Driver in Deadly PCH Crash Arraigned on Murder, DUI Charges
A San Clemente woman pleaded not guilty Monday to murder and DUI charges stemming from a fiery crash on Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach that killed two teenagers and an 18-year-old man. Bani...
View ArticleAccused 1977 Killer Faces Justice: Rape, Stabbed as Kids Watched
A 60-year-old man accused of raping and stabbing a woman to death in front of her children in their South Los Angeles home more than 40 years ago made his initial court appearance Monday on a capital...
View ArticlePalm Desert Couple Returned to Indiana to Face Charges in Woman’s Murder
A Palm Desert couple accused in the arson death of a former Coachella Valley resident in Indiana were extradited to that state to face prosecution, local jail records show. Noel Montes Cazares, 48, and...
View ArticleTrial Proceedings Begin for Parolee Accused of Murder
Pretrial motions concluded Tuesday ahead of jury selection for the trial of an ex-con accused of shooting his girlfriend and leaving her body in a car that was abandoned on a Perris street. Martin...
View ArticleFelon Accused of Causing Man’s Fatal Spill to Stand Trial for Murder
An ex-con accused of robbing and prompting a man to leap from a moving car, causing fatal injuries, was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on murder and other charges. Dimantria Frances James, 46, of...
View ArticleVictims In Riverside Double Murder Identified
A 23-year-old Riverside man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly gunning down two women in a car parked on the west end of the city. Daniel Garcia was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center in...
View ArticleWitness Waffles on Murder Victim’s Love Interests
A woman whose mother and younger sister were allegedly killed in a triple-murder by two men in Pinyon Pines testified Thursday that she didn’t believe her sibling was dating anyone at the time of her...
View ArticleMan’s Conviction Upheld for 1994 Murder of Gas Station Clerk
A state appeals court panel has upheld a man’s conviction for fatally shooting a cashier during an attempted robbery at a gas station in Diamond Bar more than two decades ago. In a ruling released...
View ArticleDefendant Sentenced for 1974 Murder
A Santa Rosa man was sentenced Friday to seven years to life in prison for strangling a 31-year-old woman in her La Palma apartment four decades ago. Still undetermined, however, was how long Larry...
View ArticleMan’s Conviction Upheld for 1994 Murder of Gas Station Clerk
A state appeals court panel has upheld a man’s conviction for fatally shooting a cashier during an attempted robbery at a gas station in Diamond Bar more than two decades ago. In a ruling released...
View ArticleDefendant Sentenced for 1974 Murder
A Santa Rosa man was sentenced Friday to seven years to life in prison for strangling a 31-year-old woman in her La Palma apartment four decades ago. Still undetermined, however, was how long Larry...
View ArticleMinus Witness, Prosecutors to Read Prior Testimony in Triple Murder Trial
A key witness in the trial of two men accused of killing a Pinyon Pines family was granted a judicial dispensation Tuesday under which he will not have to testify in the murder trial to prevent...
View Article19-Year-Old Man Charged with Capital Murder of Two in Inglewood
A 19-year-old Inglewood resident was charged Monday with murdering two men, one of whom he was dating. Christian Francisco Veliz made his initial court appearance on two counts of murder with a special...
View ArticleGang Member’s First-Degree Murder Conviction Reversed
A state appeals court panel Tuesday reversed the first-degree murder conviction of one of three gang members allegedly involved in shooting a woman to death in front of her 3-year-old daughter on...
View ArticleProsecution Witness’s Credibility Questioned in Triple Murder Trial
A key prosecution witness in the trial of two men charged with a Pinyon Pines triple murder is a convicted felon who threatened to kill his boss at a Palm Springs water park and brandished a handgun at...
View ArticleConvicted Drunk Driver Charged with Murder in DUI Collision
A twice-convicted drunken driver was charged Friday with second-degree murder and DUI for allegedly plowing an SUV into an Irvine family walking home from a park, killing a 44-year-old mother and...
View ArticleConvicted Drunk Driver Charged with Murder in DUI Collision
A twice-convicted drunken driver was charged Friday with second-degree murder and DUI for allegedly plowing an SUV into an Irvine family walking home from a park, killing a 44-year-old mother and...
View ArticleFugitive Arrested in Attempted Murder of Undercover Whittier Detective
A suspected gang member who had been a fugitive for nearly two years is behind bars Friday facing a federal racketeering indictment that charges him in the attempted murder of an undercover Whittier...
View ArticleJuror Misconduct Claim Denied by OC Judge in Transvestite Murder Case
A judge Friday denied a motion to question jurors who convicted a man of murder in the throat-slashing death of a transvestite in Mission Viejo, finding no credibility to defense claims of misconduct...
View ArticleProsecutor: Defendants Telling `Lies,’ Deserve Murder Convictions
Two men accused in a Pinyon Pines triple killing told lies and left behind clues that prove they committed the murders, a prosecutor said Wednesday, urging jurors to weigh the “totality” of facts...
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