An initial review of crime statistics at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department released Thursday found that the agency tends to overstate violent crime. An audit of 240 assaults from six sheriff’s stations found that department personnel misclassified more than … Continue reading
Four teenagers, including two juveniles, were charged Tuesday with capital murder in connection with beating a USC graduate student to death with a bat as he walked near campus. Jonathan DelCarmen, 19; Andrew Garcia, 18; Alberto Ochoa, 17; and Alejandra … Continue reading
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck called ‘a natural’ at ‘Southland’ TV shoot Cameras flashed. Reporters took notes. But Friday’s press conference outside the old LAPD headquarters wasn’t a typical meeting with the media. For one, it wasn’t real. LAPD Chief Charlie … Continue reading
Doctor fatally shot in exam room of Newport Beach medical office A doctor was shot and killed Monday in a building near Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, police said. Multiple people have identified the victim as a doctor at Orange … Continue reading
Boy who shot neo-Nazi father had a history of violence, psychologist testifies By Phil Willon, Los Angeles TimesJanuary 8, 2013, 1:21 a.m. The Riverside boy who shot and killed his neo-Nazi father had a history of violence since he … Continue reading
L.A. gun buyback nets 2,037 firearms, including 75 assault weapons A one-day gun buyback event in Los Angeles on Wednesday gathered 2,037 firearms, including 75 assault weapons and a rocket launcher, officials said. The total was nearly 400 more weapons … Continue reading
Three suspects identified in wake of Cal State Fullerton lockdown Authorities from multiple law enforcement agencies are searching for two suspects involved in a Moreno Valley jewelry store robbery that led to a high-speed car chase and the eventual campus-wide … Continue reading
Man dead, 2 children safe after South L.A. standoff A 28-year-old man was shot by Los Angeles police Wednesday morning after holding two children hostage in the Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw neighborhood of South L.A., police said. The children are OK, police … Continue reading
High-speed chase ends when suspect leaps from car, off overpass A man led California Highway Patrol officers on a late-night freeway chase Friday that at times reached speeds of 100 mph before jumping out of his moving car and off … Continue reading
A home on Avocado Avenue was burglarized this week while the residents were upstairs. Police are asking residents to keep an eye out for a suspect who burglarized a Newport Beach home this week while the residents were upstairs. The … Continue reading