SWAT called after man allegedly stabs father, barricades in L.A. home
SWAT called after man allegedly stabs father, barricades in L.A. home
A 31-year-old man barricaded himself inside a home Tuesday morning after allegedly stabbing his father in the Exposition Park area of Los Angeles, police said. Officers responded to a report of a suspect stabbing a family member at a home on the 1700 block of West 37th Drive around 4:30 a.m., according to a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson. After the stabbing, the suspect barricaded himself inside the residence, prompting authorities to call in a SWAT team. The victim, identified as the suspect’s 58-year-old father, was taken by ambulance to a local hospital. His condition was not immediately known, police said. Authorities believe the suspect remains armed with a knife.
Child porn sting: Feds, LAPD launch operation in North Hollywood
A multi-agency task force involving the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and federal partners converged Tuesday in a North Hollywood neighborhood to execute a high-stakes search warrant related to child exploitation. Law enforcement activity began in the early morning hours at a home located near the intersection of Collins Avenue and Willowcrest Avenue. Officials said investigators are focused on the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material. To ensure no evidence is overlooked, the LAPD deployed electronic service detection dogs. These specialized K9s are trained to sniff out a specific chemical coating found on memory chips, allowing them to locate hidden devices like USB drives, laptops, and cell phones that human officers might miss.
Burglars accused of attacking neighbor with bear spray after Studio City break-in
A Studio City resident says burglars who allegedly broke into their neighbor's home attacked them with bear spray. The incident unfolded Friday afternoon on Denny Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Officers responded after someone called and said their neighbor's home was being burglarized. Surveillance video from inside the home captured two masked men in black walking up the stairs. The neighbor tried to intervene, but the burglars sprayed them with bear spray and got away in a white Kia, police said. It's unclear if anything was stolen from the home.
Burglars steal $200K in art in the San Fernando Valley
A North Hollywood home was reported burglarized Sunday, with thieves making away with $200,000 in art, the Los Angeles Police Department told NBC4 Investigates. The burglary happened at around 7 p.m. on Westpark Drive near Riverside Drive off the 170 Freeway. The homeowner, who was not present during the theft, was alerted by a neighborhood that someone may have been on the property in the last few days. The house has been under construction following a fire. Police said a garage window had been broken out, and bedding and other evidence suggested that the suspect had been staying in the garage. The homeowner reported that over $200,000 of art and antiques were stolen, the LAPD added. No arrests were made in the case as the investigation continued.
Authorities arrest 42 in sweeping Inland Empire child sex exploitation operation
A person wanted for child sexual assault, two corporate vice presidents and a child psychologist were among 42 people arrested in a sweeping child sexual exploitation bust in the Inland Empire, authorities announced Monday. The effort, dubbed Operation Volcano, identified more than 500 suspected distributors of child sexual abuse images as part of an effort to dismantle regional networks exploiting minors, according to the Riverside County district attorney’s office. Among the suspects, authorities focused on those deemed to pose the highest risk. They included people who had previously committed sexual offenses, those under criminal justice supervision, people working with children, and individuals in positions of public trust. Feliciano Chavarria, 62, was arrested in Lake Elisinore. He was wanted on a $2-million arrest warrant for child sexual abuse out of L.A. County, according to a spokesperson for the Riverside County district attorney’s office.
‘Delivery drivers’ stole $6.5 million from California crypto owner at gunpoint, feds say
Three Tennessee men posing as delivery drivers allegedly forced a California crypto millionare to open his cryptocurrency account at gunpoint, then transferred $6.5 million into one of their own accounts, prosecutors said this week. The three men have now been indicted in federal court on multiple robbery and kidnapping counts. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California said they had engaged in a violent robbery spree in the Bay Area and Los Angeles targeting multiple victims. Elijah Armstrong, 21, Nino Chindavanh, 21, and Jayden Rucker, 25, each face up to life in prison if convicted. “These individuals, as alleged, terrorized their victims in the hopes of stealing vast sums of cryptocurrency,” U.S. Atty. Craig H. Missakian said in a statement Monday. “The scheme was not only sophisticated, it was brazen, violent, and dangerous.” The three men allegedly conspired to kidnap and rob people of their cryptocurrency in San Francisco, San Jose, Sunnyvale, and Los Angeles, the office said. They allegedly used zip ties and duct tape to restrain at least one victim and force him to sign into his crypto account. After gaining access, the defendants allegedly transferred the money in the victim’s account to one of the defendant’s crypto wallets, the prosecutor’s office said.
BWC: Man threatens Calif. officers with machete, attacks K-9 before OIS
The Oxnard Police Department released body camera video showing an officer-involved shooting of a machete-wielding man inside a restaurant. Officers responded around 12:10 p.m. on April 20 to multiple reports of a man swinging a machete near Saviers Road and Pleasant Valley Road, according to the department. The man was later identified as 41-year-old Oxnard resident Anastacio Meneses. When officers arrived, they found Meneses inside a restaurant in the 5000 block of Saviers Road. Officers evacuated several patrons, but two restaurant employees were unable to get out, police said. Officers gave Meneses repeated commands to stand up, move away from the machete and leave the restaurant. Police said Meneses stood up, quickly lowered his hands, grabbed the machete, flipped over a table and raised the weapon. An officer fired three rounds, striking Meneses and causing him to fall. Police said Meneses then got back up and charged at officers with the machete raised. The fired three additional rounds, striking Meneses again.
‘With her to her last breath': 23 fallen K-9s honored during National Police Week 2026
One by one, handlers stepped forward with red roses in hand. Each rose carried the weight of a name, an agency and an end-of-watch date — 23 reminders of K-9s whose service, loyalty and sacrifice were not forgotten. The May 11 ceremony during National Police Week at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial recognized law enforcement K-9s who died in the line of duty in 2025 while serving agencies across the country, including K-9s Kaya, Macho, Roxi, Preacher, Azi, Blitz, Chico, Knox, Kai, Scout, Rebel, Raven, Sam, Georgia, Oya, Karma, Archer, Cooper, Diesel, Jericho, Sissy, Kyro and Spike. “We sent them into danger, they went without hesitation, and gave everything they had to make sure that we’d come home,” the opening speaker said. “They leave a silence that is deeply felt, and a place in our hearts that can never truly be filled.” During the ceremony, Deputy Jared Hahn of the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office shared the story of his partner, K-9 Roxi, who died after a severe vehicle crash during an operation.
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1 killed in rollover crash in Sunland
A man was killed and two others were hurt on Monday in a rollover crash in Sunland, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The single-vehicle crash was reported shortly after 6 p.m. on N. Oro Vista Avenue, LAFD said. Three people were believed to be in the vehicle at the time of the crash. A female passenger was hospitalized in critical condition, a second passenger was hospitalized in fair condition and the third passenger died at the scene. LAFD did not release the name or age of the deceased, but described him as a male. It’s unclear what caused the vehicle to crash.
Firefighters to Deliver Over 200K Signatures for LAFD Funding Measure
Los Angeles firefighters are expected to deliver more than 225,000 petition signatures to the City Clerk Tuesday in an effort to qualify a funding measure for the November ballot aimed at expanding staffing, upgrading equipment and building new fire stations. Members of United Firefighters of Los Angeles City plan to gather Tuesday at the Piper Technical Center in downtown Los Angeles, where a fire truck will be on-site as firefighters unload boxes of signatures collected since January, organizers said. The proposed measure would establish a dedicated funding source for the Los Angeles Fire Department to hire additional firefighters and paramedics, modernize aging infrastructure and improve emergency response capabilities. “Due to decades of underinvestment, the LAFD currently operates with the same number of firefighters as in the 1960s, six fewer stations, and five times the call load,” organizers said in a statement. “According to national standards, emergency resources are expected to arrive at nearly all 911 calls within four minutes. Current LAFD response times are almost double this recommended average to save lives during structure fires and medical emergencies.”
Hantavirus fears heighten with 4 Californians exposed to the disease. Is the alarm warranted?
In the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, health officials struggled to impress upon the public the grave risks associated with the disease, as well as how easily it could spread. Now, six years later, public fears have surrounded another type of virus that has killed and sickened passengers on a Dutch-flagged cruise ship; four Californians who were exposed to the virus on the ship recently returned to the United States. This time, however, officials are taking a very different approach to messaging surrounding the deadly Andes virus — a type of hantavirus. While officials and infectious disease experts have been quick to note the seriousness of the rodent-borne disease, they have also stressed key differences between hantavirus and COVID-19. Namely, that this virus is far less transmissible. Public alarm over the illness began to grow following reports that three passengers died aboard the stricken vessel, MV Hondius. Worries grew further over the weekend when officials announced that 18 U.S. cruise passengers had disembarked and were returning home.
