Actor Ian Ziering may be getting some justice after he was allegedly attacked New Year’s Eve. The Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollywood and Metropolitan divisions arrested two people they claim were involved in a Dec. 31 assault. The two are “responsible for an assault and vandalism of a motorist on Hollywood Boulevard” Dec. 31 around 3 p.m., according to a …
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15-year-old Florida girl’s wakeboarding death opens lid on state’s lax lagoon laws
The death of 15-year-old ballerina Ella Riley Adler, who was struck and killed by an oncoming vessel after she lost hold of a tow-rope while wakeboarding in Florida last week, has brought the disparity in punishments between hit-and-run incidents on the road and at sea to light. Last week, Carlos Guillermo Alonso, 78, owner of the 42-foot Boston Whaler, hit …
Read More »Revenge-seeking Colorado trio kills 5 in 'coordinated' arson attack – on the wrong home
Colorado man Kevin Bui has pleaded guilty to torching an innocent family’s home in the middle of the night, killing five people, including a toddler and a baby, out of revenge for stealing his cellphone – except none of the victims had anything to do with Bui’s stolen phone. Bui was believed to be the ringleader of a trio of …
Read More »Washington pilot who had gone missing found dead in plane that crashed in forested area
A Washington pilot who had gone missing over the weekend was found dead by search and rescue crews in crash debris in a heavily forested area, officials said. Jerry Riedinger, 69, of Issaquah was located inside his wrecked 2001 Extra Flugzeugbau 300/L around 1:30 p.m. Monday near Humpback Mountain west of Snoqualmie Pass, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) …
Read More »Gary Allen Srery: US predator tied to 4 murders and counting in Canada while running from feds
A convicted U.S. sexual predator killed at least four women in Canada after he fled the country while on bail, and authorities believe there are more victims. Gary Allen Srery — who died in a U.S. prison in 2011 — made a run for the northern border after posting bail for a 1974 rape charge in Los Angeles and hid …
Read More »Woman living inside Michigan grocery store sign tells police it's an 'old safe spot'; doesn't explain further
A woman who was living inside a sign on the roof of a Michigan grocery store told police it was an “old safe spot” known to her family, though she didn’t explain why she chose to stay there for a year, according to video of the encounter. The 34-year-old woman, whose name hasn’t been released, was very concerned about her …
Read More »Detroit cop on administrative duties after telling anti-Israel protester to 'go back to Mexico'
A Detroit police lieutenant has been placed on administrative duties after a shouting match in which he told a pro-Palestinian protester to “go back to Mexico.” The encounter Sunday outside Huntington Place in downtown Detroit where President Joe Biden was giving the keynote during an NAACP fundraiser was recorded on police body camera and cellphone video. In both videos, the …
Read More »New Jersey State Police 'never meaningfully grappled' with discrimination, comptroller finds
New Jersey State Police didn’t do all they could to prevent discriminatory policing practices from their ranks, the state’s comptroller said in a new report issued Tuesday. The report found that while the state police regularly issued lengthy reports on racial profiling, “leaders never meaningfully grappled with certain data trends that indicated persistent, adverse treatment of racial and ethnic minority …
Read More »Suspect who fatally shot California UPS driver 10 times in truck was coworker, childhood friend: DA
The suspect who shot a UPS driver in broad daylight in an ambush killing as the victim was on his delivery route in Southern California was a childhood friend of his and a coworker, prosecutors said. Rhean Jalipa Fontanoza, 46, allegedly shot 50-year-old Expedito De Leon 10 times “in a matter of seconds as he sat seat belted in his …
Read More »Parole hearing delayed for former LAPD detective who killed ex-boyfriend's wife
A chance for parole was delayed this week for a former Los Angeles police detective serving a sentence of 27 years to life in the cold-case slaying of her ex-boyfriend’s wife in 1986. Stephanie Lazarus was convicted in 2012 of killing Sherri Rasmussen, a 29-year-old nurse who was bludgeoned and shot to death in the condo she shared with her …
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