Caren "Carl" Mandoyan

LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is defending his hiring of a private law firm in his failed attempt to reinstate a deputy fired over domestic violence allegations.

Despite campaign promises by Sheriff Alex Villanueva to remove ICE agents from county jails, all that has changed about how inmates are released into immigration custody is an 80-foot walk through the county jail, according to a county watchdog.

A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy reinstated by Sheriff Alex Villanueva was ordered by a judge Monday to surrender his badge, uniform, and gun, and not to, “hold himself out as a Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff.”

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a policy Tuesday clarifying that county employees shall be held accountable for lying.

FBI agents are examining deputy cliques that exist within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, including the “Bandito” group at the East LA station, federal and local law enforcement sources confirmed Thursday.

FBI agents are examining deputy cliques that exist within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, including the “Bandito” group at the East LA station, federal and local law enforcement sources confirmed Thursday.

The Los Angeles County’s Civilian Oversight Commission said Tuesday it would request a more formal explanation and documents from Sheriff Alex Villanueva on why dozens of internal affairs cases into allegations of deputy misconduct had been prematurely closed.

The LA County Deputy at the center of a legal dispute between the sheriff and the county supervisors says he’s not a monster and never physically harmed an ex-girlfriend.

A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy reinstated after being fired due to alleged domestic abuse is seen on newly released video attempting to break into a woman’s home.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department concluded that a former deputy accused in a domestic violence complaint, “refused to accept responsibility for his conduct,” and should be terminated.

A judge in downtown Los Angeles has refused LA County’s request for an emergency order that would force Sheriff Alex Villanueva to immediately terminate the employment of a deputy, who was fired because of a domestic violence complaint, then rehired by Villanueva shortly after taking office.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and a deputy fired, then rehired after a domestic violence complaint, were sued by the County Board of Supervisors and served with orders to appear at a hearing in Downtown Tuesday.

A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy fired after a domestic violence complaint — then rehired by Sheriff Alex Villanueva — was ordered to turn in his badge and gun by the county’s chief administrator.