The judge's decision brings to a close a criminal case for excessive force that top federal prosecutor Bill Essayli sought to ...

While checking the executive’s attempt to override the judiciary’s sentencing power, a judge noted the president’s pardon ...

The excessive force conviction of an LA sheriff’s deputy was upheld by a federal judge, who months ago spurned prosecutors’ ...

Deputy Trevor Kirk was recorded tackling and pepper-spraying an older woman while she filmed a man being handcuffed outside a supermarket in June 2023.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office filed its unopposed motion in Los Angeles federal court for a judge’s order to dismiss the indictment, vacate the judgment and exonerate Trevor Kirk’s bond.

Kirk’s attorney, Tom Yu, has described his client as a “hero, not a criminal.” Sentencing is scheduled for June 2 in downtown Los Angeles.

Trevor Kirk, 32, was sentenced to four months in prison Monday after a judge agreed to U.S. Attorney’s request and dismissed Kirk’s felony charge.

U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson last week granted in part the government’s motion to dismiss the allegations in Trevor Kirk’s indictment that raised his conviction from a misdemeanor to a ...

Deputy Trevor Kirk was recorded tackling and pepper-spraying an older woman while she filmed a man being handcuffed outside a supermarket in June 2023.

Deputy Trevor Kirk was recorded tackling and pepper-spraying an older woman while she filmed a man being handcuffed outside a supermarket in June 2023. A federal jury in February found Kirk guilty ...