Woman receives 23-year sentence for South Whittier fatal stabbing
A woman was sentenced Tuesday to 23 years to life in prison for stabbing to death another woman then breaking into a tire shop in South Whittier nearly two years ago.
View ArticleSerial bandit sought for bank heists in Glendora, Arcadia, Placentia
A man in a black baseball cap embarked on a two-county robbery spree in recent weeks, holding up or trying to hold up Citibank branches in Glendora, Arcadia and Placentia, authorities said.Glendora...
View ArticleMan stabbed to death near San Gabriel
SAN GABRIEL >> A man was stabbed in the upper torso and died outside his home Tuesday night, a detective said.Sheriff's Homicide Lt. Joe Mendoza identified the victim as 22-year-old Israel...
View ArticlePasadena burglary suspects arrested after chase ends in El Monte; gun recovered
PASADENA >> Police arrested two burglary suspects with a freshly stolen handgun after a car chase that ended with a crash in El Monte Tuesday afternoon, police said.Timothy Dwayne Johnson, 29, of...
View ArticlePasadena bank branch robbed
PASADENA >> Police are seeking a man who robbed a Pasadena bank branch Tuesday afternoon. The crime took place about 1:40 p.m. at a Chase branch at 2670 block of East Colorado Boulevard, just...
View ArticleSlain Walnut jogger remembered as family man, hard worker
WALNUT - Chi "Jason" Shao of Walnut jogged the same route three times a week.Afterward, the father of three would head home, take a shower, drop off his youngest child at Walnut High School then head...
View Article86-year-old 'office creeper' on parole allegedly burglarizes again in Torrance
A little more than three years ago, prolific burglar Doris Thompson took a plea deal in Torrance court that sent her to prison immediately for six years.Thompson, unlike most people headed to state...
View ArticlePasadena employee signed off on payments to church in Danny Wooten...
The former supervisor of Pasadena's alleged embezzler Danny Wooten told investigators he signed off on two roughly $40,000 payments to New Convenant Church, according to testimony at Wooten's...
View ArticleVideo shows thieves stealing huuuge cap inspired by Donald Trump from iconic...
If you thought you saw a car driving around Redondo Beach with a giant red baseball cap on its roof after 2 a.m. Tuesday, it wasn't your imagination.Police are asking for the public's help to find a...
View ArticleCliven Bundy court appearance to draw demonstrators in Vegas
LAS VEGAS -- Backers of a Nevada rancher at the center of a fight over control of public lands in the West are promising a show of support outside a U.S. courthouse where he's facing charges that he...
View ArticleChumlee of 'Pawn Stars' jailed on gun and drug charges
LAS VEGAS -- The man known to millions of cable TV viewers as Chumlee on the reality show "Pawn Stars" was being held late Wednesday in a Las Vegas jail following his arrest on felony weapon and drug...
View ArticlePolice snag Glendora burglary suspects hauling away cash register
GLENDORA - Two burglars wearing hooded sweatshirts and bandannas over their faces got caught sneaking out of a restaurant carrying a cash register Thursday morning.They gave up quickly.Glendora Police...
View Article2 arrested on suspicion of sex with teen Burbank girl they met online
BURBANK -- Two men were arrested for allegedly having sex with a 17- year-old Burbank girl they met via online dating websites, police said today.Michael Jeffrey Kowalczyk, 33, of Los Angeles, was...
View ArticleAlleged heroin dealer from San Bernardino jailed in Alhambra
ALHAMBRA >> Police arrested an alleged heroin dealer from San Bernardino early Wednesday after he was found driving through Alhambra with 25 small bindles of heroin in his pocket, officials...
View ArticleElderly woman in wheelchair fights off would-be robber in Pasadena
PASADENA >> A 76-year-old woman in a wheelchair fought off a would-be robber who tried to steal her purse and necklace Thursday, police said.The failed crime took place about 11:50 a.m. as the...
View ArticleHow fraudulent invoices made it past Pasadena's finance department
The checks and balances in Pasadena's finance department did little to stop an employee from requesting fraudulent payments for services never rendered, according to court testimony Thursday.
View ArticleFamed dog trainer Cesar Millan being investigated for animal cruelty
LOS ANGELES -- The National Geographic Wild network stood behind famed "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan today following a visit to his Santa Clarita training facility by animal-control officers and...
View ArticleSouth Pasadena mail thief eludes capture
SOUTH PASADENA >> A suspected thief left behind a bag of stolen mail, fell down a hill and eluded capture Friday.But South Pasadena police officer Craig Phillips said they're working on...
View ArticleDozens arrested at Trump campaign rally in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS >> Facing intensifying criticism for the violent clashes between supporters and protesters that have come to define his rallies, GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Friday...
View ArticleTrials for two separate Christmas Day slayings in Pasadena near end
PASADENA >> Two separate homicide cases involing the deaths of three innocent bystanders on Christmas Day in Pasadena in 2012 are nearing their conclusion.Trial is ongoing in Los Angeles Superior...
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