Former Los Angeles Police Department Detective Stephanie Lazarus has been found guilty in the 1986 murder of Sherri Rasmussen, a nursing director who had recently married Lazarus' ex-boyfriend, John Ruetten. more ›

Kelly Keller, a man who led police in a high-speed pursuit in September 2009, has been convicted of murder for running over and killing a pedestrian during the chase. Dean William Greenwalt, 66, was struck while in the crosswalk at Don Pio Drive in Woodland Hills as Keller drove a 2002 Cadillac sedan while fleeing authorities. more ›

Seven men and five women have been selected as jurors in the Conrad Murray involuntary manslaughter trial. The team of jurors includes five Hispanics, six Caucasians and one African American. Ages range between 32 and 57, and occupations include school bus driver, college professor/former animator, paralegal and bookseller. more ›

Documents filed in court reveal the approach defense attorneys for Dr. Conrad Murray, accused of administering a fatal dose of a surgical anesthetic to pop legend Michael Jackson, will take in the trial. The tactic is to paint Jackson as a "desperate drug addict," says the L.A. Times, and to indicate the music icon was always "on the hunt" for his next fix of propofol. more ›

The man known as the "Mid-City Molester" was convicted on Friday of kidnapping and molestation. Daniel Merino, 42, was found guilty by a Los Angeles Superior Court jury of approaching four girls between the ages of eight and ten while they were on their way to school, reports the LA Independent. The girls were all alone when approached. more ›

A jury today spared two convicted murderers of the death penalty, settling for life in prison without parole, according to the L.A. County District Attorney's Office. Matthew Ian Koontz, 36, and Jonathan Blackwell, 29, were convicted in January in the 2006 slaying of a father and his 17-year-old stepdaughter on New Year's Eve. The two had broken into Raul Cruz' apartment on December 31st, 2006, and fatally shot Cruz, 31 and Jessica Cipriano. Micaela Estrada, Cruz' common-law wife, was shot in the stomach and survived. Cruz' 9-year-old son hid under a bed and was unharmed. Formal sentencing by Superior Court Judge Bob Bowers is set for April 8th. more ›

A jury today found music producer Phil Spector guilty of second-degree murder. He stood accused for the death of Lana Clarkson, 40, who was found shot to death in his home in Alhambra in 2003. His first trial in 2007 ended in jury deadlock. A sentencing hearing, which could lead to at least 18 years in jail, has been set for May 29th more ›

At 6 a.m. on January 26, 2005, a man sat his Jeep Grand Cherokee across Metrolink train tracks near Chevy Chase Drive in Glendale in an attempt to, what he and his family members claim, commit suicide. Juan Manuel Alvarez, then 26, abandoned his vehicle before a southbound train hit it, derailing and colliding with a northbound train. Glendale Police say his actions were "not consistent" with those of someone attempting suicide and a Glendale Fire Department arson investigator found that gasoline had been poured on the Jeep. more ›