california | My Crime Library

Jayveyon Burley Throws 1 Year Old Daughter Off Bridge

Jayveyon Burley is a man from California who has been charged with murder after throwing his one year old daughter off of a bridge. According to police reports Jayveyon Burley was arrested after the body of his one year old daughter Leilani Dream Burley was found dead in a river.

The chain of events started when Leilani mother phoned police to tell them that her daughter was missing. apparently Jayveyon Burley had picked up his two children earlier in the night to go to his mother’s residence however only arrived with one child. A police search would find the body of the little girl below the Ocean Boulevard Bridge in the LA River. Jayveyon Burley has been charged with murder and child endangerment.

Jayveyon Burley More News

A man is in police custody after his daughter was found dead in the Los Angeles River.

The Inglewood Police Department began an investigation late Sunday night after a woman called to report a missing person.

Around 10:45 p.m., police arrived at the woman’s home on the 300 block of N. Market Street where they contacted the grandmother of a 1-year-old girl who was missing.

The woman told police that her 22-year-old son, Jayveyon Burley, went to Long Beach to pick up his two children from their mother. When he returned to their home in Inglewood, only one of the children was with him.

On Monday, Inglewood police, working alongside the Long Beach Police Department, recovered the remains Leilani Dream Burley from the Los Angeles River, just below the Ocean Boulevard Bridge in Long Beach.

Jayveon Burley was immediately arrested and booked into the Inglewood Police Department Jail where awaits charges of murder and child endangerment.

His bail is set at $215,000, according to inmate records. Officials say he is due in court on Wednesday.

Lynisha Hull is the mother of Leilani. She said that Jayveyon Burley had never hurt either of their children and was always very overprotective of them. She said his actions have left her shocked and confused.

“She was so full of life,” Hull said Tuesday. “She loved music, books, she loved to dance, she loved giving high fives.”

Anyone with information about the case is urged to contact Inglewood homicide detectives at 310-412-5246. Anonymous tips can be made through the 24-hour tip line at 888-412-7463

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/father-arrested-after-1-year-olds-body-found-in-los-angeles-river/

Jayveyon Burley Other News

A 22-year-old father in California is behind bars this week after his 1-year-old daughter was found dead in the Los Angeles River. Jayveyon Burley was taken into custody on Tuesday and charged with one count of murder and one count of child endangerment in the death of Leilani Dream Burley, records reviewed by Law&Crime show.

According to a report from Los Angeles ABC affiliate KABC-TV, a woman later identified as Burley’s mother on Sunday evening called 911 at approximately 10:45 p.m. to report a possible missing child. She reportedly told the emergency dispatcher that the father, Burley, went to Long Beach to pick up his two children from their mother and bring them to the residence he shared with his mother in Inglewood. When he arrived home, however, he was reportedly only accompanied by one child

Officers with the Inglewood Police Department (IPD) responded to the residence, located in the 300 block of N. Market Street where they made contact with the victim’s grandmother and began searching for the missing child.

The IPD, working alongside officers with the Long Beach Police Department, discovered the little girl’s remains in the area shallow water just below the Ocean Boulevard Bridge in the LA River, according to a report from San Diego Fox affiliate KSWB-TV.

While authorities have not released details regarding the manner in which they believe Burley killed his daughter, Lynisha Hull, the child’s mother, provided additional information about the circumstances of Leilani’s death in an interview with KABC. Hull said that Burley appeared upset when he picked up their children, but that his behavior wasn’t anything she found concerning.

“He came to my home to pick up my kids,” an emotional Hull said through tears. “He was angry at the time but normal though. He was normal. He didn’t look like he was panicked or anything at all.”

She reportedly said that Jayveon Burley failed to put the 1-year-old in her carseat when loading the kids into the car. Hull reportedly said she then strapped the child into her carseat and watched as Burley drove off “erratically,” stopping and starting the vehicle several times.

Hull further claimed that her daughter’s body was found in the LA River because Burley tossed her off of a bridge.

“My daughter was murdered by her father. He threw her off the bridge,” Hull told the station. “I don’t understand. Why would he do this to my daughter? I don’t understand. How can a father do this to their own child?”

Hull’s 3-year-old son was unharmed. The distraught mother reportedly said that the little boy keeps asking where his sister is, a question she said she has no answer for.

Inglewood PD urged anyone with information relevant to the case to contact investigators at 310-412-5246.

Burley is no stranger to run-ins with the law. He was arrested in 2018 after he and two accomplices allegedly robbed a Domino’s Pizza delivery driver at gunpoint, according to a report from the Daily Press.

Michael Avenatti Gets 14 Years For Stealing Millions

Former celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti has been sentenced to fourteen years in prison and ordered to pay $11,000,000 to clients he stole from. According to court documents Michael Avenatti would plead guilty to four counts of wire fraud for each client he stole from and one count of endeavoring to obstruct the administration of the Internal Revenue Code. Now the former lawyer is going to spend up to the next fourteen years in Federal Prison. Of course Michael Avenatti is already in prison as he was convicted of trying to extort Nike and stealing money from Stormy Daniels who was given a book advance regarding her relationship with former President Donald Trump.

Michael Avenatti More News

Disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti was sentenced Monday to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $11 million in restitution for embezzling millions of dollars from four of his clients and obstruction.

Avenatti pleaded guilty earlier this year to four counts of wire fraud for each client he stole from and one count of endeavoring to obstruct the administration of the Internal Revenue Code. Prosecutors said he obstructed the IRS’ effort to collect $5 million in unpaid payroll taxes for Tully’s Coffee.

The sentence handed down by federal district Judge James Selna will begin after Avenatti completes a five-year prison term he’s currently serving after being convicted in two separate trials in New York.

Selna also ordered Michael Avenatti to pay over $10 million in restitution to four clients and to the IRS.

“Michael Avenatti was a corrupt lawyer who claimed he was fighting for the little guy. In fact, he only cared about his own selfish interests,” US Attorney Martin Estrada said in a statement following the sentencing. “He stole millions of dollars from his clients – all to finance his extravagant lifestyle that included a private jet and race cars. As a result of his illegal acts, he has lost his right to practice law in California, and now he will serve a richly deserved prison sentence.”

Dean Steward, an attorney for Avenatti, said in a statement to CNN that the sentence “was overly harsh and uncalled for,” adding that his client described it in court as being “off the charts.”

“When compared with similar high-profile cases, the unfairness is glaring,” Steward said.

Monday’s sentence represents the latest episode in an extraordinary years-long legal drama surrounding Avenatti, whose representation of Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who alleged she had an affair with former President Donald Trump years before he ran for office, made the pugnacious attorney a household name.

“Avenatti’s fraud was egregious, and the court plainly meant to send a strong message. But a 14-year sentence is extraordinarily long given all the circumstances,” said CNN senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Elie Honig.

The prison sentence Avenatti is currently serving was given after he was convicted for attempting to extort millions of dollars from Nike and stealing nearly $300,000 from a book advance from Daniels, his then-client. (Trump has denied having an affair with Daniels.)

Avenatti had faced a statutory maximum of 83 years in prison in the California case.

Earlier this year, the Justice Department dropped the 31 remaining fraud counts Avenatti was facing after he agreed to plead guilty to the handful of charges. Federal prosecutors said in a court filing at the time that they wouldn’t move ahead with the remaining 31 counts of wire fraud, bank fraud and tax-related charges because the judge could consider those allegations when he eventually sentenced Avenatti.

In pleading guilty earlier this year, Avenatti admitted to stealing millions of dollars from clients, including $4 million from a client with major disabilities. According to the indictment, after Avenatti negotiated settlements for the clients that required payment to go to them, he would lie to the clients about the terms of the settlements, instead depositing the funds into attorney trust accounts he controlled. He would then embezzle and misappropriate those funds, according to the indictment, and to prevent discovery of his scheme, he would tell clients the settlement proceeds hadn’t yet been paid, among other tactics.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/05/politics/michael-avenatti-prison-sentence-client-embezzlement/index.html

Austin Lee Edwards Riverside California Triple Murder

Austin Lee Edwards is a man from Virginia who has is believed to be responsible for a triple murder in California. According to police reports Austin Lee Edwards was cat fishing the teenage daughter of one of the victims and his betrayal would see him travel to Riverside California where he would murder Mark Winek and his wife Sharie Winek along with their 38-year-old daughter Brooke Winek. After he allegedly murdered the three victims he would set the home on fire and then try to leave the scene with the teenage girl. Someone saw the girl enter the car with Austin Lee Edwards and called police for she appeared to be in emotional distress. Police would be able to track down the vehicle and a shootout began where police would shoot and kill Edwards.

Austin Lee Edwards More News

The murders of a husband and wife and their daughter in Riverside allegedly stemmed from a catfishing incident involving the teenage daughter of one of the victims, police said.

According to an update issued by the Riverside Police Department on Sunday, Mark Winek and his wife Sharie Winek along with their 38-year-old daughter Brooke Winek were killed by a man who was reportedly involved in an online relationship with the teenage daughter of Brooke.

The incident all unfolded the day after Thanksgiving.

At around 11:08 a.m., officers were sent to conduct a welfare check regarding “a young female who appeared distressed” as she was getting into a Red Kia Soul with a man along the 11200 block of Price Court.

While officers were responding, calls began coming in regarding a fire just a few houses down from where the welfare check came from.

Firefighters with the Riverside Fire Department worked to put out the fire and found the bodies of all three Winek family members laying on the ground in the front entry way.

“Their bodies were pulled outside where it was determined they were victims of an apparent homicide,” read the statement issued by police.

According to police, a preliminary investigation revealed the young female described in the initial welfare check call was a teen who lived at the home where the fire broke out. She was with a man identified as 28-year-old Austin Lee Edwards of North Chesterfield, Virginia.

Detectives said Austin Lee Edwards had met the teen girl online “through the common form of online deception known as catfishing.”

Police said Austin Lee Edwards traveled to Riverside from Virginia, where they said he parked his vehicle in a neighbor’s driveway and walked to the teen’s home. Investigators believe Edwards lured the teen into an online relationship.

“We had a grandmother, grandfather and a mother of this teen murdered by this suspect who traveled from across the country for, most likely, the sexual exploitation of this teenager,” said RPD Ofc. Ryan Railsback during an interview with Eyewitness News on Sunday. “What happened here in terms of the ‘catfishing’ as they call it … that common practice of, you know, online deception where you’re pretending to be someone else.”

Later that day, police say Austin Lee Edwards was found driving with the teen through San Bernardino County when he was located by the county sheriff’s department in the unincorporated area of Kelso.

Police said Edwards fired shots at deputies and was shot and killed by deputies shortly after. The teen was not injured and is safe, according to police.

Edwards had worked for the Virginia State Police until he recently began working for the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, according to investigators.

“Our hearts go out to the Winek family and their loved ones during this time of tremendous grief, as this is a tragedy for all Riversiders,” stated Riverside Police Chief Larry Gonzalez. “This is yet another horrific reminder of the predators existing online who prey on our children. If you’ve already had a conversation with your kids on how to be safe online and on social media, have it again. If not, start it now to better protect them.”

The exact cause of the Winek family’s deaths remain unknown.

The cause of the house fire continues to be under investigation although police said “it appears at this point to have been intentionally ignited.”

During a vigil on Saturday, neighbors told Eyewitness News the Winek family was always neighborly and went out of their way to help the community. The victims’ family was in attendance but did not wish to speak with the media.

Some said they are devastated.

“I just want everyone to know how loving they were. They don’t deserve this. I’m not eating. I’m not sleeping. It just hit me very, very hard,” said Bonnie Davis, who said she has lived nextdoor to the Wineks for two decades. “They were just that type people that you would just never wake up to think that you would hear this of them.”

https://abc7.com/riverside-winek-family-murder-investigation-homicide-house-fire/12501981/

Nicholas Gutierrez Arrested For Hitting 25 Police Cadets And Released

Nicholas Gutierrez is a twenty two year old from California who was arrested for hitting 25 police cadets with his vehicle. According to police reports Nicholas Gutierrez would run over 25 police cadets who were out for a run. The cadets who were accompanied by two police cruisers. Nicholas Gutierrez was arrested at the scene and charged with 25 counts of attempted murder and was then released from custody. According to police the investigation is complex in trying to determine whether this was an accident or intentional Nicholas Gutierrez was driving down a one way street in the wrong direction when the crash occurred. Nicholas Gutierrez had no alcohol in his system when the crash occurred.

Nicholas Gutierrez More News

California police officials have released the wrong-way driver accused of plowing his SUV into a group of police recruits and staff earlier this week, citing the “extreme complexity” of the ongoing case.

Nicholas Joseph Gutierrez, 22, was released from police custody late Thursday – just hours after officials announced that he had been charged with the attempted murder in connection with Wednesday’s devastating wrong-way wreck.

In a shocking reversal, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said early Friday morning that the agency had released Gutierrez just before 10 p.m. local time Thursday.

“Due to the extreme complexity of the investigation, which includes ongoing interviews, video surveillance review, and additional evidence needed to be analyzed, homicide investigators have released Mr. Gutierrez from the Sheriff’s Department custody,” the agency said in a press release announcing the change.

The charge of attempted murder of a peace officer(s) requires evidence that the crime was intentional rather than that someone was mistaken or distracted or otherwise did not mean to commit the act.

According to local affiliate FOX 11 Los Angeles, Sheriff Alex Villanueva had previously said that investigators had gleaned enough to suspect intent.

“They did a thorough investigation. They interviewed dozens and dozens of witnesses and victims,” Villanueva said, according to the report. “That was the conclusion.”

On Wednesday, Villanueva said that 75 recruits from Sheriff’s Academy Class 464 had been running near the intersection of Mills Avenue and Telegraph Road in Whittier, California, just before 6:30 a.m., when they were struck. The group was running with a pair of police vehicles, and some runners were wearing reflective vests.

The SUV then plowed into a light pole before coming to a stop.

“It happened so quickly that just the people that just saw it veer into them, they jumped out of the way, but the people behind had no chance, because they never saw it,” Villanueva said. “They didn’t have that sufficient warning.”

“There were so many bodies scattered everywhere in different states of injuries,” he said.

Gutierrez allegedly had a blood-alcohol content of zero, and a field sobriety test was negative for obvious impairment. Information regarding any drugs in his system was not immediately available.

Several recruits suffered injuries that varied from broken bones to head trauma and the “loss of limb.” As of Wednesday, five were critically injured.

The California Highway Patrol is also investigating the collision. Those with any information related to the incident should call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.

Zarbab Ali Arrested In Rachel Castillo Disappearance

The body of Rachel Castillo has been found and her ex husband Zarbab Ali has been arrested in her disappearance. According to police reports Rachel Castillo disappeared from her California home last week soon after dropping off of her two children. Rachel Castillo body would be found days later with a significant amount of blood in the area. Police have announced that Zarbab Ali, her former husband, has been arrested in regards to her disappearance.

Rachel Castillo More News

Rachel Castillo, a mother of two who disappeared last week under suspicious circumstances from her home in Simi Valley, California, has been found dead, authorities said.

Castillo’s remains were found in a remote location in Antelope Valley, the Simi Valley Police Department said Sunday.

Police have named Castillo’s ex-husband, 25-year-old Zarbab Ali of Hawthorne, as the primary suspect. He was arrested Sunday afternoon at this parent’s house in Victorville in connection with the homicide, Simi Valley police said.

“This investigation has rapidly evolved over the past few days,” police said. “This case is still under investigation and some details cannot be released due to legal and investigative reasons. The Simi Valley Police Department will release additional details related to this case when it is available.”

local police said earlier Sunday that there was “a significant amount of blood” left at the scene following Castillo’s disappearance.

“Upon further investigation, a significant amount of blood was located in her home. Rachel’s whereabouts are unknown. Given the circumstances, it is believed Rachel is at risk,” the Simi Valley Police Department had said in an earlier statement.

Castillo, 25, has two children and lives with her sister just miles away from their parents, her family told ABC affiliate KABC.

She had dropped off her children to their father Thursday morning, before she disappeared, her family told KABC.

“As soon as I saw the blood, that’s when I realized something wasn’t right,” Emily Castillo, her sister, told the local station. She had returned home Thursday night. “So I called my mom to let her know to come over and then I immediately called 911.”

Many of her belongings — including her phone, keys and car — were still at the home, her family said.

Anyone with information can contact the Simi Valley Police Department at 805-583-6950.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/missing-mother-left-significant-amount-blood-home-disappearance/story?id=93215029