Wave Wire Services LYNWOOD — Authorities are hoping that a $20,000 reward will help solve the 2016 killing of a 16-year-old girl who was wounded […]
Tag: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Paramount man exonerated 20 years after conviction
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — A man who was wrongfully convicted of a gang member’s murder in Paramount has been released from prison after […]
Sheriff denies covering up use of force in courthouse jail
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — A defiant Sheriff Alex Villanueva flatly denied being engaged in any effort to cover up a violent encounter involving […]
Judge orders sheriff to obey inspector general’s subpeona
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Sheriff Alex Villanueva will have to appear before the Office of Inspector General and answer questions about so-called deputy […]
Oversight commission to investigate deputy gangs
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The civilian commission charged with oversight of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will undertake a “full-scale investigation” into […]
Charges filed against ex-deputy in 2019 shooting
By Ray Richardson Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Manslaughter charges filed against a former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy in the fatal shooting of Ryan […]
Off-duty LAPD officer killed in South Los Angeles
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Four people have now been arrested in connection with the shooting death of an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department […]
2021 YEAR IN REVIEW: Political donor Ed Buck convicted in two drug deaths
Wave Staff Report WEST HOLLYWOOD — On July 27, 2017, Gemmel Moore, a 26-year old Black man from Texas, was found dead in the West Hollywood […]
Suit contends sheriff encourages civil rights violations
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Sheriff Alex Villanueva is being sued for his alleged support of deputies who use excessive force and commit civil […]
Deputies admit being asked to join cliques
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Suggesting a continuing problem with gang-like cliques within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, 16% of deputies questioned in […]