James Queally
@jqwritesstuff.bsky.social
Crime: Real & Imagined.
L.A. Times Courts/Chaos Reporter
Alleged Author: Russell Avery Novels (Formerly Polis, Now Counterpoint)
Rep: @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
Long Suffering Knicks Fan. Less Suffering As Of Late Liberty Fan
L.A. Times Courts/Chaos Reporter
Alleged Author: Russell Avery Novels (Formerly Polis, Now Counterpoint)
Rep: @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
Long Suffering Knicks Fan. Less Suffering As Of Late Liberty Fan
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James Queally
@jqwritesstuff.bsky.social
· Sep 19
They met at a festival. He was a sheriff's deputy — and a stalker, her lawsuit claims
After a chance encounter in 2023, Briana Ortega claims in a civil lawsuit that a Riverside County sheriff's deputy used law enforcement databases to track her down and harass her.
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A Riverside sheriff's deputy became "obsessed" with a fitness influencer, using police databases to track her down, even making up a crime as an excuse to visit.
But a judge ruled "nothing actually happened." My latest:
www.latimes.com/california/s...
But a judge ruled "nothing actually happened." My latest:
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Long Beach man allegedly kills 1-year-old daughter after release from prison in another child abuse case. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Man allegedly kills 1-year-old daughter after release from prison in another child abuse case
A Long Beach man who previously served time in prison for felony child abuse was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of torturing and murdering his 14-month-old daughter, authorities said.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Long Beach man allegedly kills 1-year-old daughter after release from prison in another child abuse case. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Two weeks after The Blaze made the explosive claim that a former Capitol police officer was responsible for planting bombs on Jan. 6—identifying her by name and in photos—CBS News reports the FBI ruled the woman out because she has an alibi www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
How an innocent woman's name was tied to the Jan. 6 pipe bombs
The FBI has ruled the woman out as a suspect in the 2021 plot, sources said, but only after her name circulated on social platforms and a conservative news site.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Two weeks after The Blaze made the explosive claim that a former Capitol police officer was responsible for planting bombs on Jan. 6—identifying her by name and in photos—CBS News reports the FBI ruled the woman out because she has an alibi www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
Lucero - Went Looking for Warren Zevon's Los Angeles (Official Audio)
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November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Suspect in police chase wreck that killed Alhambra officer could face 80 years in prison if convicted on murder charges filed Monday. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Suspect in police chase wreck that killed officer could face 80 years in prison if convicted
Steven Zapata was charged Monday with two counts of murder in the fatal car wreck that claimed the life of Alhambra police officer Alec Sanders.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Suspect in police chase wreck that killed Alhambra officer could face 80 years in prison if convicted on murder charges filed Monday. www.latimes.com/california/s...
BREAKING: L.A. D.A. Nathan Hochman is moving to drop charges against Torrance officers in the 2018 fatal shooting of Christopher Deandre Mitchell, undoing a signature case filed by ex-D.A. George Gascon www.latimes.com/california/s...
D.A. moves to drop charges against Torrance officers in fatal shooting of Black man
Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman moved to dismiss a manslaughter indictment against two Torrance police officers who shot and killed Christopher Deandre Mitchell in 2018. Mitchell, a car ...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
BREAKING: L.A. D.A. Nathan Hochman is moving to drop charges against Torrance officers in the 2018 fatal shooting of Christopher Deandre Mitchell, undoing a signature case filed by ex-D.A. George Gascon www.latimes.com/california/s...
I kinda love that Ricochet’s most successful heel character is simply — Philadelphia Eagles Fan.
November 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
I kinda love that Ricochet’s most successful heel character is simply — Philadelphia Eagles Fan.
An autopsy made public today shows a Border Patrol agent was depressed and died of a cocaine overdose a month after he was arrested in Long Beach. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Border Patrol agent died of cocaine overdose a month after Long Beach arrest, autopsy says
U.S. Border Patrol agent Isaiah Hodgson died of a cocaine overdose in August, one month after he was arrested for drunkenly fighting with Long Beach police, according to an autopsy report made public ...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
An autopsy made public today shows a Border Patrol agent was depressed and died of a cocaine overdose a month after he was arrested in Long Beach. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...
An L.A. jury deadlocked on assault charges against an ex-Whittier who shot and paralyzed an unarmed man in 2020, leading to a mistrial. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Mistrial declared in case of ex-Whittier cop charged for shooting unarmed man in back
Jurors could not reach a verdict against former Whittier police detective Salvador Murillo, who was charged with multiple counts of assault for shooting a fleeing unarmed suspect in the spine in 2020,...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
An L.A. jury deadlocked on assault charges against an ex-Whittier who shot and paralyzed an unarmed man in 2020, leading to a mistrial. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...
A homeless man who had previously been banned from L.A. Metro for violence was convicted today of murder and robbery for stabbing a 67-year-old woman to death on the B Line last year. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Man who stabbed woman in the throat as they rode L.A. Metro is found guilty of murder
Elliot Tramel Nowden faces life in prison for stabbing Mirna Soza Arauz to death while robbing her on the B Line L.A. Metro train.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
A homeless man who had previously been banned from L.A. Metro for violence was convicted today of murder and robbery for stabbing a 67-year-old woman to death on the B Line last year. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Danny Masterson alleges anti-Scientology bias, ineffective aid from his defense attorney, in petition to overturn rape conviction www.latimes.com/california/s...
Danny Masterson alleges anti-Scientology bias in petition to overturn rape conviction
In a 183-page motion filed in court on Monday, disgraced actor Danny Masterson alleged his attorney failed to put on an adequate defense when Masterson was convicted of two counts of rape for sexually...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Danny Masterson alleges anti-Scientology bias, ineffective aid from his defense attorney, in petition to overturn rape conviction www.latimes.com/california/s...
A former Whittier detective took the rare step of testifying in his own defense this week as he stands trial for shooting an unarmed man in the back, severing his spine. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Ex-cop testifies in own defense about shooting that left unarmed Whittier man paralyzed
Salvador Murillo, a former detective, is standing trial on assault charges over a 2020 incident in which he shot a fleeing suspect in the back, leaving the man paralyzed.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A former Whittier detective took the rare step of testifying in his own defense this week as he stands trial for shooting an unarmed man in the back, severing his spine. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Reposted by James Queally
Federal defense lawyers 'face financial ruin' after months without pay, memo says
Federal defense lawyers 'face financial ruin' after months without pay, memo says
Last month, federal prosecutors told the court that judges could appoint defense attorneys to work without pay. In a memo this week, defense attorneys said months of nonpayment have "already taken a devastating toll"
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November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Federal defense lawyers 'face financial ruin' after months without pay, memo says
The New York Giants QB room was always an allegory for the New York City Mayor’s Race:
A young and potentially reckless savior (Zohran/Dart)
A classic New York Crazy but at least he loves this city/football (Sliwa/Jameis Winston)
BOOOOOOOOOO/GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE (Cuomo/Russell Wilson)
A young and potentially reckless savior (Zohran/Dart)
A classic New York Crazy but at least he loves this city/football (Sliwa/Jameis Winston)
BOOOOOOOOOO/GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE (Cuomo/Russell Wilson)
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The New York Giants QB room was always an allegory for the New York City Mayor’s Race:
A young and potentially reckless savior (Zohran/Dart)
A classic New York Crazy but at least he loves this city/football (Sliwa/Jameis Winston)
BOOOOOOOOOO/GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE (Cuomo/Russell Wilson)
A young and potentially reckless savior (Zohran/Dart)
A classic New York Crazy but at least he loves this city/football (Sliwa/Jameis Winston)
BOOOOOOOOOO/GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE (Cuomo/Russell Wilson)
A Hollywood piano teacher who fled country last month before he was convicted of abusing a student has been arrested in Australia. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Hollywood piano teacher who fled country before sex abuse verdict arrested in Australia
John Kaleel was arrested by Australian Federal Police on Oct. 31, a few weeks after he fled the U.S. as a Los Angeles jury decided his fate in a child sex abuse case.
www.latimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A Hollywood piano teacher who fled country last month before he was convicted of abusing a student has been arrested in Australia. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...
I am not one of those sports fans who moves to L.A. and bails on their hometown teams, but every day Russell Wilson isn't cut from the Giants roster and legally banished from the state of New Jersey, I rethink that position a little more.
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I am not one of those sports fans who moves to L.A. and bails on their hometown teams, but every day Russell Wilson isn't cut from the Giants roster and legally banished from the state of New Jersey, I rethink that position a little more.
Some of us are just trying to relax on Sundays and don’t need the President randomly appearing to do worse play by play than Joe Buck to announce a Deebo Samuel TD that hurts you in two leagues…
November 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Some of us are just trying to relax on Sundays and don’t need the President randomly appearing to do worse play by play than Joe Buck to announce a Deebo Samuel TD that hurts you in two leagues…
If you don’t think Jonathan Taylor is the MVP, then I don’t think we live in the same America.
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
If you don’t think Jonathan Taylor is the MVP, then I don’t think we live in the same America.
Ex-Torrance cop and National Guardsman linked to racist texting scandal gets no jail plea in shooting of Black suspect. My latest:
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Plea lets ex-Torrance cop avoid jail for on-duty shooting of Black man
David Chandler, a former Torrance police officer investigated for being on a text message thread with colleagues who made racist remarks, reached a plea deal with L.A. County prosecutors that will see...
www.latimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Ex-Torrance cop and National Guardsman linked to racist texting scandal gets no jail plea in shooting of Black suspect. My latest:
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Los Angeles, CA -
LAPD once again calling unlawful assembly outside of the Douglas bar as fans are watching the dodger game via laptop and radio the bar turned the tv off. About 30 minutes ago, they called it for the first time and said 5 minutes. Now giving 20 minutes to disperse. Top of the 10th.
LAPD once again calling unlawful assembly outside of the Douglas bar as fans are watching the dodger game via laptop and radio the bar turned the tv off. About 30 minutes ago, they called it for the first time and said 5 minutes. Now giving 20 minutes to disperse. Top of the 10th.
November 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Los Angeles, CA -
LAPD once again calling unlawful assembly outside of the Douglas bar as fans are watching the dodger game via laptop and radio the bar turned the tv off. About 30 minutes ago, they called it for the first time and said 5 minutes. Now giving 20 minutes to disperse. Top of the 10th.
LAPD once again calling unlawful assembly outside of the Douglas bar as fans are watching the dodger game via laptop and radio the bar turned the tv off. About 30 minutes ago, they called it for the first time and said 5 minutes. Now giving 20 minutes to disperse. Top of the 10th.
I’m looking at a three hour flight delay and it’s still honestly superior to 85% of my week.
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I’m looking at a three hour flight delay and it’s still honestly superior to 85% of my week.
Great investigation from Alene Tchekmedyian.
Days before Palisades inferno, firefighters were ordered to leave smoldering burn site www.latimes.com/california/s...
Days before Palisades inferno, firefighters were ordered to leave smoldering burn site www.latimes.com/california/s...
Days before Palisades inferno, firefighters were ordered to leave smoldering burn site
Texts between three firefighters and a third party reveal previously undisclosed details about the Los Angeles Fire Department's handling of a Pacific Palisades burn site.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Great investigation from Alene Tchekmedyian.
Days before Palisades inferno, firefighters were ordered to leave smoldering burn site www.latimes.com/california/s...
Days before Palisades inferno, firefighters were ordered to leave smoldering burn site www.latimes.com/california/s...
Many of you have been watching our contract fight at the L.A. Times and asking how to help. Now's the time.
Tell our managers that you'll honor the picket line if negotiations drag to a point where we're forced to call a strike. You can sign here:
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Tell our managers that you'll honor the picket line if negotiations drag to a point where we're forced to call a strike. You can sign here:
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Support Los Angeles Times journalists fighting for a fair contract
The newsroom staff of the Los Angeles Times, represented by Media Guild of the West (NewsGuild-CWA 39213), has been bargaining a new union contract for more than 18 months. In that time, the company h...
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October 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Many of you have been watching our contract fight at the L.A. Times and asking how to help. Now's the time.
Tell our managers that you'll honor the picket line if negotiations drag to a point where we're forced to call a strike. You can sign here:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Tell our managers that you'll honor the picket line if negotiations drag to a point where we're forced to call a strike. You can sign here:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Feds charge 12 for alleged violence, attacks on police during immigration protests. Latest w/ @brittnymejia.bsky.social
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Feds charge 12 in alleged violence, attacks on police during immigration protests
Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles announced charges against people accused of assaulting law enforcement officers during protests against the Trump administration's immigration policies earlier this ...
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October 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Feds charge 12 for alleged violence, attacks on police during immigration protests. Latest w/ @brittnymejia.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Awful. Parents and grandmother arrested in killing of Lynwood 7-year-old boy found dead in apartment freezer www.latimes.com/california/s...
Parents and grandmother arrested in killing of Lynwood boy found dead in freezer
The body of a 7-year-old boy was found in a freezer in Los Angeles County on Wednesday. Authorities said his parents and grandmother have been arrested in connection with the killing.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Awful. Parents and grandmother arrested in killing of Lynwood 7-year-old boy found dead in apartment freezer www.latimes.com/california/s...