Orange County youth soccer coach accused of soliciting minor for sex
Police have arrested a former Orange County youth soccer coach for allegedly soliciting a minor for sexual activity. Whittier Police Department identified the suspect as Michel Alvarez Macedo. Macedo...
View ArticleConstruction worker at Los Angeles County school stole sports gear, metal...
A 41-year-old Santa Ana man has been arrested for allegedly stealing sports and other equipment from a Santa Fe Springs high school Monday night. The gear — goal posts, "miscellaneous turf materials,"...
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3 young suspects arrested for burglary, vandalism of Whittier High School
Three young suspects were arrested for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars worth of items from Whittier High School and causing significant damage to the property. The suspects were identified as...
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Whittier police investigating deadly shooting
Whittier police are investigating a shooting that left a man dead late Thursday morning. It happened just after 11 a.m. near the intersection of Pickering Avenue and Penn Street, the Whittier Police...
View ArticleDowney police officer hit man with vehicle, 'left him there to die like a...
The city of Downey is facing a lawsuit related to a fatal hit-and-run last October that allegedly involved a Downey Police Department officer. On Oct. 2, 2024, Raymond Lavalle was walking down...
View ArticleSuspect wanted for harrassing 16-year-old girl in Whittier
Police are searching for a man wanted for harassing a 16-year-old girl who was walking on the street in Whittier Friday. The girl was walking near Whittier Boulevard and Santa Gertrudes Avenue when...
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Fleeing driver abandons truck in tunnel, appears to get away during L.A. pursuit
Authorities pursued the driver of a white pickup truck into downtown Los Angeles Wednesday afternoon, only to see the vehicle left behind and the driver nowhere to be found. Sky5 picked up aerial...
View Article1 killed, 1 hospitalized in Whittier shooting
A suspect remains at large after a shooting left one person dead and another hospitalized in Whittier. On March 5, police responded to reports of injury on the 7600 block of Greenleaf Avenue at around...
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Man wanted in connection with double homicide in Whittier
Police are searching for a suspect in connection with a shooting that left two people dead and one critically injured in Whittier. On Tuesday, the suspect was identified as Noe Urias Perez, 33,...
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Video shows Southern California mother violently struck by hit-and-run driver
A hit-and-run crash has left a mother of four hospitalized in Whittier as the suspect remains at large. Surveillance video captured the terrifying moment the victim, Lisa Park-Ortiz, was struck and...
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Police crack down on pair of street takeovers in Southern California
The frustrating trend of street takeovers and racing continued Tuesday night, though police in a couple cities cracked down and made multiple arrests and citations and impounded several cars. Dozens...
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2 Whittier detectives charged in 2020 shooting that paralyzed unarmed man
Two former Whittier police detectives were charged Wednesday in the 2020 shooting of a man in a case that has already resulted in a $1 million civil settlement. Detectives Cynthia Lopez and Salvador...
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Road rage driver run over, killed in Whittier: police
A road rage incident involving a rideshare driver ended with a man being run over and killed in Whittier Saturday. Authorities received reports of the incident around 3:15 p.m. at the intersection of...
View ArticleWhittier restaurants suffering amid spree of break-ins
Orchard's BBQ and Grill in Whittier was struck by burglars for the third time in 10 months on Thursday, the owner said. And this restaurant isn't alone; the thieves' tactics were also used at another...
View ArticleMan hits, kills victim with truck at school construction site: Whittier PD
A man was arrested after he allegedly struck and killed another man with his truck at a school construction site in Whittier earlier this week, police said Thursday. The incident was reported about 1...
View ArticleWhittier police officer dies in off-duty motorcycle crash: WPD
An officer with Southern California's Whittier Police Department was killed in a weekend motorcycle crash while off duty, authorities said. Lanell Whitfield died in the crash Saturday afternoon in the...
View Article1 dead after sedan, semi-truck collide in Santa Fe Springs, authorities say
A person was killed when the sedan they were driving collided with a big rig in Santa Fe Springs Sunday night, officials said. The collision was reported after 7 p.m. at 13545 Excelsior Dr., according...
View Article1 killed, 2 wounded in Whittier shooting
A man was fatally shot on Thanksgiving night in Whittier, police reported. Officers responded to a call of gunfire around 11:30 p.m. in the 12600 block of Camilla Street, the Whittier Police...
View ArticleBreak-ins reported at multiple businesses in Whittier
Several businesses were burglarized early Tuesday in Whittier, including one incident where an assailant was captured on surveillance video. Kimberly Cheng reports for the KTLA 5 News at 3 on Sept....
View Article2 arrested in fatal shooting of man found along Whittier road
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting a man who was found dead along a Whittier road earlier this month, police announced Thursday. The body of 23-year-old Gustavo Venegas was...
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