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Victoria Police officers and barrister-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo formed a "joint criminal enterprise" in a bid to put notorious drug baron Tony Mokbel behind bars two decades ago, a court has found. Ms Gobbo secretly informed on gangland clients for years On Monday, she said she was "satisfied that the elements of a joint criminal enterprise to attempt to pervert the …

Fullerton police said Monday that a man they killed last month appeared to provoke the incident in an effort to die. On June 15, police said they responded to a 911 call urging the department to send multiple officers to deal with a man who threatened the caller and others with knives on Imperial Highway. When officers arrived, they found …

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A man who was acting erratically outside a McDonald’s in Fullerton died after police officers shot him with a beanbag shotgun. A man died this week after Fullerton police shot him multiple times with “less-lethal” beanbag rounds after confronting him outside a McDonald’s restaurant where he had been acting erratically, police said. Officers arrived at about 3 a.m. at the …

A newborn was found in a trash can in the bathroom of this Fullerton gas station on Thursday. A 25-year-old woman was arrested early Friday morning after a newborn was found abandoned in a gas station restroom. First responders, including Fullerton police officers, were called Thursday to the gas station in the 900 block of West Orangethorpe Avenue when the …