Alec Baldwin Defamed by "Rust" Arrest? | Crime Alert 6AM 08.12.25

Alec Baldwin’s countersuit tied to the fatal shooting on the film "Rust" back in court. A judge rules on whether the actor was defamed by the charges files against him in Halyna Hutchins death. 

President Trump has announced that more than 500 federal officers from the FBI, DEA, ATF, ICE, and the U.S. Marshals Service are being sent to Washington, D.C., for at least a week.

The FBI’s latest Uniform Crime Report shows a major nationwide shift: violent crime fell by 4.5% in 2024, and property crime by 8%.

In Atlanta, a routine arrest turned violent at the city’s Five Points MARTA station.

In New York, the life of 46-year-old security guard Aland Etienne was honored in Brooklyn by hundreds of mourners.

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