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20 Arrested in Parole Raids

By HECTOR BECERRA
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A task force of federal, state and county law enforcement agents arrested 20 sex offenders in parole raids throughout the Antelope Valley on Thursday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

All but two of those arrested were convicted of sex crimes against children, said Lt. Robert Rifkin of the Palmdale sheriff’s station.

Deputies based in Palmdale and Lancaster went with state parole and county probation agents as they made their routine checks of parolees, Rifkin said. Authorities made 45 visits and arrested 20 of the parolees for a variety of alleged crimes, including possession of drugs and child pornography, he said.

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Personnel from the California Highway Patrol, the California Department of Justice, the FBI and the Los Angeles Police Department also participated in the sweep, Rifkin said.

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Hector Becerra

Hector Becerra is managing editor of the Los Angeles Times. A native Angeleno who grew up in Boyle Heights, Becerra’s first foray into journalism was as the editor of the University Times at Cal State Los Angeles. He started his career at the Los Angeles Times in 1999 and was a general assignment reporter until 2014, covering everything from wildfires to crime to Latino cultural trends. He has been among the first to a murder scene as part of a ride-along in South L.A. and has tried his hand as a field worker, picking strawberries in Santa Maria. Becerra was part of the team of reporters that won the Pulitzer Prize’s Public Service award for its coverage of the city of Bell corruption scandal. He was city editor for the California section until 2022, when he was promoted to deputy managing editor. He was named managing editor in 2024.

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