Suspect In South LA Fireworks Explosion Expected To Plead Guilty
Arturo Ceja III will plead guilty in Los Angeles federal court to a federal charge of transporting explosives without a license, according to the case docket.
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Arturo Ceja III will plead guilty in Los Angeles federal court to a federal charge of transporting explosives without a license, according to the case docket.
Los Angeles police discovered about 32,000 pounds of illegal fireworks at Arturo Ceja's home.
South Los Angeles families Monday gathered Monday outside Los Angeles Police Department headquarters and City Hall to demand the city immediately fix their damaged homes and hold officers accountable for a destructive fireworks blast set off by a bomb squad on June 30.
Police say a man between 40 and 50 years old was crossing Broadway at 54th Street in a marked crosswalk against a "Don't Walk" signal, when a tow truck going northbound on Broadway hit him.
A Wednesday morning standoff between police a suspected gunman in South Los Angeles ended with the suspect getting away.
Police Tuesday sought the public's help to find the hit-and-run driver responsible for fatally injuring a 91-year-old woman who was walking near USC.
The aftermath of a blast that rocked a South Los Angeles neighborhood in June continues to be felt as the families of two people who recently died say the explosion contributed to the deaths.
The coroner's office Monday identified the 43-year- old man and 26-year-old woman killed when a suspected drunk driver allegedly triggered a two-vehicle crash on the southbound Harbor (110) Freeway in South Los Angeles.
It did not appear to be a hit-and-run situation, authorities said.
At one point, he lost control of the car and slammed into a truck, but was able to keep going.
A South Los Angeles shooting Saturday in the Broadway-Manchester area left one man wounded.
LAPD Chief Michel Moore revealed that bomb squad technicians likely miscalculated the weight of the explosives that were placed in the truck.
Police are investigating a deadly double shooting in the 12700 block of Western Avenue in South Los Angeles Thursday night.
Shane Zachary Flowers, 23, was arrested Wednesday in the death of the unidentified baby. He was detained by Torrance police before being booked by the LAPD on suspicion of child abuse resulting in death.
The Torrance boy, who was just shy of 18 months old, died Tuesday morning at the Rosa Bell Motel in the 5600 block of South Western Avenue.
There was no word on a motive or whether the shooting was gang-related.
Families affected by LAPD's botched fireworks detonation on June 30 were allowed inside their homes Thursday, escorted by city crews, in order to assess the damages.
Dozens of families in the South LA neighborhood where a botched illegal firework detonation led to an explosion last Wednesday were still out of their homes a week later.
Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department were responding to a vehicle crash in South LA when one of the officers was attacked by what appears to be a stray dog.
Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms charged 26-year-old Arturo Ceja III, arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department for 32-tons of illegal fireworks that led to a botched detonation that injured 17 people, while many residents that live in the area are still displaced after the explosion.
Some residents in South Los Angeles are stuck inside their homes and others are barred from coming back until at least Sunday after seventeen people were injured Wednesday evening when a planned police detonation of seized illegal fireworks ended in an explosion.
What was supposed to be a controlled detonation turned into a massive explosion which flipped cars and shattered windows across a two-block radius. Several homes also appear to have been damaged.
A man was shot and killed Thursday evening in an unincorporated area near South Los Angeles.
Firefighters arrived to find flames billowing from a curbside homeless camp with a parked RV.
During a traffic stop, officers saw a bag with a submachine gun sticking out of it.
