James Queally
@jqwritesstuff.bsky.social
Crime: Real & Imagined.
L.A. Times Courts/Chaos Reporter
Alleged Author: Russell Avery Novels (Formerly Polis, Now Counterpoint)
Rep: @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
Long Suffering Knicks Fan. Less Suffering As Of Late Liberty Fan
L.A. Times Courts/Chaos Reporter
Alleged Author: Russell Avery Novels (Formerly Polis, Now Counterpoint)
Rep: @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
Long Suffering Knicks Fan. Less Suffering As Of Late Liberty Fan
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James Queally
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· Sep 19
They met at a festival. He was a sheriff's deputy — and a stalker, her lawsuit claims
After a chance encounter in 2023, Briana Ortega claims in a civil lawsuit that a Riverside County sheriff's deputy used law enforcement databases to track her down and harass her.
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A Riverside sheriff's deputy became "obsessed" with a fitness influencer, using police databases to track her down, even making up a crime as an excuse to visit.
But a judge ruled "nothing actually happened." My latest:
www.latimes.com/california/s...
But a judge ruled "nothing actually happened." My latest:
www.latimes.com/california/s...
A Hollywood piano teacher who fled country last month before he was convicted of abusing a student has been arrested in Australia. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Hollywood piano teacher who fled country before sex abuse verdict arrested in Australia
John Kaleel was arrested by Australian Federal Police on Oct. 31, a few weeks after he fled the U.S. as a Los Angeles jury decided his fate in a child sex abuse case.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A Hollywood piano teacher who fled country last month before he was convicted of abusing a student has been arrested in Australia. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...
I am not one of those sports fans who moves to L.A. and bails on their hometown teams, but every day Russell Wilson isn't cut from the Giants roster and legally banished from the state of New Jersey, I rethink that position a little more.
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I am not one of those sports fans who moves to L.A. and bails on their hometown teams, but every day Russell Wilson isn't cut from the Giants roster and legally banished from the state of New Jersey, I rethink that position a little more.
Some of us are just trying to relax on Sundays and don’t need the President randomly appearing to do worse play by play than Joe Buck to announce a Deebo Samuel TD that hurts you in two leagues…
November 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Some of us are just trying to relax on Sundays and don’t need the President randomly appearing to do worse play by play than Joe Buck to announce a Deebo Samuel TD that hurts you in two leagues…
If you don’t think Jonathan Taylor is the MVP, then I don’t think we live in the same America.
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
If you don’t think Jonathan Taylor is the MVP, then I don’t think we live in the same America.
Ex-Torrance cop and National Guardsman linked to racist texting scandal gets no jail plea in shooting of Black suspect. My latest:
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Plea lets ex-Torrance cop avoid jail for on-duty shooting of Black man
David Chandler, a former Torrance police officer investigated for being on a text message thread with colleagues who made racist remarks, reached a plea deal with L.A. County prosecutors that will see...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Ex-Torrance cop and National Guardsman linked to racist texting scandal gets no jail plea in shooting of Black suspect. My latest:
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Los Angeles, CA -
LAPD once again calling unlawful assembly outside of the Douglas bar as fans are watching the dodger game via laptop and radio the bar turned the tv off. About 30 minutes ago, they called it for the first time and said 5 minutes. Now giving 20 minutes to disperse. Top of the 10th.
LAPD once again calling unlawful assembly outside of the Douglas bar as fans are watching the dodger game via laptop and radio the bar turned the tv off. About 30 minutes ago, they called it for the first time and said 5 minutes. Now giving 20 minutes to disperse. Top of the 10th.
November 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Los Angeles, CA -
LAPD once again calling unlawful assembly outside of the Douglas bar as fans are watching the dodger game via laptop and radio the bar turned the tv off. About 30 minutes ago, they called it for the first time and said 5 minutes. Now giving 20 minutes to disperse. Top of the 10th.
LAPD once again calling unlawful assembly outside of the Douglas bar as fans are watching the dodger game via laptop and radio the bar turned the tv off. About 30 minutes ago, they called it for the first time and said 5 minutes. Now giving 20 minutes to disperse. Top of the 10th.
I’m looking at a three hour flight delay and it’s still honestly superior to 85% of my week.
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I’m looking at a three hour flight delay and it’s still honestly superior to 85% of my week.
Great investigation from Alene Tchekmedyian.
Days before Palisades inferno, firefighters were ordered to leave smoldering burn site www.latimes.com/california/s...
Days before Palisades inferno, firefighters were ordered to leave smoldering burn site www.latimes.com/california/s...
Days before Palisades inferno, firefighters were ordered to leave smoldering burn site
Texts between three firefighters and a third party reveal previously undisclosed details about the Los Angeles Fire Department's handling of a Pacific Palisades burn site.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Great investigation from Alene Tchekmedyian.
Days before Palisades inferno, firefighters were ordered to leave smoldering burn site www.latimes.com/california/s...
Days before Palisades inferno, firefighters were ordered to leave smoldering burn site www.latimes.com/california/s...
Many of you have been watching our contract fight at the L.A. Times and asking how to help. Now's the time.
Tell our managers that you'll honor the picket line if negotiations drag to a point where we're forced to call a strike. You can sign here:
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Tell our managers that you'll honor the picket line if negotiations drag to a point where we're forced to call a strike. You can sign here:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Support Los Angeles Times journalists fighting for a fair contract
The newsroom staff of the Los Angeles Times, represented by Media Guild of the West (NewsGuild-CWA 39213), has been bargaining a new union contract for more than 18 months. In that time, the company h...
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October 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Many of you have been watching our contract fight at the L.A. Times and asking how to help. Now's the time.
Tell our managers that you'll honor the picket line if negotiations drag to a point where we're forced to call a strike. You can sign here:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Tell our managers that you'll honor the picket line if negotiations drag to a point where we're forced to call a strike. You can sign here:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Feds charge 12 for alleged violence, attacks on police during immigration protests. Latest w/ @brittnymejia.bsky.social
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Feds charge 12 in alleged violence, attacks on police during immigration protests
Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles announced charges against people accused of assaulting law enforcement officers during protests against the Trump administration's immigration policies earlier this ...
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October 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Feds charge 12 for alleged violence, attacks on police during immigration protests. Latest w/ @brittnymejia.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Awful. Parents and grandmother arrested in killing of Lynwood 7-year-old boy found dead in apartment freezer www.latimes.com/california/s...
Parents and grandmother arrested in killing of Lynwood boy found dead in freezer
The body of a 7-year-old boy was found in a freezer in Los Angeles County on Wednesday. Authorities said his parents and grandmother have been arrested in connection with the killing.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Awful. Parents and grandmother arrested in killing of Lynwood 7-year-old boy found dead in apartment freezer www.latimes.com/california/s...
OK but by the 20th inning, the Supreme Court makes them pitch to Ohtani, right?
October 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
OK but by the 20th inning, the Supreme Court makes them pitch to Ohtani, right?
The ghost of Alex Trebek blew in a cold Canadian wind to keep that one ball in the park. You can’t convince me otherwise.
October 28, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The ghost of Alex Trebek blew in a cold Canadian wind to keep that one ball in the park. You can’t convince me otherwise.
It's time we discuss a serious issue in this country.
Foxy Shazam -- the band that does the Peacemaker Season 2 theme song -- kinda rips deep into their catalog, and not enough people are talking about this.
Foxy Shazam -- the band that does the Peacemaker Season 2 theme song -- kinda rips deep into their catalog, and not enough people are talking about this.
October 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It's time we discuss a serious issue in this country.
Foxy Shazam -- the band that does the Peacemaker Season 2 theme song -- kinda rips deep into their catalog, and not enough people are talking about this.
Foxy Shazam -- the band that does the Peacemaker Season 2 theme song -- kinda rips deep into their catalog, and not enough people are talking about this.
An indictment charging ex-LAPD officer Clifford Proctor with the 2015 murder of a homeless man was finally unsealed Friday. Latest w/ @liborjany.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
Ex-LAPD officer indicted on murder charge for on-duty killing of homeless man
Former LAPD officer Clifford Proctor was arrested at LAX last week and faces a felony murder charge in connection with a 2015 killing outside a bar in Venice.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
An indictment charging ex-LAPD officer Clifford Proctor with the 2015 murder of a homeless man was finally unsealed Friday. Latest w/ @liborjany.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
An L.A. piano teacher whose students included the children of several high-profile Hollywood creators fled the U.S. earlier this month — the same day a jury convicted him of sexually abusing a teen. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Piano teacher to children of Hollywood stars fled country as jury decided sex abuse case
John Kaleel left the U.S. earlier this month shortly before a Los Angeles jury convicted him on multiple counts of committing lewd acts with a student.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
An L.A. piano teacher whose students included the children of several high-profile Hollywood creators fled the U.S. earlier this month — the same day a jury convicted him of sexually abusing a teen. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Chaotic shooting of suspect and deputy U.S. marshal in L.A. highlights increased aggression, questionable tactics in ICE crackdowns
Latest w/ @lacrimes.bsky.social @brittnymejia.bsky.social @racheluranga.bsky.social & the tireless Ruben Vives, who isn't on BSky
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Latest w/ @lacrimes.bsky.social @brittnymejia.bsky.social @racheluranga.bsky.social & the tireless Ruben Vives, who isn't on BSky
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Chaotic shooting of suspect and deputy U.S. marshal highlights increased aggression in ICE crackdowns
Authorities accused Carlitos Ricardo Parias of ramming his car into agents’ vehicles after they boxed him in. Video shows his car pinned as agents opened fire.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Chaotic shooting of suspect and deputy U.S. marshal in L.A. highlights increased aggression, questionable tactics in ICE crackdowns
Latest w/ @lacrimes.bsky.social @brittnymejia.bsky.social @racheluranga.bsky.social & the tireless Ruben Vives, who isn't on BSky
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Latest w/ @lacrimes.bsky.social @brittnymejia.bsky.social @racheluranga.bsky.social & the tireless Ruben Vives, who isn't on BSky
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Good piece from my colleagues @latimes.com on the shooting of a U.S. Marshal, by an ICE agent, during an immigration enforcement stop in South L.A.
Most police tactics experts will tell you shooting at a moving vehicle is a bad idea. In 2014, even the USDOJ agreed.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Most police tactics experts will tell you shooting at a moving vehicle is a bad idea. In 2014, even the USDOJ agreed.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Deputy U.S. marshal wounded by ICE agent during immigration operation in Southern California
Few details were available, but sources said the law enforcement officer suffered a hand wound and was taken to a hospital.
www.latimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Good piece from my colleagues @latimes.com on the shooting of a U.S. Marshal, by an ICE agent, during an immigration enforcement stop in South L.A.
Most police tactics experts will tell you shooting at a moving vehicle is a bad idea. In 2014, even the USDOJ agreed.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Most police tactics experts will tell you shooting at a moving vehicle is a bad idea. In 2014, even the USDOJ agreed.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Come out to Diesel in Brentwood to see Best-Selling Author Lucinda Berry discuss her brand new audiobook THIS IS A SAFE SPACE (I’ll be there too.)
October 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Come out to Diesel in Brentwood to see Best-Selling Author Lucinda Berry discuss her brand new audiobook THIS IS A SAFE SPACE (I’ll be there too.)
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Los Angeles, CA -
More pushing, shoving, “less lethal” projectiles towards the crowd that was assembled at Metro Detention Center. Protesters were as far as I can tell peaceful outside of remaining in the area (but were attempting to leave) until the charge from horse mounted units.
More pushing, shoving, “less lethal” projectiles towards the crowd that was assembled at Metro Detention Center. Protesters were as far as I can tell peaceful outside of remaining in the area (but were attempting to leave) until the charge from horse mounted units.
October 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Los Angeles, CA -
More pushing, shoving, “less lethal” projectiles towards the crowd that was assembled at Metro Detention Center. Protesters were as far as I can tell peaceful outside of remaining in the area (but were attempting to leave) until the charge from horse mounted units.
More pushing, shoving, “less lethal” projectiles towards the crowd that was assembled at Metro Detention Center. Protesters were as far as I can tell peaceful outside of remaining in the area (but were attempting to leave) until the charge from horse mounted units.
California labor leader charged over blocking ICE agents sees felony cut to misdemeanor. Latest from
@brittnymejia.bsky.social
As we've reported before, the U.S. Atty. in L.A. has struggled to get felony indictments in similar cases related to protests.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
@brittnymejia.bsky.social
As we've reported before, the U.S. Atty. in L.A. has struggled to get felony indictments in similar cases related to protests.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
California labor leader charged over blocking ICE agents sees felony cut to misdemeanor
Prosecutors originally pursued a felony charge of conspiracy to impede an officer against David Huerta, president of Service Employees International Union California, accusing him of obstructing the a...
www.latimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
California labor leader charged over blocking ICE agents sees felony cut to misdemeanor. Latest from
@brittnymejia.bsky.social
As we've reported before, the U.S. Atty. in L.A. has struggled to get felony indictments in similar cases related to protests.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
@brittnymejia.bsky.social
As we've reported before, the U.S. Atty. in L.A. has struggled to get felony indictments in similar cases related to protests.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
NEW: Ex-LAPD Officer Clifford Proctor was arrested Thursday in the killing of Brendon Glenn, an unarmed homeless man whom Proctor shot in the back in 2015. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Ex-LAPD officer arrested in 2015 killing of homeless man in Venice
Clifford Proctor, a former LAPD officer who shot and killed a homeless man in Venice Beach in 2015, was arrested Friday.
www.latimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
NEW: Ex-LAPD Officer Clifford Proctor was arrested Thursday in the killing of Brendon Glenn, an unarmed homeless man whom Proctor shot in the back in 2015. www.latimes.com/california/s...
A week long preliminary hearing in downtown L.A. finally offered some answers about what happened to Maleesa Mooney, a model found murdered in a refrigerator in 2023. www.latimes.com/california/s...
New details emerge in murder of L.A. model found stuffed inside her own refrigerator
During a four-day preliminary hearing, prosecutors revealed that Maleesa Mooney was tortured and brutalized for days before her body was found in her downtown L.A. apartment.
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October 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A week long preliminary hearing in downtown L.A. finally offered some answers about what happened to Maleesa Mooney, a model found murdered in a refrigerator in 2023. www.latimes.com/california/s...
I thought when I unearthed those Torrance Police Department texts a few years ago I'd seen the bottom.
I was way, way off the mark.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
I was way, way off the mark.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I thought when I unearthed those Torrance Police Department texts a few years ago I'd seen the bottom.
I was way, way off the mark.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
I was way, way off the mark.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...