Downey Big 5 Store Manager Quits After Being Forced to Sell Gun to Man She...
He was a customer who wanted to buy a gun. She was a store manager who balked, finding the man erratic, threatening and potentially dangerous. Their tense interaction at a Big 5 Sporting Goods store...
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Family, Whittier Community Gather for Funeral of Slain Police Officer Keith...
Family, friends, fellow law enforcement and community members gathered Friday to attend the funeral of slain Whittier police Officer Keith Boyer. Whittier Police Department Officer Keith Boyer is...
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Suspected DUI Driver Plows Into Library in Downey Hours After Release From...
A man suspected of driving under the influence was arrested after a car plowed into the Downey City Library early Thursday morning. He had just been released hours earlier following an arrest on a...
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Downey Business Owner Shoots Robbers, Killing 2 and Injuring 1: Police
Two suspected robbers were fatally shot by a business owner in Downey Monday night and a third man was injured, police said. Downey Police Department officers responded to reports of a shooting about...
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Suspicious Fires Burn 2 Vacant Buildings in Downey; 4 Detained
Four people have been detained after a suspicious fire burned two vacant structures in Downey Monday morning. Firefighters battle a suspicious blaze in Downey on June 26, 2017. (Credit: Loudlabs)...
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Family Members of Downey Homicide Victim Remain Frustrated 2 Years After Crime
Family members of a 28-year-old Downey homicide victim remain frustrated that the crime against their loved one remains unsolved two years later. Lisa Rosales speaks about her son who was killed two...
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Real Estate Agent Killed During Home-Invasion Robbery in Downey Was Likely...
Friends identified the victim killed during an apparent home-invasion robbery in Downey on Sunday as kind and loving. Meanwhile, investigators determined the man was likely targeted, and continued...
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17-Year-Old Is 3rd Person Arrested in Connection to Deadly Home-Invasion...
A 17-year-old was arrested Tuesday in connection to an apparent home-invasion robbery that resulted in the death of a man, according to the Downey Police Department. Jimmy Rudometkin is seen in an...
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3 Charged With Murder in Downey Home-Invasion Robbery That Left Man Dead
Two men and a teenager were charged with murder Wednesday in the home-invasion robbery that resulted in the death of a real estate agent at his home in Downey. Jim Rudometkin is shown in a photo from...
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Fourth Person Charged in Home-Invasion Robbery That Left Downey Real Estate...
A fourth man was charged Tuesday in connection with the death of Downey real estate agent during a home-invasion robbery in January. Jim Rudometkin was killed in a home invasion at his house in Downey,...
View ArticleMotorcyclist Nearly Killed in 105 Freeway Crash Seeks Out Good Samaritans Who...
It was one year ago this weekend that Tomas Delamora was involved in a crash on the 105 Freeway that cost him his left leg. But, without the assistance of three passers-by who stopped to help him,...
View ArticleDowney Crash Victim Reunited With Good Samaritans He Credits With Saving His...
A Downey man was reunited Friday with two of the three good Samaritans who stopped to help him after a violent freeway crash last year. Rick Chambers reports for the KTLA 5 News at 10 on Friday, Feb....
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Street Racing Blamed in Multi-Car Crash That Left Pedestrian Dead in Downey
A high-speed street race ended in a multi-vehicle crash in Downey that sent one of the cars careening into and killing a pedestrian, police said Monday. Police investigate a fatal crash in Downey on...
View ArticleHow Long Lines Keep Porto’s Bakery Affordable — and Growing
When picking up a box of cheese rolls, potato balls or a cake at Porto’s Bakery & Cafe, two things are always guaranteed: The lines will be long and the food affordable. There cannot be one without...
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Consultant at SoCal Meat-Packing Plant Sentenced for Falsely Certifying...
A Downey man working as a consultant at a meat-packing firm was sentenced Monday for falsely certifying that contaminated beef was free of E. coli bacterium. Jim Johnson pleaded guilty to falsifying a...
View ArticleDowney Parents Convicted in Death of Infant Daughter Who Was Beaten,...
A Downey couple was convicted Thursday of inflicting abuse on their 4-month-old daughter that resulted in her death, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said. Ashley Debra Jones, 26, was...
View ArticlePorto’s Bakery Gives Free Pastries to Vets in Honor of Veterans Day
Porto’s Bakery will be giving free pastries to Veterans in honor of Veterans Day on Friday and Saturday. “To all who serve and have served, thank you,” the Cuban bakery and cafe tweeted Friday. A...
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CHP Seeks Man Who Posed as Law Enforcement, Pulled Over Woman and Sexually...
A man who posed as a law enforcement officer and pulled a woman over on the 105 Freeway – then sexually assaulted her – is being sought by CHP, officials announced Friday. CHP released this sketch of a...
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Father and Daughter Critically Injured in Downey House Fire
A father and daughter were critically injured in a Downey house fire early Saturday, officials said. Flames and smoke are seen during a house fire in Downey on Nov. 18, 2017. (Credit: LOUDLABS) The...
View ArticleResidents on Edge After Mid-Afternoon Home-Invasion Robbery in Downey
Masked intruders broke into a gated home in Downey mid-afternoon Thursday and robbed the residence. The crime comes nearly two years after a real estate agent was killed in his home during a robbery...
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