Richard Winton

@LAcrimes

LA Times crime/investigative writer. Pulitzer winner. Tweets are mine. [email protected]

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Joined May 2009

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Driver in East Hollywood nightclub crash charged with 37 counts of attempted murder ⁦@JamesQueallyLAT⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

LAcrimes's tweet card. Fernando Ramirez, who allegedly slammed his car into a crowd outside the Vermont Hollywood night club after he was kicked out early Saturday morning, now faces 37 counts of attempted murder.

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Suspect in American Idol exec killing called 911 from victim’s home, but police didn’t find bodies for four days. w ⁦@liborjany⁩ ⁦@Hannahnfry⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

LAcrimes's tweet card. Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman revealed the new details in the slaying of Kaye and DeLuca during a town hall meeting in Encino on Monday where hundreds of residents gathered to express...

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Richard Winton@LAcrimes · Jul 21

Breaking: Marina del Rey boat searched in probe of blast that killed 3 L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies latimes.com/california/sto…

LAcrimes's tweet card. Investigators say they are following leads to determine the origin of grenades that were discovered inside a Santa Monica storage area and transported to East L.A., where the explosion occurred...

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Richard Winton@LAcrimes · Jul 19

Driver “intentional” slams into crowd outside Hollywood nightclub, critically injuring 7 and wounding more than 20 others - he was kicked out earlier and then shot after he careened into the crowd latimes.com/california/sto…

LAcrimes's tweet card. About 30 people were hurt when a car slammed into a crowd in Hollywood early Saturday.

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Richard Winton@LAcrimes · Jul 19

Santa Monica apartment is focus of probe into blast that killed 3 L.A. County sheriff’s deputies latimes.com/california/sto…

LAcrimes's tweet card. Authorities investigating the deadly blast at a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department training facility are looking into connections to some explosives collected in Santa Monica.

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Richard Winton@LAcrimes · Jul 18

At least 3 killed in explosion at L.A. County sheriff’s training facility - they are deputies latimes.com/california/sto…

LAcrimes's tweet card. Three deputies were killed Friday in an explosion at the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department’s Biscailuz Center Training Academy in East L.A., the deadliest incident for the agency in more than 160...

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Richard Winton@LAcrimes · Jul 18

At least 3 killed in explosion at L.A. County sheriff’s training facility latimes.com/california/sto…

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Richard Winton@LAcrimes · Jul 17

Murder and burglary charges filed in fatal shooting of ‘American Idol’ executive and husband latimes.com/california/sto…

LAcrimes's tweet card. Boodarian is charged with two counts of murder with enhancements for allegedly killing the couple during the commission of a robbery, intentionally using a firearm, and committing multiple murders.

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Connor Sheets@ConnorASheets · Jul 16

NEW: L.A. County jails are handing inmates over to ICE for the first time in years. The transfers are being conducted in response to federal judicial warrants. latimes.com/california/sto…

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Richard Winton@LAcrimes · Jul 15

Breaking: Man arrested in slayings of veteran ‘American Idol’ music supervisor Robin Kaye and husband in Encino. No clear ties to victims. Couple came upon him inside their home. latimes.com/california/sto…

LAcrimes's tweet card. 'American Idol' music supervisor Robin Kaye was one of two people found shot dead Monday at a home in Encino. An arrest has been made, sources told The Times.

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Richard Winton@LAcrimes · Jul 14

Hollywood executive’s son, charged in triple murder, dies in apparent suicide in jail latimes.com/california/sto…

LAcrimes's tweet card. Samuel Bond Haskell IV, 37, was found inside his cell at Twin Towers downtown jail with what investigators believe were self-inflicted injuries, according to law enforcement sources.

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Richard Winton@LAcrimes · Jul 11

Federal judge orders LAPD to stop shooting journalists with rubber bullets as well as other kinetic munitions at protests. Also bars cops tossing flash bangs at them and making detentions. ⁦@LAPressClub⁩ and others plaintiffs. latimes.com/california/sto…

LAcrimes's tweet card. A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order that blocks Los Angeles police officers from using rubber projectiles and other so-called less-lethal munitions against reporters covering...

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Richard Winton@LAcrimes · Jul 11

Convicted ‘Hillside Strangler’ serial killer gets denied parole; will be eligible in a decade latimes.com/california/sto…

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Richard Winton@LAcrimes · Jul 11

Federal judge’s tentative ruling suggests she will order halt to indiscriminate immigration stops ⁦@brittny_mejia⁩ ⁦@racheluranga⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

LAcrimes's tweet card. A U.S. District judge shared tentative ruling that suggests she plans to order federal agents to stop questioning and arresting people without reasonable cause that they have violated immigration...

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Richard Winton@LAcrimes · Jul 11

Nathan Hochman restored ‘normalcy’ as L.A.’s top prosecutor. ⁦@JamesQueallyLAT⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

LAcrimes's tweet card. A former Republican who rebranded as an independent, Nathan Hochman promised to 'get politics out' of the D.A.’s office, but his neutrality has raised eyebrows amid the immigration raids.

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Richard Winton@LAcrimes · Jul 9

L.A. on pace to see lowest homicide total in nearly 60 years as killings plummet ⁦@liborjany⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

LAcrimes's tweet card. Experts say the city and other parts of the country may be in the midst of the sharpest decline in killings in history — one that can’t be attributed to any single factor.

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KTLA 5 Morning News@KTLAMorningNews · Jul 7

CAMPGROUND STABBING: A man was airlifted from a secluded Ventura County campsite after being stabbed in the chest by another camper over the weekend, authorities said. ktla.com/news/local-new…

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Richard Winton@LAcrimes · Jul 7

Heavily armed immigration agents descend on MacArthur Park in L.A. latimes.com/california/sto…

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Richard Winton@LAcrimes · Jul 6

$1 million in cash in a downtown L.A. bodega: Inside the crackdown on retail theft ‘fences’⁦@MatthewOrmseth⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

LAcrimes's tweet card. In Los Angeles County, there is a black market for 'anything and everything,' said Capt. Calvin Mah, who leads the Sheriff's Department's Major Crimes Bureau.

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Richard Winton@LAcrimes · Jul 6

LAPD officer shot near Exposition Park is in stable condition latimes.com/california/sto…

LAcrimes's tweet card. Authorities said an LAPD officer was hospitalized in stable condition after he was shot Saturday night during an incident near Exposition Park.

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