Law Enforcement

A former Los Angeles Police Department officer has been indicted in the murder of a homeless man in Venice. NBC4 Investigates’ Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026.

The man known as the “butt sniffer” was arrested again on suspicion of inappropriate behavior at two Glendale businesses. Tracey Leong reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026.

Police reviewed security camera video from two Glendale businesses and arrested 39-year-old Calese Crowder.

The case spans the tenures of three different Los Angeles County prosecutors with a murder charge being dismissed earlier this year by a judge.

Officer Daniel Flores says he believes he did the right thing even though his actions originally led to felony criminal charges. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026.

The LAPD officer who made surreptitious recordings of other officers he said in a lawsuit were making racist, homophobic, and sexist remarks while working in a recruiting office, said this week he believed he was “doing the right thing” by collecting evidence of misconduct and presenting it to internal affairs investigators. “I thought the LAPD would have been proud of…

Four people were arrested in connection with the theft of about $10,000 worth of Dodgers and Lakers gear at a Dick’s Sporting Goods store in Thousand Oaks. Three men entered the store Monday night, grabbed about 100 items, including Dodgers and Lakers jerseys, and left without paying, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department told NBC4 Investigates. The investigation unfolded when a…

The lawsuit, filed in October 2022, alleged they were racially profiled and illegally stopped by Clayton County police.

Two 65-year-old women were arrested in thefts at multiple Beverly Hills stores, police told NBC4 Investigates. Police responded Aug. 8 to a radio in the 400 block of North Rodeo Drive about a theft. The subjects had already left the location, but police used security cameras at the store and around Beverly Hills to locate a vehicle sought in connection…

Investigators used security camera video and automatic number-plate recognition to make an arrest in a jewelry theft in Burbank. On June 27, Burbank police responded to the area of Victory Boulevard and Elmwood Avenue after receiving a report of a robbery. When officers arrived, the victim told them that he was walking through an alley when he was attacked from…

Prosecutors now accuse Nick Reiner of lying in wait at their home in Brentwood before killing them. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026.

Nick Reiner has been indicted for the murders of parents Rob and Michele at the couple’s Brentwood home. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News at 11 a.m. on Aug. 12, 2026.

A grand jury indictment was unsealed Wednesday charging Reiner with the murders of his parents.

About $150,000 worth of teeth whitening toothpaste, speakers, clothes and other items were recovered in one of several retail theft operations last week in Southern California. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Organized Retail Crime Task Force operations carried out in early August included an investigation with detectives from the Inland Empire Cargo Taskforce at a large warehouse in Commerce….

A woman came face-to-face with an intruder sipping an energy drink Thursday night in an unsettling encounter in the kitchen of her Playa Vista home. Authorities told NBC4 Investigates the woman heard a noise and found the man drinking a Monster Energy drink from her refrigerator. The woman locked herself in a room and called her husband, who was walking…

A cause of death was released Friday for 29-year-old NBA player Brandon Clarke. Clarke, who died in May at his home in the San Fernando Valley, died from the effects of heroin and cocaine, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner said. The manner of Clarke’s death was an accident. Clarke was found unresponsive at about 5 p.m. May 11 in…

Flock cameras use AI to scan license plates and alert police in real-time. While security experts say they’re a critical public safety tool, privacy experts warn the cameras are a slippery slope to police overreach.

Masked burglars broke through the back door into the Studio City home, police said. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, July 29, 2026.

Masked burglars broke into a residence overnight in Studio City. At least two men broke into the home, apparently by smashing rear glass doors. Police searched the home, but the intruders had already left the property. Details about what was stolen were not immediately available. The residents were not home at the time. No arrests were reported.

Sources told NBC4 Investigates that both the home and office of Supervisor Curt Hagman at the center of this investigation. Christian Cázares reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28, 2026.