In 2018, Daniel Martinez, 22, was found deceased while in custody. Preliminary autopsy reports showed Martinez died from auto-asphyxia. In 2008, Michael Dick, 33, died while in custody. The official cause of death was found to be peritonitis due to a perforated duodenal ulcer. The Dick fami...
The department has assumed no responsibility for these deaths. California’s attorney general last year opened an ongoing civil rights investigation into the increase in deaths in custody, and Riverside County agreed to pay more than $12 million to settle lawsuits linked to detainee deaths going...
The suspect, 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, is in custody and has been charged with capital murder, officials said. The suspect allegedly wrote in journals that he wanted to carry out the shooting and then commit suicide, but he gave himself up to authorities, according to Abbott. 9. ...
CAMERON COUNTY, Texas —The maker of the popular party game Cards Against Humanity is accusing Elon Musk's SpaceX of trespassing on and damaging a plot of vacant land the company owns in Texas. In a lawsuit filed this week at a Texas court, Cards Against Humanity alleges Space...
Tubbs was due to be paroled from state prison after serving a sentence for assault with a deadly weapon in Kern County in 2021 – but L.A. prosecutors asked for a custody transfer so that he could face justice in the 2014 sex assault of a 10-year-old girl in a Denny...
Roberts, who had eluded authorities since 1987, was tracked through Arizona and Nevada before being taken into custody in the Denver area. Advertisement At his sentencing Wednesday, acting Superior Court Judge Bruce A. Clark denied a defense plea to sentence the 46-year-old defendant to probation...
into custody for DWI. When he came to see Matt he was fraught with worry about the consequences this would have on his future. The lawyer sought a hearing to reverse the drivers license suspension and was able to have his license returned due to an illegal stop by the police in early ...
BAKERSFIELD (AP) — A gunman went on a rampage in Kern County, California, killing his wife and four other people before shooting himself to death, authorities said. Kern County sheriff's Lt. Mark King said Thursday there were "strong indications" of a domestic violence motive in the Wednesd...
(KBAK/KBFX) — There are reports circulating on social media about Customs and Border Patrol agents making stops and taking people into custody in Kern County. The clips were posted on Tuesday, January 7, on Instagr...
(KBAK/KBFX) — There are reports circulating on social media about Customs and Border Patrol agents making stops and taking people into custody in Kern County. The clips were posted on Tuesday, January 7, on Instagram through the widely followed Kern County Activities page. The local accoun...