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Jefferson Airplane drummer Joey Covington killed in car crash
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.Jefferson Airplane drummer Joey Covington was killed in a single-car crash in Palm Springs on Tuesday afternoon, officials said. Covington, 67, a Palm Springs resident, was driving alone when his coupe left the road at a curve in South Belardo Road...Tags: Heart Attack, Transportation Accidents, Stroke, Air and Space Accidents
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Valentine's Day arrest didn't stop this Casanova, police say
A Santa Clarita man is using the allure of fancy job titles and elaborate personal stories to seduce women then steal from them, Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials say. Authorities are seeking women who have come across Jeffrey Elvington, 39,...
Tags: Police Arrests, Theft
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U.S. moves to freeze assets of 6 Mara Salvatrucha leaders
Federal authorities on Wednesday designated six reputed members of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha street gang, which was founded in Los Angeles, as leaders of a transnational criminal organization. The designation by the U.S. Department of the...
Tags: Blackmail and Extortion, Organized Crime, Criminals, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Crime, Law and Justice
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Fugitive on 'most wanted' list returns to U.S. for prosecution
A fugitive on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list is back in the U.S. facing first-degree murder charges after Salvadoran journalists intrigued by his notoriety tracked him down. His hide-out? The family home, about 200 yards from a police station, the...
Tags: El Salvador, Jared Lee Loughner, Murder, FBI, Police Investigations
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Sheriff probes snafu that sent reputed gang members to wrong court
L.A. NOWLos Angeles County Sheriff's are investigating a snafu that sent a dozen reputed MS-13 gang members charged by a grand jury with extorting food truck operators to the wrong courthouse and a downtown jail facility before their after-hours arraignment... -
Notorious gang extorted food truck operators, prosecutors allege
L.A. NOWAt least 20 reputed members of one of Los Angeles’ most notorious gangs have been indicted in connection with a violent extortion racket that targeted food truck operators in the Hollywood area over at least five years, according to state...... -
Reputed MS-13 gang members arrested in food-truck extortion racket
L.A. NOWA grand jury indictment was scheduled to be unsealed Monday for about two dozen reputed members of the notorious MS-13 gang in connection with a violent extortion racket that targeted food-truck operators. The victims of the alleged organized shakedown... -
Judge to consider dismissing charges against anti-gang activist
L.A. NOWThis post has been corrected, as noted below. A judge will consider dismissing federal racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder charges Wednesday against one of the nation’s most well-known anti-gang activists. The U.S. attorney’s office... -
Federal case against anti-gang activist dismissed; 'errors' cited
L.A. NOWA U.S. District Court judge has dismissed federal racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder charges against one of the nation’s most well-known anti-gang activists at the request of federal prosecutors, who acknowledged his indictment contained... -
L.A. Now Live: Charges dropped against anti-gang activist
L.A. NOWTimes staff writer Richard Winton will join L.A. Now Live at 9 a.m. to talk about the dismissal by a federal judge of charges of racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder against well-known anti-gang activist Alex Sanchez. The dismissal came...... -
Valley Police Beat: Man, 80, dies in roll-over crash
WEST IMPERIAL COUNTY — An 80-year-old man from Arizona died from a head injury after a roll-over accident near the west county line Wednesday, a California Highway Patrol press release said. The man, whose name wasn’t released, was driving...Tags: Police Arrests, Religious Festivals, Accidental Death, Head Injuries, Personal Data Collection
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