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Teacher accused of child abuse in southern Los Angeles

A South Los Angeles teacher accused of gagging and blindfolding children and feeding them semen will face multiple felony charges in a court hearing Wednesday. Authorities say the alleged crimes took ...
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Details released on fatal shooting by Moorpark deputy

Authorities released new details Monday about the fatal police shooting of a 47-year-old man who reportedly rushed at detectives with a machete outside his rural Moorpark home. The incident began ...
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Simi Valley police investigate bank robbery

Simi Valley police were investigating a bank robbery that occurred Sunday afternoon. The incident was reported about 4:25 p.m. in the U.S. Bank in Albertsons grocery store, 5135 Los Angeles Ave.. The ...
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'Puffy Coat Bandit' suspect indicted for seven bank robberies

A federal grand jury has indicted a 46-year-old parolee known as the "Puffy Coat Bandit" for seven bank robberies across Southern California. Steven Dwayne Paulson was arrested Jan. 10 by an ...
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John Travolta's stolen classic Mercedes found chopped to pieces

Authorities arrested two men they say stole John Travolta's classic Mercedes-Benz. He left it parked back in September for about 10 minutes in a Santa Monica residential neighborhood and then ...
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Victim reported missing 8 days before head found under Hollywood Sign

A 66-year-old man whose head, hands and feet were found in Bronson Canyon below the Hollywood sign was reported missing eight days before his dismembered remains were discovered. Hervey ...
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Man is charged with killing high school soccer player in Winnetka

A 24-year-old Calabasas man was charged Wednesday with killing a 17-year-old El Camino Real High School soccer player, who was shot to death in the frontyard of his home in Winnetka. Jason Alejandro ...
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Two sentenced for stealing $1 million from Tae Bo creator

Two women were sentenced Thursday to 33 months in federal prison for stealing more than $1.1 million from Billy Blanks, the founder of the Tae Bo exercise program. The two women -- Rhenee Sharmell ...
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A knock, three gunshots and a mysterious slaying in Winnetka

A popular 17-year-old high school student was killed by a girl after a knock at his west San Fernando Valley front door. Francisco Rodriguez Jr. talked to the girl briefly in the doorway Wednesday ...
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Christian school principal accused of lewd acts on a child

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Heroin smuggled inside burrito

A sheriff's deputy was accused of trying to get heroin into a courthouse jail inside a bean-and-cheese burrito. In recent years, three Sheriff's Department guards have been convicted and a ...
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Ton of marijuana seized off Ventura County coast; 10 arrested

About 2,000 pounds of marijuana were seized and 10 people were arrested Wednesday in an early-morning raid off the Ventura County coast, federal officials said. Agents from the Department of Homeland ...
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New Year's tally: 25 killed, 1,270 DUI arrests across state

Four people were killed and and 274 suspected drunken drivers were arrested in Los Angeles County over the New Year's holiday, according to figures from the California Highway Patrol. Across ...
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Mother of arson suspect accused in breast augmentation fraud case

Dorothee Burkhart, the mother of the man suspected of setting a series of fires around Los Angeles, was arrested Thursday on a criminal warrant issued by German authorities. A day later, the series of ...
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Tip from federal officials was big break in L.A. fires

Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck said the key break in the L.A. serial arson investigation came Saturday night when federal officials recognized a "person of interest" in the fires. ...
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New Year's Day popular holiday with car thieves

If this New Year's Day is like those of recent years, thieves will steal more vehicles than on any other holiday. A recent study by the National Insurance Crime Bureau showed 2,347 vehicles were ...
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Fillmore man accused of pointing laser at sheriff's helicopter

A 20-year-old man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of pointing a laser at a sheriff's helicopter the night before, officials said. Torrey Phillips of Fillmore was arrested in the 600 block of ...
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Bicyclist carried 23 pounds of marijuana in a cooler, police say

A man was arrested after police in South Pasadena found him allegedly carrying 23 pounds of marijuana in a cooler while riding a bicycle. The suspect, Marco Solis, 53, was stopped about 2:30 a.m. ...
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Restaurant robbed in Santa Paula

Santa Paula police were looking for a man who robbed a restaurant Wednesday afternoon in the 300 block of South Peck Road. Witnesses said the man entered the El Pescador Restaurant about 1:40 p.m., ...
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Man charged with killing couple, stuffing bodies into trash bins

A man accused of shooting a Chatsworth couple and stuffing their bodies into trash bins was charged Wednesday with capital murder. Brent Darrin Zubek, 43, was already facing multiple counts of assault ...
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Disbarred attorney gets 70 months in fraud

A former Newport Beach attorney who was convicted last year in an investment fraud case has been sentenced to 70 months in prison. Gerald M. Shaw was indicted in 2007 on federal fraud and money ...
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Police use iPad app to apprehend Christmas Day burglar

A man accused of stealing an iPad and holiday presents from a Westlake Village home Christmas morning was captured with the help of an app on the tablet computer. A search of the suspect's home ...
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Man accused of raping girl, 12, and forcing her into prostitution

A Los Angeles man faces several criminal charges stemming from his arrest last week on suspicion he forced a child into prostitution and sexually assaulted her. LAPD and FBI agents took Michael ...
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Deputies arrest Christmas present burglar

A Vista man was arrested on suspicion of breaking into a Westlake Village home early Sunday and stealing an Apple iPad and other presents. Noise awoke the home's occupant about 3:30 a.m., the Los ...
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Griffen Kramer died of heroin overdose, toxicology tests show

Griffen Kramer, an 18-year-old high school quarterback who was found dead at a friend's house, died of a heroin overdose, Los Angeles County coroner's officials said Friday. Kramer , a ...
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