LOS ANGELES — A Mongols motorcycle gang member who killed a Pomona SWAT officer during a crackdown on the group eight years ago has pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter after twice being acquitted of murder. David Martinez had been found not guilty in two separate murder trials over the...
Madera Truck Driver Pleads not Guilty in 3 Nebraska Deaths
KEARNEY, Neb. — A California truck driver accused of causing a crash that killed three people in south-central Nebraska has pleaded not guilty. Buffalo County District Court records say Kenneth Kratt, of Madera entered the pleas last month to three counts of felony manslaughter. The records don't list a trial...
Man in Madera County Jail Accused of 3 Crash Deaths in Nebraska
KEARNEY, Neb. — A California trucker accused of causing a crash that killed three people in south-central Nebraska has been taken into custody. Jail records in Madera County show that 34-year-old Kenneth Kratt remained in custody Tuesday after his arrest Friday. He'll be returned to Kearney, Nebraska, to face three...
California's Dive Boat, Ghost Ship Fires Share Legal Lessons
LOS ANGELES — One was a ship in name only, an artist commune set up in an Oakland warehouse. The other was a bona fide boat afloat on the ocean off Santa Barbara. Both became fiery death traps for a combined 70 souls, two of the worst disasters in modern...
Wrong-Way SUV Kills Four Motorcyclists in Tulare County
The California Highway Patrol says a woman driving the wrong way crashed her Infiniti SUV head-on into two Harley-Davidson motorcycles early Sunday morning, killing four people on the motorcycles. The agency in a statement Monday said the accident happened at 2 a.m. Sunday as the two men and two women...
Ex-Officer Sentenced to 25 Years in Black Motorist's Killing
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A former Florida police officer received a 25-year prison sentence Thursday for the fatal on-duty shooting of a black musician whose SUV had broken down after a late-night concert. Fired Palm Beach Gardens officer Nouman Raja was the first Florida law enforcement agent in nearly...
Texas Officer Faces Manslaughter Charge in Neighbor's Death
DALLAS — A white Dallas police officer who shot and killed a black neighbor in his home and later said she mistook his apartment for her own parked on the wrong floor of the complex's garage after getting home from work that night, the city's mayor said. Mayor Mike Rawlings...