A McDonald’s drive-thru was the scene of a violent confrontation earlier this month with a woman angrily accused another woman of cutting in front of her in line — eventually striking her with her own car, dragging her 150 feet across the parking lot, and then repeatedly punching her while she was down. The assailant …
A former US Air Force military police sergeant with links to the extremist Boogaloo movement pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to a drive-by shooting that left one federal protective services officer dead and another wounded. Steven Carrillo was an active-duty staff sergeant at Travis Air Force Base on May 29, 2020, when he and …
A Seattle mother was killed sheltering her children from gunshots this week when a man suddenly opened fire on Greyhound bus at a stop in California. Karin Dalton, 43, was traveling with her 14-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter to visit family in New Mexico, Dalton’s aunt told KXTV. The 11-year-old daughter was one of four …
A 59-year-old California woman was found dead and buried in the backyard of a neighbor, police said on Thursday. The Milpitas Police Department said that they received a request for a welfare check for the woman on Monday. The caller said she hadn’t heard from the woman, whose identity is not being released, for several …
On Friday, California police arrested an alleged squatter for illegally living in an elderly man’s home as the elder remains hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning he suffered last month. KNSD reported that Jeffrey Goddard, 41, had been living in the Clairemont house for more than a week. A handcuffed Goddard allegedly said, “It’s alright, I’ll …
The mother of three young sons was shot to death by her boyfriend — who then turned the gun on himself — and it was one of the boys who called 911. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt Derrick Alfred said the boys, ages 5 to 11, were running from the Temple City home when deputies …
California police said they arrested a man who fatally shot his grandmother and his father’s girlfriend on Christmas. Fresno County police said in a statement that Austin Alvarez, 23, opened fire at a Reedley home as his relatives exchanged gifts, killing Magdalena Alvarez, 59, and Meisa Rashid, 39. Officers who responded to the scene learned …
A 49-year-old California man was arrested Friday morning after he allegedly sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl on her way to school. Santa Rosa police said they were called just after 7:30 a.m. on Friday and found the victim at a nearby store and the suspect detained outside the store by two citizens. The girl told …
A California man was arrested Saturday, charged with kidnapping and torturing his girlfriend for a month. The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office said the girlfriend, who was not named, had escaped from 29-year-old Saul Ortega’s home on Thursday but did not immediately call police because he had threatened her family. Fresno County deputies contacted their Stanislaus …
Police said the youngest victim is an infant
An armed security guard protecting a California news crew died Saturday from injuries he suffered when he was shot during an attempted robbery earlier in the week. Kevin Nishita was on duty with a KRON4 crew in Oakland on Wednesday when an assailant attempted to steal camera equipment, KRON4 reported. Nishita was shot in the …
An off-duty Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy slammed into a car carrying a 19-year-old girl and her 12-year-old brother on Wednesday, killing the boy and injuring the woman. Police in South Gate have not identified the deputy and are still investigating the crash. They say speed may have been a factor, KABC reported. Surveillance video …
