A 62-year-old South Los Angeles was convicted for shooting a police helicopter in an incident that prosecutors said could have ended in tragedy. The incident occurred in ...
Prosecutors said the LA County Sheriff's Department evidence custodian allegedly tried to destroy a blood sample taken from his DUI arrest.
Douglass Byers was convicted of firing a rifle shot that pierced the tail of an LAPD helicopter in South L.A. last year. Prosecutors say the round could have caused a catastrophic helicopter crash.