The Washington State Patrol (WSP) Crime Laboratory Division (CLD) is currently addressing challenges that have led to a backlog of over a year for firearm forensics. Firearm forensics, or forensic ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A whole year could pass before the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation processes firearms evidence recovered at a crime scene in Tennessee. Despite recent efforts to reduce ...

A team of scientists at the Forensic Science Laboratory in Meriden worked around the clock to examine evidence related to the ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington State Patrol (WSP) is taking significant steps to address a growing backlog in firearms forensics cases, which has been straining the capacity of its crime laboratories ...

Derrick Del Reed is pictured during his murder trial on March 8, 2024, in Douglas County District Court. A teenager on trial in another teen’s shooting death tested positive for gunshot residue after ...

Bullet casings under examination at the state crime lab in 2023. (Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current) A national firearms database used by Rhode Island State Crime Lab last month flagged a ...

Fraudulent behavior led to D.C.’s Department of Forensic Sciences (DFS) losing accreditation. The crime lab has partially regained credibility on Dec. 26, 2023, as the biology and chemistry units seek ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — A court ruling on Friday put an involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin on track for trial in early July as a judge denied a request to dismiss the case on complaints that ...

DELPHI, Ind. – Jurors learned more about the toolmark evidence surrounding the so-called “unspent bullet” found at the Delphi murders scene. Richard Allen is charged with four counts of murder in ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge plans to rule Friday on a request to dismiss the sole charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer over concerns the FBI damaged the ...