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Sheriff orders deputies to obey watchdog request to reveal gang tattoos

LOS ANGELES — Less than a week after the county watchdog ordered dozens of deputies to show their gang tattoos and answer questions about violent cliques within the department, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna on Thursday sent a department-wide email commanding his staff to comply with the inspector general's…

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Nicholas Goldberg: It's essential to ban LA Sheriff's Department gangs. But is it constitutional?

For at least 50 years, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has been plagued by secretive "deputy gangs" — organized subgroups of deputy sheriffs who allegedly engage in violence, corruption and illegal activity. And for almost as many years, reformers have hoped to eradicate those gangs, going back to the…

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Sheriff says gun permit fraud investigation turned over to California attorney general

LOS ANGELES — Six months after his predecessor announced a criminal investigation into an alleged fraud scheme involving some of the deputies responsible for issuing concealed carry licenses, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna confirmed this week that he has turned the matter over to state prosecutors.

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L.A. undersheriff tied to "deputy gang"

April Tardy says her ankle imprint shows allegiance to her former station. Deputies say it represents a deputy gang

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Los Angeles Sheriff’s Second-In-Command Has Alleged Gang Tattoo

Undersheriff April Tardy says her ankle imprint shows allegiance to her former station. Deputies say it represents a deputy gang.

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Special counsel urges LA sheriff to ban the 'cancer' of deputy gangs

LOS ANGELES — After dozens of interviews and seven public hearings, the Civilian Oversight Commission's special counsel has released a 70-page report condemning the "cancer" of violent deputy gangs and urging Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna to create a policy officially banning the secretive groups.

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ACLU asks judge to hold LA sheriff and county supervisors in contempt over jail conditions

LOS ANGELES — The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal judge Monday to find Los Angeles County, the Board of Supervisors and Sheriff Robert Luna in contempt of court for failing to fix "appalling" conditions in the local lockups.

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Handyman confesses to killing LA Bishop David G. O'Connell, district attorney says

LOS ANGELES — A 61-year-old man who prosecutors said has admitted that he killed Bishop David G. O'Connell was charged Wednesday with one count of murder in the shooting death of the much lauded religious leader.

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Handyman charged with murder in the killing of LA Bishop David G. O'Connell

LOS ANGELES — A 61-year-old man whose wife worked as Los Angeles Bishop David O'Connell’s housekeeper was charged Wednesday with one count of murder in the shooting death of the much lauded religious leader, who was known for his humor and work helping immigrant children.

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‘He was hunting Jews’: LA officials decry antisemitism in wake of shootings

LOS ANGELES — In a school gymnasium painted yellow and black to symbolize the star that Jewish people were forced to wear in Nazi Germany, Mayor Karen Bass addressed a crowd of 400 who had gathered for a town hall on antisemitic violence after the shootings of two Jewish men…

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An arrest, but still unanswered questions in LA bishop’s slaying

LOS ANGELES — Two days after one of the region’s most beloved clerics was shot to death inside his home, authorities arrested the husband of a housekeeper to Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell following an hours-long standoff Monday at the suspect’s Torrance home.

Los Angeles Times

Housekeeper’s husband arrested in connection with murder of Irish bishop in LA

The bishop, described as a ‘peacemaker’, was found dead in his home in Torrance city at the weekend.

The Independent UK

Man arrested in Los Angeles-area Catholic bishop’s slaying had worked for the cleric

The L.A. County sheriff’s office says the husband of a housekeeper who worked for Bishop David O’Connell has been arrested in the priest’s shooting death.

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A housekeeper's husband is arrested in the killing of Bishop David O'Connell

Los Angeles Archdiocese Auxiliary Bishop David O'Connell was found dead with a gunshot wound at his home. Authorities have arrested the husband of his housekeeper in his killing.

Los Angeles Times

Husband of LA bishop’s housekeeper arrested in slaying

LOS ANGELES — Authorities have arrested the husband of a woman who worked as a housekeeper for Bishop David G. O’Connell in connection with the slaying of the beloved Los Angeles cleric, officials said Monday.

Los Angeles Times

Husband of LA bishop’s housekeeper arrested in slaying of beloved cleric

LOS ANGELES — Authorities have arrested the husband of a woman who worked as a housekeeper for Bishop David G. O'Connell in connection with the slaying of the beloved Los Angeles cleric, officials said Monday.

The Independent UK

Arrested suspect in murder of David O’Connell claimed LA bishop owed him money

Suspect is husband of bishop’s housekeeper police said

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Arrest made in killing of LA bishop as new details emerge, sources say

LOS ANGELES — Authorities investigating the killing of a Los Angeles bishop Saturday have made an arrest in the case, law enforcement sources said Monday.

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LA County sheriff creates new office to 'eradicate all deputy gangs'

LOS ANGELES — Facing long-standing allegations of “appalling” conditions inside the county’s jails and violent deputy “gangs” operating on its streets, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna on Wednesday announced the appointment of a former federal prosecutor to oversee a new office designed to combat those problems within the department.

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New deputy 'gang' forming in LA County Sheriff's Department, lawsuit alleges

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies are forming a new "gang" in the agency's East L.A. station, according to a deputy who alleges in a lawsuit he was abused when he refused to join the group.

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Voices of terror echo in 911 calls from Monterey Park massacre

LOS ANGELES — The voice on the 911 tape was quiet but terrified.

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Dancing again at studio targeted by Monterey Park gunman: ‘Don’t be afraid. Don’t be intimidated’

ALHAMBRA, Calif. — Lucy Wong was not sure at first whether it was safe to go back to Lai Lai Ballroom & Studio in Alhambra.

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Monterey Park gunman pestered women and BANNED from dance studio before massacre

Huu Can Tran, 72, fired 42 rounds in the Star Ballroom Studio on Saturday night in California, US, killing 11 and injuring 9 during the Lunar New Year celebrations

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