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2 hospitalized in ambush attack by large group of teens in San Bernardino County
Two people were hospitalized after an ambush attack by a large group of teenagers in San Bernardino County. The suspects were identified on Tuesday as Kessler Pelfrey, 18, from Yucaipa and a 15-year-old male, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. On May 3, two teens were walking past Center Park near 1st Street […]
Family devastated after vandals destroy gravesites at San Bernardino cemetery
Family members were horrified after discovering the gravesites of their loved ones were destroyed by vandals in San Bernardino. The Medrano sisters have visited Pioneer Memorial Cemetery for over 30 years to visit their father, who died of cancer. During a visit on May 11, they were devastated when they realized someone had destroyed their […]
Guns once owned by law enforcement agencies found at crime scenes
Thousands of guns once owned by law enforcement have been found at crime scenes, including at incidents in Southern California, an in-depth investigation has revealed. A two-year investigation with KCAL News and partners Trace and Reveal showed that out of the 52,000 guns sold across the country by police agencies, many showed up at crime scenes over a 16-year period. Gun buy-back programs allow law enforcement agencies, like the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, to pull weapons from the market but they could also lead to lethal results. The Los Angeles Police Department has sold or traded at...
Terrifying home invasion leaves Southern California family shaken, baffled
A family in San Bernardino County is still shaken and baffled after enduring a terrifying home invasion over the weekend. The break-in occurred just after midnight Sunday in the 700 block of Concord Lane in Redlands. Stanley Trammel told KTLA’s Shelby Nelson that the four to five masked men who kicked in a back […]
Southern California man, 40, charged in 2 rapes along Highway 39
Detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are investigating two separate sexual assaults along Highway 39 in the Angeles National Forest and are seeking any additional victims, authorities announced Wednesday. Both female victims were assaulted between the hours of 9:30 and 10 p.m. on May 12 and 13, a LASD bulletin stated. […]
Suspected killer arrested in 20-year-old Southern California cold case
Authorities in Ventura County have arrested a man who they say killed an elderly man at his home more than 20 years ago. Antoine Nehme of Victorville was arrested Tuesday in connection with the murder of 71-year-old Dennis Leroy Wood, who was found shot dead inside his Moorpark home on April 16, 2004. Nehme was […]
Lake County homicide victim from 1979 ID’d as Carson woman
Skeletal remains of a 1979 Lake County homicide victim were identified last month as a Southern California woman, investigators announced Thursday. Wanda Lee Brewer’s body was discovered Sept. 18, 1979, and were unidentified until last month, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. Officials didn’t say if they...
California college professor to stand trial in death of pro-Israel protester last year
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A judge decided Wednesday that a Southern California college professor will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter and battery in the death of a Jewish counter-protester during demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war last year. Superior Court Judge Ryan Wright judge declared after a two-day preliminary hearing that there’s enough evidence to try Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, according to the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office. A preliminary hearing requires a lower burden of proof to move forward, compared to the “beyond a reasonable doubt” needed for a conviction during a trial. Alnaji, 51, is accused of striking Paul Kessler with a megaphone in November during a confrontation at an event that started as a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Thousand Oaks, a suburb northwest of Los Angeles. Kessler, 69, fell backward and struck his head on the pavement. He died the next day at a hospital.
Florida man sentenced to prison for firebombing Planned Parenthood
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A 21-year-old Florida man was sentenced Monday to three and a half years in prison for firebombing a Southern California Planned Parenthood clinic in 2022, federal prosecutors said. Xavier Batten pleaded guilty in January to one felony count of possessing an unregistered destructive device...
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