An ex-Mexican Mafia leader serving life in prison for murder was escorted by Los Angeles officers to speak at a gathering of police chiefs and business leaders, prompting criticism from the mayor’s office and an acknowledgement of mistakes from the chief of police Thursday. Rene “Boxer” Enriquez gave a PowerPoint …
Read More »Port of Los Angeles police chief indicted for corruption
LOS ANGELES – The police chief for the Port of Los Angeles has been charged with corruption in an alleged kickback and bribery scheme. Ronald Jerome Boyd was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday on 16 counts of corruption, lying to FBI agents, tax evasion and failing to file …
Read More »Lockdown lifted after 2 shot, 1 assaulted near UC Santa Barbara campus
The campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara was briefly locked down Monday night after police said two people were shot and a third person was assaulted in the same neighborhood where a man staged a killing rampage last year. Santa Barbara County fire Capt. Dave Zaniboni told the …
Read More »Portland police arrest conservative journalist on another night of chaotic anti-ICE clashes
Conservative journalist Nick Sortor was captured on video being taken into custody in Portland, Oregon, during another night of chaotic protests outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility. The arrest came after the Portland Police Bureau said it was “monitoring the protest during the evening and observed some …
Read More »Melodee Buzzard disappearance: New surveillance photos show missing California girl, 9, in possible disguise
California authorities released new surveillance images Friday of a missing 9-year-old child who the FBI said may have been with her mother on a road trip “as far as the state of Nebraska” before vanishing. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office said its investigation into the disappearance of Melodee Buzzard …
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