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California's top cop sends message to sheriffs statewide: Nobody is above the law

At this point in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department decent into ignominy, it's clear to even the casual observer that Sheriff Alex Villanueva isn't just willing to play in the mud, he seems to enjoy it like a hog in a heatwave.

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Luna, Villanueva trade charges in antagonistic LA sheriff debate

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and retired Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna squared off Wednesday night during a heated, often antagonistic, debate in which they traded barbs over their records in law enforcement and their ability to lead the nation’s largest sheriff’s department.

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Sheriff ordered to halt search of some computers linked to Supervisor Kuehl investigation

LOS ANGELES — A Superior Court judge late Thursday ordered Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials to stop searching certain computers seized as part of sprawling raids tied to an investigation into County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and a domestic violence nonprofit.

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Brink’s heist mystery: Questions arise about a timeline that ‘doesn’t make any sense’

LOS ANGELES — It has been more than two months since the multimillion-dollar heist of jewelry from a Brink’s big rig at a Grapevine truck stop, yet key facts about the high-profile crime remain in dispute.

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Dozens of Sheriff Villanueva’s donors received permits to carry guns in public

LOS ANGELES — There are few things Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has boasted about more during his first term in office than his success in dramatically increasing the number of people who are permitted to carry guns in public.

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Los Angeles DA ‘hopeful’ that abuse investigation into Marilyn Manson will be presented this month

LOS ANGELES — An investigation into abuse allegations against rock singer Marilyn Manson is still in progress by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, District Attorney George Gascon said Monday in a video update posted on social media.

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LA Sheriff's Department officials tried to block testimony of key witness at 'deputy gang' hearing, lawsuit says

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and other department officials tried to prevent a key witness from testifying before an oversight panel about gang-like groups of deputies, according to a new lawsuit.

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Conflicting claims in Bryant photo case expose deeper problems in Sheriff's Department

LOS ANGELES — When questioned on the witness stand about the close-up photos he took with his cellphone of Kobe Bryant's body and those of other victims killed in a 2020 helicopter crash, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Doug Johnson said he was doing his job.

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Vanessa Bryant says sheriff’s deputies violated the dignity of her husband and daughter

LOS ANGELES — A few days after the 2020 memorial for Kobe Bryant, the basketball star’s widow, Vanessa, was at home watching TV with family when she learned that Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies had shared gruesome photos of the helicopter crash that killed her husband and the couple’s 13-year-old…

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Vanessa Bryant says sheriff’s deputies violated the dignity of her husband and daughter

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Vanessa Bryant says sheriff’s deputies violated the dignity of her husband and daughter

LOS ANGELES — A few days after the 2020 memorial for Kobe Bryant, the basketball star’s widow, Vanessa, was home watching TV with family when she learned that Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies had shared gruesome photos of the helicopter crash that killed her husband and the couple’s 13-year-old daughter,…

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Vanessa Bryant says sheriff’s deputies violated the dignity of her husband and daughter

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Vanessa Bryant is ‘haunted’ by the sharing of Kobe crash photos, attorney says

LOS ANGELES —The photos were flashed from a sheriff’s deputy’s phone screen to a bartender in Norwalk, California. They were shown to firefighters at an awards gala at the Hilton Hotel in Universal City. They were shared from one deputy to another while the men played the video game “Call…

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LA Sheriff's Department under fire as trial set to start over Kobe Bryant crash photos

LOS ANGELES — They were caught sharing graphic photos they had stored on their phones of the helicopter crash that killed Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others.

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Grand jury investigating LA County Sheriff’s Department handling of deputy who knelt on inmate’s head

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors are convening a criminal grand jury to investigate whether the Sheriff’s Department mishandled an incident in which a sheriff’s deputy kneeled on a handcuffed inmate’s head for three minutes, according to documents and interviews.

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Grand jury investigating LA County Sheriff's Department handling of deputy who knelt on inmate's head

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors are convening a criminal grand jury to investigate whether the Sheriff’s Department mishandled an incident in which a sheriff’s deputy knelt on a handcuffed inmate’s head for three minutes, according to documents and interviews.

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Grand jury investigating LA Sheriff's Department handling of deputy who kneeled on inmate's head

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors are convening a criminal grand jury to investigate whether the Sheriff's Department mishandled an incident in which a sheriff's deputy kneeled on a handcuffed inmate's head for three minutes, according to documents and interviews.

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Sam Dean: Mike Davis is still a damn good storyteller

In late June, I wrote to Mike Davis to see if he'd be up for an interview.

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West Hollywood cut a few LA County sheriff’s deputies and fuels national debate

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — If you were to listen to Fox News, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and felon O.J. Simpson, you would think West Hollywood is under assault.

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$5,000 reward offered after mistaken release of suspect in shooting of Lady Gaga’s dog walker

LOS ANGELES — Months after a 19-year-old suspected of shooting Lady Gaga’s dog walker in Los Angeles was mistakenly released from jail, federal authorities are offering a reward for information on his whereabouts.

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LA supervisors poised to ask voters for power to remove sheriff from office

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is poised to ask voters for the power to remove an elected sheriff from office.

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Investigators probing 'deputy gang' violence in LA Sheriff's Department were told not to ask about Banditos, chief says

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva was transitioning into office late in 2018 when then-Capt. Matthew Burson was overseeing a high-profile criminal investigation into an alleged assault involving East L.A. deputies at a station party.

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3 reputed ‘sovereign citizens’ arrested in San Bernardino County; guns and explosives seized from car and compound

Three alleged “sovereign citizens” accused of possessing firearms, ammunition and improvised explosive devices were arrested over the weekend in California desert communities, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said Sunday.

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3 reputed ‘sovereign citizens’ arrested in San Bernardino County; guns and explosives seized from car and compound

Three alleged “sovereign citizens” accused of possessing firearms, ammunition and improvised explosive devices were arrested over the weekend in desert communities, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said Sunday.

Los Angeles Times

‘These two men were loved’: Two Calif. police officers killed in shooting at motel

LOS ANGELES — Two El Monte, California, police officers were shot and killed Tuesday afternoon while responding to a possible stabbing at a motel, leaving many in this suburb east of Los Angeles stunned.

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