice Department and a central Illinois sheriff’s office on Friday announced a deal resolving an inquiry into violations of federal anti-discrimination law in the shooting death last summer of an unarmed Black woman in her home after she called 911 for assistance.

The U.S. Justice Department has reached an agreement with a central Illinois sheriff's office that resolves an inquiry into last summer's shooting death of Sonya Massey

The U.S. Department of Justice and a Central Illinois sheriff's office have agreed to policing upgrades after Sonya Massey's death.

A former Kentucky sheriff accused of gunning down a judge last year has appeared remotely from a jail for a court hearing

A former Kentucky sheriff accused of gunning down a judge last year, stunning their tight-knit Appalachian community, appeared remotely from a jail Friday for a court hearing as defense attorneys and prosecutors discussed preliminary matters that will lead up to his murder trial.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is working to locate and identify dozens of missing persons from the wildfires.

Well over a week after wildfires quickly spread across Southern California causing chaos and forcing last-minute evacuations, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is working to identify and locate dozens of missing people.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau has released the identities of at least 17 people who are still at-risk, missing since the start of the wildfires in Southern California. A total of 31 missing person cases are still actively being investigated.