Sex offender

Rapper Nicki Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, was sentenced Wednesday in Los Angeles to probation and home detention for failing to register as a sex offender.

Despite the pleas of thousands of residents, a judge has ruled that a convicted sex offender can be released into the Antelope Valley community of Littlerock.

The state Attorney General’s Office Friday agreed with Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer that Cary Jay Smith, who was recently released from a state mental health hospital and ended up in Costa Mesa, must register as a sex offender. Smith, who is being evaluated at a mental health facility in Costa Mesa after moving around four Southern California...

Sex offender in Gargen grove has now moved, fear in the community arises. Vikki Vargas reports. July 21, 2020

As seen on Today in LA on Sunday, July 19, 2020.