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PALMDALE – Authorities have captured the second suspect accused of robbing an east Palmdale convenience store at gunpoint last month. Larry Kirkwood was arrested at 5:45 p.m. Monday, said Palmdale Community Relations Deputy Robbie Royster. There was a $150,000 felony warrant out for Kirkwood’s arrest for armed robbery, Royster said. The 20-year-old is one...
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LANCASTER – Residents in an east Lancaster neighborhood took crime fighting into their own hands, Tuesday morning, when several neighbors captured and pinned down a suspected burglar until deputies arrived. The alleged thief, 19-year-old Jaime Ramirez, was booked at the Lancaster Station for burglary, but not before receiving treatment for injuries at a local...
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PALMDALE – A brush fire near Avenue S and the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway blackened approximately 68 acres Tuesday afternoon, fire officials said. “We were dispatched out to a reported grass fire at about 4:07 p.m., then we bumped that up to a full brush assignment, and then we bumped that up to a...
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PALMDALE – Two more Palmdale residents have been caught “green handed” in the act of recycling at the City of Palmdale’s Thursday Night on the Square and Starlight Concert events. Palmdale residents Audrey Deem and Amanda Laughlin were seen properly separating their trash and recyclables at TNOTS and Starlight, respectively. Both were “cited” for...
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List of arrests made by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Lancaster Station. An arrest does not imply someone is guilty of any alleged wrongdoing. These arrests occurred from midnight on THURSDAY, July 26 to 11:59 p.m on SATURDAY, July 28, 2012. Juvenile arrests (younger than 16) are not included. The information is listed...
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List of arrests made by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Palmdale Station. An arrest does not imply someone is guilty of any alleged wrongdoing. These arrests occurred from midnight on THURSDAY, July 26 to 11:59 p.m on SUNDAY, July 29, 2012. Juvenile arrests (younger than 16) are not included. The information is listed...
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LANCASTER – An overnight house party in east Lancaster ended in a shooting this past weekend, authorities said. The incident happened around 2:25 a.m., Sunday in the 44400 Block of Benald Street, according to Lancaster Station spokesman Michael Rust. “Deputies responded to the location regarding a shooting, and the victim said he was at...
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LANCASTER – Up to 25 people from two different families got into a street brawl late Saturday night near downtown Lancaster. More than a dozen deputies and a sheriff’s helicopter responded to the ruckus, and at least one female was arrested, authorities said. The incident happened around 9 p.m., Saturday, near Milling Street and...
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PALMDALE – The Palmdale Playhouse Senior Summer Theatre Camp will present three performances of THE BARD on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 3 & 4 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 5 at 2 p.m. at the Palmdale Playhouse, 38334 10th Street East in Palmdale. Written by Squire Fridell, THE BARD is a Shakespeare anthology....
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PALMDALE – The Palmdale City Council is accepting applications for one “At Large” Planning Commissioner for a term to expire in June 2013. The deadline to return applications is Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 at 6 p.m. to the City Clerk’s department, located at 38300 Sierra Highway, Suite A in Palmdale. A description of the...
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LANCASTER –Miss Rancho Vista Shannon Gonzales covered her mouth and wept tears of joy when her name was announced Sunday evening. As the new Miss Antelope Valley, the 17-year-old will reign over the Antelope Valley Fair festivities, from Aug. 17 – 26, and will serve as ambassador in many events throughout the Valley for...
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PALMDALE – A single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning caused a widespread power outage in downtown Palmdale that was still not complete restored as of 12 p.m. Saturday afternoon. The collision happened around 3 a.m., when a suspected drunk driver slammed into an electrical transformer box at the corner of 5th Street East and Palmdale...
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PALMDALE – Five homes in a west Palmdale neighborhood were evacuated, and a street was blocked off Friday morning as authorities investigated a suspicious package found in a man’s yard. The incident began around 9:30 a.m. in the 41100 Block of Rimfield Drive, authorities said “A homeowner stepped outside and he saw what appeared...
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PALDMALE – The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will conduct a sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint at an undisclosed location in Palmdale tonight. The checkpoint will operate from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m, Saturday at a location known for alcohol-related crashes or arrests. It is aimed at reducing the number of people senselessly killed...
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List of arrests made by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Lancaster Station. An arrest does not imply someone is guilty of any alleged wrongdoing. These arrests occurred from midnight to 11:59 p.m on WEDNESDAY, July 25, 2012. Juvenile arrests (younger than 16) are not included. The information is listed as follows: Arrestee name,...
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List of arrests made by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Palmdale Station. An arrest does not imply someone is guilty of any alleged wrongdoing. These arrests occurred from midnight on TUESDAY, July 24 to 11:59 p.m on WEDNESDAY, July 25, 2012. Juvenile arrests (younger than 16) are not included. The information is listed...
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LANCASTER – Lancaster Station’s three specialized teams have had a busy year so far. In the first six months of the year, the teams took down nine separate burglary rings, made 520 arrests, recovered stolen property totaling more than a quarter of a million dollars, and solved 73 separate robbery crimes, according to a...
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LANCASTER – The preliminary hearing for a man charged with robbing three Lancaster restaurants within a two-hour span was postponed, once again. Damon Banks appeared in an Antelope Valley courtroom Thursday, but his preliminary hearing was postponed until August 6 because his private defense attorney was engaged in another trial. Banks and 27-year-old Lee...
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PALMDALE – Do you recognize the man in this surveillance image? If so, Palmdale detectives would like to hear from you. The man was caught on tape stealing an employee’s personal cell phone from an AT&T store in east Palmdale two weeks ago, authorities said. The incident happened around 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, July...
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PALMDALE – One of the leading golf management organizations in the industry has been selected to manage Rancho Vista Golf Club. Sequoia Golf Group will manage a number of improvement projects at the club that are scheduled to begin immediately, including bunker renovations, sodding of the driving range landing area and the purchase of...
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