LOS ANGELES – A 19-year-old Palmdale man was one of two arrested Friday for the murder of two Chinese graduate students last month near the University of Southern California, according to authorities. Javier Bolden was reportedly arrested around 7:30 p.m. in Palmdale on suspicion of murder. Bryan Barnes, 20, of Los Angeles was arrested...
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LANCASTER – Family members of former Army Sergeant Nathen Taylor pleaded with the community Thursday morning to come forth with any information regarding Nathen’s murder. As an incentive, County Supervisor Michael Antonovich proposed a $20,000 reward in exchange for information leading to the capture of those involved. “I really hope this reward will get people...
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LANCASTER – The criminal case has been dropped against a 63-year-old woman whose son was beaten by Lancaster deputies at Antelope Valley Hospital last year. Maria Chiclana had been charged with resisting an officer for her role in a violent altercation between her son, Marco Chiclana, and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies. The fight...
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PALMDALE – The LASD – Palmdale Station is seeking your help in identifying or locating the following suspects. If you recognize them, or know where they might be hiding, contact Palmdale Station detectives using the information next to the suspects’ photos or by calling 1-800-222-tips (8477). Nicole Parson Parson is a 39-year-old Black female...
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LANCASTER – Tuesday was a bad day to skip school in Lancaster. Deputies arrested 19 juveniles and 5 adults between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. as part of a truancy operation. The following is the press release from the Lancaster Station: On , May 15, 2012, deputies assigned to Lancaster Sheriff’s Station’s Target Oriented...
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LANCASTER – Around 9 p.m. Tuesday, Lancaster deputies seized 30 marijuana plants, with a street sales value of about $60K from a trailer in the Friendly Village Mobile Home Park in Lancaster. Gilbert Haring, 45, was arrested for cultivating marijuana and possession of marijuana for sale. Haring was booked at the Lancaster Station on...
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LANCASTER – Firefighters in the Antelope Valley battled another fire Tuesday, this one at the Wendy’s restaurant at 45101 10th street west, between Avenue I and Jackman Street. The fire started around 4:30 p.m., according to a Wendy’s employee who did not want to be identified. “I hope everyone made it out okay,” the...
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PALMDALE – Tuesday afternoon, dozens of firefighters were still at the scene of a second-alarm fire that gutted a large retail store at a Palmdale strip mall in the early morning hours. “It looks like it’s pretty much a total loss at this point,” said L.A. County Assistant Fire Chief Gerald Cosey. A broken...
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PALMDALE – A 15-month-old boy is alive today thanks to the efforts of two Palmdale Station deputies, who saved the infant from a near-drowning accident Saturday morning. The incident happened at a family home on 85th Street East in Littlerock. Around 10:18 a.m., a 9-1-1 call from the home came in to the Palmdale...
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LANCASTER – Four adults and one juvenile were arrested Friday night after blocking in a man as he was driving through a trailer park, and then snatching the man’s cell phone, wallet and valuables, authorities said. The robbery happened around 7 p.m. Friday at the Friendly Village Mobile Home Park on 1301 East Avenue...
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LANCASTER – Authorities arrested two people Friday during an early morning sweep of registered sex offenders in the Lancaster and Lake Los Angeles areas. Roberto Briceno, 24, of Lancaster and Guillermo Hernandez, 54, of Lake Los Angeles were arrested for violating the conditions of their parole. The following is the press release from the...
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LANCASTER – The Lancaster Station Burglary Suppression Team is trying to return several stolen items to their rightful owners. The items pictured are believed to have been stolen during residential burglaries in the Lancaster area within the past year. “Obviously they were stolen during burglaries, we just can’t connect it to which burglary it...
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LANCASTER – The Lancaster Station is asking for the public’s helping in locating a 37-year-old man suspected of stabbing his neighbor in the leg during an argument. Julio Cesar Santos is a Hispanic man who stands about five feet three inches tall and weighs around 145 pounds. Santos has black hair and brown eyes....
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Updated 5/9/12: Matthew Ridgway has been charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, making criminal threats, battery, dissuading a witness, false imprisonment, and brandishing a firearm. He pled not guilty to all counts Tuesday and was denied a request to be released on his own recognizance, according to court records. His...
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Lancaster Station is seeking your help in identifying or locating the following individuals. If you recognize any of them, or know where they might be hiding, please contact Lancaster Station detectives using the information next to the suspects’ photos or by calling 1-800-222-tips (8477). - Joanna Michelle Smith Smith is a 35-year-old white female...
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ANTELOPE VALLEY – The California Highway Patrol is seeking the public’s helping in identifying the driver of a Honda Civic who knocked a 31-year-old man off his motorcycle Monday. Kenneth Cooper of Littlerock sustained major injuries in the crash, including broken legs and a broken left arm. The collision happened around 9:30 p.m., on...
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LANCASTER – Family, friends and military personnel gathered at the Center for Spiritual Living Friday to honor and remember the 30-year-old veteran who was murdered in Lancaster last month. Nathen Crocket Taylor was a former Sergeant in the U.S. Army. His eight years of service included three tours of duty, twice to Iraq and...
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PALMDALE –A 21-year-old woman accused of stabbing a man to death in February turned herself in to authorities Wednesday evening. Neffertashia Ann Burroughs hugged several family members, huddled in prayer, and then collapsed several times before making her way into the Palmdale Station around 6:30 p.m. “I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” Burroughs choked out between...
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LANCASTER – The family of a 30-year-old Army veteran shot to death in Lancaster last month is holding a public memorial service this Friday. Nathen Taylor will be honored and remembered from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Friday, at the Antelope Valley Center for Spiritual Living, located at 1030 West Ave. L-8, in Lancaster....
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ANTELOPE VALLEY – Lancaster Station detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying the assailant who stabbed a 32-year-old man outside of a Lake Los Angeles grocery store Wednesday morning. Shortly after 9 a.m., the Lancaster Station received a call about man who had been stabbed on 170th Street East near Avenue P,...
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PALMDALE – The family of a 32-year-old man shot dead by deputies in his garage last October, has filed a wrongful death and civil rights lawsuit against the County of Los Angeles. Goldberg and Gage, the Woodland Hills law firm that represents the family of Darrell Logan Jr., filed the civil lawsuit in Los...
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PALMDALE – A 21-year-old man accused of repeatedly holding his 7-year-old stepson under water and then throwing the child’s lifeless body out of the pool was jailed Sunday, according to authorities. Jacqorie Stansell was arrested for attempted murder and cruelty to a child and booked at the Palmdale Station on $1 million bail. The...
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LANCASTER – Authorities serving a search warrant at a Lancaster home Monday morning seized 13 pounds of marijuana with a street value of $15K, as well as several items suspected of being stolen and a live 25mm round commonly fired from a turret gun on a military Bradley fighting vehicle. Lorenzo Mendoza, 59, was...
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LANCASTER – Antelope Valley High School was locked down for about one hour Friday morning as authorities investigated a report of a student brandishing a gun in class. The gun turned out to be fake, and the 10th grade student was arrested. The following is the press report from the Lancaster Station: At 10:05...
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LANCASTER – Sheriff’s homicide detectives are asking for the public’s help in locating a woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death, who may be on the run with her three small children. Neffertashia Ann Burroughs, 21, is currently wanted for murder. Authorities say shortly after midnight on Feb. 28, 2012, Burroughs stabbed her...
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ALHAMBRA – A 36-year-old Palmdale man, who ran from the courthouse after he was remanded, was later captured and taken into custody. At around 3 p.m. Thursday, Jason Albo appeared in Department 4 of the Alhambra Court for a probation violation hearing. During the hearing the judge ordered Albo’s remand. Albo then ran from...
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GOODLAND, KS – A 31-year-old woman who shot at two Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers during a 2011 car chase has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison, according to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt. Piper Lacey Stout-Briese of Palmdale was sentenced Thursday in Sherman County District Court. Judge Scott Showalter sentenced Stout-Briese...
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LANCASTER – An 18-year-old Littlerock man charged in the 2010 slashing death of his 11-year-old cousin and the knife attack of her 14-year-old sister was sentenced Thursday. Lonnie Lee Liner was sentenced to 11 years, plus 15 years to life in accordance with a plea deal. Liner pleaded no contest on March 28 to...
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LANCASTER – The man accused of robbing and killing a computer store owner and the woman accused of driving the getaway car both appeared in court Tuesday for a scheduled arraignment hearing. But neither Timothy Johnson nor Jinea Ingram entered a plea Tuesday. Instead, the case was postponed until June 4 for arraignment and...
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UPDATED at 6:45 p.m. 4/25/12: Marie Delores Hidalgo pleaded no contest to one count of gross vehicular manslaughter and was sentenced to four years in prison Wednesday for the head-on collision that killed Timothy Howard McKelvey, a spokeswoman for the District Attorney’s office told the Santa Clarita Valley Signal. Hidalgo was reportedly given credit for...
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LANCASTER – It’s been more than 11 years since Biiiance Hawkins died from suffocation, after having her hands and legs bound with duct tape and duct tape put over her nose and mouth. For Hawkins’ six brothers and sisters, the pain is still as fresh as if the murder happened yesterday. “It’s devastating, every...
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LANCASTER – A man was shot to death in Lancaster early Saturday morning, authorities said. The shooting happened around 12:10 a.m. Saturday in the 700 Block of West Avenue H-7, according to Deputy Peter Gomez of the Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau. The victim, a male Black adult, was transported to a local hospital where he...
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ANTELOPE VALLEY – A California Department of Corrections officer pleaded no contest Friday to stalking a former girlfriend and was sentenced to a year in county jail. Xavier Lorenzo Renteria, 41, was also placed on three years formal probation and ordered to pay the victim $4,250 in restitution, according to the Los Angeles District...
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Updated 4/24/12: The victim has been identified as 45-year-old Kim Laurine Odom. LANCASTER – Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau detectives Friday were investigating a shooting in Lancaster that left a Black woman dead. Detectives responded to the 1200 Block of Meadow Circle around 11:37 p.m. Thursday, April 19, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the shooting of...
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LANCASTER – A preliminary hearing was held Thursday for Jodi Lynn Biers, the 28-year-old woman accused of driving drunk and causing the crash that killed a Lancaster woman and critically injured the woman’s husband. Angelica Goins-Jones, 42, died instantly when her vehicle collided with Biers’ pickup truck on Tuesday, March 13 at the intersection...
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LANCASTER – Surveillance video led authorities to the man they say is responsible for scrawling “Caveman” on signs and storefronts at 72 separate locations in downtown Lancaster and causing $35,000 in property damage in the process. Edward Dorian Simmet, 26, also known as “Caveman,” was arrested Tuesday afternoon and booked at the Lancaster Station...
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LANCASTER – The preliminary hearing has been postponed to May for a man accused of murdering his roommate in the Palmdale apartment they shared. Nicholas Brian Harper, 24, appeared in court Wednesday before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Christopher Estes for a scheduled preliminary hearing. His public defender, John Cho, requested that the preliminary...
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LANCASTER – Biiiance Hawkins had said she would be extremely busy over the Easter weekend; so when family members didn’t hear from her, they were unconcerned. “She said she would be shopping all Saturday and getting ready to sing in the choir on Sunday,” said sister Yondy “Faye” Bryant. “A lot of people said...
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Lancaster Station is seeking your help in identifying or locating the following convicted sex offender. If you recognize him, or know where he might be hiding, please contact Lancaster Station detectives using the information next to the suspect’s photos or by calling 1-800-222-tips (8477). - Suspect: Ronnie Neil Day Sex: Male Descent: White Height:...
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LANCASTER — Both suspects highlighted on this week’s Most Wanted list have been featured before but are being featured again because they have eluded capture so far. If you recognize them, or know where they might be hiding, contact Lancaster Station detectives using the information next to the suspects’ photos or by calling 1-800-222-tips...
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LANCASTER – Wednesday morning, members of the Lancaster Station Burglary Suppression Team arrested two 16-year-old boys suspected of burglarizing 10 homes within the past two weeks. The burglaries occurred in the area of 17th Street East and Lancaster Blvd. While reviewing reports, Burglary Suppression Team members noticed a pattern of activity common to the...
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PALMDALE – Palmdale Station detectives arrested an Indecent Exposure suspect Wednesday morning and are hoping to identify any other potential victims. Esvin Donis, 33, of Palmdale, was arrested in relation to a case that occurred at 9 p.m. on Monday, April 2, 2012 at Desert Sands Park (39117 3rd Street East, Palmdale). The victim,...
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LANCASTER – The preliminary hearing has been postponed to next week for an alleged drunk driver accused of causing a crash that killed a Lancaster woman and critically injured the woman’s husband. Jodi Lynn Biers, 28, appeared in court Wednesday before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Christopher Estes for a scheduled preliminary hearing. Los...
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PALMDALE – David Grajeda, a candidate for the position of Mayor of the City of Lancaster, in today’s general municipal election was arrested late Sunday night. The following is the press release from the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station: On April 8, 2012 at approximately , Palmdale Station received a call of a fight at...
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LOS ANGELES – A former state employee convicted of masterminding a massive child-care scam was sentenced Friday to 14 years in state prison and ordered to make full restitution of more than $1.4 million, the District Attorney’s Office announced. Demetrius Eugene, 40, of Palmdale was sentenced by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Melissa Widdifield....
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PALMDALE – Palmdale station detectives Thursday afternoon returned several items of jewelry and coins to a victim, whose home was broken into more than a year ago. They say DNA evidence led them to the burglar. Justin Benner, 28, was arrested for burglary Thursday and is set for arraignment on April 9 at the...
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Lancaster Station is seeking your help in identifying or locating the following individuals. If you recognize any of them, or know where they might be hiding, please contact Lancaster Station detectives using the information next to the suspects’ photos or by calling 1-800-222-tips (8477). Suspect: Tamara Kay Sullivan Sex: Female Descent: White Height: 5’7″...
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LANCASTER – A 24-year-old man charged with murdering his roommate pleaded not guilty Tuesday in an Antelope Valley courtroom. Nicholas Brian Harper was arraigned before Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Robert McSorley and was represented by Deputy Public Defender John Cho. After pleading not guilty to a single count of murder, Harper was ordered...
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PALMDALE – Palmdale Station is seeking your help in identifying or locating the following individuals. If you recognize any of them, or know where they might be hiding, please contact Palmdale Station detectives using the information next to the suspects’ photos or by calling 1-800-222-tips (8477). Suspect: Jared McCart Jared McCart is described as...
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Updated 4/3/12 at 5:30 p.m. The man shot to death, in the parking lot of Snooky’s Sunday night, has been identified as Vyacheslav Berzer, 33, of Reseda, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. LANCASTER – Late Sunday night a 33-year-old man was shot and killed by a security guard outside an adult...
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LANCASTER – The Lancaster Station has joined law enforcement agencies across the state in cracking down on illegal cell phone use and texting violations as part of Distracted Driving Awareness Month in April. “Our officers take distracted driving very seriously,” said Lancaster Station Captain Bob Jonson. “If you haven’t heeded all the safety messaging...
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PALMDALE – Seven teens were detained Wednesday for brutally beating up a 15-year-old Hispanic student on March 14 as he was walking home from school, according to authorities. Detectives say the juveniles, ages 13 to 16, were identified in a video of the beating on a public website. The youths are now facing charges...
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LANCASTER – A teacher’s aid who last month pleaded no contest to sexually molesting a 13-year-old student whom she tutored was sentenced to state prison Thursday. Holly Marie Polson, 35, of Palmdale was sentenced to six years in state prison by Superior Court Judge Hayden Zacky. Additionally, Polson was ordered to register as a...
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LANCASTER – Tommie Lee Cole, the 24-year-old man accused of driving drunk and causing a collision that killed two Walmart employees on their way home from work, was scheduled to be arraigned in court Thursday. But Cole’s arraignment was postponed, once again, this time to May. Superior Court Judge Steven Ogden agreed to continue...
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LANCASTER – An 18-year-old Littlerock man charged in the 2010 slashing death of his 11-year-old cousin and the knife attack of her 14-year-old sister pleaded Wednesday, the District Attorney’s Office announced. Lonnie Lee Liner pleaded no contest to one count each of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder, said Deputy District Attorney S. Kelly...
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LANCASTER – Armed robbers struck twice within 15 minutes in a West Lancaster shopping center Tuesday night. In the first incident, which occurred around 8 p.m., a gunman wearing a ski mask and a hoodie robbed the Marshalls department store in the 44000 Block of Valley Central Way, according to Lancaster Station spokesman Michael...
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LANCASTER – Prosecutors Tuesday upgraded charges against an alleged drunk driver accused of causing a crash that killed a Lancaster woman and critically injured the woman’s husband. Jodi Lyn Biers, 28, is now facing a murder charge for the collision on March 13 that killed Angelica Goins-Jones and put Patrick Jones in the hospital...
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LANCASTER – At a 10 a.m. press conference Tuesday to announce how they captured robbery/homicide suspect Timothy Johnson, officials received word that Johnson’s girlfriend had just been arrested as an accomplice in the incident. Lancaster resident Jinea Aarona Ingram, 24, was arrested at 10:01 a.m. Tuesday and booked at the Lancaster Station on $1...
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PALMDALE – The Palmdale Sheriff’s Station conducted a DUI Checkpoint from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Friday, March 23. The operation was conducted in the east bound lanes of Avenue S, between the intersections of 37th Street East & 40th Street East. The results of the DUI Checkpoint are as follows: 1,144 vehicles...
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LANCASTER – Deputies from Lancaster Sheriff’s Station conducted a Sobriety and Driver’s License Checkpoint from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Friday, March 23. The checkpoint location was westbound Avenue I at 3rd Street East. The results of the checkpoint are as follows: 809 vehicles traveled through the checkpoint. Seven drivers were waived through...
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LANCASTER – A deputy making an early morning traffic stop in Lancaster Sunday was greeted by a hail of gunfire, according to a Sheriff’s press report. The bullets missed the deputy, but hit the storefronts of two local businesses near the intersection of Avenue J and 20th Street West. Authorities arrested 29-year-old Donald Ray...
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UPDATED 3/25/12 at 9 am: Robbery/homicide suspect Timothy Johnson was arrested by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s investigators in South Los Angeles Saturday night. LASD Inmate information records put Timothy Johnson’s arrest time at 7:10 p.m. Saturday. He is being held without bail, and he is due in court at the Antelope Valley Courthouse at...
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LANCASTER – A man was shot and killed during the robbery of a computer store in Lancaster Friday afternoon, according to authorities. “We got the call at 4 p.m. about a shooting that occurred in the parking lot of 20th West and K,” said Sgt. Jill Deschamps of the Lancaster Station. “It turned out...
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PALMDALE – The Palmdale Sheriff’s Station Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI Checkpoint on Friday, March 23, 2012 at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. Deputies will be contacting drivers passing through the checkpoint for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment. Deputies will...
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PALMDALE – Palmdale detectives are seeking the public’s help in identifying up to 10 assailants who viciously attacked a 15-year-old student as he was walking home from school last week. The boy was treated at the hospital for multiple kicks to his head and is also undergoing surgery to repair several of his teeth...
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Suspect: Derek Avalos Sex: Male Descent: Hispanic Height: 5’9″ Weight: 160 Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Age: 24 Warrant: $50,000 Charge: Domestic Violence Summary: Suspect Avalos failed to appear in court on a case in which he assaulted his wife. Contact: Detective Sullivan at Lancaster Sheriff Station (661) 948-8466. - Suspect: Bradley McBride White Sex:...
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UPDATED 3/23/12: Robert Gonzalez has been located, and he was found alive and well, according to daughter Glenda Gonzalez. Family members thanked all who have shown concern and have assisted in locating Robert Gonzalez. PALMDALE – Family members are asking for the public’s helping in locating Robert Gonzalez. The 77-year-old Palmdale resident has been...
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PALMDALE – Authorities on Wednesday seized thousands of dollars in high-end electronics, including flat screen TVs, computers, and iPads, from a Palmdale couple on food stamps and state aid who could not account for how they paid for the expensive items. Gray Miller, 36, and his wife Mary Mitchell, 34, were both arrested on...
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LANCASTER – Two alleged gang-affiliated brothers are in jail awaiting trial on a host of charges, including assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder, for beating up a man in a Lancaster convenience store last month. The attack could have gotten much worse, and may have even turned deadly, if not for the...
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ANTELOPE VALLEY – A 17-year-old girl was allegedly intoxicated Friday night when she crashed her car into a guard rail, killing her 17-year-old passenger, according to a report from the California Highway Patrol. The single vehicle crash occurred around 10 p.m., Friday on Sierra Highway, south of Pearblossom Highway (between Palmdale and Acton). According...
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LANCASTER – The suspected drunk driver involved in Tuesday’s collision, that killed a Lancaster woman and critically injured the woman’s husband, cried throughout her court appearance Thursday. Jodi Lynn Biers, 28, was charged with five felonies – gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, two counts of driving under the influence and causing injury, and two...
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Suspect: Torrion Marqual Falconer Halcro Sex: Male Descent: Black Height: 5’07″ Weight: 150 Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Age: 21 Warrant: $160,000 Charge: Vandalism, Child Endangerment, Battery Summary: Suspect Falconer rammed his vehicle, with his child inside, into a family member’s vehicle. Contact: Detective Horning at Lancaster Sheriff Station (661) 948-8466. - Suspect: Shane Lauren...
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LANCASTER – A 42-year-old Lancaster woman was killed early Tuesday morning in a collision with a suspected drunk driver, according to authorities. The collision occurred at 10th Street West and Avenue L at around 12:54 a.m., said Lancaster Station Spokesman Michael Rust. “The victim was headed eastbound on Avenue L and she was going...
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Suspect: Karen Melissa Peters Sex: Female Descent: Black Height: 5’04″ Weight: 195 Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Age: 46 Warrant: $50,000 Charge: Burglary, Make/Possess Fictitious Instruments. Summary: Suspect Peters passed several insufficient checks at Costco. Contact: Detective Torres at Lancaster Sheriff Station (661) 948-8466. - Suspect: John Murray Barry Sex: Male Descent: White Height:...
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LANCASTER – A search of 32 parolee homes in Lancaster Thursday morning netted six arrests, and two children were removed by the Department of Children and Family Services, according to authorities. The multi-agency operation was conducted to ensure that persons released from state prison under AB 109, also known as Post Supervised Persons (PSPs),...
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WOODLAND HILLS – The families of Darrell Logan Jr. and Christian Cobian are two of several claimants seeking unspecified damages from Los Angeles County in connection with alleged incidents of excessive force and racially-motivated abuse on the part of the Sheriff’s Department. “We’re talking about brutal beatings that were on video, and we’re talking...
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PALMDALE – Do you recognize the person in this surveillance image? If so, Palmdale detectives would like to hear from you. They say the thief brandished a gun and robbed USA Mini Mart at 38821 10th Street West in Palmdale. The following is the press report from the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station. Palmdale Detectives are...
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Palmdale Station is seeking your help in identifying or locating the following individuals. If you recognize any of them or know where they might be hiding, contact detectives using the information next to each suspect’s photo or by calling 1-800-222-tips (8477). - Suspect: Brenda Araisa Brenda Araisa is described as a 34-year-old Hispanic female...
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ANTELOPE VALLEY – A 21-year-old Palmdale man is in critical condition after being shot and left for dead in the desert by two men during an apparent carjacking, which took place around 12:15 p.m. Monday, according to the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station. Deputies say the two suspects are possibly driving the victim’s vehicle, which is...
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PALMDALE – Palmdale deputies arrested a 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy Saturday evening for allegedly robbing three victims at knife point. Authorities say the three victims were walking through the neighborhood around 4:50 p.m., near 27th Street East and Avenue Q-12, when the two juvenile suspects approached and demanded that the victims turn...
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LANCASTER – A Hispanic man who was killed in an alley six weeks ago by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies was shot at least four times, according to a copy of the autopsy report obtained by The AV Times. Christian Cobian, 26, suffered a potentially fatal gunshot wound to the right side of the...
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LANCASTER – Nicholas Brian Harper, the 23-year-old man accused of killing his roommate was to be arraigned in court Thursday. However, during his brief court appearance, Harper did not enter a plea and his case was postponed to April instead. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Steven Ogden agreed to continue the matter to April...
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Suspect: Ronny Scott Howard Sex: Male Descent: White Height: 6’01″ Weight: 185 Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue Age: 34 Warrant: $100,000 Charge: Domestic Violence Summary: Suspect Howard assaulting his girlfriend during an argument. Contact: Detective Ashworth at Lancaster Sheriff Station (661) 948-8466. Suspect: Mark Lawrence Avila Sex: Male Descent: White Height: 5’07″ Weight: 165...
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PALMDALE – A female teacher’s aide pleaded no contest Wednesday to sexually molesting a 13-year-old male student whom she was tutoring, the District Attorney’s office announced. Holly Marie Polson, 35, pleaded no contest to all four counts of lewd act on a child under 14, said Deputy District Attorney Valerie Little. The married Palmdale...
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LANCASTER – Lancaster patrol deputies captured four suspects who they say robbed an elderly Lancaster man while he was taking his 4-year-old grandson for a walk. Shortly after 10 a.m., Wednesday (Feb. 29, 2012), a 64-year-old Lancaster man was taking his 4-year-old grandson for a walk through their neighborhood. As they neared the intersection...
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LANCASTER – A suspected drunk driver involved in an early morning crash Sunday that killed two Walmart employees is facing eight felony counts, including two counts of second degree murder, according to court records. Tommie Lee Cole, 24, appeared briefly in an Antelope Valley courtroom Tuesday before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Steven Ogden...
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LANCASTER – In late November of 2011, members of the Lancaster Station Burglary Suppression Team noticed a pattern developing in Lancaster, regarding a rash of residential burglaries occurring in a westside residential area. Burglary team members began tracking the burglaries and canvassing the neighborhoods in an effort to identify the suspects in the burglaries....
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LANCASTER – A midday drug bust Tuesday yielded a large caliber handgun, nearly $400 in cash, and nearly five pounds of marijuana, plus scales, baggies and other evidence associated with the sale of marijuana, according to Lancaster Sheriff’s Spokesman Michael Rust. Dewayne Curry, 32, was arrested for possession of marijuana and felony possession of...
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LANCASTER – Candles, flowers and handwritten notes marked the spot where Beau Josh Owen Fluker, 26, and Jeffrey Gilstrap, 23 lost their lives in a car crash early Sunday morning. A note with pictures of both men read: “R.I.P. Beau Fluker & Jeffrey. You are at a better place now.” Excerpts from a full...
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LANCASTER – A 26-year-old man and a 23-year-old man died early Sunday morning after a suspected drunken driver crashed into their vehicle at a Lancaster intersection, according to Lt. Richard Daniels of the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station. The incident happened about 2:26 a.m. on Avenue J and 20th Street West in Lancaster. The victims were...
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LANCASTER – Last week gang detectives from the Sheriff’s Department descending on the Trading Post Pawn Shop and the duplex directly behind the store, after obtaining information that employees of the pawn shop were taking in stolen property and dealing drugs, according to a news release by the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station. Read more here....
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LANCASTER – Gang Detectives from the Sheriff’s Department Operation Safe Streets unit, along with deputies from the Lancaster Station Burglary Suppression Team Thursday morning continued their investigation into employees from the Trading Post Pawn Shop receiving stolen property and trading narcotics for stolen property. During follow up investigation, detectives learned that Randel Sagraves of...
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UPDATE: MISSING WOMAN FOUND – Rickie Ann Jones was located Thursday morning, around 8:30 a.m. at Denny’s Restaurant at 20th West and Avenue K in Lancaster, according to Lancaster Station spokesman Michael Rust. Rust said Jones was not harmed and has been returned to her family. LANCASTER – Have you seen the woman in...
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Name: Unknown Summary: The suspect attempted to cash a victim’s paycheck after her wallet was stolen from her office. Contact: Detective Parisi at Lancaster Sheriff Station (661) 948-8466. Suspect: Wakene Jamal Carter Sex: Male Descent: Black Height: 5’06″ Weight: 160 Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Age: 35 Warrant: $50,000 Charge: Robbery Summary: Suspect...
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LANCASTER – Nearly two dozen family members of James McElroy sat in the courtroom all day Thursday awaiting the arraignment of Nicholas Harper, the man accused of shooting and killing McElroy last Tuesday. Harper, 23, was charged with murder Thursday morning and appeared in court late Thursday afternoon before Los Angeles County Superior Court...
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Suspect: Joshua JaaJaa Sex: Male Descent: White Height: 6’02″ Weight: 190 Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Age: 26 Warrant: $205,000 Charge: Stalking, Criminal Threats Summary: Suspect JaaJaa continuously called the victim and threatened her. Contact: Detective Simon at Lancaster Sheriff Station (661) 948-8466. (Information via Lancaster Station.) Suspect: Prince Eugene Warren Sex: Male Descent:...
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LANCASTER – Larene Eleanor Austin, the woman accused of a 2010 Palmdale murder who fled the country and was captured in Belize, was to be arraigned Thursday, but her court date was pushed back to March 19. Austin, 29, is accused of shooting and killing Lanell Barsock, 29, on June 16, 2010. Barsock’s body...
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LANCASTER – Gang Detectives from the Sheriff’s Department’s Operation Safe Streets unit, along with deputies from the Lancaster Station’s Burglary Suppression Team early morning descended on the Trading Post Pawn Shop located on Sierra Hwy in Lancaster, and a duplex directly behind the shop in the 500 block of Oldfield Street after obtaining...
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LANCASTER – A 23-year-old man previously arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter for the shooting death of his roommate on Feb. 7, was released from custody today and then re-arrested for murder. Nicholas Harper had been in custody since 4:25 a.m. on Feb. 8, when he was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter for the...
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LANCASTER – On 2/7/12, a home burglary occurred in the area of 90th St. West and Avenue C-10 Lancaster. During the burglary multiple firearms, including high powered rifles were stolen, along with valuable coins, electronics and other items. The day after the burglary, on 2/8/12, Gregory Whitfield 29 of Lancaster was stopped for a...
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Suspect: Joshua Wayne Cornett Sex: Male Descent: White Height: 6’02″ Weight: 170 Hair: Brown Eyes: Hazel Age: 20 Warrant: $150,000 Charge: Robbery Summary: Suspect Cornett attacked the victim with a flashlight and stole his cell phone. Contact: Detective Ellis at Lancaster Sheriff Station (661) 948-8466. Suspect: Jonathan Kyle Bolton Sex: Male Descent: Black...
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LANCASTER – A 2 a.m. traffic stop Thursday morning led Lancaster patrol deputies to a house where they found an estimated one million dollars in marijuana, according to Lancaster Station spokesman Michael Rust. The driver of the car and eight other suspects inside the home were arrested Thursday. The following is the press release...
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LANCASTER – Several wiped away tears as 10-year-old Stephany Cobian spoke of the deputy-involved shooting on Jan. 21 that claimed the life of her big brother Christian Cobian, 26. “I don’t understand why the police had to shoot him just because he was riding a bike without a light,” Stephany Cobian said. “If I...
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PALMDALE – A 21-year-old Hispanic man was shot and killed Tuesday night at the Parkwood Patio apartment complex in the 38000 block of 20th street east in Palmdale. The man has been identified as James Fitzgerald McElroy, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. Deputies have arrested the man’s roommate Nicholas Harper, 23,...
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PALMDALE/LANCASTER – Crime rates in Palmdale and Lancaster for 2011 have dropped to their lowest levels in at least 20 years, according to press releases issued by the cities of Palmdale and Lancaster Thursday. Palmdale’s crime rate plummets for 2011 With a 2.71 percent decrease in the number of Part I crimes reported and...
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Updated: 2/3/12 at 6:30 p.m. The 68-year-old man shot dead by deputies Wednesday night is Donald Handy, according to his live-in girlfriend of eight years, Phyllis Pearson, 49. LANCASTER – A 68-year-old White man wielding a sword was shot and killed by deputies Wednesday night in Lancaster, according to Lieutenant Mary Leef of the Sheriff’s...
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Suspect: Katie Salter Sex: Female Descent: White Height: 5’11″ Weight: 210 Age: 23 Charge: She currently has an $80,000 arrest warrant in relation to a 2011 forgery case in which she was purchasing items with forged travelers’ check. Summary: Salter has been known to frequent the 13000 Block of Mohawk Road in the Apple...
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PALMDALE – Do you recognize any of the men in this surveillance photo, particularly the man in the blue jacket? If so, then Palmdale detectives would like to hear from you. They say the man in blue and his four friends entered a Carl’s Junior and snatched a cell phone out of a victim’s...
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PALMDALE – Deputy Eduardo G. Saucedo received a standing ovation from all in attendance at the Palmdale City Council meeting Wednesday when he was presented with the annual DUI plaque for obtaining the highest number of DUI arrests at the Palmdale Station in 2011. But Saucedo was not able to stand himself. He accepted...
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LANCASTER – A 63-year-old woman was one of many citizens who stopped their cars and jumped out to help a female deputy who was being attacked on the side of the road Tuesday, according to Lancaster Station spokesman Michael Rust. “We’re thankful for the people that intervened,” said Rust. “It quite possibly saved the...
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LANCASTER – A Rite Aid employee was arrested early Wednesday morning for stealing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from the company and then selling the stolen goods on the Internet, according to the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station. Detectives also seized several firearms and ammunition from the employee’s home. The following is the news release...
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PALMDALE – An apparent transient was arrested Wednesday morning when deputies spotted him in a stolen fireman’s jacket, according to the Palmdale Sheriff’s station. Hipolito Martinez, 49, was booked at 9:18 a.m. on the charge of receiving stolen property. He was also placed on an immigration hold at the Palmdale Station. The following is...
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LANCASTER – Broadcasting profiles of fugitives through local media channels paid off for detectives at the Lancaster Station last year. In 2011, 61 of the 89 suspects highlighted on the Lancaster Station’s weekly Most Wanted list were captured, according to spokesman Deputy Michael Rust. “We want to let the public know how much we...
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A fugitive wanted for a June 2010 murder in Palmdale was captured Wednesday after an America’s Most Wanted tipster led investigators to her whereabouts in Belize, according to the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office. Larene Eleanor Austin, 29, was arrested without incident and returned to the United States, via Houston, Thursday. Austin is accused...
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Three men were arrested this morning on federal charges for using stolen identities to file fraudulent tax returns that each sought thousands of dollars in tax refunds. The arrests were pursuant to a 17-count indictment that charges five defendants with conspiring to defraud the United States by filing false federal income tax returns. The fraudulent...
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LANCASTER – The NAACP in the Antelope Valley is outraged by the statement from City leaders backing deputies involved in Saturday’s shooting, which left a 26-year-old Hispanic man dead. “They are standing behind the deputies no matter what, without knowing the facts themselves,” said AV NAACP President Juan Blanco. “The City leaders of Lancaster...
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PALMDALE – Palmdale Detectives are seeking the public’s help in identifying and stopping the suspects involved in a weekend home invasion. Detectives say on Saturday, four suspects kicked open the door to an East Palmdale apartment, bound the family with duct tape, and ransacked the apartment for money. Detectives have identified several similarities between...
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LANCASTER – Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris and members of the City Council Monday released a joint statement addressing the recent deputy-involved shooting that left 26-year-old Christian Cobian dead. “The deputies involved in this incident and their families have the full support of Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris and City Council Members during this...
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LANCASTER –Family members have identified the 26-year-old Hispanic man shot and killed by Lancaster deputies Saturday night as Christian Cobian. “The detective told me it’s my son,” said mother, Carmen Cobian. “I don’t understand why they had to shoot him.” Carmen Cobian joined about 20 family members Sunday at the scene of the shooting...
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LANCASTER – Allegations of brutality against a 20-year-old woman who claims she was roughed up and choked by deputies during a traffic stop last week are being investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Lancaster Station. “They were basically manhandling her,” said J. Wilson, who says she witnessed some of the incident from...
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LOS ANGELES – A 31-year-old Lancaster man is one of two suspects that were charged Wednesday with the 2008 shooting deaths of three men and two women slain in a Long Beach homeless encampment. David Cruz Ponce of Lancaster was charged with five special circumstance murders, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office....
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Suspect: TJ Wade Tuttle Sex: Male Descent: White Height: 6’0″ Weight: 235 Hair: Brown Eyes: Green Age: 27 Charge: Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Vandalism. Summary: Suspect Tuttle struck the windshield of the victim’s vehicle with a pole while the victim was sitting inside of it. Contact: Detective Fredericks at Lancaster Sheriff Station (661)...
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LANCASTER – This parking lot security footage is the only video that will be used in the criminal case against Lancaster resident Marco Chiclana for resisting arrest and assaulting an officer. The scuffle between Chiclana and six Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies was caught on tape April 2, 2011 in front of the Antelope...
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LANCASTER – Deputies are searching for a man who robbed a cash advance store in the Quartz Hill Town Centre at gunpoint early Tuesday afternoon. “This was in the middle of the day, pretty brazen,” said Lancaster Sheriff’s Station spokesman Michael Rust. “But our Robbery Suppression Team is here, and with their expertise, I...
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LANCASTER – Deputies from the Lancaster Community Appreciation Program (LAN-CAP) team discovered a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory inside an apartment in west Lancaster late Wednesday evening. The bust took place at the Antelope Valley Apartments at the 3100 Block of W. Avenue K-4 in Lancaster. Deputies also found “finished” methamphetamine valued at approximately $2,500. Deputies...
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PALMDALE – On Thursday, two juvenile offenders assigned to Camp Mendenhall, located at 42230 N. Lake Hughes Rd. Lake Hughes, walked away from a supervised hike near the camp. Los Angeles County Probation Department officials notified Palmdale Sheriff’s Station and deputies responded to complete a missing persons report and assist Probation Department personnel with...
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PALMDALE – The Palmdale Sheriff’s Station Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI Checkpoint on Friday, January 13, 2012 at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. DUI checkpoints are a proven enforcement tool effective in reducing the number of persons killed and injured in...
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LOS ANGELES – Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris joined Sheriff Lee Baca and executive members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Wednesday for a press conference to discuss the latest crime statistics, which reflect an overall drop in crime for Los Angeles County. At the news conference, the City of Lancaster was recognized...
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PALMDALE – The man who disguised himself as a Wal-Mart employee on New Year’s Eve and walked out of the store with four televisions has been identified and taken into custody, according to the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station. Palmdale detectives have marked Michael Hollins of Rosamond as the man behind the Wal-Mart incident, as well...
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PALMDALE – Do you recognize the woman in this photo? If so, Palmdale detectives would like to hear from you. They say the 50-year-old Hispanic female scammed an elderly man out of his money in November. Detectives believe the women may be using a similar scam to prey on elderly victims throughout the Antelope...
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PALMDALE – A Palmdale man who was killed in his garage three months ago by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies was shot 11 times, and all but one of the bullets entered the back side of his body, according to a copy of the autopsy report obtained by The AV Times. Darrell Logan Jr.,...
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BALDY MESA – Two Lancaster men were among dozens arrested Sunday afternoon when San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies raided a cockfighting ring in Baldy Mesa, an unincorporated town east of Victorville. Gerardo Altamirano, 40, and Adan Martinez, 54, were arrested by Victor Valley Station deputies for being animal fighting spectators. Both Lancaster men were...
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LOS ANGELES – A defense attorney who allegedly tried to enter the Antelope Valley Courthouse with two bindles of rock cocaine in his wallet, one month after allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into a jail holding facility, was arraigned on charges Thursday. Kenneth Roger Markman, 47, pleaded not guilty to seven felony counts –...
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PALMDALE – Do you recognize the man in this surveillance photo? If so, Palmdale Station detectives would like to hear from you. Detectives say on New Year’s Eve, the man dressed as a Wal-Mart employee and stole four televisions from the Palmdale Wal-Mart in plain sight. The following is the press report from the...
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PALMDALE – Three men and a woman were arrested for allegedly ripping a washing machine out of an apartment complex early Tuesday morning in East Palmdale, according to authorities. Ricardo Garcia, 55; Juan Ponce, 29; Orlando Garcia, 43; and Christina Luna,33 were in jail Thursday on burglary charges. The following is the press report...
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LOS ANGELES –The Winter Holiday Anti-DUI crackdown has ended. The operation resulted in more than two thousand DUI arrests in Los Angeles County in the past 17 days from local routine traffic enforcement and special “Avoid the 100” DUI deployments, authorities announced Tuesday. From 12:01 a.m., Friday, Dec. 16 through 12 a.m., Sunday, Jan....
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Suspect: Bradley McBride White Sex: Male Descent: White Height: 5’10″ Weight: 155 Hair: Brown Eyes: Hazel Age: 21 Charge: Grand Theft, Burglary. Summary: Suspect White stole a welder out of the rear of the victim’s truck and pawned it. Contact: Detective Torres at Lancaster Sheriff Station (661) 948-8466. Suspect: Desmond Davis Joice...
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PALMDALE – Palmdale Sheriff’s deputies are warning residents to beware of ongoing charity scams in the mid-city area. The scams consist of suspects approaching citizens, either in business districts or by going door to door in neighborhoods, and asking for donations to aid in paying for funeral arrangements for a recently murdered child. In...
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ANTELOPE VALLEY – The California Highway Patrol made 23 arrests throughout the Antelope Valley during its Maximum Enforcement Period, which lasted from 6:01 p.m., Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 to 11:59 p.m., Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. Of the 23 arrested over the New Year’s holiday weekend, 20 were arrested for driving under the influence, said...
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PALMDALE – The California Highway Patrol Friday conducted one of the last DUI/license checkpoints of 2011. The operation took place on Sierra Highway, just north of Avenue Q in Palmdale, and was headed by Sgt. Tom Lackey. “It’s towards the end of the year where people have a tendency to celebrate and we just...
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PALMDALE – Following three days of deliberations, jurors Thursday convicted the mastermind behind a massive child care fraud ring that depleted the public treasury of more than $1.4 million. Demetrius Eugene of Palmdale – a former employee of the Department of Incorporations within the California Secretary of State’s office – was convicted of five...
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LANCASTER – Los Angeles County coroner officials have released a sketch of the man whose skeletal remains were found behind the former Wal-Mart store in Lancaster this past summer. Authorities are seeking the public’s help to identify the man, whom officials have termed John Doe 86. He was discovered around 10:30 a.m. on July...
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LANCASTER – Around 3 p.m. on Dec. 25, 49-year-old Jacqueline Hughes was lying down at home watching television when she heard a commotion outside involving her husband. “I heard him screaming like somebody was hitting him, so I jumped up to see what was going on,” said Hughes. Hughes says she rushed outside and...
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LOS ANGELES – The Winter Holiday Anti-DUI crackdown has resulted in more than one thousand DUI arrests in Los Angeles County in the past week from local routine traffic enforcement and special “Avoid the 100” DUI deployments, authorities announced Friday. From 12:01 a.m., Friday, Dec. 16 through 12 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 29, officers representing...
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Suspect: Dran Lamont Johnson Sex: Male Descent: Black Height: 6’00″ Weight: 200 Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Age: 41 Charge: Vandalism, intimidating a victim. Summary: Suspect Johnson failed to appear in court for a case in which he damaged his ex-girlfriend’s property and threatened her. Contact: Detective Ashworth at Lancaster Sheriff Station (661) 948-8466. ...
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ANTELOPE VALLEY – The California High Patrol will be cracking down on impaired and unlicensed drivers in the Antelope Valley Friday. “All drivers who are under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs can expect to be arrested and can count on spending the night in jail,” said Steve Urrea, commander of CHP’s Antelope Valley...
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Suspect: Brian Warren Kellogg Sex: Male Descent: White Height: 5’10″ Weight: 265 Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue Age: 34 Charge: False imprisonment, criminal threats, stalking Summary: Suspect Kellogg locked the victim in her apartment, prevented her from calling 911, and threatened her with a firearm. Contact: Detective Bowser at Lancaster Sheriff Station (661) 948-8466. (Source:...
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LANCASTER – At a press conference Thursday, attorneys for Marco Chiclana released video of the violent altercation between Chiclana and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies in front of Antelope Valley Hospital on April 2. Chiclana, who has filed a civil lawsuit against the Sheriff’s Department, alleges he was badly beaten after he called deputies...
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LANCASTER – Multiple facial fractures, potential blindness in one eye, head injuries, broken bones in various areas of his body, and a chipped tooth are some of the injuries Marco Chiclana alleges he suffered at the hands of at least four deputies. Chiclana claims he was excessively beaten and falsely arrested by Los Angeles...
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