Compton Sheriff News Today

K9 Kjeld was shot while attempting to locate an armed suspect.

City Council members in Compton voted unanimously Tuesday night in favor of an ordinance aimed at curbing street takeovers. The motion, which passed with a 5-0 vote, would increase fines to a minimum of $5,000 for dangerous drivers and would also allow police to seize vehicles seen at street takeovers, a news release stated. Officials […]

The owner of a Compton tire shop is locked in a dispute with city officials over selling low-cost tires to people suspected of performing burnouts and other illegal maneuvers. The shop owner says he cannot control what customers do with the tires they buy.

Multiple people have been arrested in the ransacking of a Compton bakery that began when a car driven by a 13-year-old rammed into the store.

The non-operating cemetery houses historically important graves, from the families of Compton founders, to Civil War veterans.

A "street takeover" in Compton, California, led to a mom-and-pop bakery getting ransacked and robbed by a wild group of thugs.

Law Enforcement News Man Shot, Wounded In Downtown Gang Shooting A 21-year-old man was hospitalized Wednesday following a gang-related shooting in downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles Police Department officers responded at 11:49 p.m. Tuesday to 444 Hoover St. near Temple Street, north of the (101) Freeway where they learned four men entered the location and confronted the

A street takeover led to a wild break-in at a Mexican bakery in Compton in which a large mob of looters ransacked the store.

A 16-year-old boy was killed and a man was injured during a shooting in Compton, authorities said.

Lawyers for LA County deputy Sheriffs suspected of belonging to gangs say demands they admit membership and show tattoos -- would violate their legal rights and...