Man to Stand Trial for Allegedly Perpetrating Double Murder in Corona Theater
A 21-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a couple on a date at a Corona movie theater must stand trial on two counts of first-degree murder and other offenses, a judge ruled Friday. Joseph Jimenez...
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Woman Charged With Murder in Fatal Hit-and-Run Crash
A 51-year-old woman suspected in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Desert Hot Springs was charged with murder Wednesday. Sheila Johnson of Desert Hot Springs was also charged with a felony count of...
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Judge Refuses to Dismiss Murder Charges Against Co-Founder of Burn Center
A judge Wednesday rejected a defense motion seeking the dismissal of murder charges against the co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation, who allegedly ran down two young brothers in a Westlake...
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Felon Suspected of Fatally Shooting Man in Menifee
A felon suspected of gunning down a 58-year-old man in Menifee was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murder. Arturo Recinos of Menifee was booked into the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta in...
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Judge Refuses to Dismiss Murder Charges Against Co-Founder of Burn Center
A judge Wednesday rejected a defense motion seeking the dismissal of murder charges against the co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation, who allegedly ran down two young brothers in a Westlake...
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Killer of 2 Transients, Cellmate, Gets Life Without Parole in Prison
A 31-year-old man who tried to crash into reality TV personality Kylie Jenner’s home was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing two transients in Anaheim and...
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Killer of 2 Transients, Cellmate, Gets Life Without Parole in Prison
A 31-year-old man who tried to crash into reality TV personality Kylie Jenner’s home was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing two transients in Anaheim and...
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Repeat Drunk Driver Gets 15 to Life for Crash that Killed 6-Year-Old Girl
A 55-year-old Anaheim man was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison for an alcohol-fueled collision that killed a 6-year-old girl in Fullerton. Maximino Delgado Lagunas was convicted June 22...
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Repeat Drunk Driver Gets 15 to Life for Crash that Killed 6-Year-Old Girl
A 55-year-old Anaheim man was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison for an alcohol-fueled collision that killed a 6-year-old girl in Fullerton. Maximino Delgado Lagunas was convicted June 22...
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Beverly Hills Man Faces Sentencing for ‘Hit Man’ Murder Plot
A Beverly Hills man faces sentencing Monday for trying to hire a “hit man” to kill a woman he briefly dated. Scott Berkett, 25, pleaded guilty in June to a single count of using interstate facilities...
View ArticleBeverly Hills Man Sentenced To Five Years For `Hit Man’ Murder Plot
A Beverly Hills man was sentenced Monday to five years behind bars for trying to hire a “hit man” to kill a woman he briefly dated. Scott Berkett, 25, pleaded guilty in June to a single count of using...
View ArticleMan Charged With Attempted Murder, Assault in Thermal
A Thermal man who was arrested in Mecca was charged Wednesday with felony counts of attempted murder and assault. Daniel Gamez Zaragoza, 39, was additionally charged with two other felony counts, one...
View ArticleMan Accused of Attempted Murder, Assault in Thermal Pleads Not Guilty
A Thermal man who allegedly kidnapped, beat and attempted to strangle a 42-year-old woman in Mecca pleaded not guilty to felony charges Thursday. Daniel Gamez Zaragoza, 39, was charged with four felony...
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Man Who Ran Down Long Beach Couple, Son on Halloween 2019 Gets 25-to-Life
A young man who drove drunk on Halloween night 2019 and ran down a Long Beach couple and their 3-year-old son was sentenced Thursday to 25 years to life in prison. Carlo Adrian Navarro, 23, was...
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Mother, Grandmother Charged with Murder in 5-Year-Old’s Death
Felony charges, including murder, were filed Friday against a mother and grandmother accused in the death of a 5-year-old child. Vanessa Cervantes Rangel, 37, was charged with three felony counts — one...
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Smoke Shop Employee Pleads Guilty in Man’s Killing
A Koreatown smoke shop employee pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder for stabbing a man whom he accused of shoplifting from the business. Vardan Tokmajyan, now 28, is facing a 15-year-to-life...
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Trial Set for Man Charged in Rapper Pop Smoke’s Killing
An Oct. 13 trial date was set Friday for a man who is among four people charged with murder in the killing of rapper Pop Smoke during a 2020 robbery at a Hollywood Hills home. Corey Walker, now 21, is...
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Smoke Shop Employee Pleads Guilty in Man’s Killing
A Koreatown smoke shop employee pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder for stabbing a man whom he accused of shoplifting from the business. Vardan Tokmajyan, now 28, is facing a 15-year-to-life...
View ArticlePasadena Police Arrest Murder Suspect
A 21-year-old Los Angeles man is in custody Saturday in connection with a January murder in Pasadena. Detectives from the Pasadena Police Department’s Robbery-Homicide Unit identified Jeovani Pluma as...
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Man Gets Two Life Prison Terms for Killing Two Women in 1980s
A man described by a prosecutor as a sexually motivated serial killer was sentenced Monday to two consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole for murdering two women in the 1980s,...
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