Crime And Public Safety

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Grammy winner Lil Durk pleads not guilty in LA murder for hire

A judge ordered the rapper jailed without bond at the federal lockup in downtown Los Angeles.

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Newborn found dead on Skid Row sidewalk

Some bystanders tried to perform CPR on the baby, but the child was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a media report.

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After release from prison for ‘severe obesity,’ Richmond gang member re-offended and received new prison term

Lipine Faafiu was arrested on suspicion of possessing guns inside his Richmond apartment, and now he's headed back to federal prison for it.

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Testimony: Ex-Marine misused combat technique in killing subway rider

In the eighteen months since the killing, Penny has been embraced by conservatives as a good Samaritan who used his military training to protect his fellow riders. U.S. Rep. U.S. Matt Gaetz, who President-elect Donald Trump nominated this week as his attorney general, described him as a "Subway Superman."

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Woman accused of impersonating nurse at Burbank, Santa Clarita hospitals

Amanda Leeann Porter of Virginia allegedly carried out similar scams at other Southern California hospitals, according to the Burbank Police Department.

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Moraga tennis coach, 64, arrested on suspicion of molesting girl

Michael Roy Howard, 64, allegedly brought a teen girl to his home and sexually abused her, months after the two met at a Contra Costa tennis court.

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Rialto police arrest pair in $100,000 storage unit thefts

The boyfriend and girlfriend are Fontana residents. Police say they broke in to 20 units in the Inland Empire and LA County.

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Antioch City Council explores police substation in crime-ridden Sycamore corridor

City has been directed to look for a space for a police substation in Sycamore Square located

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San Jose: Judge denies bail for Omar Torres in molestation case

A separate sexual misconduct scandal and investigation factored into a judge's ruling to keep Torres in jail.

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Man wanted in 3 attempted carjackings on LA’s Eastside is seen on surveillance video

Police say they have a name to go with surveillance video of the suspect in the Boyle Heights and Lincoln Heights incidents.

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Fremont approves new RV parking ban

“They’re going to keep trying to get rid of us,” homeless resident Joey Alvarez, 59, said. “We’re taxpayers too.”

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Small plane crashes in Van Nuys; no serious injuries

The crash was reported about 7:10 a.m. near the 15300 block of West Burbank Boulevard.

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Man charged with running over, killing pedestrian at Bay Area shopping mall

A 25-year-old Fairfield man faces another court hearing early next week following his arrest Thursday on suspicion of running over an unidentified victim “multiple times,” causing the person’s death, then fleeing the scene.

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Man imprisoned for wife’s slaying in North Hollywood is killed in prison

Nick Vedol Lopez, 55, was serving time for the 2019 killing of his wife, Tanya.

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Woman fatally shot in Hawthorne is identified

Kmore Justine Brownstone, 54, of Hawthorne, was killed Sunday morning.

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19-year-old woman from North Carolina killed in Monterey hit-and-run

The California Highway Patrol is seeking the identity of the driver who hit the woman.

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Sylmar man pleads guilty in child pornography case involving extortion and photos of local girls

Alejandro Garcia Aranda, 23, faces between five and 20 years behind bars when he's sentenced in February