Fight sparks SWAT standoff at Downtown church’s homeless shelter
Early this morning, police surrounded a home that the Second Samoan Congregational Church uses as transitional housing for homeless residents.
Chase ends on Rec Park Golf Course where helicopter crew lands to help make arrest
A high-speed pursuit ended on the Recreation Park Golf Course where a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department helicopter landed on the grass to help take two men into custody, live footage of the chase showed.
LBPD Chief Robert Luna tests positive for COVID-19, isolates at home, department says
Luna and his department have urged officers to get vaccinated as the number who’ve gotten shots has lagged behind the general population in Long Beach.
LBPD sergeant arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, department says
Long Beach police confirmed the sergeant’s arrest but declined to say how officers came into contact with him Friday night or whether he’d been involved in a traffic collision.
A crash, 3 deaths and questions of blame
When a young driver killed a family on Halloween, state regulators say they cracked down on a problem liquor store. But has the woman who let him leave with a bottle of whiskey really been held accountable?
Rescue crews search 2 cars washed downstream by rain runoff in LA River
The water finally receded enough that the vehicles emerged in the riverbed near Wardlow Road. Firefighters confirmed there was nobody inside.
Ex-city employee sentenced to 16 years in prison for sexual abuse that spanned years
“It wasn’t some stranger she encountered only once,” the victim’s family said in a statement “It was someone that was supposed to protect her, someone that called himself a friend to the family.”
After surprise guilty plea, convicted murderer apologizes in court
Adrian Berumen admitted to beating Christopher Waters to death and burning his body. In court, Waters’ family said they wanted to see true remorse.
2 LBPD officers arrested on suspicion of filing false police reports, department says
Police said the charges stem from a February 2018 firearms arrest that fell apart when detectives compared the officers’ reports to surveillance video
UPDATE: Man arrested after hours-long standoff Thursday in East Long Beach home, police say
Police got a woman out of the home after they “heard calls of help coming from inside,” according to an LBPD spokesman.