James Queally writes about crime and policing in Southern California, where he currently covers Los Angeles County’s criminal courts, the district attorney’s office and juvenile justice issues for the Los Angeles Times. A part of the team of reporters that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the 2015 terror attack at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, Queally has written extensively about violence, police pursuits, street racing and law enforcement misconduct since coming to The Times. A Brooklyn native, he moved West in 2014 after spending five years covering crime and police news for the Star-Ledger in New Jersey. Not content with real-life crimes, he also makes up fictional ones: Queally is the author of three novels – “Line of Sight,” “All These Ashes” and “Surviving the Lie” – that make up the Russell Avery series for Counterpoint Press.
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A preliminary hearing revealed a trove of new information about the singer D4vd’s relationship with 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, but it also offered a preview of potential defenses his lawyers might trot out at trial — and showed there are some questions prosecutors can’t seem to answer.
Text messages shared in court Monday showed some of the final conversations between the singer D4vd and 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who the singer is accused of killing after she threatened to go public about their sexual relationship.
An LAPD detective took the witness stand Friday and laid out years worth of text messages and phone calls that authorities say indicate the singer D4vd, sexually abused a teenage girl for years, impregnated her and convinced her to have an abortion before allegedly killing her in April of 2025.
A forensic scientist with the Los Angeles Police Department testified Wednesday there was evidence of blood stains in the garage where prosecutors allege the singer D4vd used a chainsaw to cut apart the body of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
La Fiscalía hizo públicas unas fotos del cadáver desmembrado de Celeste Rivas Hernández, de 14 años, durante una vista preliminar celebrada el martes en relación con los cargos de asesinato y violación que se imputan a David Anthony Burke, más conocido como el cantante D4vd.
Prosecutors made public photos of the dismembered body of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez during a preliminary hearing Tuesday on murder and rape charges against David Anthony Burke, better known as the singer D4vd.
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L.A. and federal authorities arrested and filed indictments against India-based organized crime groups whose leaders are accused of drug trafficking, extortion and the assassination of a prominent Sikh figure.
Arabelia Martinez, 62, called for an end to violence against street vendors while flanked by city officials in downtown Los Angeles on Monday morning.