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LANCASTER – A 26-year-old man accused of slamming a small dog against the floor before shooting and killing the dog will serve prison time, authorities said. LePaul Wuornos Gardner will spend five years in state prison after accepting an agreement with the District Attorney’s office on April 26, according to a press release from...
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LANCASTER – A Lancaster man was killed early Sunday morning after his car ran off the road and crashed into an electrical pole, authorities said. The man has been identified as 36-year-old George Sandoval and he was driving a 2002 Jaguar, according to Ed Winters of the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office. The fatal...
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LANCASTER – A 21-year-old Palmdale man was killed this morning when his vehicle collided with a pickup truck in a Lancaster intersection, authorities said. The fatal collision occurred around 5 a.m. at the intersection of 30th Street West and Avenue F in Lancaster, according to Lt. Paul Pfrehm, of the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station. A...
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LOS ANGELES – A Lancaster man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for his part in a scheme that claimed tax refunds using names and social security numbers stolen from a local welfare office. Thomas “T-Mac” Marshall, 37, was sentenced in federal court Monday to 57 months in prison, three years...
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LANCASTER – Family and friends of Zac Lutz are gearing up for the 2nd Annual Motorcycle Awareness Blood Drive & Fundraiser. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 4 at the Antelope Valley Hospital Blood Donor Center, located at 44105 15th Street West, Suite 305, in Lancaster....
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LANCASTER – A 24-year-old man convicted of driving drunk and causing a single-vehicle crash that killed the mother of his children has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison. Andres (Andrew) Rubidoux was sentenced in an Antelope Valley courtroom Wednesday, and he received credit for 48 days in custody, according to court records....
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PALMDALE – A 28-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with the alleged DUI crash this past weekend that claimed the life of a 13-year-old Rosamond boy. Lancaster resident Peter Ramirez IV on Tuesday was charged with murder, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, felony DUI causing injury and driving with a blood...
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LOS ANGELES – A deputy accused of beating a 19-year-old inmate in a patrol car as the teen was being transported from the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station has been charged with felony assault, authorities announced Friday. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy Matthew John Funicello, 31, is charged with one count of assault under the color...
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MOJAVE – Antelope Valley College President Dr. Jackie Fisher suffered major injuries and his grandson was killed late Sunday afternoon after their vehicle collided with a dump truck that ran a stop sign, authorities said. The incident happened around 5:30 p.m. Sunday in the intersection of Backus Road and Tehachapi Willow Springs Road, according...
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LANCASTER – A 24-year-old man accused of driving drunk and causing the Feb. 25 crash that killed the mother of his children has pleaded no contest to two felony charges. Andres (Andrew) Rubidoux pleaded no contest to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and felony DUI causing injury, according to court records. Rubidoux entered the...
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ANTELOPE VALLEY – A 9-year-old girl was able to crawl out of a wrecked SUV and hike through difficult terrain in an attempt to find help for her father, after their vehicle tumbled down a dirt embankment early Sunday morning, authorities said. Alcohol is suspected to have played a role in the single-vehicle collision,...
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LANCASTER – A man suspected of biting and beating a man at a liquor store, leading deputies on a brief car chase and then forcing himself inside someone’s apartment to escape capture was arrested Monday evening. Telly Mitchell, 37, was arrested around 7 p.m. Monday in the 43600 Block of Standridge Avenue in Lancaster,...
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ACTON— A 32-year-old man died Friday afternoon, less than an hour after he was pinned between a car and several haystacks at an Acton feed store, authorities said. The fatal collision happened around 12:15 p.m. Friday at Fox Hay Feed & Grain, at 3542 Gillespie Avenue in Acton, according to a California Highway Patrol...
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LANCASTER – A 33-year-old woman accused of driving drunk and then firing an off-duty deputy’s gun during a struggle has pleaded not guilty to three felonies and three misdemeanors. Angela Nicole Tatum appeared in an Antelope Valley courtroom Friday where she was arraigned on several charges, including negligent discharge of a firearm, shooting at...
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LANCASTER – Three men were behind bars Friday, after authorities dropped in on a suspected illegal marijuana dispensary in Lancaster. Arsen Manson, 53, of Littlerock; Sighrus Gann, 24, of Lancaster; and Jason Orta, 26, of Lancaster were arrested for conspiracy to sell marijuana, possession of marijuana for sales and sales of marijuana. The bust...
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LANCASTER – Alcohol is suspected to be a factor in the crash that killed two men in Lancaster Wednesday night, authorities said. The fatal collision happened around 9:46 p.m., Wednesday (March 13) on Avenue J, near 22nd Street East, according to Lt. Paul Pfrehm of the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station. Preliminary information gathered at the...
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LANCASTER – A 29-year-old man accused of crashing his car on the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway while drunk last month, resulting in the death of his passenger, has pleaded not guilty to murder charges. Elder Higueros entered the not guilty plea Wednesday in an Antelope Valley courtroom, where he was arraigned on charges of...
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LANCASTER – A 21-year-old man who carjacked a woman and her child at knife point last month and then led deputies on a high speed chase through Quartz Hill has been sentenced to prison. Dillon McCloud pleaded guilty to carjacking and other charges on March 5, and he was sentenced to seven years in...
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LANCASTER – A suspected drunk driver lost control of his vehicle Monday night and crashed into a traffic signal pole, killing his female passenger, authorities said. Destiny Marie Tennison, 22, of Boron, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s officer. The single-vehicle collision occurred around 11:13 p.m. Monday...
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LANCASTER – The Lancaster smoke shop, where a 23-year-old woman was shot and killed last month, was the site of an apparent drive-by shooting late Thursday night. The incident was reported around 11:20 p.m. Thursday, and it occurred at Smoke Shack #2, located at 137 East Avenue J in Lancaster, according to Lancaster Station...
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