Crime

A South Los Angeles woman says she was hit with a crowbar and bitten in a road-rage attack; sheriff's detectives say they identified the suspect.

A judge ordered Glendale firefighter Andrew Jimenez to stand trial on a murder charge in the Jan. 21 death of his wife in North Hollywood.

A teenage girl was found fatally shot at an Arcadia home Oct. 22, and the 20-year-old suspect shot himself in Pasadena, authorities said.

Prosecutors charged 15 people, including six medical professionals, in Los Angeles-area health care fraud schemes involving over $1.8 billion in claims.

A federal judge tentatively agreed to tell jurors in the Palisades fire arson retrial to disregard evidence on LAFD firefighting; the trial begins Nov. 2.

A federal indictment alleges a Tarzana chiropractor and an Anaheim surgeon ran a $135 million Medicare scheme using unnecessary arterial procedures.

Two men pleaded guilty in Los Angeles federal court to kidnapping migrants and demanding ransom from families; sentencing is set for Feb. 18, 2027.

Santa Ana police arrested two adults and a 16-year-old in connection with the Oct. 17 fatal shooting of a 35-year-old Anaheim man on West Myrtle Street.

Five men were arrested in a series of home burglaries in Tarzana, Woodland Hills and Downey, the LAPD said, and detectives are seeking more victims.

A robbery suspect crashed a Mercedes into at least six parked vehicles near USC in University Park after a brief LAPD pursuit and fled on foot, police said.