Mar. 15, 2025
Nathaniel James McGuire.Photo:Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
A 20-year-old man due in court for an arraignment in a firearms caseallegedly bombed the California courthousein an effort to kill court officials.
In astatement, Akil Davis, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI Los Angeles Field Office, called the Wednesday incident a “blatant act of violence,” designed to “do harm and avoid justice.”
Inside Santa Barbara Superior Court following the Wednesday, Sept.
Mar. 15, 2025
Huangting Gong.Photo:Orange County District Attorney’s Office
Orange County District Attorney’s Office
A California man has been charged with killing a husband and wife, then setting their bodies on fire in the desert.
On Tuesday, Nov. 12, the Orange County District Attorney’s Officeannouncedthat 30-year-old Huangting Gong of Glendale was charged with special circumstances murder over the deaths of Kuanlun Wang, 37, and his wife Jing Li Wang, 37.
Gong has also been charged with a felony count of kidnapping, two felony counts of arson of property and two felony counts of first-degree burglary.
Mar. 15, 2025
A California man, who Googled“how to kill your ex’s fiancé,”has been convicted of murder.
Alvarez shot Fierro six times as he was leaving his home in the North Park neighborhood of San Diego to head to work on Feb. 1, 2021, prosecutors said in court, per the outlets.
Once Alvarez had learned that she got engaged to Fierro, prosecutors said he began plotting Fierro’s murder. He had Googled “how to kill your ex’s fiance,” and also did internet searches for “hiring hitmen,” “how to kill someone with a handgun” and “how to delete Google search history.
Mar. 15, 2025
Yonatan Daniel Aguilar.Photo:Disability Memorial
Disability Memorial
A California mother was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in prison, several years afterauthorities saidshe hid her 11-year-old son in a closet after sedating him before his 2016 death, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office confirms to PEOPLE.
Veronica Aguilar, 46, pleaded no contest to the charge of assault on a child causing death. Her sentence came seven years after her son Yonatan Daniel Aguilar was found dead in a closet in his Los Angeles home in August 2016.
Mar. 15, 2025
Larry and Betty Petree.Photo: Facebook
A beloved local musician and his wife died after their car seemingly broke down on a desert road in California, leaving family members with questions, according to multiple reports.
The male victim was located in the front seat of the vehicle, while the female victim was leaning up against one of the car’s tires, the sheriff’s office said.
The Kern County couple’s car appeared to have run out of gasoline while in the Mojave desert, NBC affiliateKGETreported.