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Actor Danny Masterson Pleads Not Guilty to Raping Three Women
Actor Danny Masterson pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he raped three women at his Hollywood Hills home between 2001 and 2003.
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Man Pleads Guilty After Drone Hits LAPD Helicopter in First-of-Its-Kind Criminal Charge
A Hollywood man pleaded guilty Thursday to unsafely operating a drone that hit a Los Angeles police helicopter and forced it to make an emergency landing.
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WATCH: Driver Chased by Los Angeles Police Stops to Get Gas
A pursuit driver stopped to pump gas while being chased by police in Los Angeles Tuesday.
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LAPD Officer Rescues Man From Burning Car
Footage released by the LAPD shows an officer rescuing a man from a burning car before the vehicle burst into flames.
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LA Ice Cream Vendor Punched and Knocked to the Ground for About $30
A 57-year-old ice cream vendor was knocked to the ground and robbed of about $30 Tuesday in an attack that was captured on a security camera in downtown Los Angeles. A man and woman can be seen in the video walking up to the vendor as he pushed his ice cream cart on a sidewalk near 12th and Birch streets….
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How a Coalition of Activists Forced Los Angeles to Consider Defunding the LAPD
A week before George Floyd was killed, Jane Nguyen created a bar graph. Nguyen, co-founder of Ktown for All, an activist group that advocates for the homeless, plugged numbers into Excel from the budget that Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti released a few weeks earlier. City spending on housing appeared on Nguyen’s graph as a sliver compared to over $3 billion...
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‘SNL' Comedian Jay Pharoah Wrongfully Detained in April, LAPD Investigates
An investigation was underway Saturday morning into the detainment of former “Saturday Night Live” cast member and comedian Jay Pharoah by Los Angeles police in Tarzana. Pharoah said in a video posted to his Instagram account Friday that he was jogging in the area of Ventura Boulevard and Corbin Avenue in late April when four officers stopped him and ordered…
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Off-Duty LAPD Officer Accused of Shooting Fellow Officer at Camping Area
Two off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officers were detained Sunday after a third LAPD officer was shot and injured at a camp site in an unincorporated area near Apple Valley in San Bernardino County, multiple law enforcement sources told NBC News.
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Rising Rapper Pop Smoke Killed in Shooting at a Hollywood Hills Home
New York rapper Pop Smoke was killed in a shooting during a home invasion early Wednesday at a Hollywood Hills home, multiple sources tell NBC News.
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Hollywood Therapist Amie Harwick Died From Blunt Force Injuries to Head, Upper Body
Family and marriage therapist Amie Harwick died due to blunt force injuries to her head and upper body, according to a coroner’s report released Tuesday.
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LAPD Supervisor Who Shot, Killed Man Mistook Bicycle Part for Gun
The Los Angeles Police Department supervisor who fatally shot an unarmed man near the border between Los Angeles and Culver City mistook a bicycle part in his hand for a gun, police reported Friday. Police received a call around 12:40 p.m. Saturday about a “man with a gun” and a Pacific Division patrol field supervisor in the area, Sgt. Colin…
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Los Angeles Police Officer in Revenge Porn Case Charged With Extortion, Domestic Violence
Prosecutors have filed extortion, domestic violence, and several other charges against a former LAPD officer — who was accused of sexually assaulting and attempting to extort his one-time girlfriend, herself an LAPD detective and the wife of former LAPD assistant chief Jorge Villegas. Danny Reedy, who has not been arrested, was named in a criminal complaint filed for warrant Monday…
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LAPD Officer Accused of Fondling Dead Woman's Body Is Arrested
An LAPD officer suspected of fondling a dead woman’s body was charged by prosecutors and arrested Thursday, authorities said. David Rene Rojas was booked by LAPD internal affairs detectives on a warrant that accused him of having sexual contact with human remains, according to the LA County District Attorney’s Office. Rojas, 27, was arrested without incident at his home...
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Former Miss Calif: Gay Comment Cost Me My Crown
Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean says she lost her crown because of a comment she made about gay marriage and not because she had been skipping appearances. Prejean told Matt Lauer on NBC‘s “Today” show Friday that she “absolutely” had been dethroned because of the comment, when she said marriage should be between a man and a woman....
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Woman Turns Dead Pets Into Pillows
What could be more comforting than stuffing your dead pet in a pillow?
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After Morning Raids in Two Counties, 3 Suspects Arrested in Killing of Off-Duty LAPD Officer
Dozens of Los Angeles Police Department officers and detectives mobilized across Los Angeles and Riverside counties early Friday to carry out raids that resulted in the arrests of three suspects in last weekend’s fatal shooting of an off-duty LAPD officer, law enforcement sources told NBCLA.
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Suspect at Large After Lincoln Road Shooting
Police say a suspect is still at large and two people are injured after a shooting on Lincoln Road early Saturday morning.
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‘Martyrdom, Bro': California Man Busted in Domestic Terror Plot
A U.S. Army veteran was plotting a large-scale terror attack in Los Angeles as revenge for the mass shooting at a mosque in New Zealand, according to an indictment unsealed Monday.
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Rodney King's Daughter Launches Scholarship to Honor Her Dad
Lora King, the daughter of the late Rodney King, whose beating by LAPD officers triggered the 1992 riots, will launch the “I am a King” scholarship to celebrate black fathers Monday on the 27th anniversary of the start of the 6-day-long explosion of urban violence.