Crime & Incidents

Nearly 40 Years Later, a California Serial Killer Confesses to Another Murder

A convicted serial killer on California death row for murdering a dozen people in the 1980s and ’90s confessed to the 1986 murder of a 19-year-old woman in Los Angeles County, the police announced on Tuesday.

California ‘Shaman’ Faces Felony Sex Assault Charges

A man in Southern California who the authorities say led a shamanistic community in Riverside County was arraigned last week on charges that he sexually assaulted two female victims, including at least one who was under 14.

Woman arrested in 37-year-old cold case for allegedly leaving dead newborn baby in California dumpster

A woman was arrested in connection with a nearly 37-year-old cold case in which a newborn baby was found dead in a California dumpster, according to police.

Justice was not done’: Man acquitted on state charges for shooting at deputy faces federal charges

The U.S. attorney’s office announced Wednesday federal charges against a man who was caught on camera assaulting a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy, then stealing and firing her own weapon at her.

From jail, drug lord ‘El Mayo’ Zambada tells wild story of corruption and murder

The reclusive drug kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was famous for staying out of the public eye, ruling a multibillion-dollar narcotics trafficking empire from remote mountain hideouts and speaking to the press just once over the course of his decades-long criminal career.

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