A California music instructor who photographed five elementary school students using flutes he ejaculated into was sentenced Wednesday to 18 years in prison. The California Attorney General’s Office announced John Zeretzke’s sentencing in a statement issued Wednesday. Zeretzke, 61, was indicted last year, after an investigation by the United States Postal Inspection Service, Los Angeles …
Authorities in California arrested a suspect Saturday who allegedly killed a doctor and wounded two others in two separate shootings on Friday. KTVU reported that Ari Gershman, 45, was off-roading with his 15-year-old son in a remote area of the Tahoe National Forest, near Downieville, when he was fatally shot. Gershman’s son reportedly hid in …
Police in the southern California city of Bakersfield have arrested a 24-year-old man in connection with the disappearance of a 13-year-old girl who was last seen on July 1. Armando Cruz was arrested on suspicion of murder, sexual assault, and kidnapping in the disappearance of Patricia Alatorre, according to KGET. Late Sunday night the Bakersfield Police …
A 13-year-old California girl was killed and her 8-year-old brother was injured Sunday in a carjacking that unfolded as their parents purchased food at a nearby restaurant, authorities said. The Los Angles County Sheriff’s Department said Jose Aguilar, 26, jumped in the front seat of a running van which had four siblings — ages 18, …
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced the arrests over the weekend of three men in the disappearance of a 26-year-old woman and her 28-year-old boyfriend more than three years ago in southern California. Manuel Rios, 28; Abraham Fregoso, 32; and Jesus Ruiz Jr., 41, have been charged with murder, the sheriff’s department said. Audrey Moran …
A former Walmart Distribution Center worker crashed his SUV into the building’s lobby area on Saturday and opened fire, killing one and wounding several others before police engaged and shot him. The suspect, Louis Lane, 31, died at the hospital. The Tehama County Sheriff’s Department said he had been fired from the Red Bluff, California, …
Authorities in California are searching for a woman who reportedly made a series of concerning posts to her Facebook page before she vanished on Wednesday. The Times of San Diego reported that someone contacted San Diego County police after Katelyn Schwindt, 27. posted several messages to her Facebook stories about being at Pala Casino Wednesday …
A California woman who was reportedly filmed Friday coughing on a 1-year-old boy at a yogurt shop has reportedly been identified as a school employee. The Oak Grove School District said in a statement that they’re aware that Friday’s incident at a Yogurtland in San Jose possibly involved one of their employees. School officials said …
Authorities in California are looking for a woman who they said intentionally coughed on a 1-year-old boy during an argument with the child’s mother. The San Jose Police Department said in a press release that the incident occurred Friday at a Yogurtland in San Jose. At the time of the alleged assault, the unidentified suspect …
On Monday, a former attorney was found guilty in California of killing his ex-wife on a Meditteranean cruise 14 years earlier. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced that Lonnie Kocontes, 62, was convicted of murder with a special circumstance allegation of murder for financial gain for the May 2006 murder of Micki Kanesaki, 52. …
Two Black men have reportedly been found hanging from trees in Southern California within the past two weeks, sparking questions about whether foul play is involved. The Victorville Daily Press reported that on May 31, Malcolm Harsch, 38, was found dead near a homeless encampment in Victorville. Officials said his body was located approximately a …
California authorities said an investigation is underway after a young man’s body was found early Wednesday hanging from a tree near city hall. Lieutenant Brandon Dean of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau told My News LA that the unidentified male was found with a rope around his neck and hanging from a …
