The Azusa man who allegedly tried to snap, crackle, kill his wife by poisoning her Rice Krispies cereal has been charged today with attempted murder. Arrested on January 12, Fernando Porras, 43, has been ordered to remain in jail in lieu of $1 million bail. more ›

An Azusa man is behind bars for allegedly trying to murder his wife by poisoning her Rice Krispies. The victim's husband, Fernando Porras, 43, accompanied his wife to Foothill Presbyterian Hospital then fled once police arrived, claiming he was taking a smoke break. Officers said Porras' behavior raised suspicions. more ›

Police have arrested a man after they said he kicked, punched and tried to poke the eyes out of an 82-year-old man walking past a bus stop in Glendale on Tuesday morning. Police are calling it a "random act of violence." more ›

The owner of O My Yogurt in Alhambra has been accused of knocking out his employee, removing her clothes, binding her with tape and stuffing her in a soundproof box in a storage room, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. The victim was able to escape from her bondage and call the police on her boss and alleged attacker Robert Yachen Lee, 37, of Walnut. more ›

Gordon Grant, an Inglewood man who set fire to his mother's SUV with her inside on Sunday, has been charged with attempted murder and two other felony crimes by the District Attorney's office today. more ›

Gordon Grant, a 40-year-old Southland man, allegedly set fire to his 68-year-old mother's Ford Explorer with her locked inside of the vehicle on Sunday, as reported by CBS LA. The mother escaped the vehicle safely, and firefighters extinguished the flames. more ›

In what police believe was an attempted murder/suicide, a man stabbed his wife in the neck early this morning at the couple's Chatsworth home and then drowned himself in the swimming pool, according to the Daily News. more ›

A 58-year-old man Hispanic man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder with a wooden cane after an vicious attack on a 63-year-old man in San Diego, say authorities, reports KTLA. more ›

This afternoon, the LAPD released a composite sketch of the suspect who is wanted for the attempted murder of LAUSD police officer Jeffrey Stenroos, who was shot outside the campus of El Camino Real High School yesterday. Despite a 9-hour lockdown and dragnet in the Woodland Hills area of the school, the suspect remains at large. more ›

Authorities in Pasadena have arrested three more men in conjunction with a melee in the Rose Bowl parking lot that preceded Saturday night's USC versus UCLA football game, according to LA Now. The three suspects, Arthur Cisneros, 25; Anthony Cisneros, 22; and Akira Cisneros, 24, all of Winnetka, were brought in Monday night on "suspicion of attempted murder." more ›

Booze-fueled tailgating plus deep-rooted college football rivalries equaled volatility late yesterday afternoon when a brawl broke out in the Rose Bowl parking lot ahead of the big match-up between UCLA and USC. The drunken melee grew to involve 50-75 people, according to the LA Times, throwing punches, and, in some cases, wielding knives. more ›

A 1968 Playboy playmate of the year has been charged with attempted murder of her husband, who is currently listed in grave condition after being shot Saturday, according to the LA Times. 68-year-old Victoria Rathgeb, who posed under the name Angela Dorian (and is also known as Victoria Vetri), told police that a drug dealer shot her husband, but investigators concluded that she pulled the trigger. more ›

Jaime Solis Olmos was convicted on charges of "attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder," against his pregnant girlfriend and their unborn child, reports the Daily News. Olmos, of Oxnard, now faces "25 years to life in prison for paying two men $500 to stage a robbery and punch his pregnant girlfriend so she would have a miscarriage." more ›

The 20-year-old UCLA student who allegedly took a knife to a classmate's throat last week was charged with premeditated attempted murder today. Prosecutors believe Damon Thompson stabbed the female student during a chemistry lab class five times and slashed her throat without any provocation, according to the LA Times. more ›