Juvenile Delinquency

L.A. County keeps troubled foster care contractor

2013-05-21 18:24:00

Los Angeles County Supervisors Michael D. Antonovich and Gloria Molina were unable to win majority support for their push to sever all ties to a foster care contractor with a history of substantiated child abuse and financial malfeasance. Under the...

Sexual assault in jails

2013-05-22 00:00:00

A new government report singles out Los Angeles County's Twin Towers as having one of the worst rates of inmate-on-inmate sexual assault of any men's jail in the nation. One in 20 inmates held there reported that he had been victimized by another inmate...

LAFD chief's report slammed by city Fire Commission

2013-05-21 13:51:00

The Los Angeles Fire Commission on Tuesday delivered a strong rebuke of a highly anticipated report by the fire chief regarding a controversial plan to beef up the number of ambulances assigned to firehouses. The report by LAFD Chief Brian Cummings...

16-year-old boy arrested in high school 'sexting' scandal

2013-05-17 12:28:00

A 16-year-old boy was arrested Friday�on suspicion of�distributing nude photos of four teenage girls through Twitter, San Bernardino County sheriff's officials said. The boy, a student at Etiwanda High School in Rancho Cucamonga, was booked into...

Teacher's aide accused of groping disabled teen

2013-05-13 11:50:00

A teacher’s aide in Lawndale is free on bail after being arrested on suspicion of molesting a teenage girl with mental disabilities, police said. Juan Carlos Gutierrez, 60, was arrested Friday on three misdemeanor warrants of molesting or annoying...

Brother charged in Leila Fowler slaying called 'shy ... reserved'

2013-05-16 07:21:00

A 12-year-old boy accused of stabbing his little sister, Leila Fowler, to death in Valley Springs was described as a “shy, quiet and reserved boy” by his attorney. The boy, whose identity was not released because of his age, is charged...

Judge says L.A. should end contract with private foster agency

2013-05-14 09:26:00

The presiding judge of L.A. County's Juvenile Court and the head of a court-appointed law firm representing foster children have called on Los Angeles county supervisors to sever the county’s contract with Teens Happy Homes. Starr Heimov, who...

Suspect named in New Orleans mass shooting

2013-05-13 22:04:00

Police late Monday identified a 19-year-old man as a suspect in the shooting of about 20 people during a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans, saying several people had identified him as the gunman captured by surveillance camera videos. Superintendent...

Too young for solitary

2013-05-12 00:00:00

At probation camps and juvenile halls, where delinquent minors are often held, officials sometimes have no choice but to temporarily isolate disruptive juveniles for the safety of other youths and camp personnel. But as an hour turns into a day or more...

Parade shooting: New Orleans police chase teen with criminal past

2013-05-14 10:53:00

Three victims remained in critical condition at a hospital Tuesday as New Orleans officials sought a teenage suspect in the Mother's Day parade shooting that wounded 19 people. Akein Scott, 19, was named late Monday night as a suspect in the shooting....

L.A. County officials to stop sending children to foster agency

2013-05-14 00:00:00

Responding to new allegations of financial malfeasance and abuse, Los Angeles County officials have decided to stop sending children to a private foster care agency that has been responsible for more than 1,100 youths in recent years. The action was...

Suspect arrested in New Orleans parade shooting

2013-05-15 22:09:00

NEW ORLEANS --� The suspect in a Mother's Day parade shooting that left 19 people wounded in New Orleans was taken into custody Wednesday night, police said. Akein Scott, 19, was arrested in the Little Woods section of eastern New Orleans, police...

Brandy's 1996 sitcom ended on a wicked cliffhanger; Miles was kidnapped and one of the girls in Moesha's dorm was pregnant but who?

2013-05-14 08:17:00

Recondall Wiggins, of Miami, appears in court. Wiggins faced first degree murder and robery charges in the shooting death of German tourist Uwe-Wilhem Rakebrand.

2013-04-09 19:46:00

Pope Francis washes the foot of an inmate at the juvenile detention center of Casal del Marmo in Rome.

2013-03-28 00:00:00