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Alene Tchekmedyian

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Alene Tchekmedyian covers Los Angeles County’s criminal courts. She previously covered breaking news in California. Before joining The Times in 2016, she reported on crime and policing for the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader. She grew up in Huntington Beach.

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Sheriff’s deputies sue county, accusing Banditos colleagues of beatings, withholding backup

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Sheriff’s deputies sue county, accusing Banditos colleagues of beatings, withholding backup

Eight Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies are suing the county, saying they were pressured by the Banditos gang to quit their jobs or leave the East Los Angeles station.
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LGBTQ ‘Black Lives Matter’ activists were watching Democratic donor Ed Buck, demanding justice

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LGBTQ ‘Black Lives Matter’ activists were watching Democratic donor Ed Buck, demanding justice

Two fatal overdoses in Democratic donor Ed Buck’s home gave rise to a movement that sought to hold him accountable and uphold the value of gay black lives.

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911 call from man drugged at Democratic donor Ed Buck’s home key to criminal case, sheriff says
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Democratic donor Ed Buck used ‘position of power’ to drug and manipulate men, prosecutors say

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Democratic donor Ed Buck used ‘position of power’ to drug and manipulate men, prosecutors say

Prosecutors call Ed Buck, who was arrested this week, a violent sexual predator who preyed on men struggling with addiction and homelessness.

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Who is Ed Buck? The erratic life of the Democratic donor in whose home two dead men have been found

911 call from man at Buck’s home key to criminal case, sheriff says
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Democratic donor Ed Buck charged with operating drug house after 2 men found dead in home

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Democratic donor Ed Buck charged with operating drug house after 2 men found dead in home

Buck was charged with one count each of battery causing serious injury, administering methamphetamine and maintaining a drug house, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office. Buck is accused of injecting the victim with methamphetamine on Sept. 11.

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Who is Ed Buck? The erratic life of the Democratic donor in whose home two dead men have been found
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L.A. County to pay $3 million after shots fired by deputies at charging dog mistakenly kill teen

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L.A. County to pay $3 million after shots fired by deputies at charging dog mistakenly kill teen

Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies mistakenly shot and killed a teenager when their bullets ricocheted as they opened fire on an aggressive pit bull.
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California Supreme Court declines to take up L.A. death penalty cases

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California Supreme Court declines to take up L.A. death penalty cases

The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to consider whether Gov.
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Man who allegedly supplied Mac Miller with fentanyl-laced pills is held without bail

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Man who allegedly supplied Mac Miller with fentanyl-laced pills is held without bail

A Los Angeles man was arrested Wednesday on federal charges alleging that he supplied fentanyl-laced pills to rapper Mac Miller two days before he died of an overdose in September 2018.
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Prosecutors seeking death penalty in Anthony Avalos torture case

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Prosecutors seeking death penalty in Anthony Avalos torture case

Anthony Avalos’ relatives praised the district attorney’s office’s decision to pursue the death penalty, which was announced in court.
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Former L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca implicated in fraud scheme, court documents allege

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Former L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca implicated in fraud scheme, court documents allege

The revelations add another blemish to the reputation of Baca, the once-towering law enforcement figure who spent 14 years heading one of the nation’s largest police agencies.
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A jailhouse informant’s lies put him in prison for 37 years. Now he’s free

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A jailhouse informant’s lies put him in prison for 37 years. Now he’s free

Nineteen days after his verdict in 1983, Samuel Bonner wrote a letter to the judge saying he didn’t get a fair trial. He had wanted to tell his side of the story.

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