Former Officer Joe Wolfe had been facing charges of involuntary manslaughter and use of excessive force stemming from the struggle with Kelly Thomas.
Jackson Roland Westermeyer was arrested Wednesday. He is accused of posing as a female to induce some underage boys to send him lewd photos, authorities said.
Orange County prosecutors are expected to dismiss charges Friday against a former Fullerton officer accused in the deadly struggle of Kelly Thomas.
The temblor was felt throughout several counties.
Meanwhile, one of the former Fullerton policemen wants his job back.
Fountain Valley Police arrested Dustin Bryant after searching his car and home. Franco Vasquez, who was visiting Bryant's home when police searched it, was also arrested on a drug charge.
Transient Kelly Thomas died five days after his 2011 arrest.
The Court of Appeal says the local laws conflict with state law.
Americans traveling to the Games this year should be vigilant of their surroundings, officials said.
The suspect robbed a Wells Fargo branch in a Ralphs grocery in Huntington Beach, according to police.
Attorney Tony Rackaukas tells jurors to use common sense during closing arguments.
A collision seriously injured a 23-year-old motorcyclist Monday.
Huntington Beach's Tito Ortiz was arrested early Monday following a non-injury crash on a West Los Angeles freeway.
Huntington Beach pulled over Ron Thomas, father of the man whose son died after a confrontation with Fullerton Police. The elder Thomas said it was a suspicious stop.
Three people and a firefighter were injured in a house fire today in Santa Ana, a fire captain said.
The California Highway Patrol has issued a SIG alert following a crash involving a truck carrying pool chemicals.
Five convicted drunken drivers were arrested Thursday at the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach for driving on a suspended license.
The crash involved a tour bus full of people headed back to Westminster.
Two arrested near Slater Avenue in Fountain Valley.
The student was being disciplined when he threatened to cause harm there, authorities said.
Raymond Boykin, 18, was named in an arrest warrant following a sexual assault of a 19-year-old woman in a parking structure at the Westfield MainPlace Mall.
The suspect is a former Huntington Beach City School District maintenance worker.
A single-car crash in Huntington Beach today left a man and a woman dead, police said.
The collision occurred at 8:45 p.m. Saturday at Newland Street and Talbert Avenue, said Huntington Beach police Sgt. David Dereszynski.
We looked at stories from across America in the year since the shootings at Sandy Hook School to try to illustrate the scale of the problem.
Man arrested in connection with an assault in Anaheim is also suspected of attacking a woman at the Westfield MainPlace Mall.
A Long Beach and Buena Park resident face charges in connection with the death of a 55-year-old man.
A woman has reported she was attacked as she was getting into her car at the Westfield MainPlace.
The new chief will be sworn in at the next council meeting.
The physician who treated Kelly Thomas, who died following a confrontation with Fullerton Police, testified Thomas died as a result of the conflict with officers.
Several people from the Souplantation in Fountain Valley helped police catch a man suspected of stealing a woman's purse from the eatery.
An FBI expert testified that two former Fullerton police officers failed to follow proper procedures in their attempts to subdue Kelly Thomas who died after his run-in with officers.
Michael Calvin Shores and two others were arrested in connection with an attack that nearly killed a man in Fountain Valley.
The accident occurred Tuesday on Springdale Street near Glenwood Drive and the victim was taken to UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange in critical condition. On Wednesday a Huntington Beach man turned himself in to police.
Opening statements are made Monday. Defense will argue the beating was not responsible for Thomas' death following a confrontation with Fullerton Police.
An independent coroner is still likely to get an answer, though.
Accused serial killer is believed to have ingested Ajax cleanser.
The boys were recovered unharmed at the San Ysidro border crossing in San Diego Saturday, authorities said.