A man and woman suspected of assaulting and robbing a cyclist riding on the L.A. River path in Elysian Valley last week have been arrested. Capt. Jeffrey Bert with the Northeast Division today confirmed that the two persons, who are members of the Frogtown gang, were ... Read More »
The man who was fatally stabbed during a fight on an Echo Park street early Sunday morning has been identified by police as 33-year-old Darrin Jeffries. Homicide detective Julian Pere with the Rampart Division provided a few more details about the fatal stabbing that took on ... Read More »
Police today arrested a man suspected of attempting to break into an Angeleno Heights home earlier this month after a resident recognized him from a surveillance video that was posted on The Eastsider and other websites. The 36-year-old man was arrested in front his home in ... Read More »
Federal charges have been filed against three men involved in last year’s robbery of a Bank of America branch in East Los Angeles during which a bank manager, a girl friend of one of the defendants, was outfitted with a fake explosive device. Officials said one ... Read More »
The LAPD is preparing to beef up bike patrols and deploy undercover officers along the L.A. River path following the attack and robbery of a cyclist late last week in Elysian Valley. The assault took place on Thursday night near Riverdale Avenue when a Glendale man who ... Read More »
One man was fatally stabbed in the chest early this morning during a fight on an Echo Park street, according to a preliminary police report. The victim and another male were walking near Clinton and Waterloo streets when they began arguing and fighting at about 2:40 ... Read More »
Police are searching for either one or two men who have tried to lure girls into cars four times since last October as the victims walked alone in Cypress Park. Two of those cases involved the same victim. “In each case, the suspect, who remained seated ... Read More »
Classes at East Los Angeles College were cancelled and the campus is being shut down this morning as authorities investigate unconfirmed reports of a gunman on campus, reports L.A. Now. “Due to an emergency, classes are cancelled for today, 5/16/13. Campus is closed,” says a posting ... Read More »
David “Dizzy” Martinez, the Echo Park man who was shot by police in March while going out for tacos , died this morning after suffering a seizure. The 47-year-old Echo Park resident, who had been released from the hospital about three weeks ago after being treated ... Read More »
An Angeleno Heights resident named Rene wants to alert his neighbors about an attempted break in into this home on May 7 that was recorded by surveillance cameras. The video clip above shows a man trying to open windows of the home on Bellevue Avenue near ... Read More »