Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

A woman from Lancaster says Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies violated her Constitutional rights when they burst through her door, handcuffed and moved her outside naked, and terrified her younger sister and son, while allegedly searching for the woman’s brother — who she later learned was being arrested at a different location. She filed a lawsuit in U.S....

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva told members of the Compton City Council that he would soon make public investigative findings in the shooting death of 18-year-old Andres Guardado, but said progress on the case was being slowed by people claiming on social media that they were eyewitnesses to the killing. “And everyone who says that means that’s another...

The family of former “ER” actress Vanessa Marquez who was killed by South Pasadena police is filing a $20 million claim against the city, alleging negligence.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors called Tuesday for an independent investigation into the death of 18-year-old Andres Guardado who was shot by a sheriff’s deputy last week. Supervisors unanimously approved a motion asking the sheriff to provide the county’s inspector general with “immediate and full access to all evidence requested in order to provide independent oversight.” The...

Two Democratic lawmakers called Sunday for California’s Attorney General to investigate the fatal shooting of a young man by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy. Reps. Maxine Waters and Nanette Diaz Barragan said in a statement  there’s a need for an independent investigation into the death of 18-year-old Andres Guardado so the public will trust the findings. “Another day,...

The 18-year-old man fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy in unincorporated West Compton near Gardena was allegedly carrying an unregistered handgun with an illegal ammunition magazine, and not wearing clothing identifying himself as a security guard, sheriff’s officials said Saturday in a press conference. The update came as congresswomen Nanette Diaz Barragan, D-Los Angeles, and Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles,...

A man reportedly shot during a gunfight with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department detectives in the high desert town of Rosamond Wednesday is the half brother of Robert Fuller, the man found hanged near Palmdale City Hall whose death is now the focus of local, state, and federal investigations, law enforcement and other sources told NBCLA. The man in...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported Tuesday that 339 employees have tested positive for COVID-19 since the coronavirus pandemic began, along with 2,587 jail inmates. According to statistics released Tuesday morning, 260 department employees are currently quarantined, and 1,850 have returned to work after being quarantined. Of the 339 employees who tested positive, 241 are sworn personnel and the…

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and other community leaders called for peace Saturday as protesters continued to damage property while advocating against police brutality, spurred by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

A group of inmates at a Los Angeles County jail tried to infect themselves with the coronavirus by sharing a cup of water and a mask and within a week 21 prisoners tested positive, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Monday. At a briefing, Villanueva showed surveillance videos from two units at the North County Correctional Facility in Castaic. The footage captured…

A man was in custody Wednesday for allegedly stabbing his mother to death in Monterey Park. Homicide detectives were sent to the 1700 block of Alisar Avenue at about 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which was assisting the Monterey Park Police Department in the investigation. “Monterey Park (police) received a 9-1-1 call from...

Los Angeles County has released approximately 1,700 inmates to lessen the inmate population during the COVID-19 crisis, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Tuesday. With these releases, the county’s jail population was lowered by about 10%, according to Villanueva. The update comes after the first California State Prison inmate tested positive for the coronavirus in Lancaster on Sunday. He has been in isolation...

Responding to coronavirus concerns, the sheriff’s department has taken active steps to reduce the inmate population at jail facilities, essentially releasing people with less than 30 days left on their sentences, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Monday. “We’re protecting that population from potential exposure,” he said. “This is about being prepared, not scared.” Since Feb. 28, inmate levels have dropped from 17,076...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s civilian oversight panel has agreed to examine the agency’s policies on taking photographs at crime and accident scenes in response to the controversy over deputies sharing photos of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others. Sheriff Alex Villanueva asked the Office of the Inspector General to begin an...

LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said he ordered eight deputies to delete graphic photos of the helicopter crash that took the lives of Kobe Bryant, Bryant’s daughter and seven others to avoid the risk of the photos being shared and possibly becoming public.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and Compton Councilman Isaac Galvan will host the sheriff’s department’s first Black History Month Celebration to honor “African American Heritage from Past to Present” Saturday in Compton. The event will run from 1-4 p.m. at the Compton Career Link Center’s rear parking lot, 700 N. Bullis Road, according to the sheriff’s department. It...

A judge upheld an $8.1 million jury award Tuesday for a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who said he was subjected to harassing conduct and retaliation for questioning the accuracy of his trainers’ police reports and their reasons for making some traffic stops. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Susan Bryant-Deason denied motions by lawyers for the county for a new…

A distraught mother duck couldn’t get to her ducklings below after they fell into a storm drain, but members of the Los Angeles County Fire and University Police departments came to the rescue of the adorable babies Tuesday.

A man was in custody Wednesday for allegedly killing his 64-year-old roommate, whose body was found in a dumpster near the El Monte mobile home park where they lived, police reported. David Lemus-Orellana, 22, was booked on suspicion of murder in thedeath of Florinda Velasquez-Hernandez, and was being held on $1 million bail, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s…

Authorities Tuesday said a statewide effort to combat human trafficking netted more that 500 arrests for various criminal violations and resulted in the rescue of 76 adults and 11 children. The multi-agency effort, dubbed “Operation Reclaim and Rebuild,” wasconducted between Jan. 26 and Feb. 1, and included personnel from the LosAngeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force, said Los Angeles County…

A fundraiser for a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s detective killed as she helped a couple cross a San Fernando Valley street is scheduled for Tuesday at the station where she worked in West Hollywood. An In-N-Out burger, chips and a drink will be offered for $10 in a fundraising effort hosted by the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station to support...

Sheriff’s investigators Wednesday were working to identify whoever vandalized more than two dozen vehicles overnight in Calabasas. “They’ve all been 9s and 6s. They’ve been slashing tires and broke a door handle on one, dented a quarter panel so they’re damaging them besides the paint,” said Gary Adelstein of Cook’s Corner Auto Body. His shop offered to fix the...

The bomb squad has been called to an Army surplus store in Newhall to detonate a device that was reported Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Santa Clarita Valley station.

George Papadopoulos, a former Trump campaign aide who was a key figure in the FBI’s Russia probe, filed paperwork Tuesday to run for the U.S. House seat being vacated by Democrat Katie Hill. Papadopoulos didn’t immediately comment, but on Sunday he tweeted, “I love my state too much to see it run down by candidates like Hill. All talk, no...

Four men were arrested after shots were fired as deputies served a search warrant early Thursday in Studio City.

A containment has been set up in a Cudahy neighborhood to locate a person who allegedly fired at sheriff’s deputies Sunday.

A person was arrested in Norwalk Thursday after being recorded climbing into and removing items from a Red Cross donation bin.

One person was killed in an officer-involved shooting at the El Monte Station Saturday, the sheriff’s department said.

Power outages planned as part of an effort to limit the risk of wildfires went in effect Thursday for some customers in Southern California.

Three men were in custody and a fourth was free on bail Tuesday after being arrested for allegedly staging a knock-knock burglary in Monterey Park and detectives believe they may be responsible for other similar crimes.

A man was shot and killed by deputies after they found him holding a large knife to the throat of a woman Sunday night in a Whittier driveway, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Three people were shot in Lancaster Sunday and a suspected shooter was arrested, authorities said.

A 34-year-old mother was charged Friday with murder in death of her 2-year-old toddler after the girl died in a car with the heater running in West Carson, authorities said Wednesday.

A federal grand jury has indicted noted political activist and donor Ed Buck on charges he provided illegal drugs that caused the overdose deaths of two men and distributed drugs to others.

The mother of a man who died of a drug overdose inside Ed Buck’s apartment in West Hollywood has updated her wrongful death lawsuit against Buck and LA County prosecutors, saying information revealed in new federal criminal charges backs her belief that local authorities largely ignored Buck’s alleged conduct with other men because the victims were mostly black and...

A 45-year-old Rancho Palos Verdes woman died Thursday afternoon from traumatic injuries she suffered in an apparent murder-suicide and the man she owned at least two homes with was found dead in a home in San Bernardino County.

Detectives investigated the death of a 16-year-old girl discovered laying unresponsive Saturday morning on the lawn of an apartment complex in Whittier.

Abraham Hibbert’s father gave permission to share video of his 11-year-old son in handcuffs in a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department squad car reportedly after a meltdown at school Monday.

Authorities say a Georgia couple, posing as Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies, bilked six victims out of $16,000 in gift cards in a telephone fraud scam.

Coroner’s officials identified a man in a wheelchair who was struck and killed by a motorist in Commerce on Saturday.

A man standing on the street outside his parents’ house yelling obscenities ran inside and barricaded himself when sheriff’s deputies arrived, authorities said.

A deputy shot and killed a man who smashed a patrol car windshield and attacked deputies Thursday afternoon with a wooden stake, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

Human remains were found Wednesday in the Angeles National Forest.

A veteran sheriff’s deputy who sued Los Angeles County, alleging he was subjected to a backlash for reporting that he saw a retired deputy involved in a sex act in a car parked on county property in an area known for prostitution, can take his case to trial, a judge ruled Wednesday.

A sheriff’s lieutenant is suing Los Angeles County, claiming his supervisors retaliated against him for trying to inform the public about shootings that occurred in and around Malibu Creek State Park before a man was killed there while camping with his daughters.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was actively searching for a gunman in Norwalk after deputies believe they were fired upon Friday night.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy who officials said falsely reported he’d been shot outside the Lancaster station last week has been fired, the sheriff said Wednesday.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy-trainee, who officials say made a false report about being shot, had been restricted to assignments inside the Lancaster station and was counseled about job performance problems just before the incident, several law enforcement sources told NBCLA.

A manhunt continued Thursday morning for a shooter who ambushed and wounded a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy outside the department’s Lancaster station.

A Lancaster man was behind bars Wednesday in connection with the shooting deaths of two longtime friends in the South Los Angeles neighborhood where they grew up and the wounding of a man who was shielding his child from harm after the gunfire erupted.

The violence occurred just more than two days after a drive-by shooting in the same Florence-Firestone area that left two young men dead.

An 18-year-old man was charged Friday with fatally shooting his 13-year-old sister in their Lancaster home’s bedroom, days after he surrendered to authorities.

What was supposed to be a time of anticipation and celebration turned to tragedy Wednesday night when a 24-year-old UC Irvine doctorate student and his childhood friend were killed in a drive-by shooting in the Florence area.

Authorities Thursday identified three of the four people who were killed in a two-car collision in the Lancaster area that also left two dogs dead.

Family members of a 13-year-old girl shot and killed allegedly by her older brother who surrendered to authorities Wednesday were rattled by the double family tragedy.

The 18-year-old brother of a teen girl who was shot and killed is sought in connection with his sister’s slaying Tuesday in Lancaster

Two armed robbers were met with gunfire from a homeless man at a donut shop in Norwalk early Wednesday morning.

Community gatherings will be held across Southern California Tuesday night as residents get together with police officers, sheriff’s deputies and elected officials as part of the annual National Night Out crime-prevention event.

A man suspected of assaulting and kidnapping his girlfriend in Monrovia appeared briefly in a Pasadena courtroom Thursday in connection with a previous case in which he is charged with assault and domestic violence.

The widow and two daughters of a man who was fatally shot while camping at Malibu Creek State Park have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the county, claiming the sheriff’s department failed to warn the public about earlier shootings in the same general area.

A pregnant woman crashed the SUV she was driving into building early Thursday in Bellflower.

Investigators continued to search Wednesday for a 31-year-old woman who was kidnapped in Monrovia as a video surfaced that appears to show the man suspected in her disappearance at a bar hours before he was arrested Tuesday morning in a downtown Los Angeles SWAT standoff.

The focus of a Monrovia kidnapping investigation turned to downtown Los Angeles overnight when police found the suspect inside a Toyota Prius that had been sought in connection with the crime.

Sheriff’s homicide detectives are investigating a deputy shooting at an upscale home in Malibu that has sent one person to the hospital.

A woman suspected in a Carson killing was taken into custody in Mexico and turned over to U.S. authorities, and her teenage daughter who had been the subject of an Amber Alert was safely recovered, officials said Wednesday.

Three men were killed Tuesday in a head-on collision involving their vehicle and a big rig in the Palmdale area.

A 46-year-old teacher at Saint Genevieve High School in Panorama City was jailed in Los Angeles Friday following his arrest on a felony warrant for possession of child sexual abuse material.

A suspect was detained Tuesday morning on suspicion he shot a neighbor in Temple City who later died at a hospital.

A handcuffed prisoner was in the back seat of a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department patrol car that was involved in a pursuit and gunfight with the occupants of an armored Cadillac SUV registered to rapper YG, law enforcement sources told NBCLA.

A boy who died Saturday under suspicious circumstances in Palmdale could have been removed from the custody of his parents in May, the NBC4 I-Team has learned.

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.

A Los Angeles County sheriff’s detective pleaded guilty to sex-related charges involving a 15-year-old girl he met when she reported an alleged sexual assault, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.

An investigation was underway Wednesday into the death of a 4-year-old Palmdale boy who was reported to have been injured in a near drowning but had trauma injuries that raised suspicion about how he died.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced that it is investigating the death of a 4-year-old boy from Palmdale in a news conference Tuesday.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recently acquired surveillance video that reveals how a mother of five died in a Fourth of July hit-and-run crash in Riverside County.

The death of a Pasadena City College professor who was struck by a vehicle involved in a street race while jogging with his dog and girlfriend in San Marino was preventable and avoidable, Mayor Steven Huang said Friday.

The owner of the an armored SUV denied Friday any involvement in a pursuit with deputies and rolling-gun battle that left a 65-year-old innocent bystander dead, possibly caught in the crossfire.

A former Santa Clarita Valley-area youth basketball coach was sentenced Wednesday to nine years in prison for committing lewd acts on boys who either played on teams he coached or were trained by him.

A man was shot and killed Monday afternoon in La Puente, the third fatal shooting in the city in four days.

A vigil is planned Saturday evening for a barber who was shot to death in front of a barbershop in Hawthorne, where another person was also shot.

The coroner’s office Saturday confirmed the identify of a man killed in a deputy-involved shooting during a traffic stop in East Los Angeles.

Numerous bullets were fired by two LA County Sheriff’s deputies that struck a car in a quick but violent confrontation that left the driver dead in the parking lot of an apartment building in Willowbrook, photographs obtained by NBCLA Friday show.

New charges for former teacher come after a 16-year-old girl informed Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies in April about the alleged crimes involving Jose Cruz Martinez.

A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Monday to a year in federal prison for lying to the FBI about the beating of a handcuffed man at the Men’s Central Jail.

Hundreds of law enforcement officers were among the mourners who gathered Monday in downtown Los Angeles to remember a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy who was shot and killed as he waited at the counter of a fast food restaurant.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department released video Thursday morning of the deadly shooting of a 24-year-old man in Willowbrook who used his vehicle as a weapon against deputies.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved payouts to settle seven separate claims or lawsuits against the county, including $7 million to be paid to the family of a 31-year-old man who was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies in 2016.

An investigation was launched into possible abuse by a caregiver who was caught on video allegedly hitting a special-needs child at a Lancaster park, authorities said Tuesday.

Rescue crews searching Catalina Island for a missing helicopter found a crash site on the west end of the island Tuesday and confirmed that one person, presumed to be aircraft’s pilot, had died.

Two suspects were wounded Tuesday in Long Beach in an exchange of gunfire with deputies at the end of a pursuit of a stolen pickup truck.

Henry Lee Dykes was last seen about 3:30 p.m. Thursday at his home in the 2100 block of Cullivan Street, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Police were pursuing a suspected stolen SUV in a mobile home park in El Monte Wednesday night.

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department lieutenant says he wanted to warn the public about a series of mysterious shootings around Malibu Creek State Park in the months before a camper was killed, but was told to keep quiet by his superiors.

Coroner’s officials Sunday released the name of an 18-year-old man who was shot dead at a party in West Covina, where two other people were also wounded.

Sheriff’s officials sought the public’s help Saturday in locating a 70-year-old man with Alzheimer’s disease who went missing from his Norwalk home and was last seen wearing just a diaper.

Human remains found in Malibu have been identified as those of a Colorado woman who was reported missing recently.

A suspect was arrested Wednesday in the stabbing of a man on a hiking trail in Eaton Canyon.

A man was pistol-whipped and tied up during a home invasion robbery in Hacienda Heights early Saturday morning.

Los Angeles County prosecutors declined to file a case against Rick Schroder in connection with the actor’s May 1 arrest on suspicion of domestic violence.