Authorities have released jail surveillance footage that allegedly reveals guards laughing as they watched an inmate die on the floor of his cell after an extended period of constraint. According to the San Luis Obispo Tribune, a naked Andrew Holland had been bound to a chair for 46 hours when he fell to the floor …
A California school bus driver faces criminal charges stemming from accusations that he maintained inappropriate relationships with multiple students over the past decade. According to KSBW, 58-year-old Bill Harvey is expected to be charged with counts including rape, kidnapping and stalking. He had been employed by the Salinas Union High School District, Monterey County’s largest, …
The Ventura County district attorney charged actress Heather Locklear with four misdemeanors for last month’s domestic violence incident in California, where she allegedly threatened to shoot responding police. TMZ reported that Locklear, 56, was charged with four counts of misdemeanor battery on an officer and is facing a count of resisting or obstructing an officer. Locklear was …
New details and allegations continue to emerge about the gunman behind a lengthy standoff Friday at a California veterans facility that ended with four deaths, including his own. As CrimeOnline previously reported, three employees of Pathway Home, a treatment center on the campus of the Veterans Home of California at Yountville, were killed after the …
A California man was arrested this week on suspicion of child endangerment after police say he left an unattended handgun within the reach of a toddler. According to the Fresno Bee, 38-year-old Armando Ortega allegedly left the firearm on a sofa Wednesday afternoon while he was at a residence on North Lindale Place in Porterville. …
California state Senate leaders are warning one member against behavior some have described as unwelcome physical touching. According to the New York Daily News, Democratic Sen. Bob Hertzerg had been warned against unsolicited hugs prior to a recent report instructing him to avoid initiating any hugging whatsoever. The lawmaker had reportedly earned nicknames including “Huggy …
On the night of her arrest, actress Heather Locklear allegedly told California police that her boyfriend choked and tried to kill her during an altercation. A Ventura County sheriff’s deputy told TMZ that responding officers found boyfriend Christopher Heisser leaning over the bed and restraining Locklear, 56, by her wrists while she laid on the …
Five passengers aboard a Greyhound bus en route to California were stabbed Monday afternoon when a woman allegedly held a toddler girl at knifepoint before slitting her own throat. ABC News reported that the suspect, Teresa Ann Andrade Madrigal, 48, is accused of grabbing a 3-year-old girl by the throat and holding her at knifepoint. Police said Madrigal …
A twice-deported undocumented citizen from Tijuana, Mexico, managed to rake in $361,000 in government benefits by assuming an American’s identity for nearly four decades. According to California court records obtained by The San Diego Union-Tribune, Andres Avelino Anduaga admitting to using a fake birth certificate in 1980 to obtain a drivers license, Social Security number, and …
Police were reportedly at Tori Spelling’s Los Angeles home Thursday morning after a 911 caller claimed she was having some sort of mental breakdown. Law enforcement sources told TMZ that the call involving Spelling, 44, was made at around 7:00 a.m. Friday. At the time, the caller reportedly claimed that Spelling was acting aggressively and …
California police arrested a Santa Ana man who they believe posed as a ride-share driver to rape at least seven women. Canyon News reported that the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office accused Nicolas Morales, 44, Tuesday of carrying out at least seven sexual assaults within a 15-month period, from October 2016 to January 2018. Sargent Steven …
A California police canine underwent surgery after reportedly taking down a wanted carjacking suspect following a high-speed chase through the streets of Orange County. KCBS reported that Santa Ana police dog Puskas lost all his teeth–except for his canine teeth—during Monday’s incident. The dog was treated at VCA Yorba Regional Animal Hospital; it’s not immediately known …
