Former church chairman indicted in theft of $11.5 million in church money
The former chairman of the board for the Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist, Los Angeles, has been indicted in the theft of more than $11 million in church money.
Former Los Angeles church chairman charged with stealing over $11 million in church funds
LOS ANGELES — The former board chairman for the Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist, Los Angeles, was arrested Monday on suspicion of stealing more than $11 million in church money and using it to purchase a home, a membership at Disneyland’s exclusive dining club and pay other personal expenses. Charles Thomas Sebesta, 54, of Huntington…
California Supreme Court backs greater access to police misconduct cases
The California Supreme Court has ruled that prosecutors may be given the names of officers and deputies who have committed misconduct.
OCSD investigators working scene of suspected homicide at motel in Stanton
Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department are working the scene of a suspected shooting that left a man dead in Stanton on Monday afternoon. The Sheriff’s Department said it received a call at around 1:15 p.m. about an unknown disturbance at the Villa Motel, on the 11000 block of Beach Boulevard. The caller said…
Former Fullerton police officer accused of videotaping up high school student’s skirt faces criminal charges
A former Fullerton police officer accused of secretly photographing and videotaping up a high school student’s skirt, while on duty, was charged Monday with disorderly conduct, prosecutors announced. Jose Anthony Paez, a former Fullerton police school resource officer, could face up to a year in jail if convicted of the misdemeanor offense, according to the…
2 sentenced to 50-plus years in prison for killing Camp Pendleton Marine in South L.A.
A gang member convicted of murdering a 19-year-old Marine from Camp Pendleton, who was found shot inside his car in South Los Angeles in 2016, was sentenced Monday to 100 years to life in prison and a co-defendant was handed a 50-years-to-life term. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy said she believed the two…
Santa Ana man who called himself ‘Oxygod’ sentenced to 17½ years in prison for selling counterfeit opioid pills laced with fentanyl
A Santa Ana man who lived in a high-rise penthouse and called himself “Oxygod” was sentenced to 17½ years in federal prison for using fentanyl and other synthetic opioids to make and sell counterfeit pills designed to look like oxycodone, federal prosecutors said Monday. Wyatt Pasek, 22, was arrested in April 2018 and charged along…
Corona Costco shooting: ‘I begged and told him not to shoot,’ says man whose son was killed by LAPD officer
The parents of an intellectually disabled man who was fatally shot by an off-duty Los Angeles police officer and were seriously wounded themselves in the Corona Costco two months ago have filed a claim with the city of Los Angeles, a family lawyer said on Monday. Russell and Paola French spoke publicly for the first…
Harvey Weinstein facing two new sexual assault charges in New York; trial delayed to 2020
Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to two new counts of sexual assault in New York City on Monday after prosecutors in Manhattan sought to introduce a new accuser to the case just weeks before the disgraced mogul’s criminal trial was set to begin.
Portion of 2 Freeway remains closed as crews battle Eagle Rock brush fire
A section of the 2 Freeway in Glendale remains closed early Monday as fire crews continue to battle a brush fire that erupted in the Eagle Rock area and quickly scorched 30 acres a day earlier.