Category: California Highway Patrol

Nurse Accused in Fiery Windsor Hills Crash Still Hospitalized, Awaits Charges

LOS ANGELES—A registered nurse suspected of speeding a Mercedes-Benz through a Windsor Hills intersection, sparking a fiery crash that killed six people—including an infant, a pregnant woman, and her fetus—remained hospitalized and under arrest Aug. 5 on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter. The Mercedes driver, Nicole Lorraine Linton, 37, of Los Angeles, survived the Aug. 4…


Orange County Police Receives Cannabis Tax Grant for DUI Intervention Training

Five Orange County cities—including Anaheim, Brea, Fullerton, Irvine, and Orange—received funding this month from the state’s cannabis sales tax revenue for their police officers to be better trained in preventing tragedies caused by people driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol or drugs. This year, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Cannabis Tax Fund Grant distributed…


Woman, Boyfriend Arrested in Death of Her 7-Year-Old Daughter

SANTA CLARITA, Calif.—A woman and her boyfriend were arrested in connection with the death of the woman’s 7-year-old daughter, who fell from a moving vehicle onto the northbound Golden State (5) Freeway over the weekend, authorities said July 6. The girl was fatally injured at about 3:40 a.m. July 2 near Weldon Canyon Road, the…


Suspected Drunk Driver, Passenger Killed While Fleeing Police

LA HABRA, Calif.—A suspected drunk driver and his passenger were killed when he tried to evade police during a speedy but brief pursuit from La Habra into Rowland Heights, where his vehicle crashed into another vehicle, authorities said on June 2. Paramedics took the driver of the second vehicle to a hospital with minor injuries,…


LA Mayor’s Office Employee Fatally Strikes Pedestrian on 170 Freeway

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—The director of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Crisis Response Team fatally struck a pedestrian on the Hollywood (170) Freeway in North Hollywood, the mayor’s office confirmed on June 1. The pedestrian, who has not been identified, was struck around 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday on the northbound freeway at Victory Boulevard, California Highway…


UCSD Grad Student Accused in CHP Officer’s Shooting Pleads Insanity

SAN DIEGO—A 25-year-old graduate student accused of trying to grab a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer’s gun during an altercation on Interstate 8 in Mission Valley, leaving the lawman shot in the leg, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity on May 10 to charges that include attempted murder of a peace officer. Yuhao Du,…


California Highway Patrol Officers Hurt in Fiery Wreck

Three California Highway Patrol officers investigating a Los Angeles-area freeway crash were injured early Thursday when a motorist smashed into a CHP patrol car and it burst into flames, authorities said. The fiery wreck occurred around 1:30 a.m. on the eastbound side of Interstate 105 in Downey, southeast of downtown Los Angeles. An officer who…


Former LA Port Engineer Gets 3 Years for Intentional Train Wreck

LOS ANGELES—A former locomotive engineer at the Port of Los Angeles was sentenced to three years behind bars on April 13 for intentionally running a train at full speed off the tracks near the Navy hospital ship Mercy, claiming the vessel was docked at the port as part of a possible “government takeover.” Eduardo Moreno…


CHP Arrested 9 in Organized Retail Theft Operation

GLENDALE, Calif.—Nine people have been arrested in an organized retail theft operation, and nearly $200,000 in stolen merchandise and cash have been recovered, California Highway Patrol (CHP) officials announced on March 25. The arrests were the result of a three-month investigation by members of the CHP’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force into a criminal operation known as the…


CHP Arrest 9 in Organized Retail Theft Operation

GLENDALE, Calif.—Nine people have been arrested in an organized retail theft operation, and nearly $200,000 in stolen merchandise and cash have been recovered, California Highway Patrol (CHP) officials announced on March 25. The arrests were the result of a three-month investigation by members of the CHP’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force into a criminal operation known as the…