Employees at a family-owned California jewelry store chose violence on Saturday and fought off a would-be thief with their fists, feet, and a long stick. According to El Monte police, the attempted robbery took place shortly after 2 p.m. on Saturday at Meza’s Jewelry, when the suspect came in with a hammer and smashed a …
An elderly California couple vanished on Wednesday while on their way to a fruit stand. Jose and Maria Dutra set off for Casa De Fruta in Gilroy and last spoke with their daughter by phone at about 10:30 p.m., KION reported. At that time, they said they were in a parking lot with a Target …
John Patrick Dowling also shot 5 other people, including his estranged wife, before deputies shot and killed him.
Police in California found the body of a missing 19-year-old woman and arrested a man believed to have kidnapped and shot her. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Andrea Vasquez was sitting in a car with her boyfriend in the early hours Sunday in a Whittier park when someone fired into the vehicle. The boyfriend said he …
A California clothing store owner and designer was shot and killed outside her shop at Lake Arrowhead by a man who made “disparaging remarks” about a rainbow flag that stood outside the store. Laura Ann Carleton, 66, was the married mother of nine children who was well known as an ally to the LGBTQ community …
The mother of a missing California teen last seen more than a month ago said on Instagram that remains found near her car in a the Santa Cruz mountains earlier this month were her daughter and that she died in a car accident. Although officials have not confirmed that Katie Schneider was found dead, Nola …
A California superior court judge charged with shooting his wife to death texted his court clerk and bailiff minutes after the crime to tell them he “won’t be in tomorrow” because “I’ll be in custody.” Jeffrey Ferguson, an Orange County Superior Court judge since 2015, allegedly shot his wife, Sheryl Ferguson, in the chest after …
A Marine who was detained and questioned after a missing 14-year-old girl was found in his California barracks has been charged with sexual assault of a minor. Military police at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton found the girl on June 28, more than two weeks after she was reported missing by her grandmother, as CrimeOnline …
A California mom accused of throwing drunken sex parties for teens at her multi-million dollar house was jumped by five inmates in a jail dorm room last fall. Shannon O’Connor, who is awaiting trial on 39 counts, including child endangerment and child molestation, was taken to a hospital for treatment for injuries to her face …
A California toddler’s mom and grandparents broke into her father’s car this week when they found the little girl locked inside with the windows rolled up as temperatures soared into the lower 100s. Jose Ladel Woodcook Serna, 24, failed to bring little Meadow home at the end of a court-ordered, two-hour visitation on August 4, …
Investigators looking for a California teen who disappeared more than a month ago have found the girl’s car in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Katherine (Katie) Schneider was last seen on July 5 driving away from her home in Saratoga, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office said. Last week, the sheriff’s office sent out a notice …
The LosAngeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating after a man’s naked body was found floating inside a 55-gallon drum at Malibu Lagoon State Beach on Monday. Police identified the victim Tuesday as 32-year-old Javonnta Murphy but provided no other information about him, KTLA reported. A park maintenance worker first saw the drum Sunday night, floating …
