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Soccer coach charged with 2022 sexual assault after murder charge in death of teen boy
The soccer coach jailed on suspicion of murdering 13-year-old Oscar Omar Hernandez was charged Tuesday with an additional count for an alleged sexual attack on a teen in 2022. Mario Edgardo Garcia Aquino, 43, was set to make an initial appearance in court Tuesday afternoon in downtown Los Angeles. He was charged Monday with first-degree murder for the death of…
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Soccer coach charged with murder in death of 13-year-old boy, sex assault of another teen
Prosecutors in Los Angeles filed a murder charge with special circumstances Monday in the disappearance and death of Oscar Omar Hernandez, a 13-year-old boy who vanished last month after visiting a soccer coach.
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Soccer coach questioned in 13 year old's death, arrested for 2024 sex assault
The arrest stemmed from an unrelated sexual assault charge from 2014, not related to the the death of the13-year-old.
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California Supreme Court reverses murder convictions of notorious Atwater Village gang boss
The convictions and death sentence of the one-time leader of an Atwater Village street gang, who police believed committed at least a dozen murders and who was once on the US Marshals most-wanted list, were overturned Thursday by the California Supreme Court, which found a juror was improperly dismissed during deliberations. Timothy McGhee was found guilty in 2007 of three…
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LA County Sheriff's recruit arrested for allegedly threatening man with a gun
A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recruit, who was about 14 weeks through academy training to become a deputy, was arrested on suspicion of threatening a man with a handgun in Lynwood. Kiwan Newbell, 36, was arrested March 10 by the LASD’s Internal Criminal Investigation Bureau on suspicion of assault with a firearm, a felony. Newbell posted a $30,000…
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Bob's Big Boy killer, once facing execution, could have sentence reduced
One of two men convicted and sentenced to death for a 1980 takeover robbery and massacre inside a Los Angeles restaurant is seeking sentence reduction.
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Menendez brothers resentencing hearing date set
The resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez will take place on Dec. 11, according to a court official.
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Former LA County Sheriff Jim McDonnell selected as new LAPD chief
Former LA County Sheriff and Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell has been selected as the new chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Accused LA bus hijacker previously spent time in prison
The man accused of hijacking a bus and murdering a passenger previously spent time in prison, authorities said.
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Feds take action against suspected tourist burglars in Southern California
Federal authorities in Los Angeles were expected to announce Wednesday arrests and prosecutions of foreign nationals suspected of taking-part in so-called ‘tourist burglary’ rings, in which organized groups of thieves visit the United States on easy-to-get tourist visas and break-in to homes, law enforcement sources told NBC4’s I-Team.
