Matthew Fletcher, 53, and Thaddeus Culpepper, 44, two of Suge Knight's former attorneys who represented him in his ongoing murder case, have been arrested. According to the Los Angeles Times , they're being held on felony charges of acting as "accessories after the fact."
2 Of Suge Knight's Former Attorneys Arrested On Accessory Charges
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River improvement plan includes several Long Beach-centric ideas
A plan to transform 19 miles of the Los Angeles River from Long Beach to Vernon imagines a waterway that passes through various industrial zones and neighborhoods becoming a place where residents can find recreation, relaxation or economic development. "The L.A. river will be as cool as the beach in many communities," Long Beach Councilman Al Austin said.
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Body Found In Burning RV In Compton
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Jury deliberations begin in trial of former Janice Hahn aide charged with bribery
Jury deliberations began Wednesday in the trial of a former congressional aide who allegedly threatened to close down an illegal Compton medical marijuana dispensary - even though he lacked the authority to do so - unless the owner handed over a $5,000 bribe. Michael Kimbrew, 44, of Carson could face up to 18 years behind bars if convicted of one federal count each of attempted extortion and bribery of a public official.
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Compton mayor expected to run for Congress against Nanette Barrag n and Stacey Dash
Last week, actress and conservative commentator Stacey Dash livened up a Los Angeles-area election with the surprise announcement that she's running for Congress against Democratic Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragn. On Thursday, the race could get really interesting.
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Authorities identify girl, 17, killed in Compton fire
A 17-year-old girl who was fatally injured in a fire at her home in unincorporated East Compton was identified Thursday. The teen was injured along with her grandmother in the fire, which was reported about 12:45 a.m. Monday in the 16300 block of Essey Avenue.
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31 police handguns missing from Compton City Hall vault
Authorities today announced a $10,000 reward for information that helps them find out who took 31 firearms from a vault in the old Compton City Hall building, where they were being stored following the disbanding nearly 20 years ago of the city's police department. Investigators believe the firearms were taken some time between March 6 and Aug. 31, 2017, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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Why does a city without a police force have a weapons vault? Questions mount after Compton gun heist
Compton officials are scrambling to explain the theft of 31 handguns from a municipal vault that contained nearly 200 weapons from the city's long-disbanded police department and a corps of formerly armed code enforcement officers. Compton officials are scrambling to explain the theft of 31 handguns from a municipal vault that contained nearly 200 weapons from the city's long-disbanded police department and a corps of formerly armed code enforcement officers.
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Reward Offered for Lost Treasure of Compton PD Glocks and Berettas
Long ago, in a far away country a dying city locked treasure in a forgotten vault, to be handed over to the new, larger regime. The treasure was inventoried then ignored for several months.
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Man gets 10 years for high-speed crash that killed college student
Carl David Brown appears in a Compton courtroom on Wednesday, April 4. Brown was sentenced to 10 years in prison in connection with a crash that killed a man. A 23-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison in connection with a high-speed chase last year that left a 26-year-old college student dead near West Compton.
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Times have changed since violence engulfed Long Beach during the 1992 L.A. riots
It's been 20 years since the Los Angeles riots erupted, then spread south to the cities of Long Beach and Compton, leaving a wake of burned-out buildings, battered businesses and families devastated by violence and financial ruin. Today, portions of Lemon, Pacific and Atlantic avenues, Long Beach Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway that were hardest hit by mob violence, fires and looting look far different, thanks in large part to more than $1 billion invested in the past 15 years as part of redevelopment efforts.
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U-Haul driver leads deputies on wild chase into Compton middle school
A suspected drunk driver in a U-Haul truck led Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies on a wild pursuit in Compton on Tuesday afternoon until he bailed on foot into a middle school, authorities said. Live television footage showed the driver hop a fence before disappearing on the Enterprise Middle School campus at 2600 W. Compton Blvd. It appeared the school was empty, said Sgt.
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Reward for information on missing Compton guns upped to $20,000
In this file photo, Riverside Police Officer Lisa Johnson holds a Glock .40 caliber Model 22 handgun at the Riverside Police Station in Riverside, Calif., The reward for information on the disappearance of 31 handguns once owned by the disbanded Compton Police Department has been increased to $20,000 after Los Angeles County supervisors voted to add $10,000 to the amount, the federal agency investigating the case said Wednesday.
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Compton misused gas tax funds, state audit finds
The audit, released Wednesday, is the state controller's second recent review of Compton's accounting practices. Above, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Hall in Compton.
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Mother Killed, Daughter Wounded in Compton Shooting
A woman was shot dead and her 8-year-old daughter was critically wounded Saturday at a shooting in unincorporated Compton. The shooting occurred a little after 1:40 a.m. in the 12400 block of South Grandee Avenue where deputies dispatched to the location reported that the woman, shot a least once in the upper torso, was pronounced dead at the scene, said Deputy Charles Moore of the Sheriff's Information Bureau.
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Compton Residents Can Get Bottled Water as Brown Tap Flows
Compton residents will be provided free bottled water as Los Angeles County continues to respond to complaints about discolored water. Bottled water will be distributed to residents both Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29, the LA County Department of Public Health announced.
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Industrial fire in Compton includes hazmat response
County firefighters knocked down an industrial fire Sunday in Compton that leaked about 25 gallons of an unknown substance into storm drains, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The fire at a business building at 3000 Harcourt St. was reported at 5:45 p.m., said Dispatch Supervisor Michael Pittman.
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Man, 70, accused in fatal shooting of girlfrienda s son in Compton
A 70-year-old man was under arrest this morning and accused of shooting to death his girlfriend's son in Compton, authorities said. Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies went to the 15800 block of South Visalia Avenue around 8:55 p.m. Wednesday in response to a call about a gunshot victim, said sheriff's Deputy Trina Schrader.
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Anaheim police chase armed robbery suspects to Compton; 4 arrested
Police officers chased five armed-robbery suspects from Anaheim to Compton and arrested four of them after they got out of their vehicle and tried to run away. The robbery occurred about 2:45 a.m. at a Walgreens in the 100 block of South State College Boulevard, the Anaheim Police Department reported.
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EPA fines 2 Southern California plastics companies for fouling LA River with a nurdlesa
Birds gather as Melissa von Mayrhauser, Watershed programs manager Los Angeles Waterkeeper, leads a team of volunteers collect water samples from drainage areas at the Los Angeles River in Los Angeles on Saturday, January 28, 2017. Two companies were fined a total of $35,000 on Wednesday for spilling tiny plastic beads that can harm wildlife into local storm channels that empty into the Los Angeles River.
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