LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The gunman who opened fire inside a Los Angeles International Airport terminal three years ago, killing a TSA officer and wounding three other people, was sentenced […]
Author Archives: Fred Shuster, City News Service
Jury Clears NBA Star Derrick Rose in Rape Lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A federal court jury in downtown Los Angeles rejected a woman’s $21.5 million lawsuit alleging New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose and two of his friends […]
LAX Shooter Pleads Guilty to TSA Officer’s Murder
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A man who opened fire inside a Los Angeles International Airport terminal in 2013, killing a Transportation Security Administration officer, a San Fernando Valley resident and […]
Ex-Sheriff Lee Baca Withdraws Guilty Plea, Heads to Trial
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca withdrew his guilty plea to a federal corruption charge today and will go to trial, with a court date […]
Cambodian Sex Assault Victims Tell L.A. Judge of Crime’s Impact
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Three Vietnamese women who were children when they were raped and sexually assaulted in Cambodia by a onetime Southland resident told a federal judge today that […]
Judge Rejects Baca Plea Deal
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A federal judge Monday, July 18, rejected a proposed plea deal between former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca and prosecutors that called for the retired […]
Tanaka Gets Five Years Imprisonment for Conspiracy to Obstruct FBI Jails Probe
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The former second-in-command of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was sentenced today to five years behind bars for his role as ringleader of a multi-faceted […]
Deputies Who Falsified Records Sentenced to Federal Prison
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were sentenced Monday, May 9, to federal prison for falsifying reports documenting the beating of a handcuffed, mentally ill jail […]
Tanaka Convicted in Sheriff’s Department Corruption Case
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The former second-in-command of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was convicted of obstructing a federal probe of misconduct in the county jails. Former Undersheriff Paul […]
Former L.A. County Sheriff Baca Admits to Lying to Feds
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca pleaded guilty Wednesday, Feb. 10, to a federal charge of lying to investigators during an FBI probe of corruption […]