Charges filed in South Pasadena crime spree
SOUTH PASADENA - A parolee accused of committing a crime spree in South Pasadena denied Friday that he broke into several apartments, groped a 16-year-old high school student and exposed himself to a...
View ArticleNumber of California violent crimes jump 10 percent in 2015
SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> The number of violent crimes jumped 10 percent across California last year, reversing several years of declines, the state's attorney general reported Friday.Homicides...
View ArticleTwo men shot near 210 Freeway in Sylmar
SYLMAR >> Los Angeles police detectives on Friday were investigating a late-night double shooting in Sylmar that required two men to be rushed to a trauma center with unknown injuries, police...
View ArticleCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown tightens gun laws
SACRAMENTO >> Gov. Jerry Brown signed half a dozen gun-control measures into law Friday, adding sharp teeth to a set of California laws already considered the nation's toughest.His signature drew...
View ArticleTennessee mother charged with murder in deaths of her 4 children
MEMPHIS, Tenn. >> A mother in Tennessee has been charged with first-degree murder and child abuse and neglect in connection with the stabbing deaths of her four young children, authorities in...
View ArticlePolice: Fugitive arrested after attack on El Monte officer, motorcycle chase
EL MONTE >> An armed federal fugitive sought by the U.S. Marshals Service attacked a police officer in El Monte before leading officers on a motorcycle chase and ultimately being arrested on...
View ArticlePasadena raid nets 2 arrests after marijuana, illegal fireworks found
PASADENA >> Police serving a search warrant at a Pasadena home this weekend discovered several pounds of marijuana, as well as the city's largest single illegal fireworks seizure in recent...
View ArticleSouth Pasadena officers rescue suicidal woman on bridge
HIGHLAND PARK -- Two South Pasadena police officers stopped a despondent woman from jumping off a bridge in Highland Park on Monday night.One officer pulled the 51-year-old Los Angeles woman back to...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius sentenced to 6 years in prison for murder
PRETORIA, South Africa -- Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympian described by a judge as a "fallen hero," was sentenced on Wednesday to six years in a South African prison for the murder of...
View ArticleWhittier metal company exec imprisoned in Boeing satellite kickbacks case
LOS ANGELES -- The vice president of a Whittier metal company was sentenced today to a year behind bars for participating in a complex kickback scheme that involved illegally attaining...
View ArticleBoy, 4, killed, man wounded in barrage of gunfire on porch of Altadena home
ALTADENA >> A 4-year-old boy sitting on his mom's porch was killed and a man was wounded in a shooting outside an Altadena home late Tuesday, authorities said.Deputies and paramedics rushed...
View ArticleHere's how you can help the family of the 4-year-old boy killed in an...
The family of a 4-year-old boy killed in a shooting outside his mother's Altadena home are asking the public's help in funding the child's funeral arrangements.Salvador Esparza III, known as "Chavita,"...
View ArticleOfficials: Off-duty LAPD officer fatally shoots armed robber at Covina Carl's...
COVINA >> An off-duty Los Angeles Police Department reserve officer fatally shot a man who tried to rob him at gunpoint inside a fast-food restaurant, officials said.The shooting occurred just...
View ArticleFeds open civil rights investigation in Louisiana shooting
BATON ROUGE, La. >> In a swift move by authorities to keep tensions from boiling over, the U.S. Justice Department launched a civil rights investigation Wednesday into the video-recorded killing...
View ArticleElderly couple robbed in their Arcadia home
ARCADIA >> An elderly couple awoke to find three intruders in their bedroom demanding valuables late Tuesday, police said.The crime took place about 10:55 p.m. in the
View ArticleRoger Clinton, former president's half-brother, to be charged with DUI for...
Roger Clinton, the half-brother of former President Bill Clinton and brother-in-law to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, will be charged next week with driving under the influence in...
View ArticleResident fights off three robbers in Pasadena, 1 suspect caught
PASADENA - Officers arrested a 14-year-old Azusa boy after he and two accomplices allegedly tried to rob a man at a local park Wednesday night.Pasadena Police Lt. Pete Hettema said the victim, a...
View ArticleArgument may have led to fatal shooting of 4-year-old boy in Altadena
ALTADENA >> Investigators believe a dispute earlier in the night led to Tuesday's shooting that left a 4-year-old boy dead and a 27-year-old man wounded.The shooter has not been arrested.
View ArticleSuspicious package at downtown LA Metro station found to be a hoax
@ryinie on TwitterA suspicious package that caused a commuting nightmare in downtown Los Angeles Thursday turned out to be a hoax, officials said.The "all clear" came around 5 p.m., hours after a Metro...
View ArticlePolice: 1 officer killed, 3 injured in Dallas
The Associated PressDALLAS >> Police say one rapid-transit officer has been killed and three injured when gunfire erupted during a protest in downtown Dallas.The Dallas Area Rapid Transit issued...
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