A teenager in South Gate has been detained as a person of interest in connection with the gang-related shooting death of a 15-year-old boy in Bell.
Three corrections officers were stabbed by inmates in a "premeditated" attack, officials said.
Alleged L.A. gang leader Eugene Henley Jr., known as "Big U,'' was ordered to remain behind bars pending a detention hearing in federal court.
Eugene Henley Jr., also known as "Big U," allegedly leveraged his connections with a South L.A. street gang to run a vast "mafia-like organization."
Seeking to address an issue that has long dogged the agency, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna announced a department policy formally banning so-called deputy gangs or cliques.
Federal authorities are charging 37 alleged gang members with crimes that include murder, extortion, robbery and drug trafficking.