A 68-year-old man convicted of murdering an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department detective in 1985 was found dead inside his cell Monday, April 29, while incarcerated at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, officials said. The death is being investigated as a suicide after Daniel Jenkins, the inmate condemned to death, was found unresponsive in his …
LOS ANGELES — Officer-involved shootings and use of force increased by 10% and 25%, respectively, in 2023 compared to the previous year, according to a Los Angeles Police Department report released Tuesday. During Tuesday’s Board of Police Commissioners meeting, Capt. Matthew Plugge, a commanding officer of the Critical Incident Review Division, led a presentation on …
Property crime is trending down, but homicides, robberies and burglaries have increased, Los Angeles Police Department Interim Chief Dominic Choi said Tuesday. As of April 20, property crime was down 4.1% and violent crimes decreased by 7% compared to the same period last year, according to Choi, who spoke at Tuesday’s Board of Police Commissioners …
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is proposing a city budget of $12.8 billion for the 2024-25 fiscal year – a decrease of $293 million (about 2%) from the current fiscal year as the city grapples with rising labor costs and other expenses, plus lower-than-expected revenues. Despite an overall decrease in planned spending, officials insist the …
A Los Angeles Police Department officer was arrested Thursday in connection with charges that he tampered with evidence and stole items during traffic and pedestrian stops last year, authorities said. Alan Carrillo — who joined the LAPD in 2018 and was assigned to the department’s Mission Area Gang Enforcement Detail — was allegedly discovered to …
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is set to deliver the annual State of the City address on Monday, April 15 – ahead of the release of her proposed 2024-25 budget in the coming days. The mayor’s office hasn’t provided details of Bass’ upcoming speech, but many of the topics she touched on during last year’s …
LOS ANGELES — A jury has awarded $11.56 million to a former trainer in the Los Angeles Police Department’s Bomb Detection K9 Unit at Los Angeles International Airport who said he suffered retaliation and discrimination for coming forward about alleged violations of law. Plaintiff Mark Sauvao, who retired Nov. 30, also maintained in his Los …
KOREATOWN, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Los Angeles police on Saturday released a photo of a man who is being sought in connection with an altercation on a Metro bus in Koreatown that preceded another man’s death. The individual, who allegedly used pepper spray in the incident, is described as a man in his 30s who …
LOS ANGELES — Former CBS chief executive and president Les Moonves has agreed to pay a $11,250 fine to settle a complaint accusing him of interfering with a police investigation of a sexual assault case, according to documents released Friday by the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission. According to the documents, Moonves acknowledged working closely …
Police in Los Angeles have seized dozens of stolen luxury items, cash and a gun tied to a business allegedly selling stolen goods, authorities announced Wednesday. The LAPD’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force served a search warrant in the 400 block of West 7th Street in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 9, according to …