• Doctor pleads not guilty to sexual assault - A physician whose father is the leader of the Bermudan government has pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing patients. Dr. Kevin Brown entered pleas to 23 felony counts at a hearing Thursday in Los Angeles. He remains in custody after being arrested last month and charged with molesting patients, including an undercover police officer and a 15-year-old. If convicted, Brown could face more than 25 years in prison
• Security guard kills man after alleged gang fight - Carson officials shut down the annual Samoan Flag Day celebration, because a security guard shot and killed a gunman Wednesday night. However, about 40 Samoans continued their festivities at the park this afternoon, but sheriff’s officials said no more people would be allowed in. Faletogo’s 46-year-old wife, Pulou, was one of three bystanders shot and wounded. Two boys, 12 and 13, were also hurt. They were taken to a local hospital, Carrillo said, with non-life-threatening injuries. Officials said the trouble started about 10 p.m. when two young women began fighting. What began as a verbal confrontation escalated into a fistfight that included a Tongan man and a Samoan man. The Tongan eventually pulled out a firearm and fired into the crowd. The guard returned fire, striking the man, who then collapsed just outside the park gate. He was later pronounced dead at the scene. The man’s name had not been release.

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• 9-year-old killed by water born amoeba - Riverside County health officials are urging swimmers to use caution after a 9-year-old boy contracted the deadly Naegleria fowleri amoeba. He had gone swimming in Lake Elsinore several times this summer. The parasite lives in warm freshwater lakes, rivers and poorly maintained swimming pools, experts say. It enters the brain through the nose, where it can cause a severe and nearly always fatal infection. There were 33 reported cases of infection in the U.S. from 1998 to 2007. The amoeba can kill in three days, and symptoms include headache, fever, nausea, vomiting and a stiff neck.
• Man gets life in prison for murdering wife and step son - A man who fled California for nearly a decade after killing his estranged wife and stepson has been sentenced to life in prison. Fu Lin Wang, 61, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder. He could have faced the death penalty if the case had gone to trial. He has no chance for parole. Prosecutors say Wang shot his wife, Carole Lee, and her 18-year-old son Michael Chu in December of 1998 at her Alhambra home.

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• Two people critically burned in car accident - Two people are hospitalized with critical burn injuries after their rental truck overturned and caught fire. The accident shut down the 5 South and 10 East connector as rescue crews pulled them from the burning truck. Both have been taken to USC Medical Center and their condition is unknown.
• Husband/Wife murder suicide reported - Police say a 67-year-old man and his wife were both found dead in their Perris home Monday victims of an apparent murder-suicide. Beverly Lorraine Jakubowicz, also 67, and her husband, Stanley R. Jakubowicz, were found dead at their home at 21856 Lake Matthews Drive about 4:45 a.m., according to the Riverside County Coroner’s office. Franchville said Stanley Jakubowicz called a dispatcher and said “that his wife needed medical attention and when we got there, they were both dead.”

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• Staph infection kills high school student -Noah Armendariz, 17, a high school wrestler died Sunday at Children’s Hospital of Orange County, from complications of a drug-resistant staph infection and a teammate was being treated for the illness. Armendariz suffered from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, which is resistant but can be treated and often is not deadly. “The medication was doing its job but the infection was too aggressive,” said his grandfather, Frank Magana. Armendariz, of Downey, developed a rash and flu-like symptoms, then became progressively sicker, until he contracted pneumonia and had holes in his lungs. His teammate tested positive for staph a week after Armendariz became ill but his condition is not serious.
• Deputy fatally shots alleged drug dealer - An LA County deputy shot and killed an alleged drug dealer in the unincorporated Lennox area when he thought the man was about to produce a weapon. The shooting in the 11000 block of Dalerose Avenue near West 111th Street took place around 11:45 p.m. Wednesday. Christian Portillo, 35, died at the scene. No deputies were hurt. No weapon was found on the victim.

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• Man found dead in car after it was ticketed -A passerby noticed the man in the driver’s seat of the Lincoln Town Car near Peck and Rooks roads about 7:50 p.m. and notified employees at a nearby truck shop. Police found an elderly man, probably in his 70’s, dead inside. The parked car has a ticket on it from about 11a.m that day. The car was parked in front of a store and workers at the shop called for help after knocking on the window of the locked car and getting no response. Authorities were not immediately able to say whether the man was in his car at the time the ticket was issued or if he had returned to it later.
• Teen rapes child with toy light saber - A Santa Ana 16-year-old boy has been arrested and taken to Juvenile Hall for allegedly raping a 9-year-old boy with a toy light saber. The Department of Social Services notified the Police Department on Monday that the youngster was sexually assaulted at the teen’s home on July 16. Investigators say the teen and younger boy are believed to be acquaintances. There is no information about the alleged victim’s condition. There is no information about the alleged victim’s condition.
• 18-year-old arrested for boy shot in head -Alcus Mallory, a 15-year-old boy who was shot in the head nearly a week ago has died, and his alleged killer was being held on $1 million bail, police said.  Elijah Larkin, 18, was arrested the day after the shooting and booked on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter. “The suspect … pulled out a handgun and began to play with it,” police said in a statement. “He fired one shot and struck Mallory in the head.”

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• Man pulled out of lake after cardiac arrest - Divers found a man who jumped into a lake in the Willowbrook area without surfacing, but said when they pulled the man up, he was in full cardiac arrest. The man was found about an hour after searchers first began looking for him at Earvin “Magic” Johnson County Recreation. According to Fire Inspector Ron Haralson, the man was not breathing. The man was being transported to St. Francis Hospital.
• O.C. teen girl guilty of killing mother -Rachael Mullenix, now 19, faces 25 years to life in prison for the 2006 murder of her mother Barbara Mullinex, then 56, who was stabbed more than four dozen times, dumped in Newport Harbor and found with a knife still protruding from her eye. A sentencing date has not been set. Mullinex’s one-time boyfriend, Ian Allen, now 23, is waiting for his own trial. Mullinex said that Allen committed the murder and forced her to run away with him. She said Allen was mad at her mother because she threatened to have him arrested. After Barbara Mullinex’s body was found, Rachael and Ian were arrested two days later in Lafayette, La on their was to Florida.

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• 5 killed, 3 missing when car crashed in canal - Authorities have identified the five people killed when a septic truck collided with an SUV carrying farmworkers and both vehicles plunged into an irrigation canal. The victims were identified as Luis Perez, 45, of Merced; and Eulalia Garcia, 34, Isaac Tapia, 16, Adan Martinez, 22, Elizar Cruz, 19, all of Lod. Perez and Garcia died from fresh-water drowning; autopsies are pending on the others. Four of the dead were farmworkers, and family members told authorities they believe that others are still missing.
• Man wounded in car fire - An unidentified man has been hospitalized with minor injuries after an unknown arsonist set an abandoned vehicle on fire in Huntington Park. The flames then jumped to a yard and a business where the victim was working. Approximately 75 firefighters put down the blaze in roughly 40 minutes. A man who was working inside the business — a powder coating and paint manufacturer — sustained minor burns and minor smoke inhalation. He was transported to a hospital, and was expected to survive.

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• Two old ladies found guilty for murder -  77-year-old Helen Golay and 75-year-old Olga Rutterschmidt were sentenced to life in prison today for murdering two indigent men, 73-year-old Paul Vados in 1999 and 50-year-old Kenneth McDavid in 2005, to collect insurance policies taken out on their lives. The women were convicted of a scheme in which they befriended homeless men, took out policies, and then killed them in murders staged to look like hit-and-run auto accidents. The women collected 2.8 million dollars before getting caught.
• UC Riverside teacher found murdered in his own home - Lindon Barrett, 46, professor at UC Riverside, was found murdered in his home in the 100 block of West 5th Street on Sunday. Neighbors reported a foul odor coming from one of the units and it appeared Barrett had been dead for several days. Investigators determined the victim’s vehicle was missing and started a search. They were able to connect Marlon Martinez, 20, of Long Beach, to the car and arrested him and booked into the Long Beach city jail on suspicion of murder. [ Read The Full Story -> ]

• Teacher gets 6 years for kiddie porn -Former first-grade teacher, Kenneth Edward Kothe, 61, of Alhambra, was sentenced Monday to six and a half years in prison for possessing child pornography and given 10 years of supervised release after he serves his term. He must also register as a sex offender for the remainder of his life. Prosecutors said Kothe had at least 114 images and 13 video files of child porn on his home computer’s external hard drive, two bins filled with other pornographic images of underage youth, and four ounces of marijuana.
• Police arrest driver who killed two people during police chase - Police have arrested the driver, Sergio Delgado, 29, who allegedly struck and killed two pedestrians Sunday night on Hollywood Boulevard. Police are still trying to identify the dead. Delgado was being pursued on a reckless driving charge when he struck the pedestrians at about 8:45 p.m. The pedestrians — a man in his 40s and woman in her 30s — were pronounced dead at the scene. It is not known whether or not the victims knew one another. Herrall, an artist, said the car was weaving in and out of traffic and that the pedestrians probably didn’t see it coming toward them. Herrall said the car struck both pedestrians and then ran over the woman’s torso and legs. He said the man lay in the street as other cars ran over him.

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• Decomposed body found off 110 freeway - A decomposed body of a man was found at an off-ramp near Dodger Stadium on the 110 Freeway, after a Caltrans worker who was clearing brush discovered the body Saturday morning. Detectives are investigating the incident and no further information has been released.
• Gang-related killing in Anaheim being investigated - The 20-year-old victim, his brother and friend were walking in the 1400 block of South Euclid Street on Friday night when four attackers got out of a vehicle, confronted the victim and began an argument. One of the attackers pulled out a handgun and shot the victim. He was taken to UCI Medical Center and died. It was unclear if the other men were shot.
• Woman clubbed in head by attacker - A Canyon Country woman was clubbed in the head in a gated community on Vista Point Lane on Friday night by two men, one of who wore a law-enforcement-style uniform. The woman apparently let the men inside, said sheriff’s Lt. Andrew Rosso of the Santa Clarita station. Both are believed to be Latinos in their 30s or 40s.

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• Long Beach man sentenced to 26 years to life for stove death - Cole Allen Wilkins, 32, was sentenced to 26 years to life in prison, in the death of David Piquette, a 10-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Department in Corona. Piquette was killed when he was crushed by a cement truck on the 91 Freeway after he swerved to avoid a stove that had fallen from Wilkins truck after he had stolen it. Prosecutors stated that the charge was appropriate because Wilkins was in the process of committing a felony. According to prosecutors, Wilkins did not stop until a motorist flashed his lights and honked his horn. Later he gave the man a fake name and two fake telephone numbers and did not produce a driver’s license or registration for the truck.
• Firefighters report one death in fire - Firefighters say at least one person, who was not a firefighter, has been found dead after a wildfire swept through an area near the Northern California town of Concow. Fire officials estimate about 320 fires were still burning in the state this week, including a complex of blazes in Butte County that has forced some 10,000 residents of the town of Paradise to flee. More than 320 active fires are burning around the state. A total of about 1,700 blazes have been sparked this season, destroying about 100 homes.

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• Deputy busted with DUI while on duty - An LA County on duty deputy has been arrested for driving under the influence and possibly causing a near deadly collision. Deputy Robert Moran ran a red light in Garden Grove the morning of June 29 and struck another vehicle. Its driver, 37-year-old Elias Aldana, suffered life threatening injuries. Its passenger and Moran also were taken to a hospital. Amormino says a Garden Grove police officer at the crash scene detected alcohol on Moran’s breath. The 18-year-veteran was arrested, booked, and then released on bail, pending the outcome of a criminal investigation.
• Three car crash injures 2 and kills 1 -  One person died and two others were injured today in a three-vehicle crash in Rosemead. The crash happened at N. Rosemead Blvd near the 10 Freeway at about 7:30 a.m.. Paramedics pronounced one person dead at the scene and two other injured people were taken to hospitals.

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