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LA County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl has home raided by sheriff’s department in corruption probe

Ms Kuehl is an outspoken critic of Sheriff Alex Villanueva and has called for his resignation

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LA Sheriff's Department officials tried to block testimony of key witness at 'deputy gang' hearing, lawsuit says

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and other department officials tried to prevent a key witness from testifying before an oversight panel about gang-like groups of deputies, according to a new lawsuit.

Los Angeles Times

Conflicting claims in Bryant photo case expose deeper problems in Sheriff's Department

LOS ANGELES — When questioned on the witness stand about the close-up photos he took with his cellphone of Kobe Bryant's body and those of other victims killed in a 2020 helicopter crash, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Doug Johnson said he was doing his job.

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Jury orders LA County to pay $31 million in Kobe Bryant crash photo sharing case

LOS ANGELES — A jury Wednesday ordered Los Angeles County to pay Vanessa Bryant, widow of Lakers star Kobe Bryant, and another man $31 million in damages for the graphic photos sheriff’s deputies and firefighters took of the 2020 helicopter crash scene that killed Bryant, his daughter and seven others.

Los Angeles Times

Jury deliberating in trial over Kobe Bryant crash photo sharing

LOS ANGELES — Jurors began deliberating Wednesday in the trial over graphic photos that Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies and firefighters took and shared of the helicopter crash that killed Lakers star Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others.

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LA Sheriff Villanueva in tight race as challenger Robert Luna has edge in new poll

LOS ANGELES — Retired Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna has an early edge over incumbent Alex Villanueva in the runoff for Los Angeles County sheriff, with support for the candidates falling largely along political lines, according to a new poll by the University of California, Berkeley co-sponsored by the…

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Vanessa Bryant says sheriff’s deputies violated the dignity of her husband and daughter

LOS ANGELES — A few days after the 2020 memorial for Kobe Bryant, the basketball star’s widow, Vanessa, was at home watching TV with family when she learned that Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies had shared gruesome photos of the helicopter crash that killed her husband and the couple’s 13-year-old…

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Vanessa Bryant says sheriff’s deputies violated the dignity of her husband and daughter

Los Angeles Times

Kobe Bryant's widow says the sharing of crash photos turned her grief to horror

Vanessa Bryant testified about her reaction to learning that deputies and firefighters had shared photos of her husband and daughter's bodies at the site of the helicopter crash that killed them.

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Vanessa Bryant says sheriff’s deputies violated the dignity of her husband and daughter

LOS ANGELES — A few days after the 2020 memorial for Kobe Bryant, the basketball star’s widow, Vanessa, was home watching TV with family when she learned that Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies had shared gruesome photos of the helicopter crash that killed her husband and the couple’s 13-year-old daughter,…

Los Angeles Times

Kobe Bryant's widow says crash photos turned grief to horror

Kobe Bryant's widow Vanessa testified she was only beginning to grieve the loss of her husband and their 13-year-old daughter in a helicopter crash when she was faced with the fresh horror of learning that deputies and firefighters had shared photos of their remains

The Independent UK

Vanessa Bryant says sheriff’s deputies violated the dignity of her husband and daughter

Los Angeles Times

Vanessa Bryant is ‘haunted’ by the sharing of Kobe crash photos, attorney says

LOS ANGELES —The photos were flashed from a sheriff’s deputy’s phone screen to a bartender in Norwalk, California. They were shown to firefighters at an awards gala at the Hilton Hotel in Universal City. They were shared from one deputy to another while the men played the video game “Call…

Los Angeles Times

LA Sheriff's Department under fire as trial set to start over Kobe Bryant crash photos

LOS ANGELES — They were caught sharing graphic photos they had stored on their phones of the helicopter crash that killed Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others.

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Grand jury investigating LA County Sheriff’s Department handling of deputy who knelt on inmate’s head

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors are convening a criminal grand jury to investigate whether the Sheriff’s Department mishandled an incident in which a sheriff’s deputy kneeled on a handcuffed inmate’s head for three minutes, according to documents and interviews.

Los Angeles Times

Grand jury investigating LA County Sheriff's Department handling of deputy who knelt on inmate's head

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors are convening a criminal grand jury to investigate whether the Sheriff’s Department mishandled an incident in which a sheriff’s deputy knelt on a handcuffed inmate’s head for three minutes, according to documents and interviews.

Los Angeles Times

Grand jury investigating LA Sheriff's Department handling of deputy who kneeled on inmate's head

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors are convening a criminal grand jury to investigate whether the Sheriff's Department mishandled an incident in which a sheriff's deputy kneeled on a handcuffed inmate's head for three minutes, according to documents and interviews.

Los Angeles Times

West Hollywood cut a few LA County sheriff’s deputies and fuels national debate

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — If you were to listen to Fox News, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and felon O.J. Simpson, you would think West Hollywood is under assault.

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LA supervisors poised to ask voters for power to remove sheriff from office

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is poised to ask voters for the power to remove an elected sheriff from office.

Los Angeles Times

California leaders vow new gun restrictions after Supreme Court ruling threatens state law

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta on Thursday pledged to work with the governor and lawmakers to pass new gun control legislation “to keep Californians safe” in response to a Supreme Court ruling that weakens requirements to obtain a license to carry a concealed weapon in the state.

Los Angeles Times

LA voter turnout numbers rise as Karen Bass widens lead over Rick Caruso

LOS ANGELES — Turnout in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, which will see Rep. Karen Bass and developer Rick Caruso move to a November runoff, appears to have come in higher than years past.

Los Angeles Times

Investigators probing 'deputy gang' violence in LA Sheriff's Department were told not to ask about Banditos, chief says

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva was transitioning into office late in 2018 when then-Capt. Matthew Burson was overseeing a high-profile criminal investigation into an alleged assault involving East L.A. deputies at a station party.

Los Angeles Times

Karen Bass widens lead over Rick Caruso in LA mayor’s race

LOS ANGELES — Rep. Karen Bass has widened her lead to more than 6 percentage points over developer Rick Caruso in the Los Angeles mayor's race, according to results released Friday by the county Registrar-Recorder's office.

Los Angeles Times

Kobe Bryant crash photos and LA Sheriff’s Department use of force video collide in courtroom

LOS ANGELES — About a year after Los Angeles County Deputy Doug Johnson took graphic photos of Kobe Bryant’s helicopter crash scene that were then passed around, he was caught up in another scandal.

Los Angeles Times

Gustavo Arellano: 'Go Brandon' joke is latest sign of right-wing extremism in law enforcement

The deputies of the scandal-plagued Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department are probably the last public employees I'd pick to spread international goodwill.

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