Crime Events

1829 Sep 29 Founding of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) of London, Commonly Known as Scotland Yard
Metropolitan Police patrols took to the streets on 29 September 1829, despite resistance from certain elements of the community who saw them to be a threat to civil liberties. The initial...
1859 Nov 23 Henry McCarty, aka 'Billy the Kid' is Born
The infamous Western outlaw known as "Billy the Kid" is born in a poor Irish neighborhood on New York City's East Side. Before he was shot dead at age 21, Billy reputedly killed 27 people...
1888 Aug 31
2:35AM-3:40AM
 Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols Murdered in Whitechapel
Polly's Last Hours About 11 p.m. 30 August Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols was seen walking the Whitechapel Road, at 1.30 a.m. she was seen to leave a pub in Brick Lane, Spitalfields. An hour...
1888 Sep 8
5:30AM-5:50AM
 Annie Chapman Murdered in Spitalfields
Annie Chapman's Last Hours Shortly after midnight on the morning of her death, Chapman, like Mary Ann Nichols, found herself without money for her lodging and went out to earn some on ...
1888 Sep 30
12:35AM-1:00AM
 Elizabeth Stride Murdered in Whitechapel
Elizabeth Stride was killed on the night of the "Double Event" that saw the murder of Catherine Eddowes less than an hour later. Stride's body was discovered close to 01:00 in the early m...
1888 Sep 30
1:35AM-1:45AM
 Catherine Eddowes Murdered in the City of London
At 8.30 pm on Saturday the 29 September Eddowes was found lying in the road drunk on Aldgate High Street by PC Louis Robinson and taken into custody at Bishopsgate police station. She was...
1888 Nov 9
2:00AM-10:45AM
 Mary Jane Kelly Murdered in Spitalfields
On the morning of 9 November 1888, the day of the annual Lord Mayor's Day celebrations, Kelly's landlord John McCarthy sent his assistant, Thomas Bowyer, to collect the rent. Kelly was se...
1899 Jan 17 Al Capone Born
Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born in Garden City, New York to Gabriel (December 12, 1864 – November 14, 1920) and Teresina Capone (December 28, 1867 – November 29, 1952), on January 17, 18...
1913 Al Capone Expelled From School
Al did quite well in school until the sixth grade when his steady record of B's deteriorated rapidly. At fourteen, he lost his temper at the teacher, she hit him and he hit her back. He...
1917 Al Capone Becomes "Scarface" From Knife Fight
Back in 1917 young burly Al Capone was working in the Harvard Inn on Coney Island for Frankie Yale. Frankie Yale was a mob boss in New York. On one particular evening back in 1917 ...
1918 Dec 30 Al Capone Marries Mae Josephine Coughlin
In 1918 Capone married Mae Coughlin, an Irish girl, who gave him a son that year, Albert "Sonny" Francis Capone. The couple lived in Brooklyn for a year. In 1919 he lived in Amityville, L...
1920 Al Capone Moves From New York to Chicago
Capone's departure from New York, with his family, to Chicago is believed to have occurred in 1921. Capone purchased a modest house at 7244 South Prairie Ave. in the Park Manor neighborho...
1924 Sep 6 John Dillinger Convicted, Sentenced to 10-20 Years in Prison
Edgar Singleton told Dillinger of a local grocer who would be carrying his daily receipts on his way from work to the barbershop. Singleton suggested Dillinger could easily rob the elderl...
1926 Sep 20 Hymie Weiss and Bugs Moran Assassination Attempt Of Al Capone
However, the violence that lead to this unprecedented level of criminal success drew the retaliation from Capone's rivals, particularly his bitter rivalries with North Side gangsters lead...
1929 Feb 14 St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Capone's most notorious killing was the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. On February 14, 1929, four Capone men entered a garage at 2122 N. Clark Street. The building was the main liquor head...
1931 Oct 18 Al Capone Convicted of Federal Tax Evasion
The U.S. Treasury Department had been developing evidence on tax evasion charges - in addition to Al Capone, his brother Ralph "Bottles" Capone, Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik, Frank Nitti and...
1933 Jun 10
to 1934 Jul 22
 John Dillinger Crime Spree
The Federal Bureau of Investigation was brought into the investigation to help identify the criminals, although the men had not violated any federal law. It was one of the first cases in ...
1934 Jul 22 John Dillinger Gunned Down at Biograph Theater
Dillinger attended the film Manhattan Melodrama at the Biograph Theater in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. Dillinger was with his girlfriend, Polly Hamilton, and Ana Cumpănaş. O...
1947 Jan 25 Al Capone Dies
After his release, Capone spent a short time in the hospital. He returned to his home in Palm Island where the rest of his life was relaxed and quiet. His mind and body continued to deter...
1963 Aug 28 The Career Girls Murders
The Career Girls Murders was the name given by the media to the killings of Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie in their apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, USA on Au...
1980 Aug 26 Harvey's Resort Hotel Bombing
"Do not move or tilt this bomb, because the mechanism controlling the detonators in it will set it off at a movement of less than .01 of the open end Ricter scale. Do not try to take it..." —Note included with the bomb planted at Harvey's
1981 Sep 23 Jack Henry Abbott is Captured in Louisiana
Telling prison officials that Abbott had a promising career as a writer, Mailer offered to employ him as a researcher. On June 5, 1981, Abbott was released to a halfway house in New York ...
1982 Sep 29
to 1982 Nov 1
 Chicago Tylenol Murders
The Chicago Tylenol murders occurred when seven people died after taking pain-relief capsules that had been poisoned. The Tylenol poisonings, code-named TYMURS by the FBI, took place in t...
1986 Aug 20 United States Postal Worker Patrick Henry Sherrill Kills 14 Coworkers in Edmond, Oklahoma
From the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s, there was a rash of workplace homicides at various U.S. Post Offices, which resulted in coining the term going postal. One of the cases was the Edmond...
1987 Aug 19 Hungerford Massacre
The killing of 16 people by Michael Ryan at Hungerford was the first massacre by a lone gunman in this country; the terrible events of Dunblane were yet to come. For the British media, it...
1994 Dec 23 James "Whitey" Bulger Flees Boston after Tip-Off from Handler
On a gray day of sleet in Chelsea nearly a decade ago, the mob's banker had some financial advice for the region's biggest bookie -- change horses and start paying the Italian mob for pro...
1995 Jan 3 James "Whitey" Bulger Sighted in Clearwater, FL
The news of James “Whitey" Bulger’s arrest came as a shock in the dead of night, jolting awake the retired cops who, in some cases, devoted decades to the frustrating pursuit of the mob b...
1995 Jun 30 James "Whitey" Bulger Sighted on a Wyoming Indian Reservation
He didn't look like a gangster. Grandfatherly was more like it, what with his receding gray hair, Bing Crosby-style straw hat, windbreaker and khakis.
1996 May 13 James "Whitey" Bulger Sigthed in Okemah, OK, Purchasing Phone Cards
Brian Halloran was gunned down outside a bar on South Boston's waterfront on May 11, 1982, after the FBI refused his offer to cooperate against notorious gangsters James "Whitey" Bulger a...
1997 Jun 7 FBI Officials Admit Bulger was Informant
What has long been suspected is now official: Fugitive crime boss James J. "Whitey" Bulger was an informant for the FBI. Faced with an ultimatum from a US District judge -- the result ...
2000 Dec 30 Rizal Day Bombings
THE horror brought by the bombing of a packed commuter trains in Manila on December 30, 2000, by a group of renegade Islamic extremist continues to haunt the police. Some 20 people die...
2003 Sep 10 Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh is Fatally Stabbed While Shopping
A Serbian man has confessed to the killing of Anna Lindh, the Swedish foreign minister who died after being stabbed in a Stockholm department store last September. Mijailo Mijailovic, ...
2004 Apr 17 Bulger Appears on "America's Most Wanted"
Just in case the photographs on the FBI wanted posters don't do justice to fugitive gangster James "Whitey" Bulger, the FBI is showing America a new array of photographs that offer a diff...
2007 Oct 24 FBI Seeks Help from Scotland Yard in International Manhunt for "Whitey" Bulger
The task force looking for James "Whitey'' Bulger launched a media blitz throughout Europe after a couple resembling the gangster and his girlfriend, Catherine Greig, 56, were videotaped ...
2008 Feb 20 Bulger Featured on German Equivalent of "America's Most Wanted"
FBI agents from Boston were in Munich yesterday, appealing to the public for help in capturing gangster James "Whitey" Bulger. The 78-year-old fugitive was featured last night on the t...
2009 Jun 22 Singer Chris Brown Sentenced to Five Years Probation
(CNN): A plea deal has been reached in the assault case against singer Chris Brown, defense attorney Mark Geragos said in a hearing Monday. Under terms of the agreement, Brown will ser...
2009 Jun 23 Notorious Iranian Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi is Charged with Investigating Detained Protestors
A notoriously abusive Iranian prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, has been put in charge of the investigation of detained reformist leaders and party officials amidst a widening security crackdo...
2009 Jun 23 Sicilian Mafioso Salvatore Miceli Arrested in Venezuela
On June 20, 2009, Salvatore Miceli was arrested by police in Caracas, Venezuela. The arrest was made after a joint operation between Italian and Venezuelan authorities and Interpol agents...
2009 Jul 4 Steve McNair, NFL Star Quarterback, Found Shot to Death
"We are saddened and shocked to hear the news of Steve McNair's passing today. He was one of the finest players to play for our organization and one of the most beloved players by our fans..." —Bud Adams, Owner of the Titans
2009 Sep 6 Reality Star Tila "Tequila" Nguyen Is Allegedly Assaulted by Chargers Linebacker Shawne Merriman
CNN -- According to a statement from the sheriff's department of San Diego County, California, authorities responded to a disturbance call early Sunday from a woman who said she had been...
2009 Sep 15
1:20AM
 Hopkins student kills intruder with samurai sword
A Johns Hopkins University student armed with a samurai sword killed a man who broke into the garage of his off-campus residence early Tuesday, a Baltimore police spokesman said. Accor...
2009 Nov 23 Maguindanao Massacre
The massacre of journalists in Maguindanao Monday is the worst death toll for the press in recent history, an international media watchdog said yesterday. The Committee to Protect Jour...
2010 Jan 12 Google Reveals That It Has Been The Victim Of A Cyber-Attack Originating In China
Like many other well-known organizations, we face cyber attacks of varying degrees on a regular basis. In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corpo...
2010 Feb 18 2010 Austin Plane Crash
The remains of two people have been found in an Austin, Texas, building where a man crashed a small plane, authorities said. The identities of the two dead people have not been confirm...
2010 Mar 23
to 2010 Aug 4
 Chinese School Attacks
For the past two months, Chinese authorities have been trying to deal with a string of vicious attacks on young children in rural elementary schools. They have clamped down on news covera...
2010 May 20 Five Paintings Worth 100 Million Euros are Stolen From Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
French police are hunting a thief who stole paintings by Picasso, Matisse and three other artists from a museum in Paris. Officials say the five paintings are worth an estimated one hu...
2010 Jun 2 Cumbria Shootings
Derrick Bird, 52, opened fire on his victims as he drove through the countryside over a three-hour period, before taking his own life. Bird's first victim was his twin brother David wh...
2010 Jun 18 Convicted Murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner Is Executed By Firing Squad
Gardner, 49, chose to die by firing squad - an option open to him because he was convicted before Utah adopted lethal injection in 2004. He was strapped to a black metal chair surround...
2010 Jul 3
to 2010 Jul 10
 Northumbria Police Manhunt
The sister of the young mother fighting for her life after being shot by killer gunman Raoul Moat said he would rather 'go out in a blaze of glory' than give himself up. The shocking c...
2010 Aug 23 Manila Hostage Crisis
A former police officer took a busload of tourists hostage in downtown Manila on Monday morning, opening a 12-hour standoff that was broadcast live on television, including its end as pol...