Bill Melugin
Bill Melugin is a multiple EMMY, Murrow, and Golden Mike award winning investigative reporter for FOX 11 Los Angeles. He is the 2018 and 2019 recipient of the RTNA’s Golden Mike Award for “Best Investigative Journalism” in southern California, and the winner of the 2019 Television Academy EMMY for investigative reporting. Melugin is also the recipient of a 2018 regional Edward R. Murrow award for hard news reporting.
Bill grew up in Orange County, CA and attended the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University where he received a B.A. in broadcast journalism and a minor in Spanish Linguistics. Prior to joining FOX 11, Melugin worked as an anchor and investigative reporter at WJZY-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina for two and a half years, where he won a 2017 regional Edward R. Murrow award for breaking news reporting, and won the SPJ’s national Sigma Delta Chi award for best breaking news reporting for his live coverage of the Charlotte riots. Melugin began his career as a reporter and fill-in anchor at KFOX-TV in El Paso Texas for two years. He grew up watching FOX 11, and his family still lives in Orange County.
The latest from Bill Melugin
Prosecutors barred from attending serial child rapist’s parole hearing under Gascón reforms
Ruben Beltran, a convicted pedophile, has been imprisoned since May 2004, serving a sentence of 15 to life.
Law enforcement officials urge Angelenos to report suspicious activity ahead of Inauguration Day 2021
Law enforcement officials urged the public on Tuesday to be on alert and report any suspicious activity ahead of Inauguration Day.
LASD's superspreader task force breaks up multiple stripper parties
High heels were left in a hurry, a bra was tossed on the floor and deputies recovered a list for bottle service.
Under new DA, alleged child decapitator, deputy ambusher would be eligible for parole in 20 years
Under reforms from new Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, the suspects in two cases involving the decapitation of two kids, and the shooting ambush of two deputies, will both be eligible for parole after serving 20 years in prison, if convicted.
Federal inmates being vaccinated at 31 federal facilities across the country, including Los Angeles
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has started vaccinating federal inmates at more than thirty federal facilities across the country, including several in the Los Angeles area that suffered COVID-19 outbreaks during the pandemic.
Judge denies motion to drop special charges against accused cop killer in rebuke to Gascón directive
In a rebuke to DA George Gascón’s new directives, a judge on Monday refused to drop all special charges against an accused cop killer charged in the execution-style killing of an off-duty LA County Sheriff’s deputy, and the murder of an innocent skateboarder.
San Diego DA sends George Gascón scathing letter criticizing policies, rescinds permission to prosecute case
The San Diego County DA has sent newly-elected Los Angeles County DA George Gascón a scathing letter criticizing his policies.
LASD's Superspreader Task Force makes over 100 arrests in party busts
The Task Force received word about a massive house party taking place in South LA and sent a significant amount of resources to break it up.
LA Sheriff Superspreader Task Force detains 900 during NYE party busts
The LA County Sheriff Department’s Superspreader Task Force shut down at least five New Year's Eve parties across the county, resulting in at least 900 people being detained, 90 arrests and/or citations, and the recovery of at least six guns.
Prosecutors' union files civil lawsuit over Gascón's new directives
The union representing Los Angeles County prosecutors filed a lawsuit against District Attorney George Gascón, alleging that his special directives to get rid of sentencing enhancements and strikes are violating the state law.