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ANTELOPE VALLEY – A 51-year-old Lancaster woman was killed Thursday night after her sport utility vehicle crossed into the wrong lane, ran off the road and flipped into a dirt field, authorities said. The fatal single-vehicle crash happened around 9:25 p.m., Thursday on Avenue O, just east of 145th Street East, according to a...
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NEWHALL – Alcohol and/or drug impairment is suspected to be a factor in the wrong way head-on collision this weekend that claimed the life of a 49-year-old Palmdale man, authorities said. The incident happened around 2 a.m. Saturday on Vasquez Canyon Road, east of Burton Way in Newhall, according to a California Highway Patrol...
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PALMDALE – A 22-year-old college student accused of stealing gas in Santa Clarita and then stabbing in the neck the person who interrupted him was captured in Palmdale this week, authorities said. Joseph Carlos Beltran was arrested by Palmdale Sheriff’s Station patrol deputies around 9:29 p.m., Tuesday (Nov. 13), after deputies discovered he had...
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PALMDALE – Two men charged with stabbing a man to death in an apartment complex parking lot in east Palmdale have pleaded not guilty. Thirty-six-year-old Alfred Crowder and 23-year-old Jonathan Duke entered their pleas in an Antelope Valley courtroom Tuesday, in connection with the death of 26-year-old Victor Miguel Enriquez, according to the Los...
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LANCASTER – A 51-year-old man accused of shooting a man to death outside a Lancaster home must stand trial, a judge ruled Monday. Freddie Wayne Grigsby was held to answer to one count of murder in the Aug. 23 death of Vance Lamar Jones. Jones, 47, was shot multiple times outside a home in...
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ANTELOPE VALLEY – A 56-year-old Castaic man was killed Saturday night after he lost control of his motorcycle as he was entering the 14 Freeway, authorities said. The fatal collision happened around 8:25 p.m. on the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway, just south of Pearblossom Highway, according to a California Highway Patrol report. Gayle G....
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ANAHEIM – A Palmdale teenager was arrested late Monday night after allegedly shooting and carjacking a man and then jumping off a freeway bridge to escape capture, authorities said. Cornell Davis, 18, is being treated for his injuries at an Anaheim hospital. After treatment, he will be jailed in connection with an incident that...
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LANCASTER – A 36-year-old Palmdale man accused of shooting a teenager to death last month made his third court appearance Monday. Victor Flores did not enter a plea, and his case was postponed again – this time until Dec. 4. Flores is facing one count of murder and two counts of assault with a...
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PALMDALE – A 31-year-old Palmdale man wanted for sneaking into a restricted area and stealing $1.6 million in chips from a Las Vegas casino has been captured and taken into custody. Akingide Cole was arrested around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday at Reseda Boulevard and Roscoe Boulevard in Los Angeles and booked at the Palmdale Sheriff’s...
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LANCASTER – A 39-year-old man died Thursday night after his motorcycle was hit by a car in a Lancaster intersection, authorities said. The fatal collision happened around 7:35 p.m., at the intersection of 20th Street West and Avenue K-4 in Lancaster, according to Lancaster Station Traffic Sgt. Paul Pfrehm. Tyson Tisdale of Lancaster was...
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LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations Wednesday released its annual examination of hate crimes reported throughout Los Angeles County. At 9.4 hate crimes per 100,000 residents in 2011, Antelope Valley has the second-highest hate crime rate of the county’s eight geographic regions, according to the report (pg. 38). This...
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LANCASTER – A 28-year-old Lancaster man died Monday of injuries sustained during a traffic collision this past weekend. Enrique Escobar was pronounced dead at 10:14 a.m. Monday at Antelope Valley Hospital, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. Escobar was one of at least four people taken to the hospital Friday night after...
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ANTELOPE VALLEY – A 17-year-old was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving Friday night after running a stop sign, crashing into another car and flipping his sport utility vehicle, authorities said. The incident happened around 11:07 p.m. Friday on Avenue Q-14 and 95th Street East, according to a California Highway Patrol report. The teenager...
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PALMDALE – A 36-year-old man has been arrested for stabbing a man to death in an apartment complex parking lot in east Palmdale late Wednesday night (Oct. 17). Alfred Crowder of Palmdale was arrested on suspicion of murder, Sheriff’s Homicide Detective Holly Francisco said Sunday. Crowder was arrested around 4 p.m. Friday and booked...
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PALMDALE – Four people were taken to the hospital Wednesday afternoon after a sport utility vehicle collided with a school bus in Palmdale, authorities said. The crash happened around 2:30 p.m. on Avenue S at the northbound 14 Freeway on ramp, according to Palmdale Station Traffic Deputy Arens. “The school bus was traveling eastbound...
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ANTELOPE VALLEY – You are invited to join millions of people who will “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” at 10:18 a.m. this Thursday in the 2012 Great California ShakeOut! The 5th annual ShakeOut drill teaches people what to do and how to be safe during an earthquake. Emergency management experts agree that “Drop, Cover,...
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LOS ANGELES – A local man was killed early Thursday morning when a 3,000-pound steel beam fell on him as he was working on a construction project on the 405 Freeway, authorities said. Adolfo Wbaldo Figueroa, 42, of Lancaster, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. The...
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PALMDALE – Universal Pain Management in Palmdale is one of several healthcare facilities around the country that received contaminated medication linked to a nationwide meningitis outbreak that has claimed at least eight lives, according to the Centers for Disease Control. “Yes we did unfortunately receive some of the tainted medication,” Universal Pain Management CEO...
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PALMDALE – Thick plumes of smoke in the skies and flames coming through a roadside fence attracted a crowd of onlookers in a Palmdale neighborhood late Thursday afternoon. But the show didn’t last long. It took about 50 firefighters just 20 minutes to contain the wind-driven blaze, authorities said. The fire was reported around...
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LANCASTER – The death of an inmate at the California State Prison in Lancaster is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said Wednesday. Steven Bogue, 63, was found unresponsive in his Administrative Segregation Unit cell on Tuesday (Oct. 2) and was pronounced dead at the institution at approximately 3:29 p.m., according to Lt. Jackie...
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