Sheriff Alex Villanueva

After leading the nation’s largest sheriff’s department for four years, LA Sheriff Alex Villanueva acknowledged losing his re-election bid Tuesday. Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News on Nov. 15, 2022.

Alex Villanueva conceded to former Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna, and at times was emotional during his news conference, during which he blamed defeat on what he claimed was a sweeping misinformation campaign. Conan Nolan reports Nov. 15, 2022.

The LA County district attorney confirmed to NBC4 that it’s launched an inquiry into the fundraising video sent out by Sheriff Alex Villanueva. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News on Nov. 9, 2022.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday it was investigating whether or not a fundraising video made by Alex Villanueva, and apparently sent to Sheriff’s Department deputies, had violated campaign finance laws.

Incumbent Alex Villanueva keeps optimism as a winner has not been called in the LA County sheriff’s race. Alex Rozier reports for the NBC4 News on Nov. 8, 2022.

Sheriff Alex Villanueva accused the county of failing to adequately defend the Sheriff’s Department in lawsuits alleging excessive force or wrongful conduct cases by deputies.

NBC4’s Conan Nolan also speaks with Villanueva’s challenge former Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna, whom a recent poll indicates is not well known among voters. This despite the fact the U-C Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll has him with a ten point lead among likely voters.

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.

The Sheriff’s Office have made an arrest in a Rolex robbery and attack that happened about a month ago in Rowland Heights.

A little more than a month after a violent attack and robbery in Rowland Heights, the Sheriff’s Office says they’ve made an arrest. Alex Rozier reports on the NBC4 News at 4pm on Monday, August 15, 2022.

LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva declines testifying at COC until certain conditions are met before.

LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is declining to testify before the Civilian Oversight Commission on Monday unless they meet certain conditions like having a neutral hearing officer.

The civilian commission charged with oversight of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced Thursday it will undertake a “full-scale investigation” into alleged deputy gangs operating within the agency.

The investigation into deputy gangs and cliques inside the LA County Sheriff’s Department is expanding. The oversight board that monitors the department is taking action in the wake of a new and damning watchdog report. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on March 24, 2022.

Attorneys for Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva have responded in new court papers to a request by a coronavirus testing company to conduct preliminary discovery ahead of the filing of a potential defamation suit against the sheriff, calling the effort “pointless” and done to harass the sheriff. Fulgent Genetics Inc. and its subsidiary, Fulgent Therapeutics LLC, allege that Villanueva,...

A traffic stop is raising questions about use of force. A man claims he was beaten by LA sheriff’s deputies. He is now suing the county and sheriff Alex Villanueva. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on ec. 9, 2021.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said his department won’t use the county’s certified testing provider because the FBI allegedly advised it has ties to China.

What’s unusual is the sheriff himself is saying he won’t enforce the vaccine mandate because he thinks it’s bad policy. He held another news conference to say more than 1,000 deputies would leave or go into early retirement over the policy. Patrick Healy reports Nov. 2, 2021.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva claimed Tuesday that more than 4,000
department employees are facing possible termination due to the county’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.