Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

A former sheriff’s deputy who falsely claimed that he had been shot outside the Lancaster sheriff’s station was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and one year of probation on Friday and was ordered to pay nearly $543,000 in restitution to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for its massive response to the hoax.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is for the first time establishing a division to eradicate deputy gangs and ensure the department is engaging in constitutional practices. Conan Nolan reports Feb. 15, 2023.

A mother pleads for the public’s help to find those responsible for her son’s death.

Family members and police are asking the public to come forward with information to help solve the murder of a 25-year-old man in Compton last year. John Cádiz Klemack reports Jan. 11, 2023.

An 18-year old girl was found dead in a home in early November, and days later members of the newly-formed Los Angeles County Sheriff’s drug overdose deaths task force arrested a 23-year old woman from Santa Clarita suspected of selling the victim the drugs, they say, could have caused her death.   

A teenager is dead and a woman in her 20’s has been arrested by the newly formed LA County Sheriff’s Fentanyl Task Force forced on tracking alleged drug dealers selling deadly pills.

Los Angeles County Sheriff-elect Robert Luna was sworn in to lead the nation’s largest sheriff’s department. The ceremony took place at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Hall of Administration in downtown Los Angeles. His term as the county’s 34th sheriff begins at noon Monday. He has vowed to bring new leadership and accountability to a department that has nearly...

LA County Sheriff-Elect Robert Luna held a press conference to lay out what he plans to tackle first. Jonathan Gonzalez reports for the NBC4 News on Nov. 18, 2022.

Prosecutors have decided not to bring criminal charges against two LA County sheriff’s deputies, who shot and killed an armed man in South LA. The NBC4’s I-Team reports for the NBC4 News on Nov. 15, 2022.

Two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies involved in the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old Black man in the Westmont area will not face any criminal charges, with a report released today by the District Attorney’s Office concluding the shooting could be reasonably considered self-defense.  

A sheriff’s deputy was charged with two felonies stemming from the fatal shooting of a 34-year-old man in East Los Angeles in full view of his relatives, who said the man was in the midst of a mental health crisis at the time, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday.

A new legal settlement involving CBS and former president/CEO Les Moonves claims that a former Los Angeles Police Department captain tried to help him cover up a sexual assault allegation.

A new legal settlement between former CBS boss Les Moonves, CBS, and the New York State Attorney General claims that a former LAPD captain tried to help Moonves coverup an alleged sexual assault.

NBC4’s Conan Nolan talks with LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva who is in a fight to keep his job. The embattled LA County Sheriff makes a pitch for his re-election and responds to critics who have called him the Donald Trump of LA County politics.

A man police believe is responsible of assault with a deadly weapon was holed up in a barricade situation Sunday in La Puente.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced today it has officially turned over its investigation of sexual assault allegations against singer Marilyn Manson to the District Attorney’s Office for consideration of possible criminal charges.

Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl has been a vocal critic of Sheriff Alex Villanueva and many of his policies. Mekahlo Medina reports for Today in LA on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.

A man was shot and killed in a shooting in South LA involving a deputy.

A man was arrested on Tuesday and booked for felony child abuse one week after allegedly fighting a teenage boy outside a coffee shop in Valencia.

The joint lawsuit was filed by Bryant and Chris Chester, who lost his wife and daughter in the same crash. Annette Arreola reports for Today in LA on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022.