Also see: Video appears to show Sean 鈥楧iddy鈥� Combs beating singer Cassie in hotel hallway in 2016

“We are aware of the video that has been circulating online allegedly depicting Sean Combs assaulting a young woman in Los Angeles,” the District Attorney’s Office said in a statement posted on social media late Friday. “We find the images extremely disturbing and difficult to watch. If the conduct depicted occurred in 2016, unfortunately we would be unable to charge as the conduct would have occurred beyond the timeline where a crime of assault can be prosecuted.

“As of today, law enforcement has not presented a case related to the attack depicted in the video against Mr. Combs, but we encourage anyone who has been a victim or witness to a crime to report it to law enforcement or reach out to our office for support from our Bureau of Victims Services,” the statement continued.

, obtained by CNN, was taken at the then-InterContinental Hotel in Century City, the network reported.

The video shows Ventura exiting a hotel room and walking down a hallway toward a bank of elevators. Combs, wearing only a white towel wrapped around his waist and socks, is then seen following her down the hallway then forcefully grabbing her by the head or neck and throwing her to the ground. As she lies on the ground, Combs kicks her. After picking up a suitcase nearby, he kicks her again.

Combs is then seen trying to drag Ventura back down the hallway toward the hotel room, but he lets go of her after pulling her into the hallway from the elevator area. He then continues back toward his room.

Combs re-appears in the video and appears to shove Ventura again, before sitting in a chair and grabbing something from a nearby table and throwing it at her. He then returns to his room.

Ventura had claimed in a lawsuit in November that Diddy physically assaulted her in 2016, saying the rapper was drunk and punched her in the face. She alleged that when she tried to leave, Diddy followed her and eventually threw glass vases that were on display in the hallway at her. According to the suit, Ventura eventually got into an elevator and took a cab back to her apartment.

The lawsuit also made more serious allegations of sexual assault and other acts of physical abuse inflicted by Diddy. The lawsuit was settled one day after it was filed, but no details were released.

The rapper had issued a statement vehemently denying the suit’s allegations, suggesting Ventura was looking for a “payday.”

Responding to the release of the video, Ventura’s attorney, Douglas H. Wigdor, issued a statement to CNN saying, “The gut-wrenching video has only further confirmed the disturbing and predatory behavior of Mr. Combs. Words cannot express the courage and fortitude that Ms. Ventura has shown in coming forward to bring this to light.”

Also see: Home of rapper, music mogul Diddy raided by federal authorities in Los Angeles

There has been no immediate response from Diddy to the video.

In late March, federal agents raided Diddy’s homes in Miami and in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles.

According to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security, the raids were “part of an ongoing investigation,” but no details were released.

The nature of the probe was unclear, but several reports indicated it was part of a federal sex trafficking investigation. Diddy has been targeted in multiple lawsuits in recent months 鈥� including Ventura’s 鈥� accusing him of sex abuse. In addition to Ventura, two other women filed lawsuits alleging sexual abuse.

Music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones Jr. filed a lawsuit earlier this year accusing Diddy of groping him while the pair worked together on Diddy’s album “The Love Album: Off the Grid.” The lawsuit also included allegations that Diddy and his son engaged in a “sex-trafficking venture.”

Also see: 鈥楥ulture of silence鈥�: Lawyer calls Diddy鈥檚 NDA terrifying, purposefully intimidating

“We have overwhelming, indisputable proof that his claims are complete lies.”

Following the federal raids in March, Combs attorney Aaron Dyer insisted on the rapper’s innocence and accused authorities of a “gross overuse of military-level force as search warrants were executed at Mr. Combs’ residences.”

“There is no excuse for the excessive show of force and hostility exhibited by authorities or the way his children and employees were treated. Mr. Combs was never detained but spoke to and cooperated with authorities,” Dyer said.

“Despite media speculation, neither Mr. Combs nor any of his family members have been arrested nor has their ability to travel been restricted in any way. This unprecedented ambush 鈥� paired with an advanced, coordinated media presence 鈥� leads to a premature rush to judgment of Mr. Combs and is nothing more than a witch hunt based on meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits. There has been no finding of criminal or civil liability with any of these allegations. Mr. Combs is innocent and will continue to fight every single day to clear his name.”

Riverside County Sheriff’s Department detectives began investigating on April 24, after deputies were called to a business in the 32100 block of Temecula Parkway and learned that multiple suspects had stolen $1,000 worth of merchandise, sheriff’s officials said Friday, May 17.

The location is an area with large shopping centers on both sides of Temecula Parkway.

Authorities identified the suspects and learned they were responsible for other thefts of Southern California retail stores, officials said. The Robbery/Burglary Suppression Team took over the investigation, which led to the arrest of the suspects on May 13 at a home in the 6800 block of Valley Way in Jurupa Valley.

The suspects were identified as Thomas Balandran, 50, Sherri Alvarez, 48 and Brianna Balandran, 19, officials said. They were booked into jail on suspicion of organized retail theft, burglary, conspiracy and grand theft. A 17-year-old boy was also identified as a suspect, but was released to a family member while charges are filed with juvenile probation.

Authorities did not offer specifics into how the suspects were identified, nor did they specify the relationships among the four suspects.

During their arrest, investigators searched the home and found “a large amount of merchandise from the retailers with tags still affixed,” totaling an additional $7,000, officials said. Narcotics and paraphernalia were also found inside the home, they said.

Detectives learned others had knowingly bought some of the stolen merchandise with the intent to resell it for profit, officials said. Two more search warrants were served in Moreno Valley, where an additional $3,000 worth of stolen merchandise was found.

Officials believe the three adult suspects may have been responsible for additional thefts and were asking anyone with information to contact Deputy Christina Weber of the Southwest Station Robbery/Burglary Suppression Team at 951-696-3133.

Information about the stores affected and their locations was not disclosed.

On Tuesday, May 14, Adriana Galindo, 34, of Mexico, was driving a 2015 black Chevrolet Malibu along the 10 Freeway in Indio with her son when Border Patrol agents stopped her vehicle, authorities allege in a criminal complaint.

According to an affidavit, Galindo, a U.S. citizen, told authorities she was driving to Los Angeles to purchase clothing for a retail store in Mexico and then returning home later that day.

After Galindo consented to a search of the car, a trained narcotics K-9 alerted law enforcement to the presence of narcotics odor, the DOJ said.

Agents initially found a single blue pill of suspected fentanyl, but after seizing the vehicle for further search, 93.3 pounds of fentanyl pills were discovered in a “non-factory compartment” under the car鈥檚 front seats, Thursday’s statement said.

Galindo was arrested and admitted to knowingly transporting illegal drugs but not knowing which drug. The affidavit alleges that she was paid $4,000 to do so.

Her son was released to the custody of his aunt, a California resident, according to the DOJ.

According to Thursday’s statement, the DOJ charged Galindo on with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.

“If convicted, Galindo would face a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison and a statutory maximum sentence of life imprisonment,” the DOJ said.

A Banning jury in March found Angel Martine McIntire, 29, of Beaumont guilty of one count of voluntary manslaughter and acquitted him of two counts of first-degree murder.

McIntire was arrested in 2022 after a nearly two-year Riverside County sheriff’s investigation into the disappearance of Diana Perez Gonzalez.

According to a trial brief filed by the District Attorney’s Office, McIntire and Gonzalez had a conflicted relationship that began in August 2018. McIntire and Gonzalez聽moved in together, but within a year, he became abusive, prompting Gonzalez, who was pregnant with their daughter, to obtain a restraining order against him and to move out of their shared residence in December 2019, according to the brief.

The abuse inflicted on the woman culminated in a domestic violence conviction against McIntire. However, because the two had a baby together, they continued to communicate, ultimately resulting in her welcoming the defendant into her home in the 3000 block of Crooked Branch Way in the fall of 2020, the brief said.

Gonzalez then became pregnant again, which fueled discord, and McIntire again turned physically abusive, according to court papers.

On Dec. 4, 2020, with Gonzalez eight weeks pregnant, investigators theorize McIntire attacked her, inflicting fatal injuries, though the method remains unknown.

According to the brief, relying on mobile phone signal pings and social media activity, detectives were able to track McIntire’s movements that day, which took him through Cherry Valley, Beaumont, Gilman Springs, Aguanga, Cahuilla, Palm Desert and back home. At one point during the circuit, he dropped his and the victim’s daughter at his mother’s home in Beaumont, telling her that he didn’t know where the victim was, relaying the same information to Gonzalez’s family over the following week, according to court papers.

One of her relatives finally reported her missing on Dec. 11, 2020, and detectives immediately suspected foul play. However, McIntire was adamant in statements to detectives that he had no clue of his girlfriend’s whereabouts, suggesting she had returned to her native Mexico.

McIntire’s attorney, Daniel DeLimon, said he told jurors during the trial that there was not enough evidence to convict his client of murder.

“There was an absence of evidence as to where, when, how, and why she was murdered,” DeLimon said in an interview Friday. “The prosecution argued that those things didn鈥檛 matter as long as they believed he killed her and argued a killing under those circumstances could only be murder. They relied heavily on prior instances of domestic violence and his conduct after her disappearance. We argued there was insufficient evidence to show he did it and insufficient evidence to set what crime he committed.”

While someone can be charged with murder for the death of a fetus, DeLimon noted, there is no charge of manslaughter of a fetus, so there was no conviction related to the fetus’ death.

appearing in Superior Court in Rancho Cucamonga, received the bulk of the term, 10 years, for his conviction on a county of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. Five years was added to that term as a sentencing enhancement for fleeing the collision. Charges related to DUI and causing injury accounted for the other five years.

Wicks, in which was dropped, did not receive any credit for time served. He has been held without bail since his arrest in June of 2022. Wicks had a previous DUI conviction in San Bernardino County.

The collision happened just before 1 a.m. on March 31, 2022, on the northbound 15 Freeway near Jurupa Avenue, the California Highway Patrol said. Gary Boeldt II was driving in the left lane when Wicks struck the Oceanside resident’s car from behind 鈥渋n excess of 100 mph,鈥� a CHP news release said. Boeldt鈥檚 car plunged down an embankment and overturned. He was killed and his wife, Christine Lynn Carroll, was injured.

The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office said Wicks was co-owner of Wicks Brewery, a statement that operators of the brewery disputed after his arrest. He was, however, involved in the creation of the brewery’s beer. .

A Riverside jury in February deliberated two days before convicting Alexander Isaiah Aquino, 22, of killing Abdallah Abushawish of San Jacinto in 2020.

Along with murder, jurors found true a special-circumstance allegation of perpetrating a killing during a robbery, as well as convicted Aquino of armed robbery, assault resulting in great bodily injury, presenting false identification to a peace officer and sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations.

During a hearing at the Riverside Hall of Justice on Friday, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Valerie Navarro imposed the sentence required by law.

Aquino’s co-defendants, Isaiah Ralph Lugo, 27, and Charles Richard Trevino, 28, pleaded guilty in November 2021 to felony charges under separate plea deals with the District Attorney’s Office. Lugo admitted carrying a firearm while perpetrating a gang crime, and Trevino admitted an armed robbery allegation. Both men were sentenced to state prison 鈥� Lugo to seven years, and Trevino to 12 years.

According to a trial brief filed by the prosecution, the trio went to the Nuevo Meat Market at 29618 Nuevo Road on the morning of Aug. 19, 2020, to buy carne asada for a barbecue.

The defendants were carrying little cash and instead were trying to purchase everything with a state-provided electronic benefits transfer, or EBT, debit card, prosecutors said.

While Lugo sat in his 2013 Chevrolet Malibu, Trevino and Aquino went to buy the meat. After they picked out the carne asada and Abushawish quoted the price, they became quarrelsome.

“The subjects argued about the high price of the meat, but Abushawish told them it was a higher quality meat (and therefore more expensive),” according to the brief.

It said that after he packaged the product for them and placed it on the counter, Aquino pulled a 9mm handgun and opened fire, pumping six rounds into the victim. He died less than an hour later at Riverside University Medical Center in Moreno Valley.

The defendants then fled in the Malibu. Lugo was immediately remorseful, later telling sheriff’s detectives that “Mr. Abushawish did not deserve to be killed.”

Lugo and Trevino dropped Aquino at a fellow Perris Maravilla gang member’s house and then headed into Perris.

Witnesses’ description of the Malibu had been broadcast, and two hours later, patrol deputies spotted it at the intersection of Creekwood Court and Mildred Street, where the two men were stopped and taken into custody without incident.

A year later, Aquino was at Harb Market in the 22700 block of San Jacinto Avenue in Perris, where he encountered a man leaving with a 12-pack of beer. The defendant punched the customer in the face and took his beer and money, court papers said.

That led to the defendant’s immediate arrest, after which detectives connected him to Abushawish’s slaying, according to the prosecution.

Court records show Aquino had a prior felony conviction in another jurisdiction, but the offense wasn’t listed. Trevino had prior convictions for vandalism and grand theft, while Lugo had prior misdemeanor convictions for forgery, identity theft and burglary.

By ANDREW DALTON | AP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES 鈥� Security video aired by CNN appears to show physically assaulting singer Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016.

aired Friday appears to show Combs, wearing only a white towel, punching and kicking the R&B singer who was his protege and longtime girlfriend at the time. The footage also shows the music mogul shoving and dragging Cassie, and throwing a vase in her direction.

For update, see: No charges coming to Sean 鈥楧iddy鈥� Combs after hotel video, LA County DA says

The video, dated March 5, 2016, closely resembles the description of an incident at the now-closed InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles , whose legal name is Cassandra Ventura, that alleged years of sexual abuse and other violence from Combs.

The lawsuit was settled the day after it was filed, but spurred intense scrutiny of Combs, with several more lawsuits filed in the following months, along with a federal criminal sex-trafficking investigation that led authorities to raid Combs鈥� mansions in Los Angeles and Miami.

Representatives for Combs did not immediately provide comment on the video, but he has previously denied the allegations in the lawsuits, and his lawyers have said he denies any wrongdoing.

CNN did not say how it obtained the video but noted it verified the location it was shot by comparing the footage to publicly available images of the InterContinental Hotel.

鈥淭he gut-wrenching video has only further confirmed the disturbing and predatory behavior of Mr. Combs,鈥� said Douglas Wigdor, an attorney for Cassie who has filed other lawsuits against Combs. 鈥淲ords cannot express the courage and fortitude that Ms. Ventura has shown in coming forward to bring this to light.鈥�

The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly as Ventura has.

Associated Press Entertainment Writer Jonathan Landrum, Jr. contributed to this report.

Irvine police arrested Rhean Fontanoza, 46, after surrounding his silver pickup truck in Orange for around two hours on Thursday afternoon, May 16, eventually firing tear gas inside and sending in a K-9 to help force him out.

Sgt. Kim Davies, an Irvine police spokeswoman, said on Friday that detectives had not yet interviewed Fontanoza. But police were able to determine that he knew the victim, 50-year-old Expedito Cuesta De Leon, who was shot around 3 p.m. Thursday in an industrial area near Chrysler and Fleming.

鈥淭hey are acquaintances,鈥� Davies said. 鈥淲e just don鈥檛 know the extent to which they knew each other.鈥�

On Friday, mourners left a small memorial of flowers and candles on the grass outside of an office building near where De Leon was killed. Next to a bouquet sat a UPS hat. A collared UPS shirt was laid out on the grass above the flowers.

Trucks for UPS and FedEx were a continual presence driving on Chrysler, a street lined with neat landscaping that bisects the area鈥檚 office parks and warehouses.

Fun-loving and friendly, De Leon was a fixture among the people who work in the cluster of office buildings and sprawling corporate lots that make up the area around the shooting scene.

The neighborhood was De Leon鈥檚 regular route, said several people who got to know him over the years who came out to talk with one another or to leave flowers at the memorial.

To them, De Leon was a big, colorful personality lighting up what otherwise would be just another day surrounded by drab office buildings.

鈥淗e鈥檇 make noises,鈥� said Jonathan Lagman, who saw De Leon all the time. 鈥淟ike bird calls, just to announce his presence.鈥�

Lagman said he also lives in Aliso Viejo, and he would occasionally see De Leon out on hiking trails.

One day, De Leon spotted him hiking, and called out to him, inviting him to go grab a beer and watch a football game on the spot.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 even really know this guy,鈥� Lagman said. 鈥淗e was just that friendly. I can鈥檛 even imagine having another UPS guy.鈥�

John Llanes, 40, was in a mountain biking group with De Leon. He works near the shooting scene and stopped there Friday after learning his friend was the person killed.

The day before, Llanes was at work and heard police helicopters circling the area. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 know what was going on over here. I didn鈥檛 know it involved somebody I knew,鈥� he said.

Llanes said De Leon was a family man 鈥� he was married with two children. De Leon had just recently posted on social media about a family trip they took to Europe.

Llanes said De Leon was expecting a grandchild on the way soon. De Leon had also posted recently about having worked for UPS for 27 years.

鈥淗e鈥檚 a good man,鈥� Llanes said. 鈥淚 can鈥檛 imagine why this would happen to him.鈥�

Jacqueline Brown, 54, worked with De Leon at UPS for decades before she retired a few years ago. Both drivers; they parked their trucks next to each other every day at the Aliso Viejo UPS hub where they worked.

Brown said she and De Leon would count down the days until they could retire. She said De Leon would talk all the time about moving to the Philippines where he could build a big house and聽 live 鈥渓ike a king鈥� off his pension.

鈥淗e would tell me, 鈥榊ou should come, too!’鈥� Brown said. 鈥淚鈥檇 tell him, 鈥業 don鈥檛 speak the language, you have to help me.’鈥�

Brown looked forward to her interactions with De Leon, a pick-me-up in a workday where she鈥檇 otherwise rarely see her coworkers.

鈥淚鈥檓 shocked, I鈥檓 just so shocked,鈥� Brown said. 鈥淭his is just senseless.鈥�

As she spoke, a man in a pickup truck pulled up alongside her.

鈥淵ou guys knew him real well, right?鈥� he asked.

鈥淚 worked over there,鈥� he said, pointing. 鈥淚 knew him, too. Really nice guy.鈥�

Fontanoza was taken to a hospital after he was apprehended, Davies said. He was not being treated because of the tear gas, but was admitted 鈥渇or medical issues that have nothing to do with the arrest,鈥� she said.

A pair of Irvine SWAT vehicles pinned the silver pickup on Santiago Canyon Road in Orange just after 4 p.m. Thursday, while officers on foot surrounded the truck from a hillside above.

The authorities found the suspect with the help of witness statements and surveillance footage from at least one business.

Around 6:15 p.m., police shot tear gas into the cabin and used a K-9 to help detain the suspect.

Police said Fontanoza is married, apparently without children. Property records indicated he has lived in Aliso Viejo since around 2007.

Staff writer Nelson Espinal contributed to this report.

鈥撀燡im Thomson, Huntington Beach

A. Virtually every vehicle on California roads needs temporary or permanent plates. No more hiding behind dealership advertisements slipped into the plate holders.

A heavy user of the temporary plates are new vehicles, which must have valid plates when rolling off of the lot. Dealers log into a Department of Motor Vehicles database and print out temporary plates with unique numbers on weatherproof paper.

Crooks can no longer drive around with so-called dealer plates 鈥� so cops, crime witnesses and automatic-license-plate readers can help find them. Yes, yes, crooks can slap on stolen plates from the same make and model of their ride and cross their miserable fingers in hopes of not getting nabbed, but it isn’t a perfect world, is it?

Also, it is tougher for laggards dragging on paying their annual registration tags to avoid getting pulled over.

“TLPs (temporary license plates) are valid until the customer receives the permanent license plates or up to 90 days after the date of sale,” Chris Orrock, a DMV spokesman, told Honk in an email. “Extensions are possible under certain circumstances. The 90-day expiration date is displayed on the TLP.”

It takes four to six weeks to get standard-issue permanent plates from the DMV, he said, and if for any reason the metal ones are behind schedule, extensions for paper plates can be had online or in a field office.

Now, getting personalized plates can take about eight months, Orrock said. So if you, say, buy a new car and want to get new personalized plates, you would get paper plates, then metal ones and, finally, the ones reading “GOHONK” or whatever other missive you get on them.

Q. I am curious if or when lawmakers removed the requirement about crossing over double white lines to or from the carpool lane. I am increasingly observing vehicles crossing these lines with no consequence.

鈥� Tim Chrisney, Arcadia

A. No, Tom, as you likely know, the law hasn’t changed: Drivers can never cross over those pairs of solid lines.

Probably just more impatient people out there these days, and just lucky to not have a California Highway Patrol officer in the area.

Sergio Rivera, an officer and spokesman for the CHP, said if an officer isn’t otherwise occupied with another work concern, the offender is likely going to get pulled over.

“It’s obvious,” he said of the violation. “We do see a lot of accidents because of that. (Others) aren’t going to expect someone to cross over.”

Driving tip: If you get in a carpool lane with double solid lines as a solo motorist by accident, keep going until there is a proper place to exit. Crossing over double solid lines is a moving violation, while getting cited for not having a passenger in a carpool lane is not.

HONKIN’ FACT: As of May 1, 17.4 million Californians . Not bad, when the U.S. Census pegged the state’s adult population at 30.4 million as of last summer. Starting on May 7, 2025, adult passengers on domestic flights will need certain ID, and one of the acceptable ones is Real ID. Others include a passport.

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The driver of a car crashed into the Rialto Fire Department Station 201 on Willow Avenue on Saturday, May 11, causing significant damage to the building.

The red-tagged building indicates that at least part of it is unsafe to occupy.

Despite multiple calls to fire and city personnel, no specific information regarding the firefighters’ location has been provided. Additionally, it is unclear what Rialto Fire’s plans are for the building and how response times have been affected since the crash.

There are still fire personnel in administrative offices. Early in the week, Rialto police Sgt. Richard Royce said fire personnel at that station were sent to the other locations.

The only information provided by the fire department was a statement published on social media platforms.

鈥淒espite the damage, we want to assure the community that all fire and EMS operations will continue without interruption,鈥� the Rialto Fire Department said on social media. 鈥淭he affected crew from Station 201 will be temporarily relocated, but all resources remain fully staffed and operational.鈥�