Pool Serviceman Accused of Killing Woman, 93, to Stand Trial on Murder
A 59-year-old self-employed pool serviceman accused of killing of a 93-year-old woman in Palm Desert must stand trial on murder, a judge ruled Friday. Benjamin Briones of Thousand Palms was charged...
View ArticleCold Case Murder Victim Identified After Almost 30 Years
A murder victim whose body was dumped on the side of the Moreno Valley (60) Freeway in an area known as the Badlands was finally identified after more than 27 years of trying to find clues as to who...
View ArticleDefense Rests In Trial Of Man Accused In Decade-Old San Jacinto Murder
The defense rested Monday in the trial of a man accused of gunning down a San Jacinto resident in an ambush-style revenge attack, setting the stage for closing arguments. Abram Daniel Palacios, 35, of...
View ArticleTrial Date Set for Felon Accused of Trying to Murder Ex in Eastvale
A July 20 trial date was confirmed Wednesday for a 53-year-old convicted felon who allegedly shot his ex-girlfriend multiple times at her Eastvale residence then fled to Texas, eluding capture for...
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One Year Ago Today (July 5, 2022)…Man Charged With Murder in Deaths of Model,...
One Year Ago Today (July 5, 2022)…A Beverly Hills man who was already facing sex-related counts involving seven women over a 13-year period has been charged with murder in the overdose deaths of a...
View ArticleMan Pleads No Contest to Murder of Prominent Hairdresser
A man charged along with his alleged lover in the 2017 stabbing death of the woman’s husband, a prominent hairdresser, at his Woodland Hills home pleaded no contest Friday to first-degree murder and...
View ArticleOne Year Ago Today (July 9, 2022)…Suspect’s Distinctive Facial Tattoos Lead...
One Year Ago Today (July 9, 2022)…A suspect’s distinctive facial tattoos helped police arrest him on suspicion of shooting a man to death inside a camping trailer in North Hollywood, authorities said....
View ArticleWoman Serving Life For Murder Gets Seven More Years For Running Fraud Ring
A Corona woman serving a life term for murdering her mother was sentenced Monday to an additional seven years for running a $2 million COVID-19 unemployment fraud scheme from behind bars that used...
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Man Awaiting Trial for Murder to be Charged in Separate Killing in Thermal
A 34-year-old man awaiting trial in a murder case will be charged with the July 2020 killing of a man whose body was found inside a burned vehicle in Thermal, authorities said Tuesday. Deputies...
View ArticleSpitzer Faces Another Racial Justice Act Claim in Murder Case
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer’s office is facing another motion alleging he violated the new Racial Justice Act law stemming from his comments while considering the death penalty in a...
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Former Federal Police Officer’s Conviction Upheld in Murder Case
A state appeals court panel Monday upheld a former federal police officer’s conviction for murdering a young man in Hollywood just over 36 years ago. The three-justice panel from California’s 2nd...
View ArticleAttorneys Argue Case Against Man Charged with Sex Assault Murder
A 36-year-old man has lied repeatedly over the years about his attempted rape and fatal beating of a 68-year-old neighbor, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday as the defendant’s attorney argued that...
View ArticleArmy Vet Convicted of Sex Assault Murder in Garden Grove
A 36-year-old U.S. Army veteran was convicted Thursday of fatally beating a 68-year-old neighbor during an attempted rape in Garden Grove nearly six years ago. Michael Aon Varela was convicted of...
View ArticleMan’s Conviction Upheld for Whittier Police Officer’s Murder
A state appeals court Tuesday upheld a man’s conviction for opening fire on two Whittier police officers, killing one and wounding the other, along with killing a man in East Los Angeles earlier the...
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Ca. Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case Involving ATV Rider’s Murder
The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to review the case of a Lancaster man convicted of the shooting death of an all-terrain vehicle enthusiast in the desert nearly a decade ago. Arturo Lopez...
View ArticleMan Loses Bid for Re-Sentencing in Long Beach Resident’s Murder
A state appeals court panel Thursday rejected a re-sentencing bid from one of two men who pleaded guilty in the slaying of a Long Beach man who was shot for the expensive “spinner” rims on his car. The...
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Man Loses Bid for Re-Sentencing in Long Beach Resident’s Murder
A state appeals court panel Thursday rejected a re-sentencing bid from one of two men who pleaded guilty in the slaying of a Long Beach man who was shot for the expensive “spinner” rims on his car. The...
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Man’s Re-Sentencing Bid Rejected in College Student’s 1983 Murder
A state appeals court panel Monday rejected a bid for re-sentencing from a man who pleaded guilty to murdering a Cal State Northridge student just over four decades ago. The three-justice panel from...
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Man’s Bid for Re-Sentencing Denied in Marijuana Dispensary Murder
A state appellate court panel Monday rejected a bid for re-sentencing by one of two men convicted of the murder of the owner of a Mar Vista medical marijuana dispensary during a robbery about 6 1/2...
View ArticleWhittier Officer, Murder Suspect Wounded in Shooting
A Whittier Police Department officer and the suspect accused of shooting him were being treated for non-life threatening injuries Tuesday. The exchange of gunfire occurred in the 7300 block of...
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