Authorities arrested the stepfather of a 10-year-old Lancaster boy on suspicion of murder Wednesday after suspected physical and sexual abuse, NBC4 has learned. Kareem Leiva, 32, the stepfather of 10-year-old Anthony Avalos, was told he would be taken into custody during an interview with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department homicide detectives at an unmarked law […]
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A capital murder charge was filed Wednesday in the shooting death of a 17-year veteran of the Long Beach Fire Department who was struck by gunfire as he responded to an explosion and fire at a high-rise senior home. Seventy-seven-year-old Thomas Kim, a resident at the complex, was charged with murder, two counts of attempted […]
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Warning: Details contained in this article are disturbing. A report out of California indicates that a baby died in May after being delivered with a fractured skull. Police believe the child’s parents are to blame and the case has created a legal dilemma. According to Bakersfield Now, the mother was believed to be 30 weeks pregnant […]
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An ex-con who shot and wounded a man in Desert Hot Springs earlier this month pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted murder, burglary and firearm possession charges and was immediately sentenced to 29 years in state prison. Jeffrey Grant Hammer, 33, shot the unidentified 35-year-old victim on June 10 in the 66700 block of Eighth Street. […]
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A Hemet woman, who previously served as a caretaker for a woman found dead in a Desert Hot Springs home two years ago, pleaded guilty Monday to murder and burglary charges and was immediately sentenced to 31 years to life in state prison. Kelly Lee Phillips, 47, admitted responsibility for the Aug. 15, 2016, death […]
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Two men who shot and stabbed “multiple” people during a robbery at a Banning business over the weekend remained at large Monday, police said. The robbery occurred just before 11 p.m. Saturday at an undisclosed business in the 6000 block of West Ramsey Street, where arriving officers found “multiple victims suffering from both gunshot wounds […]
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A Northern California woman was arrested Wednesday after she left her 18-month-old boy inside a vehicle for 10 hours while she visited a friend, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office. Alexandrea Raven Scott, 23, was booked into Mendocino County jail on a charge of willfully causing or permitting a child to suffer great bodily […]
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El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a man suspected of drug smuggling at the Highway 86 checkpoint Thursday after discovering packages of methamphetamine in his vehicle. The incident occurred at approximately 12:36 p.m., when Border Patrol agents encountered the 24-year-old driver of a Blue BMW SUV at the checkpoint. A Border Patrol canine detection […]
