Blog Posts in 2011
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Posted on Dec 30, 2011 By Editor
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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Posted on Dec 29, 2011 By Editor
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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Posted on Dec 29, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
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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Posted on Dec 28, 2011 By Editor
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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Posted on Dec 28, 2011 By Editor
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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Posted on Dec 27, 2011 By Editor
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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Posted on Dec 27, 2011 By Editor
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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Posted on Dec 26, 2011 By Editor
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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Posted on Dec 26, 2011 By Editor
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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Posted on Dec 23, 2011 By Editor
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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Posted on Dec 23, 2011 By Editor
A former civilian police records supervisor pleaded guilty Friday to stealing $342,000 from the city of Covina and hiding a police report that involved her son-in-law, authorities said. Louise ...
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Posted on Dec 22, 2011 By Editor
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld the sentences of a Thousand Oaks couple who pleaded guilty to bank fraud in a real estate scheme that cheated home buyers and investors. A federal ...
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Posted on Dec 22, 2011 By Editor
Federal authorities in Los Angeles have seized more than $4 million in fake designer jeans, apparel and shoes as part of an international effort cracking down on counterfeit goods, they said Thursday. ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2011 By Editor
A 62-year-old Santa Paula man has been found not guilty of manufacturing methamphetamine 200 feet from Highway 126. The judge found Antonio Nava guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2011 By Editor
Three people were arrested and about $250,000 in stolen plastic pallets and crates with company trademarks were seized this week at a South L.A. recycler, authorities said Wednesday. Owner Juan ...
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Posted on Dec 20, 2011 By Editor
Police arrested a 49-year-old man Friday on suspicion of making lewd and obscene gestures to girls in the area of downtown Moorpark. The Moorpark man was annoying 9- to 14-year-old girls as they ...
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Posted on Dec 20, 2011 By Editor
Ventura police arrested four people Sunday night on suspicion of conspiracy to rob a 21-year-old who fought back, stabbing two of the attackers. The unnamed 21-year-old was lured to an area near ...
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Posted on Dec 19, 2011 By Editor
Moorpark police arrested a man in connection with the robbery of a Dominos Pizza in the 300 block of West Los Angeles Avenue on Friday. Jose Manuel Cabada, 27, of Moorpark entered the pizza ...
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Posted on Dec 19, 2011 By Editor
Brandon McInerney fatally shot Larry King during a first-period English class. The judge sentenced him to 21 years behind bars for the use of a firearm and voluntary manslaughter. Though McInerney ...
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Posted on Dec 16, 2011 By Editor
Three Long Beach men were arrested early Friday on suspicion of trying to burglarize a Ventura pizza parlor. The three were arrested after officers responded about 3:10 a.m. to a burglary in progress ...
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Posted on Dec 16, 2011 By Editor
Three Long Beach men were arrested early Friday on suspicion of trying to burglarize a Ventura pizza parlor, police said. The three were arrested after officers responded about 3:10 a.m. to a burglary ...
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Posted on Dec 15, 2011 By Editor
The 57-year-old son Nao Takasugi— a late assemblyman and Oxnard mayor — will remain in jail pending sentencing early next year for embezzling from an estate and will probably get five ...
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Posted on Dec 15, 2011 By Editor
Three Oxnard men were arrested Thursday in connection with the theft of steel poles and stakes from farms near Camarillo. The poles and stakes are used to build the structures that cover raspberries ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2011 By Editor
A Camarillo man has been arrested in connection with the sale of narcotics and the possession of weapons, authorities said. Camarillo police said Adam Burgess' arrest Monday followed a monthlong ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2011 By Editor
A man convicted of operating a Ponzi scheme from 2004 to 2007 was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday. In October, Fidel Bermudez of Miami pleaded guilty to 11 felony counts of security fraud ...
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