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CRIME & SAFETY
Restaurant Owner Fed Up with Repeated Attacks by Homeless People
A restaurant owner says he’s fed up with vandalism and attacks on customers by homeless people. Ramon Artiego owns Mimo’s Cafe in Whittier, and the latest random attack on a customer happened this week. customer had to get four stitches in his head after getting punched. Artiego says...
Diabetic Woman Reported Missing in Whittier
A 61-year-old woman who authorities say is diabetic and dependant on medication was reported missing Friday after she was last seen in Whittier. Karrie Lynn Herrera was last seen on Wednesday around 1 a.m. on the 10900 block of Carmenita Road, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. Herrera is...
Suspect in California murder arrested in Mexico almost two decades after the crime
SEATTLE - Police arrested a man accused of murder for a crime committed almost two decades ago in the city of Riverside, California. Luis Contreras, 50, was arrested by Mexican authorities in Mexicali on July 8, and has since been extradited back to Riverside County to face charges. Contreras is the primary suspect in the 2005 killing of 38-year-old Vera, found dead from multiple gunshot wounds inside a home on the 4700 block of Doane Avenue in Riverside.
One-day-old baby found dead in home after medics noticed birthing injuries after mom in hospital
Police, who have launched a murder probe, say a woman in her early 20s appeared to have recently given birth after arriving at a arrived at a Woodland Hills hospital in Los Angeles just before 6 p.m
Video shows Long Beach police shooting 17-year-old home intruder
The Long Beach Police Department released new body camera footage on the night of April 26 where officers shot and killed a teen home intruder. Video shows a frantic 911 call from inside a home on Cerritos Avenue in Long Beach. The caller, a grandmother, tells dispatch through a translator that an armed man has entered her home.
Man With Hammer Barricades Inside Apartment Building in Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES, July 25 (KNN) — A man armed with a hammer was barricaded inside an apartment building in Hollywood overnight, and ultimately taken into custody.… Read more "Man With Hammer Barricades Inside Apartment Building in Hollywood">
South L.A. woman wants end to K-9 units after vicious attack
A South Los Angeles woman has filed a lawsuit and is demanding the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department disband its K-9 unit after she was attacked by one of their dogs. Rosa Ramirez, 45, suffered permanent injuries to her left hand — her dominant hand — during the attack, her attorneys said in a news […]
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