Crime and Public Safety

Police say Matthew Livelsberger, a highly decorated Army Green Beret, took his own life as part of a self-described "stunt" to get the attention of his fellow Americans. But there are still more questions than answers.

After more than two months, police are still searching for the driver who seriously injured a woman when they hit her with their car in East Hollywood.

The woman serving a life sentence for the 1995 shooting death of music star Selena will have her case reviewed by the parole board in March.

Automobiles are appealing to aspiring attackers because they’re easy to obtain and don’t require a lot of skill to carry out a deadly rampage.

Three suspects who were allegedly part of an assault, robbery and carjacking in the Pacific Palisades were taken into custody following a pursuit on Friday morning.

All the victims were of Laotian descent and investigators believe they were victims of human trafficking.

A 14-year-old boy who was reported missing from Maywood has been safely located.

Jabril Metoyer, 25, has been charged with three counts of attempted murder, four counts of robbery, and one count of attempted robbery.

The FBI has released eerie surveillance images showing 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar just about an hour before the deadly truck attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

The LASD said its computer-aided dispatch program — known as the CAD — was “not allowing personnel to log on with the new year, making the CAD inoperable.”