35-year-old woman dead after stabbed by boyfriend at her Sylmar home, LAPD says
35-year-old woman dead after stabbed by boyfriend at her Sylmar home, LAPD says
A search is underway for a man who police say stabbed his 35-year-old girlfriend to death at her home in Sylmar overnight. Officers responded to the woman's home on Beaver Street just after 9 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The victim was rushed to the hospital with stab wounds but later died. Police believe the suspect in the stabbing is her 35-year-old boyfriend, who fled the scene before officers arrived. Additional details about the incident were not available.
LAPD seeks help in finding man suspected of stabbing his parents in Woodland Hills
Los Angeles police are seeking the public's help in finding a man who they believe stabbed his parents in Woodland Hills earlier this week. Officers responded to a call about a stabbing in the 20500 block of Ventura Boulevard on Monday around 11 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department. When they arrived, they found two people with multiple stab wounds. Investigators say the suspect, identified by police as 32-year-old Adam Courtney Brown, stabbed his parents, resulting in life-threatening injuries. Both victims were taken to the hospital, police said. According to police, Brown left on foot and is considered armed and dangerous. He has possible ties to the Palmdale, Hollywood and Woodland Hills areas, and is known to use public transportation around the county, LAPD said. Anyone who sees Brown should not approach him and should call 911, police said.
$25,000 reward offered for North Hills hit-and-run suspect
Police announced a $25,000 reward Tuesday as they continue searching for a hit-and-run driver who left a pedestrian severely injured in Los Angeles’ North Hills neighborhood last month. Officers were called to the March 18 crash just after 6 a.m. on Nordhoff Street. According to a Tuesday Community Alert from the Los Angeles Police Department, the driver of a black vehicle was traveling eastbound on Nordhoff Street, passed under the 405 Freeway overpass and then struck the victim, who was walking in a marked crosswalk just west of Orion Avenue. “The driver never stopped to render aid. He never stopped to call 911. He continued on, eastbound, leaving the victim in the roadway,” Valley Traffic Officer Freeman said in a video post. The unidentified pedestrian was left with severe injuries. No update on the victim’s condition was provided. Detectives are asking the public for help identifying the driver or locating any witnesses who may have seen the early morning crash. Police would also like to speak with anyone who may have seen the vehicle, which is believed to have damage from the collision. Anyone with information is asked to contact Officer Freeman at 818-644-8115. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.
"Ketamine Queen" sentenced to 15 years in prison in connection with Matthew Perry's death
Jasveen Sangha, the woman prosecutors refer to as the "Ketamine Queen," was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison during a hearing in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday, after pleading guilty to federal drug charges last year in connection with the 2023 death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry. The sentencing comes after Sangha, 42 of North Hollywood, pleaded guilty last September to three counts of distribution of ketamine, one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death or serious bodily injury and one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises. "For years…Sangha operated a high-volume drug trafficking business out of her North Hollywood residence," prosecutors argued in a sentencing memorandum. "To cultivate her business, [Sangha] marketed herself as an exclusive dealer who catered to high-profile Hollywood clientele…While [Sangha] worked to expand and profit from her drug trafficking, she knew – and disregarded – the grave harm her conduct was causing."
Israeli crime world figure helped run illegal high-stakes L.A. poker ring, authorities say
A man with alleged ties to Israeli organized crime helped run high-stakes illegal poker games at a luxury Encino mansion owned by former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas, according to authorities and court documents. Yevgeni Gershman, 50, of Woodland Hills, has agreed to plead guilty to four federal counts including conspiracy to operate an illegal gambling business, immigration fraud, money laundering and being a prohibited person in possession of firearms, authorities said. Under a plea agreement, Gershman faces a sentence of 24 months in federal prison, along with three years of supervised release and a $50,000 fine. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 6, according to Ciaran McEvoy, a public information officer for the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles. Gershman also has criminal convictions in Israel, including conspiracy to commit murder and narcotics trafficking, L.A. federal prosecutors said in court filings. According to prosecutors, Gershman was a central figure in a gambling operation that ran out of a mansion on Gable Drive in Encino, where organizers hosted high-stakes poker games and took a percentage of each pot, known as a “rake.”
3 pounds of drugs, St. Jude figurine found during K-9 bust in Northern California
Even the patron saint of lost causes could not help two suspects avoid arrest after authorities say a K-9 officer hit on more than three pounds of narcotics during a traffic stop in Northern California. What began as a routine stop on March 27 turned into a major find for California Highway Patrol K-9 Fritz, the CHP said in a social media post.“During the stop, officers observed indicators of criminal activity and deployed K-9 Fritz for an open-air sniff. Fritz alerted,” the CHP said. No details were released about what prompted the initial stop, but Fritz’s alert led officers to search the vehicle. That search uncovered more than three pounds of suspected fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine and Xanax, the CHP said.
Video: Man opens fire at Phoenix Police helicopter before OIS
The Phoenix Police Department released body camera footage showing an officer-involved shooting of a man who fired multiple shots at a police air unit. The March 22 incident began when officers were dispatched to a call reporting shots fired, according to the release. Audio from the police air unit crew reported the man was on a back patio, loading a handgun and looking up at the helicopter. Moments later, officers in the helicopter reported he was pointing the gun at them and firing shots. Drone footage records the man firing multiple shots at the air unit. Body camera video shows officers on the ground returning fire, striking the man. Three officers fired shots as the man continued to shoot at the helicopter. The man remains hospitalized following the shooting, according to the release. No injuries to officers or bystanders were reported. The incident remains under investigation.
Protester admits to setting 11 NYPD vehicles on fire, pleads guilty to arson charge
A pro-Palestine, anti-ICE protester admitted Wednesday he torched 11 parked NYPD vehicles last year as they sat unoccupied in a parking lot near a Brooklyn police stationhouse. Jakhi Lodgson-McCray, 22, of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty to a federal arson charge Wednesday, admitting to an offense that carries a mandatory minimum of five years behind bars. “On June 12, 2025, I knowingly and intentionally set fire to NYPD vehicles in a parking lot in Brooklyn, New York, and I knew that the vehicles could be damaged,” he told Brooklyn Federal Court Magistrate Judge Seth Eichenholtz, as about 20 of his supporters sat in the courtroom, watching. Lodgson-McCray set the police vehicles ablaze early on June 12, in a lot near the 83rd Precinct stationhouse in Bushwick, just hours after a “Speak Out” protest at the stationhouse calling out the NYPD out for its treatment of Puerto Rican Day Parade after-parade celebrants. The FDNY managed to put out the fires within a few minutes. The vehicles suffered extensive damage, though no one was injured.
Public Safety News
LAFD Crews Douse Blaze in Burning Boxcar
Firefighters in Lincoln Heights put out a blaze on a downtown Los Angeles-bound freight train Thursday morning. A burning boxcar was reported in the area of 599 N. Mission Road, around 5:20 a.m. Thursday, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. “Units arrived to find a Union Pacific railroad car heading westbound toward downtown L.A. with white smoke emanating from the container,” according to an LAFD statement. “The train continued to a secured railyard for fire crews to make entry to the container and begin fire suppression.” It took crews a little over one hour to snuff the contents fire completely. The cause of the blaze was unknown, according to the LAFD, which reported no injuries.
Amazon cargo container catches fire on moving train in downtown Los Angeles
An Amazon cargo container being hauled through downtown Los Angeles on a Union Pacific freight train early Thursday morning somehow caught fire. The blaze was reported at around 5:20 p.m. as the train moved through the city near the 3900 block of E. Valley Boulevard, according to Los Angeles Fire Department crews. It took just over an hour for firefighters to fully extinguish the flames, which had engulfed dozens of Amazon packages inside the railcar. They said that there was no belief that there was anything immediately hazardous inside the cargo container. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Hospital needs help identifying man found unconscious in downtown Los Angeles
A hospital needs help identifying a man who was found injured in downtown Los Angeles. The male patient is around 45 years old, according to the Los Angeles General Medical Center. He was found at the intersection of 7th and Main streets and has been hospitalized since March 4. He stands 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 247 pounds. He has brown eyes and a shaved head. He has multiple distinct tattoos across the upper and lower extremities. He did not have any personal belongings to help staff identify him or contact loved ones. Workers did not disclose the nature of his injuries. Anyone who recognizes the man is asked to call clinical social worker Cesar at 323-409-6884.
