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Blog Posts in February, 2011

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Six arrested for burglary in Ventura

One man and five juveniles on suspicion of conspiring to burglarize a house in Ventura were arrested Sunday. Police said they received a call about 12:45 p.m. from a resident who reported seeing two ...
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Lawsuit by Mexican claiming clergy sex abuse will be heard in U.S. federal court

A federal judge in Los Angeles ruled Monday that a Mexican man who allegedly was the victim of sexual abuse by a priest and a church conspiracy to conceal it will be taken to U.S. federal court. This ...
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Ventura woman pleads guilty to grand theft and 7 other felonies

A Ventura woman, Maria Victoria Santos, will plead guilty this week to grand theft and unlawful acts by a foreclosure consultant stemming from a real estate case. Santos, 55, pleaded guilty to eight ...
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Man killed on Venice Boardwalk

An argument Thursday evening between two transients on the Venice boardwalk left one dead and the other in police custody. Allegedly, one man stabbed the other eight or nine times in the abdomen ...
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Gardena student shoots teacher after classroom argument

An argument between a 22-year-old student and teacher at an L.A. trade school led to a fatal classroom shooting shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday. The student, Thien Huynh, briefly left his classroom ...
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Suspect arrested in Piro armed robbery

A suspect, Alfredo Orozco, was arrested early this morning in connection with the robbery of a Piru convenience store Wednesday night. Orozco was arrested about 5:15 a.m. near his Piru home on ...
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Suspected prowler arrested for attempted burglary in Ventura

A 50-year-old sex offender, Michael Hernandez Gonzalez, was arrested late Tuesday night on suspicion of breaking into an occupied Ventura home. There was no contact between the suspect and the woman ...
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Former head of state mental hospital sentenced for sexually assaulting his son

The former executive director of a state mental hospital, Claude Edward Foulk Jr., was sentenced Wednesday to 248 years in state prison for sexual assaults on his son that spanned nearly a decade. ...
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Simi Valley Man facing sex crime charges

49-year-old Brian Alan Witkin was arrested Monday for an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old girl from Simi Valley. Witkin met the girl when he worked as the manager of a snack concession ...
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Craigslist armed robbery in Temple City

Here's another Craigslist crime. A man went to buy an iPhone that was posted on Craigslist.org when he was robbed at gunpoint Saturday. The man had arranged to pay $500 for the phone and met the ...
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Missing person found buried in backyard of his "drug house"

The body of James Daniel Stein was found buried in the backyard of a Lennox "drug house" Thursday. The body was identified as the homeowner, who was reported missing in December. Stein was identified ...
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Vehicle burglaries near hiking trails in Malibu

A dozen vehicle burglaries have been reported near hiking trails in the Lost Hills, Malibu and nearby areas. Authorities are warning hikers about this rash of vehicle burglaries near their local trail ...
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Dozens arrested in operation targeting Armenian organized crime Wednesday

Dozens were arrested in a massive operation by federal and local law enforcement authorities targeting Armenian organized crime, particularly members of the powerful street gang Armenian Power. ...
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Two Robberies committed in Ventura Monday

Two commercial robberies within an hour of each other occurred Monday evening in Ventura. The first one occurred about 6 p.m. at Giovanni's Restaurant. Two males in their early teens wearing black ...
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U.S. army private escapes military custody facing statutory rape charges

Authorities issued an alert Monday for U.S. Army private and Palmdale native Daniel Brazelton who escaped from military custody in Georgia after he allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl from Los Angles ...
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Beverly Hills Attorney charged with drug smuggling into jail Monday

A Beverly Hills attorney, Michael H. Inman, tried to smuggle heroin into a secure area of the downtown L.A. criminal courts Monday. Inman was originally charged with four criminal counts of drug ...
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Three Armed Robberies in Ventura Wednesday

Two people were suspected of two attempted armed robberies and a heist at Simi Valley liquor stores Wednesday night. The first incident, an attempted armed robbery at Jay's Liquor. The attempted ...
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Former L.A. Social Worker charged with Identity Theft

A former Los Angeles County social worker Trang Van Dinh, 62, pleaded guilty to an identity theft and tax scam Thursday. He filed federal tax returns in the names of 197 different people in an attempt ...
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Man arrested for DUI and running into an Ojai home Wednesday

A 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after he crashed through a fence and struck an Ojai home early this morning. The driver was heading north on Grandview Avenue in Ojai ...
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Twenty-two gang members arrested for drug trafficking in Oxnard

Twenty-two members of an Oxnard street gang were arrested Wednesday on drug-trafficking charges. Members of the Colonia Chiques, Ventura County's largest street gang, were arrested after an ...
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Man pleaded guilty for money laundering and drug possession in Ventura

A man, Steven Kall, pleaded guilty to 36 counts of money laundering and one felony count of drug possession with intent to sell Wednesday. He was growing more than 1,000 marijuana plants inside a ...
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Nineteen gang members arrested for tagging in L.A.

Authorities arrested 19 members of a South Los Angeles tagging gang during a search warrant operation. Authorities began investigating this gang about six months ago. This Wednesday, a group of 250 ...
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School's chief accused of misappropriating school funds

Jeffrey Hubbard pleaded not guilty to misappropriation of funds while at his previous job as superintendent of the Beverly Hills Unified School District Monday. Hubbard previously entered a not-guilty ...
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Burglary at Habitat for Humanity store in Ventura

Burglars ransacked Habitat for Humanity's building-materials thrift store in Oxnard this week. It is reported they stole more than $2,500 worth of property, causing more than $5,000 in damage. The ...
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Eighteen-year-old arrested for klling and dismembering his mother

Eighteen-year-old Moises Meraz-Espinoza was arrested on suspicion of killing his mother and stuffing her body into his freezer. Meraz-Espinoza had apparently walked into a Huntington Park police ...
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