Category: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

Woman Arrested After Striking Deputy With Vehicle

SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif.—A woman is in custody Jan. 20 after striking a sheriff’s deputy and a man with a vehicle and fleeing the scene, detectives say. Deputies from the Temple Station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded at 11:10 p.m. on Jan. 19 to a parking lot of a business shopping center…


LA County Sheriff Says Super Bowl Draws Human Traffickers

LOS ANGELES—As Los Angeles prepares to host the Super Bowl, Sheriff Alex Villanueva Wednesday reminded residents that the event is a magnet for human trafficking. Villanueva also highlighted January as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. “This is … always a lead-up to the Super Bowl, which ends up being one of the major events that…


Four Arrested in Connection With Fatal Shooting of Off-Duty LAPD Officer

LOS ANGELES—Four people have now been arrested in connection with the shooting death of an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer, authorities said Jan. 12. The officer, 27-year-old Fernando Arroyos, a three-year veteran of the LAPD, was shot about 9:15 p.m. Monday in an apparent exchange of gunfire with as many as three armed…


LA County Approves $1M Settlement with Inmate/FBI Informant

LOS ANGELES—The inmate-turned-informant at the center of a scandal that led to the conviction of former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca and other sheriff’s department officials will get a $1 million payout from the county, according to documents obtained Jan 12. Anthony Brown filed a civil rights suit against the county, Baca, and others in…


Sheriff Villanueva Raises $1.25 Million for Reelection Campaign

LOS ANGELES—Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s campaign for reelection has raised more than $1.25 million, it was announced Jan. 7. His campaign has about $1 million on hand and has raised more than $900,000 in 2021. Villanueva was elected as Los Angeles County Sheriff in 2018 and ran a campaign of “reform, rebuild and restore.” Villanueva’s campaign…


LA Woman Fatally Attacked by 4 Family Dogs

EAST VALINDA, Calif.—A woman was attacked and killed by her four dogs in the backyard of her home in the East Valinda area of the San Gabriel Valley, authorities said Dec. 29. The attack occurred about 5 p.m. Tuesday on Elizondo Street, according to Sgt. V. Munshi of the Industry Sheriff’s Station. The woman, whom the coroner…


Lancaster Man Suspected of Killing Family Held on $10M Bond

LANCASTER, Calif.—A Lancaster man suspected of killing his four children and mother-in-law Nov. 28 is being held on a $10 million bond. Homicide investigators arrested Germarcus Lamar David, 29, after five of his family members were found shot to death inside their Lancaster home. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau investigators responded to a shooting…


Villanueva: Antelope Valley Pot Raids Seized $1.19B in Marijuana

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A massive law-enforcement crackdown on illegal marijuana-grow operations in the Antelope Valley last month resulted in more than 130 arrests and the seizure of marijuana with a street value of more than $1.19 billion, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said July 7. When the raids started June 8, Villanueva called them “the largest operation ever…


Multi-Agency Raids Target Illegal Marijuana Grows in LA County

LANCASTER—Law enforcement authorities cleared numerous illegal marijuana grow locations in the Antelope Valley June 8 in what the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deemed “the largest operation ever to take place in the history of LASD.” By late morning, the sheriff’s department reported that authorities have made “several arrests” and expected to recover “several thousand…


Sheriff’s Deputies to Meet with Homeless in Venice

VENICE—Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies will be on Venice Beach on June 8—technically, in the Los Angele Police Department’s (LAPD) jurisdiction – talking with the homeless and determining what they are doing to move from being homeless to having a place to stay. Sheriff Alex Villanueva made the announcement June 7, saying the homelessness crisis…