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Man May Have Jumped to His Death inside LAX Terminal
A 27-year-old man apparently jumped to his death tonight at Los Angeles International Airport in Westchester, said Los Angeles Airport police. The apparent suicide occurred about 8:15 p.m. in the Tom Bradley Terminal, according to Airport police Sgt. Rob Pedregon and Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart. “It appears the man was on an upper level when he jumped,”…
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6-Year-Old Boy Beaten to Death Remembered at Vigil
A candlelight vigil will be held Saturday outside the South Los Angeles home of the grandmother of a 6-year-old boy who was fatally beaten, allegedly by an acquaintance of his mother. Dayvon Taylor of Long Beach was taken to St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach Thursday and died shortly after he arrived, according to coroner’s Investigator Kristy McCracken...
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Stater Bros. Bathroom Find Leads to Man's Arrest for Hidden Cameras
A small video camera found inside a bathroom at a Stater Bros grocery store in Cathedral City led to the arrest of one-time registered sex offender suspected of placing similar cameras in bathrooms across the Coachella Valley, authorities said. Cathedral City Police officers responded to the Stater Bros at 69244 Ramon Road on Monday after store staff located a video…
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Shark Attack Reported Near Santa Rosa Island
The Los Angeles-Long Beach-based U.S. Coast Guard aided in assisting a surfer who was bitten by a shark northwest of Santa Rosa Island today, officials said. The L.A.-based Coast Guard dispatched a helicopter after receiving acall about the attack around 3:15 p.m., officials said. The 37-year-old man was bitten in the leg and a tourniquet was used to prevent...
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Attorney Describes Man as Retired Widower, But Authorities Say He Murdered Two Women in the 1980s
A Bakersfield man pleaded not guilty Thursday in the murders of two young women in the 1980s, including a Reseda resident whose body was found in the trunk of her car in a Burbank parking lot. The case against Horace Van Vaultz Jr. marks the first criminal prosecution in Los Angeles County involving investigative genetic genealogy, in which detectives access…
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Clerk Accused of Selling Alcohol to Underage Driver Charged in Crash That Killed 3
A liquor store clerk was in custody Wednesday on suspicion of selling alcohol to an underage suspect facing murder, DUI and other charges for allegedly driving drunk and killing a Long Beach couple and their 3-year-old son on Halloween night. Amor Potestades Amacio, who works at Green Diamond Liquor in the 5300block of Long Beach Boulevard in Long Beach, allegedly sold...
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4 Arrested on Drug Charges in Calif. After Dune Buggy Chase
Authorities arrested four men suspected in an operation to use an ultralight to fly nearly 200 pounds (90 kilograms) of methamphetamine into Southern California from Mexico, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Monday. The arrests before dawn Friday came after U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents detected the glider-like aircraft crossing into the U.S. from Calexico, Mexico, according to a...
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Woman Who Won Harassment Suit Against Hologram Producer Seeks Criminal Case
A woman who won $58.25 million in a lawsuit accusing a billionaire hologram producer of groping and sexually harassing her met with Beverly Hills police Monday in an effort to spur a criminal investigation against him.
