Whittier 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 shooting occurred in the 7300 block of Pickering Avenue,...
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Whittier 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...
View ArticlePolice Seeks Public Help Finding 2 Attempted Murder Suspects
Police sought the public’s help Thursday and offered a hefty reward for information leading to two attempted murder suspects who shot a man during an aborted robbery before fleeing the scene in a...
View ArticleClosing Arguments Set in Trial of Man Accused of Fentanyl Murder
Closing arguments are expected next week in the trial of a convicted felon accused of providing a fatal dose of fentanyl to a Temecula woman, in Riverside County’s first fentanyl murder case to go...
View ArticleMan Arrested for Alleged Attempted Murder in Santa Monica
A homeless man was in custody Thursday for allegedly assaulting and critically injuring another homeless man, who was found unconscious outside a library branch in Santa Monica. Nathanael Lavoie, 40,...
View ArticleMan Arrested for Alleged Attempted Murder in Santa Monica
A homeless man was in custody Thursday for allegedly assaulting and critically injuring another homeless man, who was found unconscious outside a library branch in Santa Monica. Nathanael Lavoie, 40,...
View ArticlePolice Seek Public Help Finding Long Beach Attempted Murder Suspect
Police sought the public’s help Thursday to find an attempted murder suspect responsible for stabbing a female victim last year. Officers responded to a report of a stabbing in the 900 block of East...
View ArticleMan Charged With Murder in Fatal Crash in Fountain Valley
A 52-year-old Costa Mesa man is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on a murder charge in a fatal DUI crash in Fountain Valley in February. Kevin Cooper was charged Aug. 3 with one count of second-degree...
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Man Suspected in Fatal Cathedral City Applebee’s Shooting Charged With Murder
A Cathedral City man suspected in a fight that led to a fatal shooting at an Applebee’s Grill & Bar was charged Friday with murder. Willie R. Bustamante, 33, additionally faces a sentence-enhancing...
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Man Arrested for Alleged Attempted Murder in Torrance
A man was in custody Wednesday for allegedly threatening and then hitting a person with his car in Torrance, police said. Alphonso King, 47, of the Los Angeles area, was arrested Tuesday in Inglewood...
View ArticleJurors Begin Deliberating in Felon’s Murder Trial
Jurors began deliberating Wednesday in the trial of a convicted felon accused of shooting a man to death in an unincorporated area of Riverside County near Indio. Ruben Corria Esquivel Jr., 34, of...
View ArticleRiverside Woman Arrested on Suspicion of Attempted Murder
A 45-year-old Riverside woman was behind bars Thursday on suspicion of attempted murder for allegedly setting fire to an occupied San Jacinto apartment. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleMan Charged With Attempted Murder for Alleged Attack With Car in Torrance
A man who allegedly struck a person with his car in Torrance was charged Thursday with attempted murder. Alphonso King, 47, of the Los Angeles area, was arrested Tuesday in Inglewood in connection with...
View ArticleThree Convicted of Murder of Man Whose Body Was Found in Walnut
Three men were convicted Friday of murdering a 21-year-old man whom a prosecutor argued was mistakenly targeted because one of the men wrongly believed one of his adult daughters had been assaulted by...
View ArticleAccused Cop Killer Found Guilty of Murder in Retrial
An ex-con was found guilty Friday of first-degree murder in a retrial over the killing of a Los Angeles Police Department officer during a traffic stop in Lake View Terrace more than 40 years ago. The...
View ArticleProbationer Indicted in Cold Case Murder of Desert Woman
A probationer accused of fatally stabbing a 39-year-old woman during an attack in her Desert Hot Springs apartment nearly three decades ago was re-arraigned Friday following a grand jury indictment for...
View ArticleAccused Cop Killer Found Guilty Of Murder In Retrial
An ex-con was found guilty Friday of first-degree murder in a retrial stemming from the killing of a Los Angeles Police Department officer during a traffic stop in Lake View Terrace more than 40 years...
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Trial Date Set For Man Accused Of Double Murder In Corona Theater
A November trial date is set for a 22-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a couple watching a thriller at a Corona movie theater while in the midst of delusions about someone trying to kill him....
View ArticleJudge Denies Bid for Re-Sentencing in Off-Duty Deputy’s Murder
A judge Thursday rejected a bid for re-sentencing by one of two men convicted of the murder of an off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy in Long Beach more than 17 years ago. With Sheriff Robert...
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Judge Denies Bid for Re-Sentencing in Off-Duty Deputy’s Murder
A judge Thursday rejected a bid for re-sentencing by one of two men convicted of the murder of an off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy in Long Beach more than 17 years ago. With Sheriff Robert...
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