A parolee with an extensive criminal history appeared in court for the first time Friday to face a murder charge in this week’s shooting of a beloved Los Angeles County sheriff’s sergeant in Lancaster, authorities said. Steve Owen, a 29-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Department and Medal of Valor recipient, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office. Lovell faces additional charges: attempted murder of a second sheriff’s deputy, two counts each of residential robbery and false imprisonment, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. At the Antelope Valley courthouse, about a dozen sheriff’s deputies watched a handcuffed Lovell as he walked into a holding area for prisoners. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six years in prison, according to Los Angeles County Superior Court records.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 07, 2016 21:21 UTC