Articles by Matt Lait

A former Maywood police officer was charged today with sexually assaulting three women while he was on duty in 2006 and 2007, district attorney officials said. Read more

The California Supreme Court has denied the petition of a San Fernando Valley man seeking to overturn his 1985 murder conviction, despite a federal court ruling “that there is essentially no evidence” that he killed his mother. Read more

ESCONDIDO – The howling Santa Ana winds may have saved Roger Bielasz’s life even as they threatened to end it. Read more

For more than two hours, the Tinker family sat in a minivan on their property above San Pasqual Valley with the motor running and the air conditioning blasting, wondering whether the end was near. Read more

Despite vowing to “provide greater transparency” on police shootings and other violent encounters, the Los Angeles Police Commission has failed to publicly release the details of nearly 200 confrontations involving LAPD officers. Read more

In the aftermath of last week’s deadly collision on Interstate 5 near Santa Clarita, a top Caltrans official on Wednesday confirmed that the speed limit in the area where the fiery pileup occurred was raised several years ago, and transportation authorities are now trying to determine whether that decision was appropriate. Read more

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The Los Angeles County public defender’s office on Thursday launched an investigation into arrests made two months ago by sheriff’s deputies participating in a five-city competition to book as many suspects as possible during a 24-hour period. Read more

Participating in sports such as football, weightlifting and boxing has long been part of the culture within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Read more