A California man was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly kidnapped his sister’s 4- and 6-year-old children and led officers on a short chase. The man, who has not been named, “spontaneously” told officers “that he wanted to take the children to heaven” after he was taken into custody. Upland Police said they made the stop …
Three members of a family — including an infant — were found dead in three Los Angeles County locations on Monday. The California Highway Patrol got the first inkling of what was happening at about 4:30 a.m. when callers reported a 5-6 month old baby girl in the roadway of the 405 Freeway and a …
Authorities in California have identified the road rager who killed a 4-year-old boy in the back seat of his parents’ car last week. Byron Burkhart, 29, is charged with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder, one count of shooting at an occupied vehicle, and five counts of possession of a firearm by …
A 4-year-old boy was shot dead Friday evening when an angry driver opened fire into his family’s vehicle. The boy was in the back seat and struck by gunfire in the upper body, police told the Los Angeles Times. His parents rushed him to a hospital, but it was too late, and he was pronounced …
A 12-year-old boy was found shot dead in the Canyon Country area of Los Angeles County on Monday. Deputies were sent to the area around Sand Canyon and Placerita Canyon Roads at about 6:30 a.m., the LA County Sheriff’s Department said. The Los Angeles County Department of the Medical Examiner said that William Lemus Ayala …
A 72-year-old man who opened fire at a California Lunar New Year celebration Saturday night — killing 10 and wounding 10 more — was found dead Sunday afternoon from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said at a Sunday night press conference that the suspect, identified as Huu Can Tran, went …
A man named Fernando has been barricaded inside a California trailer home in Lancaster for hours with an infant he has threatened to shoot, authorities say. The California Highway Patrol said the incident began shortly before midnight Tuesday with a high-speed chase near Santa Clarita on State Route 14, according to KNBC. The baby was …
The driver who rammed through a line of police recruits out on a training run earlier this week has been released for “insufficient evidence.” The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department originally charged Nicholas Joseph Guttierez with attempted murder of a police officer, saying he intentionally plowed through the group of trainees, as CrimeOnline previously reported. The …
A 22-year-old man intentionally drove into a group of 75 California police recruits on a training run Wednesday morning in Whittier, sending 25 of them to area hospitals, investigators say. Los Angeles County Sheriff’Alex Villanueva said that Nicholas Joseph Gutierrez was driving an SUV on the wrong side of the road and abruptly swerved into …
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 …
Los Angeles County prosecutors added more sex crime charges to the docket against Ron Jeremy on Wednesday, the second time this summer they’ve amended the complaint against the 67-year-old porn star. Jeremy, whose real name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, was arraigned on three counts of forcible rape, two counts of forcible oral copulation, and one …
According to authorities in California, a sheriff’s investigator in the sex crimes division is accused of raping a teen after meeting her through a case he was handling. Ventura County Chief Assistant District Attorney Michael Schwartz said 45-year-old Neil David Kimball allegedly tied the girl up during the attack and subsequently threatened her in an …
