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Blog Posts in January, 2011

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Man arrested in mailings of unknown powdery substance to Los Angeles offices

A Claremont man, Martin Calvin Yarbrough, was arrested on Jan. 28 on suspicion of sending threatening letters containing a powdery substance to the Department of Children and Family Services and the ...
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Doctor charged with sexually assaulting patients in Thousand Oaks

A Thousand Oaks doctor, Barry Lefkovitch, was charged with new allegations of sexual assaulting a patient. Lefkovitch was arrested Dec. 13 on suspicion of sexually assaulting a patient during an ...
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Eighteen-year-old arrested for three robberies in Fillmore

An 18-year-old man was arrested Wednesday night for three robberies in Fillmore. The first incident happened about 6:20 p.m. when two people with a handgun approached a boy walking on the street. One ...
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Former adult-care center employee charged with sexual assault in El Monte

A former employee of an adult day-care center Juan Fernando Flores, in El Monte was charged with sexually assaulting three severely disabled women with the mental capacity of children. He pleaded no ...
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Two unrelated killings in Ventura County Thursday

Two men were killed in Ventura County early Thursday morning. The first, Donald Barnes, was stabbed in a street fight near the border between Thousand Oaks and Oak Park, and pronounced dead at the ...
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"Grim Sleeper" suspected for an additional two murders

South L.A. serial killer Lonnie Frankin Jr., better known as the "Grim Sleeper," is thought to have killed more women said detectives on Thursday. Franklin is a suspect for two additional homicides. ...
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Burglary at a Boys and Girls Club in Santa Paula

A man, Guadalupe Guadian, was arrested for burglary of the Santa Paula Boys and Girls Club late Tuesday. Santa Paula police responded to a report of an alarm at the club. They were investigating near ...
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Eleven California gang members arrested for murder and drug trafficking

Eleven alleged gang members were arrested for suspicion of murder and methamphetamine trafficking Wednesday morning. It is unclear if any of those arrested Wednesday will be charged with murder, but ...
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Chinese Nationals sentenced to federal prison for credit card fraud

A student from Shanghai, Tong Zhang, along with two other Chinese nationals have been arrested for using fraudulent credit cards to make purchases at stores in the San Gabriel Valley. Zhang dropped ...
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Two arrested for Identity Theft in Simi Valley

A woman, Monica Garcia, tried to pass a fraudulent check Sunday in Simi Valley. Police arrived at The Home Depot to stop a black sport utility vehicle leaving the scene. A store employee identified ...
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Senior citizen in possession of 1,000 pills in Fillmore

Sixty-seven year old Alfred Johnson was arrested Thursday for suspicion of drug possession for the purpose of sales. Johnson's apartment, located in a senior citizen complex in Fillmore, was searched ...
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Liquor store clerk killed during robbery in Long Beach

A liquor store clerk, Sor Phouam, was shot during a robbery of P&B Liquor Jr. in Long Beach Saturday. The police are searching for two robbery suspects in connection with the shooting. Phouam was ...
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Two killed by wrong-way driver in Anaheim

A 26-year-old man, Alan Reyes, and 24-year-old woman, Vanessa Cease, were killed by a wrong-way driver Wednesday on the 91 Freeway in Anaheim. The two were killed a little after 1 a.m. when Anthony ...
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German man smuggles hundreds of live tarantulas into L.A.

A German man, Sven Koppler, shipped hundreds of live tarantulas by mail all around the United States. Federal Agents in Los Angeles posed as buyers in a 10-month investigation of the animal smuggling. ...
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Seventeen-year-old boy stabbed by mother in Ventura

A 17-year-old boy was stabbed allegedly by his mother, Mary Jean Guest, on Tuesday. The boy called the police and told authorities he was at home when he went to check on his mother after an earlier ...
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Burglary and property theft in same Ventura area

On Tuesday there was a reported stolen vehicle, burglary and attempted burglary in the Santa Margarita Road and Swansea Avenue area in Ventura. First, the Ventura Police were called because of a ...
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Former juvenile probation camp counselor convicted of child abuse

A former substitute teacher, Stephen Wesley, was charged with six felony counts of child abuse Tuesday. Wesley was a camp counselor at a Los Angeles County juvenile probation camp, Camp Karl Holton. ...
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Two African tortoises stolen from biologist's home in Ventura

Two massive African tortoises, Africa and Dumpling, were reported stolen this week from the Ventura home of a biologist, Stephanie Pappas, involved in turtle rescue and rehabilitation. Pappas found ...
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Two Canadians arrested for possession of 47 kilos of cocaine

Two men, Vasile Babuschin and Sergei Souetov, were arrested for possession of narcotics on Monday. The police task force seized 47 kilos of cocaine and $2.3 million in cash from their Valencia ...
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Gang Violence may have led to a youth dead in Gramercy Park

14-year-old black male, Taburi Watson, was shot to death in Gramercy Park Dec. 29. Watson was riding his bike near St. Andrews Place and 87th Street at about 7:25 p.m. when one or more assailants ...
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Carjacking and kidnapping committed in Oxnard

A 19-year-old Oxnard man has been sentenced to prison for a Nyeland Acres kidnapping and robbery . On February 21, Jose Casillas saw a couple sleeping in their parked car, and decided to steal it. He ...
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Three stabbed in Oxnard Thursday night

A suspect, Jonathan Zambrano, was arrested Thursday night for stabbing two people in Oxnard. One victim flagged down officers in the area of Channel Islands Boulevard and M Street. The victims were ...
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Two Israeli brothers involved in importing illegal drugs to Southern California

Two Abergil brothers, reputedly at the head of one of Israel's most powerful organized crime families, face drug trafficking charges for their alleged roles in a massive Los Angeles-based Ecstasy ...
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Ventura County deputy pleads guilty to child sex crimes

A former Ventura County deputy pleaded guilty Thursday to four counts of child sex crimes . Thomas Terry Triplett, 41, from Camarillo, also pleaded guilty to two counts of oral copulation with a child ...
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Gang member shoots L.A. deputy in the face Tuesday

An East L.A. gang member Nestor Torres, out of prison on parole, shot a Los Angeles deputy in the face Tuesday night. He was on parole with prior felony convictions for shooting into an inhabited ...
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