Jackie Robinson statue found damaged and burned
Investigators say they have devoted significant resources to tracking down suspects in the statue’s theft and destruction. They say they expect several arrests to be made soon.
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FBI announces results “Operation Dead Hand” via press conference
The FBI and other law enforcement agencies will report “federal charges and arrests of alleged members of criminal drug trafficking organizations importing and exporting” various narcotics “throughout North America via Southern California and other cities.”
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California father and son arrested for school shooting threat
Police responded to a residence in the area near Rancho Bernardo High School after receiving several reports that the teen told other students he planned a shooting for Tuesday.
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Arizona authorities release video of an attempted kidnapping
Footage captured showed a man make a U-turn to pull alongside an 11-year-old girl as she walked to school Friday morning in Glendale.
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5 suspects arrested in California desert killings in dispute over marijuana, sheriff’s officials say
Five men, ranging in age from 24 to 34, were arrested, and eight firearms were seized after deputies served search warrants Sunday in the Adelanto and Apple Valley areas of San Bernardino County and the Pinyon Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles County.
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Suspect with gun at Friendship Park arrested
YPD says they have arrested an 18-year-old Yuma man on Friday at around 8:20pm in response to an aggravated assault at Friendship Park.
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Man in his 80s kills wife, 2 adult children in murder-suicide at Los Angeles home, police say
A witness at the residence reported a shooting around 7 p.m. in the Granada Hills area, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Colorado motorcyclist facing charges after posting video of him going 150mph on the road
Authorities say this rider, who goes by the name Gixxer Brah, is actually 32-year-old Rendon Dietzmann of Texas.
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Imperial County dentist sentenced to over three years in prison for Medicare fraud
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Javad Aghaloo, an Imperial County dentist, was sentenced in federal court on Friday to 37 months in prison for defrauding Medicare and then covering it up.
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Jury says Donald Trump must pay an additional $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll in defamation case
A jury has awarded an additional $83.3 million to former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who says former President Donald Trump damaged her reputation by calling her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault.
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Man sentenced to 11 years in prison for distributing Methamphetamine
A 45-year-old man was sentenced to 11 years in prison and five years of supervised release for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.
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Alabama man shook violently on gurney during first-ever nitrogen gas execution
A man put to death using nitrogen gas shook and convulsed for minutes on the gurney as Alabama carried out the first-of-its-kind execution that has ignited debate over the humaneness of the method.
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Yuma Border Patrol agent hit with rocks
Yuma Sector Border Patrol said an agent was attacked this week while arresting border crossers near San Luis, Arizona.
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Donald Trump testifies in his defense in E. Jean Carroll defamation suit — for less than 3 minutes
Former President Donald Trump was on and off the witness stand at a jury trial Thursday in less than 3 minutes but not before breaking a judge’s rules on what he could say by claiming that a writer’s sexual assault allegations were a “false accusation” and he wanted to defend himself and the presidency.
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San Luis Rio Colorado faced high homicide rates in 2023
In 2023, San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico experienced its most violent year in the last three years, with a striking 213 homicides within 12 months.
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CHP footage shows a standoff between authorities and a suspect
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) video showed suspect Eric Abril holding a woman at gunpoint while taking cover under brush and trees in a Roseville park.
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Phoenix woman gets 37-year prison sentence in death of her baby from malnutrition, medical neglect
Maricopa County prosecutors said 48-year-old Denise Janelle Snow-Ingram was convicted last November on one count each of second-degree murder and child abuse.
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Man sentenced to life in prison for the fatal shooting of a deputy U.S. marshal in Arizona in 2018
Ryan Phillip Schlesinger, 31, was not in court for Monday’s sentencing as his lawyers argued for a prison term of less than 50 years.
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Backpage founder will face Arizona retrial on charges he participated in scheme to sell sex ads
A jury in mid-November 2023 convicted Michael Lacey of one count of international concealment money laundering, acquitted him on another money laundering count and deadlocked on 84 other charges.
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Tracking device discussed in murder case
The man accused of murdering his ex-wife near Calexico in 2021 was back in court Tuesday as new details emerged tied to a tracking device found underneath the victim’s vehicle.
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