A female inmate has alleged that a male deputy asked her to perform sex acts on him as he was escorting her back to a cell in downtown Los Angeles.
A man who was exonerated after spending 36 years in prison for murder is suing Ventura County, its district attorney’s office and the sheriff’s department.
One had been arrested earlier, with two more arrests announced today.
The lawsuit, brought on by Thomas’ father, was reached the same day that the wrongful death trial was set to begin.
The City of Fullerton has agreed to pay a settlement of $4.9 million.
After four months in custody, a judge stepped in and declared him "factually innocent." Now, Ethan Morse is suing the Sheriff’s Department for unspecified damages.
Gonzalez was one of three jail officials convicted earlier this year of violating the victim’s civil rights. The case stemmed from a wide-ranging FBI probe into corruption and abuse allegations within the Los Angeles County jail system.
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors has approved a two-year pilot program aimed at preventing youth suicides in the county.
Authorities have identified a man who they say murdered three unhoused Angelenos in cold blood.
A coalition of local government associations has filed an amicus brief supporting Gavin Newsom’s emergency petition with the California Supreme Court to remove the Taxpayer Protection and Accountab
