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LOS ANGELES — A third high-ranking Los Angeles County sheriff’s official has filed a legal claim contradicting Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s account of how he handled an incident in which a deputy kneeled on the head of a handcuffed inmate for three minutes.

LOS ANGELES — A former top-ranking Los Angeles County sheriff's official filed a legal claim Thursday that offered the first eyewitness account of Sheriff Alex Villanueva allegedly lying about his involvement in a cover-up and also made allegations about retaliation and other improprieties in the Sheriff's Department.

The Los Angeles County sheriff disputed allegations he orchestrated the cover-up of an incident where a deputy knelt on a handcuffed inmate’s head for more than three minutes

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced Tuesday his department is targeting an L.A. Times journalist in a criminal leak investigation for her reporting on the department's cover-up of an incident in which a deputy kneeled on the head of a handcuffed inmate for three minutes.

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County sheriff's commander who was critical of efforts to cover up an incident in which a deputy kneeled on a handcuffed inmate's head has filed legal papers accusing Sheriff Alex Villanueva of obstructing justice and retaliating against those who blew the whistle.

LOS ANGELES — Deaths of homeless people in Los Angeles County soared by 56% in the year after the start of the pandemic, driven primarily by an increase in overdoses, according to a study published this month.

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is scheduled to testify, under oath, Friday about gang-like groups of deputies that operate in the Sheriff's Department, after the U.S. 2nd District Court of Appeal denied his latest challenge to a more than year-old watchdog subpoena.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday signed off on a $6.5 million settlement for a couple who sued the county and others after their teenage son was killed during a civilian car chase, citing "gross negligence" on the part of a 911 operator.