Tag: crime

Orange County Sheriff’s Department Honors Fallen Peace Officers 

TUSTIN, Calif.—The Orange County Sheriff Department’s advisory council hosted a memorial May 27 to pay tribute to the 53 peace officers that have been killed while in the line of duty throughout county. The event is held at Orange County Peace Officers’ Memorial site in Tustin every year, although last year’s in-person event was cancelled due to COVID-19….


DA Spitzer Warns Boy’s Killer to Turn Himself In

SANTA ANA—Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer issued a stern warning May 27 to a pair of unidentified suspects sought in the road- rage shooting death of a 6-year-old boy on the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway in Orange, as the reward posted in the case swelled to $310,000. At a news conference in Orange, the…


Alleged Gang Member Charged in Murder of College Student Hours Before Graduation

A 24-year-old suspect who allegedly opened fire near a nightclub in Minneapolis was charged with murder and attempted murder. Prosecutors said (pdf) that Jawan C. Carroll, an alleged member of the gang “Tres Tres,” was charged with two counts of second-degree murder for the fatal shooting of Charlie Johnson, 21, and Christopher Jones, 24. He also…


Wife, Mother of Murder Victims Urge Support for Recall of District Attorney

LOS ANGELES—The widow of a sheriff’s sergeant who was shot to death while responding to a call of a burglar and the mother of a murder victim who was dumped off a cliff in Azusa Canyon called on the public May 26 to support a recall effort for Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon….


Vehicle Vandalism Spree Leads to Arrest

A 35-year-old man was arrested on a felony charge May 23 after a vandal caused more than $50,000 in damage to a series of vehicle in Irvine, Calif. The Irvine Police Department (IPD) responded to parking structures at Park Plaza after receiving a report May 20 that numerous vehicles had been keyed, spokesperson Sgt. Karie Davies…


Defund Police Unions, Not the Police

Commentary   As a relatively new state senator, I did my best to work across the aisle. One example is my assisting Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) in February 2016 when I coauthored one of his more ambitious bills. It was Senate Bill 1286, which addressed police officers and their records of misconduct. If approved,…


Police: Suspect in Custody May Be Tied to Spate of Freeway BB Gun Shootings

LOS ANGELES—Authorities are investigating whether a suspect arrested May 26 in Riverside County may be responsible for a score of BB gun freeway shootings that have left more than 100 vehicle windows shattered across the Southland in recent weeks. “An arrest was made this morning from an incident that occurred in Riverside County yesterday evening,”…


Family of Boy Killed in Road Rage Shooting Seeks Justice

The family of a 6-year-old boy killed during a road rage shooting on the 55 Freeway in Orange, California, say an outpouring of support is keeping them motivated to find justice. Aiden Leos died May 21 after the car he was traveling in was shot; the bullet penetrated the car’s trunk and fatally wounded the boy….


Two USPS Employees Plead Guilty In Los Angeles To EDD Fraud

LOS ANGELES—Two United States Postal Service employees pleaded guilty May 24 in Los Angeles to federal criminal charges accusing them of unlawfully buying and cashing tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of postal money orders with unemployment benefits fraudulently obtained with false claims of COVID-related job losses. Christian Jeremyah James, 31, of South Los Angeles,…


New York Man Arrested for Setting Fire to Jewish School, Synagogue: DOJ

A New York man was been arrested and charged for setting fire to a Jewish school and synagogue in Brooklyn, the Justice Department said. The man, Ali Alaheri, 29, from Brooklyn is accused of piling garbage bags against the side of a yeshiva, or a Jewish school, and synagogue on 36th Street in Brooklyn, and setting the bags…