Blog Posts in December, 2008
Posted on Dec 31, 2008 By Eileen Peck
Carpinteria Assault Suspect Arrested The Ventura County Sheriff's Department has arrested a man suspected of participating in an assault on a witness to a gang fight in Carpenteria. Edward Galvez was ...
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Posted on Dec 30, 2008 By Eileen Peck
Victorville Lender Robbed At Gunpoint A Victorville quick loan business was robbed at gunpoint last week by a man who entered just after the business had opened. The well-dressed man entered the ...
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Posted on Dec 29, 2008 By Eileen Peck
Ventura Police Arrest Transient For Home Burglaries Ventura police say that the 22-year-old transient they arrested earlier this month is responsible for a series of home burglaries in that city. ...
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Posted on Dec 27, 2008 By Eileen Peck
Graffiti Artist Released From Jail Cyrus Yazdani, a San Jose State graduate and professional graphic artist, was released from jail earlier this week after serving seven months of a ten-month sentence ...
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Posted on Dec 26, 2008 By Eileen Peck
Joint Taskforce Arrests 28 In Counterfeit Goods Probe The Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department arrested twenty-eight people and seized nearly $3 million worth ...
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Posted on Dec 24, 2008 By Eileen Peck
Cedars-Sinai Employee May Have Stolen Patient IDs Officials at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles say that as many as 1,000 patients may have had their personal information stolen by a former ...
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Posted on Dec 23, 2008 By Eileen Peck
Simi Valley Man Receives Consecutive Life Sentences A judge in Ventura County sentenced a Simi Valley man to two consecutive life sentences for his role in two separate assaults. Judge Kevin DeNoce ...
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Posted on Dec 22, 2008 By Eileen Peck
Paris Hilton's Home Burglarized, $2M Taken The Los Angeles Police Department reports that the home of hotel heiress Paris Hilton was burglarized last week and as much as $2 million in jewelry and ...
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Posted on Dec 19, 2008 By Eileen Peck
Fire Official Arrested In Puppy's Death Los Angeles County Assistant Fire Chief Glynn Johnson was arrested and charged with one count of felony animal cruelty and one count of using a dangerous weapon ...
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Posted on Dec 18, 2008 By Eileen Peck
Man Arrested In $62 Million Ponzi Scheme The US Attorney's Office in Los Angeles announced the arrest of Milton Retana, 43, of Norwalk on eight counts of fraud and one count of making a false ...
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Posted on Dec 17, 2008 By Eileen Peck
CEOs Charged With Medicare Fraud The US Attorney for the Central District of California has announced the indictment of two medical equipment company executives who are accused of Medicare fraud ...
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Posted on Dec 16, 2008 By Eileen Peck
Man Arrested In Stabbing Death Santa Barbara police have arrested a 34-year-old man in connection with the stabbing death of a 45-year-old man last Thursday. Steven Shane Cisneros was arrested without ...
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Posted on Dec 15, 2008 By Eileen Peck
LAPD Makes Arrests In Deputy's Slaying The Los Angeles Police Department has announced the arrests of two men they say are connected to the fatal shooting of an off-duty Los Angeles County Sheriff's ...
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Posted on Dec 12, 2008 By Eileen Peck
Riverside County Plans Holiday DUI Crackdown Riverside County law enforcement agencies plan to reduce the number of drunk drivers by increasing DUI enforcement between December 11, 2008 and January 3, ...
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Posted on Dec 11, 2008 By Eileen Peck
Ventura Man Arrested In Store Burglary A 21-year-old man was arrested by Ventura police on suspicion of burglary. The Ventura Police Department responded to a report of a burglary in progress at a ...
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Posted on Dec 10, 2008 By Eileen Peck
Man Defends Self In San Bernardino Murder Trial A San Bernardino man is defending himself against murder charges in the death of his ex-girlfriend. Orienthal Liggins is charged with the 2004 stabbing ...
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Posted on Dec 9, 2008 By Eileen Peck
Four Arrested In Hawthorne Electronics Heist Four men were arrested in connection with an assault of a security guard and the armed robbery of an electronics business in Hawthorne early Saturday ...
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Posted on Dec 8, 2008 By Eileen Peck
LA Man Arrested In Cousin's Street Racing Death A Los Angeles man was arrested in connection with the street-racing death of his cousin. Erin Mua, Jr., was arrested at the scene of the accident on ...
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Posted on Dec 5, 2008 By Eileen Peck
Santa Clarita Man Arrested In Credit Card Scam Police in Los Angeles say that they have arrested a man who may have stolen more than $100,000 in merchandise from Costco, Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores ...
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Posted on Dec 4, 2008 By Eileen Peck
Six Indicted In Oxnard Murder Six people have been indicted by a Ventura County grand jury in the robbery and murder of a local businessman. Gurmohinder Singh, 55, was gunned down in August after ...
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Posted on Dec 3, 2008 By Eileen Peck
South Gate Man Arrested In Fatal Crash An 18-year-old South Gate man has been arrested in connection with a fatal auto accident in which a 14-year-old boy was killed and four other middle school ...
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Posted on Dec 2, 2008 By Eileen Peck
Take Charge Of Your Defense The murder trial of Dudzai Prosper Pswatai, 21, of Riverside, has been postponed. Pswatai is accused of the murder of San Bernardino resident Robert Mastrangelo, 24. His ...
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Posted on Dec 1, 2008 By Eileen Peck
Marines Arrested In Deaths Of Sergeant, Wife Four marines stationed at Camp Pendleton have been charged with murder , robbery and sexual assault in the slayings of a Marine sergeant and his wife at ...
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