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A Ventura County man was sentenced to prison Wednesday for torturing and killing his girlfriend. Saul Nava, 24, of Thousand Oaks, was sentenced to 50 years and eight months to life in prison for the murder of Alicen Takachiescobar and the torture and kidnapping of his ex-girlfriend, who survived his abuse, according to the Ventura County District. sentenced. Law firm. On Christmas Eve 2021, Nava beat and tortured Takacs-Escobar in his Thousand Oaks apartment for several days before calling authorities. Arriving officers found the woman with injuries all over her body, extensive bruising, a large laceration to her head, and…

A Los Angeles man has been charged with perjury for allegedly submitting multiple fictitious voter registration forms in the months leading up to the November 2024 election. Bruce Boyer, 63, of Chatsworth, allegedly tried to register the identity of a fictitious person by submitting four handwritten forms signed under penalty of perjury to the Ventura County Registrar of Voters. . Officials said all four documents contained Mr. Boyer’s home address, and elections officials flagged them as suspicious, leading to the investigation. The case was reviewed by the Ventura County District Attorney’s Bureau of Investigation, and Mr. Boyer now faces four…

A 61-year-old man was arrested in connection with a bank robbery in Los Angeles County earlier this year, followed several months later on charges of second-degree robbery and attempted assault, authorities announced Wednesday. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials said in a news release that the first incident occurred on June 21 at California Bank & Trust in Acton. The suspect, now identified as Joseph Bennett, reportedly entered the bank wearing a surgical mask and approached a teller. He demanded a bag of money while pretending to have a firearm. Los Angeles County pet store worker jumps for cover after…

Timothy Colomey said his fellow Los Angeles police officers had a nickname for him after he transferred out of SWAT: “Top Rope.”It was a reference to a professional wrestler flinging himself from the top rope of a ring and flooring his opponent, Colomey said. A former senior SWAT sergeant, Colomey had aggressively taken down plenty of suspects during his career, but according to his testimony at a civil trial that played out in a downtown courthouse in recent weeks, the nickname insinuated he was trying to flatten his old unit by spilling its darkest secrets.Colomey, 55, has made allegations of…

Somewhere there is a millionaire who knows nothing. Last December, they bought one of two winning Mega Millions tickets at a Chevron gas station in Encino and now owe $197.5 million in lottery debt. Until Saturday. After that, ignorance will be bliss for those who want to get rich.”We want to see legitimate winners receive their prizes,” California Lottery spokeswoman Carolyn Becker said Wednesday. But even after Saturday’s deadline to claim the prize passes, “my hypothesis and hope is that the winner will never know.” This mystery winner was part of a very unusual drawing for the Mega Millions lottery.The…

An investigation is underway in Echo Park after a man was seen destroying a Tesla Cybertruck and the victim believes it was a targeted attack. Video recorded by the destroyed Tesla’s camera shows a male suspect walking up to the vehicle on Nov. 28 with a sharp object. The man immediately punctured the tires in front and behind the Tesla and fled the scene. The Cybertruck was among several vehicles parked along the 1600 block of North Alvarado Street that day, but the victim said his vehicle was the only vehicle destroyed. He believes the incident may be a manifestation…

Authorities continue to search for two people believed to have been in a car that veered off the side of a mountain road in Ventura County and plunged 1,000 feet down a cliff at 2 a.m. Sunday.The white Cadillac Escalade crashed on Deer Creek Road northwest of Malibu, about two miles from the junction with the Pacific Coast Highway, said Officer Ryan Ayala, a California Highway Patrol spokesman. A day and a half after the crash, one of the passengers reported the other two passengers missing.Ayala said searches of the vehicle and the surrounding area on Monday and Tuesday yielded…

As far as year-end lists go, we’re always on the lookout for rankings that remind us of our own trends over the past 12 months. Case in point: Spotify Wrapped is a marketing campaign released annually since 2016 that summarizes users’ annual listening habits on the music streaming platform and also allows them to share their personal rankings via social media. It’s always fun to post about the songs and artists you listen to the most, but it’s also exciting to be able to compare your music tastes to the music tastes of an entire city. To that end, Spotify…

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The Los Angeles Police Department’s new chief says the department will work with consulates in Mexico and other Central American countries to draft a plan to protect immigrants ahead of the Trump administration’s mass deportation plan. He said he is doing so. In an interview with The Associated Press, Jim McDonnell said his tenure as police chief will be marked by high levels of community engagement, noting that society as a whole must participate in the criminal justice system to create a safe place to live. he added. McDonnell, a veteran police officer and former sheriff,…

A Los Angeles County pet store was left in ruins after a customer accidentally drove his pickup truck into the building, scattering staff and feathers. Just before 10 a.m., officers with the El Monte Police Department responded to a report of a crash and structural damage at Wes’ Pets and Feeds, 4424 North Peck Road, authorities confirmed to KTLA. Video from the scene obtained by KTLA shows a white Ford F-150 fully inside the building. The building was cordoned off with yellow police tape and red-tagged by city officials, meaning it is currently unsafe to enter. The Los Angeles County…