Through their investigation, Vice Detectives identified a suspect who used a commercial sex website to contact the 15-year-old female victim and paid her to perform a sex act on him outside his residence.
On Feb. 12, 2021, Vice Detectives arrested John Ward Herrera, 29-year-old resident of La Puente, who was booked for lewd act with a child, prostitution, and oral copulation with a minor. Bail is set at $100,000.
Original News Release 2/8/2021:
A human trafficking investigation has led to the rescue of a female juvenile and the arrest of two adult suspects.
On Feb. 6, 2021, at approximately 9:05 a.m., officers from West Patrol Division conducted a traffic stop for no license plates on a vehicle in the area of Pacific Coast Highway and Lemon Avenue.
LAPD launches internal investigation into Valentine-themed image with George Floyd and phrase You take my breath away krdo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from krdo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office is investigating reports of LAPD officers circulating a mock valentine featuring an image of George Floyd with the caption “You take my breath away.”
A photo of George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer last year, had been made into a Valentine's Day meme featuring the words, "You take my breath away," and it circulated among members of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).
Along with other civil liberties organizations and activists, EFF has long warned that Amazon Ring and other networked home surveillance devices could be used to monitor political activity and protests. Now we have documented proof that our fears were founded.
According to emails obtained by EFF, the LAPD sent requests to Amazon Ring users specifically targeting footage of Black-led protests against police violence that occurred in cities across the country last summer. While it is clear that police departments and federal law enforcement across the country used many different technologies to spy on protests, including aerial surveillance and semi-private camera networks, this is the first documented evidence that a police department specifically requested footage from networked home surveillance devices related to last summer’s political activity.