Body found in Monterey Park car trunk may be shooting victim
MONTEREY PARK - A man discovered dead in the trunk of a parked car may have been shot, officials said.Sgt. Bill Cotter of the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau said the man remains unidentified.
View ArticleMontrose man accused of traveling to Thailand for sex with boys
LOS ANGELES >> A federal grand jury indicted a 69-year-old Montrose man Wednesday on charges of traveling to Thailand to have sex with underage boys, officials said.Paul Alan Shapiro is accused...
View ArticlePasadena RadioShack employees tied up at gunpoint during robbery
PASADENA - Two armed men tied up two employees and robbed a store of Apple TV units, computer tablets, cell phones and other electronics Tuesday night.An estimated value of the stolen merchandise...
View ArticleDriver in custody for fatal Whittier hit-and-run
WHITTIER >> A man wanted for a weekend hit-and-run that killed a Whittier pedestrian turned himself in to Glendora police Tuesday night, officials said.
View ArticleFlight attendant who abandoned cocaine at LAX arrested in New York
A flight attendant who literally kicked off her Gucci heels and ran from a Los Angeles International Airport security screening area, leaving behind more than 68 pounds of cocaine in her carry-on bags,...
View ArticleBus driver arrested in connection with death of autistic teen left alone on...
WHITTIER >> Police arrested a bus driver Wednesday in connection with the death of a 19-year-old autistic student who died after being left alone on a school bus for up to seven hours on a...
View ArticleNearly 700 marijuana plants found growing inside San Gabriel tailor business
SAN GABRIEL >> Police arrested a man and woman and seized nearly 700 marijuana plants when they dismantled an illicit indoor marijuana farm operating out of the back of a San Gabriel tailor...
View ArticleArcadia police chief shares 5 crime prevention tips
ARCADIA >> In response to a recent spate of property crimes throughout the city, the Arcadia Police Department has upped up its crime prevention efforts but officers are still asking for the...
View ArticleNorth Hollywood mortuary worker suspected of robbing the dead
LANCASTER >> A 41-year-old mortuary attendant was arrested for allegedly stealing a vehicle and a gun from the home of a deceased man in Lancaster, according to the sheriff's department.Fernando...
View ArticleSuspicious bags 'detonated,' Metrolink station deemed safe after morning scare
NORWALK - Authorities called in the sheriff's bomb squad and halted train service at the Norwalk/Santa Fe Spring Metrolink station Thursday morning after the discovery of two bags.The bomb squad...
View ArticleBomb threat leads to lockdown at Walnut High, evacuation at Mt. SAC
WALNUT - Walnut High School was placed on lockdown and Mt. San Antonio College was evacuated Thursday after a note claiming bombs would be set off at the two campuses turned up at the high...
View ArticlePolice checkpoint planned in Pasadena
PASADENA >> Police officers are planning to hold a checkpoint Friday night in Pasadena, authorities said. The checkpoint will be held from 7 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday at an undisclosed...
View ArticleAutistic Whittier teen left on school bus died from overheating
WHITTIER >> A 19-year-old special needs student from Whittier who was left alone on a school bus on a hot summer day last year died from overheating, police said Thursday.Prompted in part by that...
View ArticleGPS 'bait package' leads to arrest of two women in Arcadia
ARCADIA >> A GPS-laden "bait package" helped Arcadia police arrested two Canoga Park women driving through town in a stolen car filled with suspected stolen property early Thursday, officials...
View ArticlePolice: ID theft suspect orders Uber car with stolen cell phone, gets ride to...
PASADENA >> Police in Pasadena jailed an identity theft suspect from San Bernardino Thursday after the woman tried to order an Uber ride with a stolen cell phone, authorities said.The series of...
View ArticleGunman in Redlands shoots hostage, is killed by police
REDLANDS >> A man abducted his ex-girlfriend from an Office Depot Thursday, holding her hostage for nearly three hours during a standoff with police before shooting her and in return being killed...
View ArticleWoman shot in Redlands hostage situation remains in critical condition
REDLANDS >> The woman taken hostage and reportedly shot by her estranged boyfriend remains in critical condition Friday morning, according to Loma Linda University Medical Center officials.
View ArticleFlight attendant in LAX cocaine case will be sent back to Los Angeles
• RELATED: Stewardess might not have know all that cocaine was in her bag, attorney saysJudge Andrew Birotte Jr. issued the order Thursday in Los Angeles federal court after prosecutors appealed a New...
View ArticlePalos Verdes Estates man pleads not guilty in Dodger Stadium attack
A Palos Verdes Estates man pleaded not guilty today to assaulting a man in a parking lot at Dodger Stadium after a Dodgers-Mets game last October.Michael Rae Papayans, 27, is charged with a felony...
View ArticlePaul Tanaka ignored warnings about sheriff's deputies' behavior, witnesses say
The first witnesses to testify in Paul Tanaka's corruption trial said Friday the former Los Angeles County undersheriff ignored warnings that deputies were acting like gang members.Testifying for the...
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