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Samuel Patrick Groft, 45, was sentenced Wednesday after pleading no contest to nine felony counts of vandalism.
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The Canadian rapper is awaiting sentencing for shooting hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in the feet in 2020.
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Robert Rundo is accused of inciting violence at political rallies across California.
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The former president was indicted Tuesday on charges he participated in a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results.
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Officials say that boost in pay is needed to address what they’re calling a crisis in recruiting.
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The detention facility that now holds more than 270 youth went on lockdown for the second time in two weeks.
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Friday's disturbance involved 13 residents.
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The facility was secured hours later.
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At a meeting Tuesday, supervisors also said money from past phone call fees has been misspent by sheriff officials. The jail phone fees currently bring in an estimated $30 million per year.
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The charges come as the Probation Department faces scrutiny for a number of recent incidents.
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Prosecutors say a search later found an additional Molotov cocktail at one defendant’s home and illegal guns at another — potentially preventing further attacks.
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Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall Goes On Lockdown Days After County Completed Transfer Of Hundreds Of KidsThe Los Angeles County Probation Department said in a statement that a gun was found at around 10am Friday at the Downey facility and that "nobody was injured."
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In a statement on Wednesday, Guillermo Viera Rosa, the interim probation chief, said the county had gone “from Mission Impossible to mission accomplished.”
