| | | | Afternoon headlines for Friday, April 30, 2021
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Little Girl’s Sex Horror For Eight Years: Pinyon Pines Molester Gets 143 Years As Victim Says ‘I Forgive You’  A Pinyon Pines man was sentenced Friday to 143 years to life in state prison for molesting an underage relative over the course of more than eight years. An Indio jury deliberated two days last December before finding Stanford James Stelle III, 42, guilty of 13 felonies: six counts of aggravated sexual assault of a […]
  
Charred Body In Suspicious Burned-Out Moreno Valley Structure: Arson, Homicide Probe  An investigation was underway Friday following the discovery of a charred body under suspicious circumstances in Moreno Valley. Deputies were sent to the 13400 block of Old 215 Frontage Road about 5:20 a.m. Thursday on a report that a body had been found by firefighters, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Sgt. Richard Carroll […]
Murder Charges Against Cop-Chase Pickup Driver: Innocent Couple Killed When Pickup Crashed Into Victims’ Car In Inglewood  Murder and other charges were filed Friday against an ex-con accused of leading officers on a pursuit that ended with a crash that killed an innocent man and his girlfriend in Inglewood. Gustavo Ruelas, 42, is set to be arraigned Monday on two counts each of murder and fleeing a pursuing peace officer’s motor vehicle […]
Johnny Crawford, Child Star Of TV’s `The Rifleman,’ Dead at 75  Actor Johnny Crawford, an original Mouseketeer known for playing Chuck Connors’ son in “The Rifleman” TV series from 1958-63, has died at age 75, his family announced Friday. Crawford, who lived in the Glendale area, died Thursday evening with Charlotte, his wife, by his side, according to family members. A cause of death was not […]
Man Charged with Rape-Murder of Woman 41 Years Ago in Anaheim A 64-year-old man was awaiting extradition Friday on charges related to the sexual assault and killing of a 79-year-old woman in her apartment 41 years ago, police said. Andre William Lepere of Alamogordo, New Mexico, was arrested Wednesday on a murder charge, according to Anaheim police Sgt. Shane Carringer. Lepere is being held without bail […]
Construction Crew Ruptures Underground Natural Gas Line in Sun Valley Area A private construction crew ruptured a natural gas line while doing excavation work at an industrial site in the Sun Valley area Friday, but no one was hurt. The problem was reported about 12:25 p.m. in the 10600 block of West Lorne Street, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Southern California Gas Co. crews […]
After 1-Day Glitch, Mars Helicopter Completes 4th Flight; New Mission Ahead After a one-day delay due to a technical issue that kept the craft grounded, the Mars helicopter Ingenuity successfully completed its longest flight Friday as mission managers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced plans for the craft to enter a new phase of operations. Ingenuity’s fourth flight took off at about 7:45 a.m. California time, but […]
Dodgers To Again Offer Seating For Fully Vaccinated Fans Following a sold-out trial run last weekend, the Dodgers announced Friday the team will offer dedicated seating sections during its upcoming homestand for fans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The sections will be available for the May 11-12 series against the Mariners, the May 14-16 series against the Marlins and the May 17-20 series […]
Grammys Eliminate Nominating Committees In Voting-Process Shakeup Months after coming under fire from The Weeknd and other artists over so-called “secret” committees that determined nominees in most Grammy Award categories, the Recording Academy announced Friday those panels were being eliminated, and nominating would be done by membership voting. “It’s been a year of unprecedented, transformational change for the Recording Academy, and I’m […]
Former Priest Pleads Not Guilty to Lewd Acts with Four Boys A former Catholic priest pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of lewd acts on four boys at two parishes, in Palmdale and Redondo Beach, between the mid-1990s and 2001. Christopher John Cunningham, 58, was charged April 2 with a dozen felony counts of lewd acts on a child under the age of 14, according to […]
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