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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 […]
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...
Riverside County sheriff's deputy shoots and kills man allegedly brandishing handgun
A Riverside County sheriff’s deputy fatally shot a man who the sheriff’s department said had brandished a handgun late Monday night in Perris. Deputies assigned to the Riverside Alternative Sentencing Program went to a home in the 3300 block of Albillo Loop around 8:04 a.m. Monday “to conduct a probation compliance check,” wrote a sheriff’s department spokesperson, Sgt. Wenndy Brito-Gonzalez.
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 […]
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. […]
Moreno Valley deputies rescue stolen French bulldogs
Two French bulldog puppies that had been reported stolen were recovered by Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies on Sunday. The Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station shared a photo of deputies posing with the two puppies on its Facebook page on Monday.
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...
Investigation Suggests Killing of MoVal Man Possibly Linked to Love Triangle
A 41-year-old man fatally shot at his Moreno Valley residence earlier this year was romantically involved with the same woman whom the alleged perpetrator was dating, according to court papers released Thursday. Michael Dwight Harris, 34, of North Las Vegas is charged with first-degree murder in the January slaying of...
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...
Man, 71, pleads guilty in murder of brother-in-law in Southern California
A 71-year-old man is facing 25 years to life in prison for the 2020 shooting death of his brother-in-law in Ventura County, authorities announced Tuesday. Prosecutors say that in late 2019 Elsworth Dennis Cadle’s estranged wife and daughter were living with his sister and brother-in-law, Mark Milton, but by January 2020, they planned to […]
Deliberations Continue in Trial of Felon Accused in Shotgun Slaying
A Banning jury will begin its first full day of deliberations Tuesday in the trial of a convicted felon accused of killing a Desert Hot Springs man in a sales dispute that led to vandalism and an ultimately deadly confrontation. James John Angle of Indio is charged with first-degree murder,...
15 charged in Southern California insurance fraud ring
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Fifteen Southern California residents, including an employee with the California Highway Patrol, are accused of being part of an organized crime ring that colluded to profit from fraudulent auto insurance claims totaling over $350,000, according to the California Department of Insurance. The Inland Empire Automobile Insurance...
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