A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department custody assistant pleaded no contest to committing sex crimes against an inmate in a Lancaster jail cell in 2019. The district attorney announced ...

Southern California law enforcement officers have recovered a whopping $4 million in stolen merchandise from retailers like Target, Nordstrom and TJ Maxx in a massive, coordinated retail theft bust.

The incident began at 10:15 p.m. Thursday on the 3100 block of 147th Street near Crenshaw Boulevard, between Rosecrans and Marine avenues, with deputies from the LASD’s Special Enforcement ...

The alleged assault occurred about 12:15 p.m. at the jail on the 400 block of Bauchet Street, according to LASD officials.

Anyone with information is asked to call the LASD Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.

Neither officer was hit by gunfire and one returned fire, LASD Lt. Daniel Vizcarra said at a press conference this week adding that 35-year-old Lester Yohan Castro fled into nearby backyards and ...