Police have arrested an elderly farmer after he fires a warning shot at a dog harassing his sheep.

It took six police cars to arrest Frank Cook, 77, after he fired at a dog to keep it from harming his lambs, in an incident drawing criticism in what many call an exaggeration of police power.

A woman steals a police cruiser in a California suburb and instigates a high-speed pursuit.

According to police, the 25-year-old woman was being questioned by deputies about a stolen vehicle in the Palmdale area when she freaked out and sped off in the officer's SUV.

A 72-year-old grandma is okay, but angry after she is violently attacked by a carjacker.

Orange County, Florida deputies are currently searching for the man who attacked Jean Wagner while she was at her mailbox.

Brazilian TV broadcasts footage of a baby girl being rescued from a black plastic bag floating in a lake.

The moment when the bag was fished out and opened by a park worker in Belo Horizonte was captured on amateur footage.

Florida police are looking for the parents of an infant who died last year after they fed her fatal doses of vodka to help her sleep.

Three-month old Makeisha Dantus died in 2004. Her parents, Mackenson Dantus and Mardala Derival, were charged with aggravated manslaughter last month, but by that time, they had disappeared. Authorities believe the couple is still in Florida.