The probation chief praised prosecutors and his own internal affairs investigators for their “swift and thorough work” in making the arrest.

Alejandro Lopez, 21, of Downey and Orlando Cuevas, 18, of Long Beach each face felony charges after investigators with the ...

Tutor and Young Adult Ward Charged in Plot to Smuggle Xanax into Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, Los Angeles County DA Reports ...

A tutor and a young man incarcerated at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey have been charged with smuggling scores of Xanax ...

Authorities said they suspect Alejandro Lopez tried to bring 170 white pills, believed to be Xanax, into Los Padrinos ...

Probation officials said several youths and staff members were hospitalized after a 'suspected overdose and possible exposure ...

The Probation Department has been struggling for years to stop the flow of drugs into its detention facilities.

Los Angeles County will reopen a shuttered juvenile hall in Sylmar, move girls in its custody to a remote location in the Santa Monica Mountains and shuffle juveniles elsewhere to cut the ...

LA County probation officer charged with bringing drugs into Sylmar juvenile hall District Attorney Nathan Hochman said such abuse of power 'endangers youth, undermines rehabilitation, and makes ...

A contracted tutor and a juvenile hall inmate were charged Wednesday, ... In May 2023, 18-year-old Bryan Diaz of Wilmington, a detainee, died from a fentanyl overdose at the Sylmar facility.

The announcement of charges comes nearly a month after the DA’s office announced felony charges against Los Angeles County Deputy Probation Officer Michael Solis, who was accused of conspiring to ...