Local News in Brief : Suspect Says He Has AIDS

After deputies found an ounce of rock cocaine in his car, Brent King, who said he has AIDS and wants to get his life in order, directed them to a larger stash at his Hawthorne apartment, authorities said.

King, 27, was booked on suspicion of possession of cocaine for sale and held in lieu of $50,000 bail Tuesday at the Lennox sheriff’s substation after deputies found a half pound of rock cocaine in his apartment, Deputy Detta Roberts said.

Deputies had stopped King’s car on Imperial Highway and Larch Avenue about 5 p.m. for a traffic violation, Roberts said. A sheriff’s spokesman said the department had not confirmed whether King has AIDS.