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Hostage Couple to Get Most of Dorner Reward

Rob Quinn — Wed, 08 May 2013 02:03:00 CDT

A couple tied up and held captive in their cabin by rogue ex-cop Christopher Dorner will be getting most of the $1 million reward in the case. The LAPD says a panel of three judges has decided to give 80% of the payout to Jim and Karen Reynolds, who called...

Women Shot in Dorner Manhunt Get $4.2M Payout

Rob Quinn — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:52:34 CDT

Two women injured when the LAPD riddled their truck with 102 bullets during the Christopher Dorner manhunt will be receiving $2.1 million each from the department—as well as a new truck . Emma Hernandez, 71, was shot twice in the back while her daughter Margie Carranza, was injured by...

Couple's 911 Call During Dorner Capture Released

Ruth Brown — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:54:21 CDT

Audio of the 911 call made by a couple while tied up and held captive by former LAPD Officer Christopher Dorner during his rampage across Southern California has been released by San Bernardino County. You can listen to the full audio at KPCC . Karen and Jim Reynolds came to check...

Women Shot by LAPD Get $40K for New Truck

Mark Russell — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:42:40 CDT

Finding a new truck for Emma Hernandez and Margie Carranza, to replace the one shot 102 times by the LAPD during their manhunt for Christopher Dorner , has proven too difficult, so instead the city has agreed to give them a $40,000 cash settlement, reports the Los Angeles Times . Officials...

Women Shot by LAPD Still Waiting for New Truck

John Johnson — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:34:50 CDT

In the heat of last month's manhunt for Christopher Dorner, the LAPD put 102 bullets into an SUV driven by mother-and-daughter paper carriers in a case of mistaken identity. Emma Hernandez, 71, and Margie Carranza, 47, survived but are still waiting for a new truck as promised from the department,...

This Man Says He Deserves Entire $1.2M Dorner Reward

Mark Russell — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:47:05 CST

The manhunt for killer Christopher Dorner last month spurred more than two dozen donors—from local governments to private individuals—to offer $1.2 million in reward money to capture the former cop. And carjacked camp ranger Rick Heltebrake thinks he deserves it all, reports the Los Angeles Times . Heltebrake...

Source of Dorner Tip: His Mentor

Matt Cantor — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 02:13:33 CST

It was Christopher Dorner's police mentor who warned the department that he might be a killer—and her quick work may have prevented more attacks, the LAPD chief says. On Feb. 4, Terie Evans got a phone call from an officer outside San Diego: He'd found a uniform with Dorner's...

Dorner Tried to Hitch a Ride to Mexico With Fishermen

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:37:19 CST

Christopher Dorner, the ex-cop who died last week after allegedly killing four people, tried to escape to Mexico, NBC News reports. On Feb. 5, just two days after he allegedly killed his first two victims, fishermen at San Diego's Driscoll Wharf say he approached them and tried to find someone...

Protesters Slam Manhunt of Fugitive Ex-Cop

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:30:00 CST

Dozens of protesters rallied outside Los Angeles police headquarters yesterday in support of Christopher Dorner, the former LAPD officer and suspected killer of four who died after a shootout and fire this week at a mountain cabin following one of the biggest manhunts in recent memory. Protesters told the LA...