LAPD officer from scandal-plagued gang unit is charged with thefts of brass knuckles, knives

Los Angeles Times— A Los Angeles police officer was charged Thursday with stealing brass knuckles and other weapons and tampering with evidence during enforcement stops carried out by an scandal-plagued gang unit, prosecutors said. The officer, Alan Carrillo, has been charged with two counts of altering, planting or concealing evidence as a peace office and three counts of petty theft, according to a news release from the office of Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón. Carrillo was previously a member of...

Global News—Ex-RCMP officer charged with foreign interference looks to quash charges. Authorities allege Majcher, 61, a resident of Hong Kong, used his network of Canadian contacts to obtain intelligence or services that benefited the People’s Republic of China.

CP24—Ex-RCMP officer charged in Quebec with foreign interference seeks to quash charges. A retired RCMP officer charged with helping China conduct foreign interference asked a Quebec court judge on Monday to quash an indictment against him because it was filed in the wrong province. Lawyers for William Majcher argued in a courtroom in Longueuil, Que., on Montreal's South Shore, that the charges should have been filed in British Columbia or Ontario. "Those are two place in Canada where the offences are alleged to have been committed," said Louis Belleau, a Montreal-based...

Los Angeles Times—Two shootings by LAPD officers are under investigation. The Los Angeles Police Department was investigating two separate shootings by officers Thursday that left one officer and two men injured. The first shooting occurred in the early hours in the 4800 block of Torrance Boulevard in Torrance, according to Charles Miller, a spokesman for the department. He said LAPD officers and U.S. marshals were serving an arrest warrant for a man suspected of child abuse when at some point he opened fire at them, grazing an officer and prompting the others to fire...