'Palm Tree Bandits' linked to violent takeover bank robberies in Arcadia, San...
Recent takeover robberies at banks in Arcadia, San Marino and Santa Monica were linked to a pair of serial robbers, dubbed "The Palm Tree Bandits" by the FBI, authorities said Friday.The robbers, who...
View ArticleAuthorities arrest blacklisted American in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD >> Pakistani officials say a blacklisted American citizen has been arrested in the capital Islamabad.Interior Ministry spokesman Sarfaraz Hussain says Saturday that Federal...
View ArticleDriver jailed for DUI, hit-and-run after striking pedestrians, another car in...
ALHAMBRA >> An alleged drunken driver struck a woman and a 3-year-old girl with his car along Main Street in Alhambra, sending the girl to an intensive care unit, before fleeing the scene and...
View ArticleBody found inside car in La Habra identified as that of Sierra Madre woman
LA HABRA >> Coroner's officials have released the identity of a 34-year-old Sierra Madre woman who was found dead inside a parked car at a La Habra shopping center Friday morning.Megan Sterling...
View ArticleHow new DNA testing could help solve 45-year-old cold-case murder
Someone punched her grandmother in the face, broke her ribs and ruptured her spleen.Someone strangled her grandmother with such force that they crushed her larynx. Someone shot her grandmother in the...
View ArticleMan robbed, attacked in Pasadena
PASADENA >> A gunman robbed and apparently pistol-whipped a man walking in a residential neighborhood in Pasadena Saturday night, police said.A 19-year-old Pasadena man was walking about 10:30...
View Article30-plus drug citations equal zero felonies, thanks to Prop. 47
Redlands police officers know Frankie Alvino Capetillo by sight.They should: They've cited and released him on the spot almost three dozen times, almost all for alleged drug offenses, since Proposition...
View ArticleProp. 47 is giving a man the opportunity to rebound from drug addiction, prison
Even with four years of sobriety under his belt and his criminal past behind him, Freddie Harris of Corona struggles.A record riddled with felony drug convictions and prison time has made it tough for...
View ArticleIs Prop. 47 working? Depends whom you ask
The premise behind the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, or Proposition 47, overwhelmingly approved by California voters in November 2014, was simple:Reduce the penalties for nonserious, nonviolent...
View ArticleFather of 4-year-old slain in Long Beach: 'I tried to save them but it was...
A woman and her 4-year-old daughter were shot to death in downtown Long Beach late Saturday night as they returned home from grocery shopping.Police said Sunday that officers responded to the area of...
View ArticleMonterey Park driver caught talking on cell phone leads to police chase, crash
MONTEREY PARK >> A driver spotted talking on a cell phone Monday fled from police, tossed a gun out the window, but got caught when he crashed into a big rig on the 710 Freeway, authorities said....
View ArticleDuo accused of breaking into Azusa donut shop
AZUSA >> Two men were arrested for allegedly breaking into a donut shop and a dry cleaning store and stealing about $300 Monday morning.Azusa Police headed to the 700 block of East Alosta Avenue...
View ArticleMan with mental condition found after going missing from Arcadia hospital
ARCADIA -- Police Tuesday located a 47-year-old man who suffers from a mental condition and went missing from an Arcadia hospital in good health.He was located in the Los Angeles Police Department's...
View ArticleLAPD officer shoots man in Highland Park
LOS ANGELES -- An officer-involved shooting in the Highland Park area today left a man wounded and hospitalized in stable condition, police said.No officers were injured in the shooting, which occurred...
View ArticleSouth El Monte Mayor Luis Aguinaga resigns after bribery admission
SOUTH EL MONTE >> Luis Aguinaga submitted his letter of resignation as mayor Tuesday morning, two weeks after he signed an agreement to plead guilty to soliciting and accepting bribes.
View ArticleMan killed by deputies in Compton not involved in carjacking that led to...
The man fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy in Compton July 28 was not involved in the carjacking that preceded the shooting and did not assault deputies, the sheriff's department reported Tuesday.
View ArticleFamily demands answers in death of man mistakenly killed by deputy in Compton
Family members and friends of a man mistakenly shot and killed by a deputy last month confronted the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday and demanded it further investigate the actions...
View ArticleWho's responsible for a recent string of shootings in Altadena? Sheriff's...
ALTADENA - The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department sought the public's help today in finding whoever carried out a series of recent shootings in unincorporated Altadena, just north of Pasadena.The...
View Article14-year-old boy killed in Boyle Heights officer-involved shooting
A Los Angeles police officer investigating a graffiti tagging report shot and killed a 14-year-old boy after the teen opened fire on him during a brief foot chase, authorities said Wednesday.The...
View Article'Grim Sleeper' sentenced to death for 10 Los Angeles murders
LOS ANGELES >> The man dubbed the "Grim Sleeper" serial killer was sentenced to death Wednesday for the killings of nine women and a teenage girl, primarily in the South Los Angeles area.Lonnie...
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