In Mexico, the media called her “La Bonita,” the pretty one, or “La Chula,” the beautiful one, or “La Reina del Crimen,” the queen of Mexican crime. Mexican authorities so desperately wanted to find 27-year-old Anel Violeta Noriega Rios — … Continue reading
Grand theft was reported June 20 on Talbert Avenue. Unknown suspects stole a generator of undisclosed value from a construction site. Officers responded to a report of shots fired June 22 on Phoenix Avenue. A 1994 Honda Accord was reported … Continue reading
Led by a motorcycle brigade and Chinese lion dancers, thousands of Angelenos marched through the heart of Chinatown Saturday to protest Walmart moving into the historic downtown Los Angeles neighborhood. Walmart workers, large groups from various unions and others shouted … Continue reading
The so-called Teardrop Rapist, responsible for as many as 35 attacks since 1996, may have struck again this month when a woman was accosted in South L.A. by a gun-wielding man who tried to sexually assault her in an alley … Continue reading
By Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times June 26, 2012, 7:35 p.m. Saying a doctor “improperly used her prescription pad to cause irreparable harm,” a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Tuesday ordered the physician to stand trial for murder in … Continue reading
By Angel Jennings and Andrew Blankstein June 29, 2012 Prosecutors plan to charge a teen with murder, accusing him of firing into a crowd in Watts this month and killing a 1-year-old boy cradled in his father’s arms, authorities said … Continue reading
By Kate Mather, Los Angeles Times June 25, 2012 Four students and a teacher were arrested in connection with an alleged in-classroom hazing incident at a Fontana high school, police said Sunday. Fontana police were contacted by district officials Friday … Continue reading
The Daytime Emmy Awards were able to go on as scheduled at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday as police investigated the deaths of two people at the famed hotel. A man and woman were found shot to death at … Continue reading
A Santa Ana man was sentenced Friday to 112 years to life in prison for raping five women and sexually assaulting a sixth. The assaults by Sekayi Rudo White, 34, occurred from 2002 to 2007, and in one case White … Continue reading
HOUSTON — Investigators have released the name of a man beaten to death June 9 in central Texas when a father allegedly caught him molesting his 5-year-old daughter. Jesus Mora Flores, 47, of Gonzales, Texas, was an “acquaintance” of the … Continue reading