INDIANAPOLIS — Two inmates housed at different Indiana prisons ran a drug ring that distributed methamphetamine, heroin and other drugs thanks to cellphones smuggled in by guards, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday that charges 40 people in connection … Continue reading →

Lindsay Lohan must be having a bad case of déjà vu. The actress is reportedly caught up in yet another theft, this time involving the theft of jewelry from a Hollywood Hills home. TMZ first reported that Lohan was being … Continue reading →

By Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles TimesAugust 21, 2012, 6:46 p.m. Earlier this summer, thieves in Pico Rivera made off with a 200-pound brass bell from a Catholic church. Burglars around California have torn up train tracks, carted off bleachers, nabbed … Continue reading →

The Los Angeles Police Department is trying to learn more about the transient who alleged burglarized the home of actor-rapper LL Cool J. Officials don’t know the name of the suspect, who suffered a broken nose and jaw in what … Continue reading →

Two brothers have been arrested on suspicion of attacking an 83-year-old Irvine woman who was sitting at a Costa Mesa bus stop, authorities said. Ciprian and Paul Patrulescu, 29 and 30, respectively, punched the woman early Saturday morning after she … Continue reading →

More than 550,000 marijuana plants with an estimated street value of $1 billion have been seized during an eight-week crackdown targeting illegal marijuana growing operations on public lands across seven Western states, federal authorities announced on Tuesday. Operation Mountain Sweep, … Continue reading →

Federal officials filed suit Tuesday to seize Anaheim properties that house six marijuana dispensaries as part of an ongoing crackdown on the commercial pot business. Among the targets of the suits, according to the U.S. attorney’s office, is a building … Continue reading →

Police are looking for a man who they say robbed a Manhattan Beach smoke shop and slashed the throat of a clerk before fleeing. Manhattan Beach Police Department officials say 18-year-old Tyler Rodgers walked into a cigar shop on Artesia … Continue reading →

Investigators probing the death of “Top Gun” director Tony Scott are looking into whether serious health problems prompted him to leap off the Vincent Thomas Bridge on Sunday. Scott, 68, had just completed a new movie and there had been … Continue reading →

A security guard working for the conservative Christian Family Research Council is being hailed as a hero after he stopped a gunman trying to gain access to the organization’s Washington, D.C., headquarters on August 15. The guard, identified as Leo … Continue reading →