Now turned tragic, the hunt for Ralph "Bucky" Phillips comes down to this: time and terrain, danger and desperation. The death this weekend of Trooper Joseph A. Longobardo, who just celebrated his son ...

A fingerprint left on the inside of a toilet paper roll was an important clue as the New York State Police chased Ralph James “Bucky” Phillips between his escape from a county jail in April until his ...

Ralph "Bucky" Phillips ran into a hard-nosed judge Tuesday who told him the world will quickly forget him as he spends the rest of his life in prison, but will long remember the state trooper he ...

CARROLL, N.Y. -- A fugitive suspected of fatally shooting a New York state trooper and wounding two others while on the run for more than five months surrendered to police who had cornered him in a ...

MAYVILLE, N.Y. A former fugitive whose dramatic capture at the edge of a Pennsylvania field ended the largest manhunt in New York state history pleaded guilty Wednesday to shooting three state ...