Big rig owner chases down stolen truck in Irwindale after theft in Baldwin Park
BALDWIN PARK >> Two men chased down a big rig to Irwindale after it was stolen in Baldwin Park Wednesday, but the thief escaped with the help of a knife-wielding accomplice who spirited him away...
View ArticleEl Monte launches 'Service Area Policing' program
EL MONTE >> The El Monte police department launched its "Service Area Policing" program this week, dividing the city into four separate quadrants, in an effort to streamline communication between...
View ArticleHow parents, staff are being more alert after attempted kidnapping at El...
EL MONTE >> There's a heightened sense of security surrounding La Primaria Elementary School after an unidentified man attempted to kidnap a student after school last week.
View ArticleGunman robs senior of wallet in Pasadena
PASADENA >> A 60-year-old Sherman Oaks man was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday at a parking lot.Pasadena Police Lt. Mark Goodman said the victim wasn't injured during the 12:45 p.m. robbery in the...
View ArticleDeputies arrest man for possession of drugs, gun at Rosemead hotel
ROSEMEAD >> Deputies arrested a man in the parking lot of a local hotel in the predawn hours of Thursday morning after observing him trying to open doors at the location.Authorities spotted the...
View ArticleTulsa, Oklahoma, police officer charged in man's death
TULSA, Okla. >> Prosecutors in Tulsa, Oklahoma, charged a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man on a city street with first-degree manslaughter Thursday.Tulsa County District...
View ArticlePasadena man accused of stealing can of soda at knifepoint
PASADENA >> A Pasadena man is accused of armed robbery over a can of soda after he pulled a knife on a store employee who confronted him Wednesday afternoon, police said.Lorenzo Amado Matson, 22,...
View ArticleCharlotte police refuse to release video of deadly shooting
CHARLOTTE, N.C. >> Charlotte police refused under mounting pressure Thursday to release video that could resolve wildly different accounts of the shooting of a black man, as the National Guard...
View ArticleMontebello man admits to 2014 murder of wife
MONTBELLO >> A Montebello man who beat and strangled his wife before stashing her body in the trunk of the family car and fleeing with the couple's four children in late-2014 admitted to killing...
View ArticleWife of ABC7 weatherman Dallas Raines accused of attack on adult daughter
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE >> The wife of KABC-TV chief meteorologist Dallas Raines pleaded not guilty Wednesday to allegations she beat and tried to strangle her 25-year-old daughter last month,...
View ArticleTwo women arrested for March vehicle arson
PASADENA >> Police and fire officials arrested the second of two suspects Thursday connected to the torching of a car in Pasadena six months ago, authorities said.Police found and arrested...
View ArticleLAPD: Brad Pitt child abuse allegations turned over to FBI
The Los Angeles Police Department said Thursday it is not currently investigating actor-producer Brad Pitt for alleged child abuse, disputing a report by celebrity gossip website TMZ."I can tell you...
View ArticleSierra Madre man accused of possessing child pornography
SIERRA MADRE >> Police on Thursday announced the arrest of a Sierra Madre man accused of possessing child pornography.Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department's Juvenile Division, Internet...
View ArticleWhen should police videos be released?
ATLANTA -- Two police shootings, both recorded by police. In one city, the police recordings were released almost immediately and protests remained calm. In the other, the chief has so far refused to...
View ArticleVideo shows deadly encounter between police, black man
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Video of a deadly encounter between Charlotte police and a black man shows his wife repeatedly telling officers he is not armed and pleading with them not to shoot her husband as...
View ArticleEx-LA County inmate allegedly killed by Northern California cellmate
A 54-year-old man serving life inside High Desert State Prison in Susanville, who was received from Los Angeles County, died after a cellmate allegedly attacked him in late August, according to prison...
View Article37 years later, a conviction in violent Glendale rape and shotgun murder
The Glendale Police Department solved a 1979 cold case murder after a Los Angeles jury convicted Darrell Gurule on Wednesday, exactly 37 years to the day since the crime was committed.Glendale police...
View ArticleTrainer arrested for attack on jockey at Santa Anita Park
ARCADIA >> Police arrested a horse trainer Friday morning at Santa Anita Park after a physical confrontation with jockey Alex Solis, who made a citizen's arrest, authorities said.Steven Jiro...
View ArticleWest Covina police warn residents of IRS phone scam
WEST COVINA>> A longtime phone scam in which bogus IRS agents tell people they owe the agency money then demand payment surfaced this week in the city.Someone posing as an IRS agent called a...
View Article4 dead in shooting at mall north of Seattle, authorities say
BURLINGTON, Wash. >> Authorities in Washington State say four people have been killed during a shooting at a mall north of Seattle and that at least one suspect remains at large.The Washington...
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