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Former Deputy Jailed for Assaulting 16 Women While on Duty Is Released on Bail
Former San Diego County sheriff’s deputy Richard Fischer was released a second time from prison, this time pending an appeal.
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Former Deputy Who Assaulted 16 Women While on Duty Released from Custody
A former San Diego County sheriff’s deputy who was sentenced in December to nearly four years in prison for assaulting more than a dozen women while on duty has been released a little more than six months later, according to the sheriff’s department.
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Child Rape Charges Against Mexican Megachurch Leader Dismissed
The criminal case against a Mexican megachurch leader on charges of child rape and human trafficking was dismissed Tuesday by a California appeals court on procedural grounds.
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Former Deputy Richard Fischer Sentenced for Assaulting Women
A former San Diego County sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting 16 women while on duty and in uniform, including women who had called the department for help or to report a crime.
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Former OC Teacher Gets 15 Years for Flying to China to Have Sex With 16-Year-Old
A former teacher from Orange County who was previously convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage boy was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in federal prison for traveling to China to have sex with a 16-year-old youth.
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Man Gets 12 Years for Phishing Attack on LA County Court Computers
A 33-year-old man was sentenced Monday to a dozen years behind bars for hacking into the Los Angeles Superior Court computer system and using it to send millions of malicious phishing emails designed to retrieve employees’ banking information.
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Closing Arguments to Begin in Penalty Phase of the ‘Hollywood Ripper' Trial
Closing arguments are scheduled for Tuesday in the final phase of the trial for the man dubbed the “Hollywood Ripper,” who is accused in the grisly stabbing deaths of two Southern California women.
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Teenage Son of ‘Hollywood Ripper' Doesn't Want Father Executed
The teenage son of the man dubbed the “Hollywood Ripper” told jurors Thursday that he doesn’t want his father to be executed for the grisly slayings of two women.
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Key Witness in Ed Buck Case Left Homeless
The man whose cooperation prosecutors said was key to last week’s arrest of political activist and donor Ed Buck says he’s homeless.
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Ex-Cop's Murder Trial for Shooting Neighbor in His Home Set to Start
Last September, a white police officer shot and killed an unarmed black man in his own apartment. That much is settled. But nearly every other aspect Amber Guyger’s murder trial for the killing of Botham Jean remains cloaked in controversy as opening statements in the case are set to start Monday.
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Tekashi 6ix9ine Alleges in Court Cardi B Was a Gang Member
Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine said Cardi B was a gang member while testifying under oath Thursday as part of a case against two alleged members of a Brooklyn street gang, NBC News reported. 6ix9ine, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, said under cross-examination that Cardi B was also a member of the notorious Bloods gang, according to the New York Daily...
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Calif. Supreme Court Won't Block Death Penalty Trials Despite Moratorium
The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to block death penalty cases from proceeding during Gov. Gavin Newsom’s moratorium on executions.
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Ex-Deputy's Victim Relieved But Concerned Plea Doesn't Reflect Sexual Assault
One of the women assaulted by a former San Diego County sheriff’s deputy said she was relieved the man who touched her inappropriately four years ago pleaded guilty. However, she said she was concerned none of the charges in the plea agreement were a sex crime.
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Chinese Woman Accused of Mar-a-Lago Trespass Set for Trial
The upcoming trial of a Chinese national on federal charges that she trespassed at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort and lied to the Secret Service is potentially a circus wrapped in mystery. Rejecting the strong recommendation of U.S. District Judge Roy Altman, Yujing Zhang fired her public defenders in June to act as her own attorney – a longshot move...
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‘No One Is Going to Win': Ghost Ship Juror Discusses Emotional, Heart-Wrenching Trial
Eye-opening and frustrating. That’s how Millard Billings, a juror in the Ghost Ship trial, described what it was like to decide the fate of Derick Almena and Max Harris.
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Paroled Sex Offender Sentenced to 88 Years in Prison for Pursuit With Kids in RV
A paroled sex offender who led authorities on an hours-long pursuit in a motorhome from Los Angeles to Bakersfield, with his 3-year-old son and 10-month-old daughter in tow, was sentenced Wednesday to 88 years in state prison.
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Judge Urges Plea Deal in Ex-Deputy Sex Assault Case
Days ahead of a sexual assault trial for a former San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputy, a judge urged prosecutors and defense attorneys on Wednesday to reach a plea deal before trial.
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Police: Man Broke Into Taylor Swift's Home, Took Off Shoes to Be ‘Polite'
Police say a New Jersey man who broke into Taylor Swift’s beachfront mansion in Rhode Island took his shoes off because he wanted to be polite. Westerly police who responded to the home just after 5 p.m. Friday found 26-year-old Richard Joseph McEwan inside.
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Man Convicted of Killing 2 Palm Springs Police Officers Sentenced to Death
A man who gunned down two Palm Springs police officers who had responded to his family’s home due to a domestic disturbance was sentenced to death Friday. John Hernandez Felix, 28, was convicted in May of murder and other charges for the Oct. 8, 2016, killings of veteran Officer Jose Gilbert “Gil” Vega, 63, and rookie officer Lesley Zerebny, 27.