Tag: Los Angeles County Sheriff Department

WEST HOLLYWOOD—On Tuesday, July 14, Lucki Camel Junior, who performs and produces rap music under the stage name Lucki, had his West Hollywood home, which, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department West Hollywood Station, is located in the 9000 block of Santa Monica Boulevard, burglarized around 10:30 p.m.

According to NBC 4 Los Angeles, the thieves took about $500,000 in items, including personal items, clothing, and bags.

Lucki was born in Chicago and spent his early years performing in the underground hip-hop scene.  In 2013, he released his first mixtape, “Alternative Trap.” He has released several more mixtapes, including “Watch My Back” in 2017 and “Freewave 3” in 2019.  He has also released several albums, including “Flawless Like Me” in 2022 and “Dr*gs Bad” in May 2026.

He contacted the LASD West Hollywood Station, which dispatched deputies who reviewed footage from local surveillance cameras and canvassed the surrounding region in an attempt to determine when the burglary occurred and the identity of the culprits.

According to the West Hollywood Sheriff Station, Lucki was with another person when he discovered the burglary and the break in occurred while they were out of town.  Car keys belonging to several of the victims’ vehicles were stolen, but the vehicles were left behind.

The investigation is ongoing, and no suspects or details about them have been disclosed. The LASD West Hollywood Sheriff Station is asking anyone with information regarding the burglary to call the station at 310-855-8850.

By Daniel Diquinzio

WEST HOLLYWOOD—On Sunday, July 5, an unidentified man was found holding what appeared to be a rocket-propelled grenade, otherwise known as an RPG. The man told deputies that another man asked to see the item and had been the one walking around showing it to people near the 9000 block of Sunset Boulevard. That second man had already left the scene before deputies arrived.

Several 911 calls were received around 2 a.m., alerting authorities to the suspect with what looked like a military-style weapon in the popular nightlife district.

Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department arrived on scene and determined the weapon was a non-working replica. Authorities took a misdemeanor report for brandishing a replica firearm, an offense that carries a minimum of 30 days and up to six months in county jail, plus up to $1000 in fines, under California Penal Code 417.4.

Brandishing an imitation firearm under Penal Code 417.4 is charged only as a misdemeanor in California, unlike brandishing an actual weapon or firearm under Penal Code 417, which can be elevated to a felony under certain aggravating circumstances such as serious injury or brandishing near a day care.

No arrests were made, and the names of both men involved have not been released to the public.

By Milan Manesh

WEST HOLLYWOOD—The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an individual found dead on March 31 (Easter Sunday) in the 8700 block of Santa Monica Boulevard in WEHO. The Los Angeles County Coroner/Medical Examiner’s office pronounced him, “Dead at the scene.”                                                                                     

Canyon News reached out to the Los Angeles Coroner’s office for more information. The Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office responded with the following information on the victim:

“The decedent appears to be homeless. On the morning of March 31, 2024, he was found unresponsive on the sidewalk of Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood and pronounced dead at [the] scene. The decedent appears to be a black male, aged approximately 45 to 60 years old. No tattoos were noted. His right eye has corneal opacity/cloudiness. He was wearing a black t-shirt with “LOVE FROM LEXI BENEFIT RIDE In honor of Berlyn Victoria Flores Saturday, July 24, 2010″ on the back, black pants, and gray socks.”

According to the Medical Examiners report, the victim had brown eyes, was 69″ tall and weighed 146 lbs.

LASD encourages anyone with more information or who may remember seeing the deceased while he was alive to contact the LASD Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.

By Sharon