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Colton

American  
[kohl-tn] / ˈkoʊl tn /

noun

  1. a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.


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At the time, group members were uncooperative and gave conflicting testimony, according to Colton Police Sgt.

From Los Angeles Times

The group had largely escaped public scrutiny until last year when three police departments — Redlands, Colton and Claremont — realized they each had open cases connected to the organization and doubled down on efforts to solve them, ultimately resulting in five arrests.

From Los Angeles Times

Ghanem was a longtime member of “His Way Spirit Led Assemblies,” a religious group based in Colton and Hemet that has been linked to a number of deaths and disappearances.

From Los Angeles Times

Several members have since parted ways with the group and revised their statements to police, saying that their original testimony was made under duress from the group’s leaders, according to Colton Police Sgt.

From Los Angeles Times

The Martins, Moreno and Thomas were all arrested Thursday in a joint operation in Hemet and Colton involving the Redlands and Colton police departments, the California Department of Justice, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office and the San Bernardino County district attorney’s office.

From Los Angeles Times