A California toddler has been hospitalized after his 17-year-old brother stabbed him early Saturday morning and tried to strangle their mother. Visalia Police say the suspect’s stepfather pulled him away from his mother, and he fled the scene. Officers later found him and booked him on two counts of attempted murder. The 2-year-old boy was …
The Los Angeles County District Attorney announced murder charges on Tuesday against a 19-year-old man who broke into a Lancaster home earlier this month and shot four people in their sleep. Miguel Diego Sandoval allegedly shot 23-year-old Matthew Montebello, 29-year-old Christine Aca-ac, her 24-year-old brother Janvi Maquindang, and 24-year-old Edwin Garcia then set fire to …
An elementary school assistant principal was arrested on Friday and charged with molesting eight children at a school in Santa Paula, California. David Lane Braff Jr., 42, faces 17 counts of lewd acts upon a child under 14 and is scheduled for arraignment on Monday, Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced. He also faces …
A California father has been arrested after his 2-year-old child found a loaded, unsecured gun and killed themselves with it. Merced Police said they and medics were called to the scene at about 4 p.m. on Friday and immediately began life-saving measures, but the toddler was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital, KMPH reported. …
A California man has been charged with murder and attempted murder after he allegedly killed his mother and tried to kill his wife before making an attempt on his own life. The Vallejo Police Department said that Frank James McMillan, 63, stabbed his wife at least once before stabbing himself just after 8:30 a.m. on …
A man already registered for life as a sex offender against children has been arrested for kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old girl in central California. Edgar Perez Medina, 35, posed as an 18-year-old man on social media to talk with the girl and made plans to meet her, the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office said. When …
The request from Los Angeles County prosecutors to resentence brothers Erik and Lyle Mendendez — currently serving life without parole sentences for the murders of their parents in 1989 — has been sent to the Van Nuys Courthouse, where it will be heard by a new judge. The case was initially to be heard by …
The mother of a 4-year-old California boy was arrested on Friday after the child found a loaded, unsecured gun in her car and shot himself. Latisha Walker, 26, left her son in the car while she went inside a business, according to KCRA. Shynice Cordoba, a witness, said she was having her nails done at …
A California man who plotted for two years to kill the 16-year-old girl he blamed for getting him expelled from school will never get out of prison. Owen Skyler Shover, 23, was sentenced to life without parole in the 2019 murder of Aranda Briones, KESQ reported. He was convicted in August. “The victim didn’t deserve …
A California man has been arrested after the body of his father was found shot dead in a Union City dumpster. Hayward Police launched an investigation when the 58-year-old father didn’t show upt to work on Wednesday and was not answering his phone, KRON reported. While officers didn’t find the man, they did find evidence …
A former California high school teacher was charged last week with sex crimes against a minor, three years after he was found in the bedroom of a 16-year-old student. Enochs High School Band teacher Patrick Mester was fired in March 2021 after he was arrested for inappropriate communication with the then-16-year-old student. Seven months later, …
California police looking for a missing person instead found the mummified body of a different person on the toilet of the home where they looked. Union City police said they were asked by a family member to check on Nadine Parker, 95, in August. Parker, they learned, had been moved to a senior home in …
