The Latest Breaking News from Sheriff Department

LOS ANGELES — The arrest of a man suspected of driving a vehicle into a large group of recruits with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department — injuring 25 of them, five critically — has taken a confusing turn.

LOS ANGELES — Robert Luna, a little-known retired police chief from Long Beach, will be the next sheriff of Los Angeles County after soundly beating the incumbent, Alex Villanueva, who leaves office in the wake of a single term marred by the upheaval and discord he sowed.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office has opened a criminal investigation into whether Sheriff Alex Villanueva violated state law when he solicited campaign donations from deputies, a spokesman for the office said Tuesday.

SAN DIEGO — A San Diego County sheriff’s deputy who circulated an offensive meme in the days following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police has been fired.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to pay $47.6 million to settle several lawsuits alleging misconduct by sheriff's deputies. The payouts include $8 million for the family of Andres Guardado, whose killing prompted large protests.

LOS ANGELES — An off-duty Colton police officer died Thursday after accidentally shooting himself, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said.

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County sheriff’s lieutenant filed a lawsuit Monday alleging sheriff’s officials targeted him with a trumped-up criminal investigation as retaliation after he made a campaign donation to one of Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s political challengers.

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced this week that he is banning Inspector General Max Huntsman from the department‘s facilities and databases, effectively blocking the county watchdog from doing his job overseeing the Sheriff’s Department.

LOS ANGELES — In the race for Los Angeles County sheriff, retired Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna has a formidable, 10-point lead among likely voters over the incumbent, Alex Villanueva, a new poll shows.

LOS ANGELES — Savannah Graziano, the 15-year-old girl killed in a shootout between her father and law enforcement Tuesday in Hesperia, was likely unarmed as she ran toward deputies, according to a preliminary investigation that has been turned over to the California attorney general’s office.

At this point in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department decent into ignominy, it's clear to even the casual observer that Sheriff Alex Villanueva isn't just willing to play in the mud, he seems to enjoy it like a hog in a heatwave.