DEVELOPING: At least 3 dead after driver plows into pedestrians near city college [Reports]
Breaking
Police suspect the driver may have been impaired at the time of the crash
Missing
March 12, 2021
Toddler brothers disappear from back yard; cops suspect FOUL PLAY
Police looking for two young boys who disappeared from California City in December conducted a search at the home of their adoptive grandparents in Bakersfield on Friday, 23ABC reports. Orson and Orrin West, ages 3 and 4, were last seen on December 21, 2020, their adoptive parents said, as CrimeOnline previously reported. 23ABC said that …
Jail
March 11, 2021
ANOTHER murder suspect is accidentally freed from jail as authorities deflect blame: Report
California authorities are looking for a murder suspect who was reportedly freed from custody by mistake on Tuesday. According to KCBS, Steven Manzo, 24, had been in the Century Regional Detention Center since last March for fatally shooting Salvador Corrales, 24, in Long Beach in 2018. At the time of Manzo’s release, he was being …
Sex Crimes
March 9, 2021
Suspect kidnaps jogger, rapes woman weeks later while wearing ankle monitor after jail release: Report
A California man who was released from jail after kidnapping and attacking a woman in September was arrested weeks later for raping another woman, according to reports. The victim in September’s attack, who requested to only be identified as Valeria, told KGO that she was jogging in Potrero Hill when Allen Stewart, 25, pushed her …
Animal Crimes
March 7, 2021
Drug investigation finds alligator in ‘poorly secure tank in rancid water’
Oxnard Police knew what they might find when they conducted a search of Donny Askar’s waterfront home earlier this month, and it wasn’t just the drugs they were investigating. After taking the 44-year-old Askar into custody in Port Hueneme, they headed to his home in Oxnard’s Channel Islands neighborhood. Sure enough, along with heroin, methamphetamines, …
Breaking
March 2, 2021
BREAKING: At least 15 people killed in highway crash in California [Reports]
At least 15 people were killed on Tuesday in California when an S.U.V. and tractor-trailer collided on a highway, according to emerging reports. The New York Times reported that the accident occurred on State Route 115 near El Centro, which is east of San Diego. Imperial County Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief Sal Flores confirmed …
Attempted Murder
February 26, 2021
California man tries to throw wife in the ocean, bury her in the sand: Cops
A southern California man was jailed this week after he allegedly tried to bury his wife alive in the sand on a beach, the Coronado Police Department said. Officers responded to call just before 9 p.m. on Wednesday from a woman who said he husband tried to kill her. When they arrived, they found the …
Accident
February 25, 2021
Teen Lamborghini driver who killed LA secretary reportedly had no driver’s license [Family]
A 32-year-old secretary who dreamed of going to law school died last week in a violent car crash when a 17-year-old behind the wheel of Lamborghini slammed into her as she drove home from work. And now Monique Munoz’s family says the teen — who suffered minor head injuries — was driving 120 mph while …
Missing
February 21, 2021
Dad jailed for murder and shooting at first responders; search on for 4-year-old son and boy’s mom
A suspect who randomly fired at first responders tending to a patient needing medical assistance was later charged with murder when the investigation led deputies to a home where they found a 64-year-old man dead, according to the Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office. Darryon Williams, 26, has been charged with murder in the death of 64-year-old …
Juveniles
February 14, 2021
13-year-old girl takes mom’s car for joyride, kills 2 men when she crashes while fleeing cops
A 13-year-old girl fleeing from police lost control of her mother’s SUV, which she’d taken without permission, and crashed, killing two homeless men who were sleeping in the bushes along the road, Escondido, California, Police said. The incident began just before 11:30 p.m. Friday, police said, when an officer tried to pull over a Ford …
Murder
February 12, 2021
2 women found dead in storage facilities; California man arrested [Cops]
A California man was arrested this week and charged with two counts of murder after detectives found the bodies of two women in storage facilities associated with him, the Amador County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. Detectives were searching for a possible missing woman on Wednesday, the sheriff’s office said, and had determined that the woman …
Murder
February 3, 2021
Mom of 4-year-old & 15-year-old girl were victims whose bodies were live-streamed by alleged killer
The victims in the shocking murders of two women whose bodies were live-streamed by their alleged killer have been identified 26-year-old Savannah Theberge and a 15-year-old girl, CBS Sacramento reports. Raymond Michael “Zino” Weber, 29, was charged with two counts of murder after he was seen on the livestream with the two bodies, as he …