Associated Press | May 21, 2013 LOS ANGELES—Prosecutors said they were considering appealing a judge’s decision to reduce a jury’s verdict of second-degree murder against a man who killed a houseguest and buried him in his Southern California backyard. The victim’s family expressed shock after Superior Court Judge Raul A. Sahagun changed Robert Redd’s conviction [...]
Richard Winton (Los Angeles Times) | May 21, 2013 The family of an unarmed man killed by a Downey police officer with a submachine gun in a case of mistaken identity has agreed to a $4.5-million settlement with the city’s insurer. Michael Nida, 31, was fatally shot in the back Oct. 22, 2011, by Officer [...]
KABC | May 20, 2013 SACRAMENTO — A 10-year-old girl was fatally shot inside her home just outside of Sacramento Saturday. Police are searching for the suspects. Deputies say at least two gunmen walked up the door of the Northern California home and fired at least a dozen shots. Elvira Campos was killed. Her parents [...]
Sandra Hernandez (Los Angeles Times) | May 20, 2013 The Senate Judiciary Committee continued its markup of a bipartisan immigration reform bill Monday, rejecting an amendment by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) that would have barred undocumented immigrants who are merely suspected of belonging to a gang, but not convicted of a crime, from legalizing their [...]
Brian Day (Los Angeles Daily News) | May 19, 2013 LA PUENTE – A La Puente man died after being shot while riding a skateboard down a street late Saturday, according to sheriff’s officials and neighbors. The identity of the shooting victim was not released Sunday pending confirmation that his family had been notified, Los [...]
Greg Mellen (Los Angeles Daily News) | May 17, 2013 After several delays in court proceedings, trial will likely begin later this year for two known gang members accused of murder and kidnapping in one of the worst mass killings in Long Beach history. The two defendants, Max Elisio Rafael, 26, and David Cruz Ponce, [...]
Dana Littlefield (San Diego Union-Tribune) | May 17, 2013 The District Attorney’s Office has released the latest in series of podcasts, this one focusing on gang prosecutions and recent gang trends. The podcast, which was posted on the agency’s website Tuesday, features District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis speaking with Deputy District Attorney Dana Greisen, chief of [...]
Joel Rubin (Los Angeles Times) | May 17, 2013 Los Angeles leaders say the Los Angeles Police Department has undergone a dramatic transformation since federal oversight of the agency was ordered 12 years ago. The dismissal Wednesday of the so-called consent decree, which arose largely out of the Rampart corruption scandal and addressed basic problems [...]
Diana Marcum and Kate Mather (Los Angeles Times) | May 16, 2013 BAKERSFIELD — About a dozen people gathered in front of the Kern County Superior Court building Thursday to protest the death of David Sal Silva, the man who died less than hour after he was beaten by Kern County sheriff’s deputies last week. [...]
Andrew Blankstein (Los Angeles Times) | May 15, 2013 Seven reputed Montebello-area gang members have been arrested for their alleged involvement in at least half a dozen murders stemming from ongoing rivalries over drugs and turf, authorities said Wednesday. Officials from those agencies, as well as the U.S. attorney’s office and the Los Angeles County [...]
Zen Vuong (Los Angeles Daily News ) | May 14, 2013 ALHAMBRA — The Alhambra Police Department is the first law-enforcement agency in Southern California to fully implement Predictive Policing, a cloud-based software that forecasts areas where crimes are likely to be committed. Some divisions in the Los Angeles Police Department also use PredPol, which [...]
Gilroy Dispatch | May 14, 2013 Morgan Hill police arrested three car illegal street gang members – including one juvenile – who allegedly stole two vehicles and burglarized another early Monday morning. About 2:46 a.m. Monday, officers were dispatched to a vehicle alarm at Terracina Apartments, 230 E. Dunne Ave., according to an MHPD press [...]
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