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Posted on Jan 12, 2012 By Editor
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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Posted on Jan 4, 2012 By Editor
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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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 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 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 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 13, 2011 By Editor
Firefighters putting out a house fire in Rowland Heights discovered marijuana plants growing inside, officials said Tuesday. Authorities were unsure how many plants were inside the two-story, ...
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Posted on Dec 8, 2011 By Editor
Federal and local authorities on Thursday arrested 14 alleged members of a Whittier-based family-run drug trafficking ring. The 14 suspects were among 44 people named in a federal indictment handed ...
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Posted on Dec 7, 2011 By Editor
Add cans of jalapeno peppers and cheese sauce to the places where smugglers have tried to hide drugs, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Federal agents Tuesday arrested a 21-year-old ...
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Posted on Dec 2, 2011 By Editor
Two Thousand Oaks men have been arrested on suspicion of selling marijuana and money laundering Thursday. Investigators said the arrests of Akio Takahashi, 69, and his son, Yugo Takahashi, 25, came ...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2011 By Editor
Simi Valley High School's instrumental music director was arrested last weekend on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance after a possible heroin overdose, authorities ...
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Posted on Nov 10, 2011 By Editor
A Los Angeles City fire captain has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to purchase heroin, authorities said Thursday. Matthew Phillpsen was arrested about 12:10 p.m. Wednesday near Avenue 61 and ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2011 By Editor
While teaching at Simi Valley High School, armed robbery defendant David Considine was a drug addict, according to the judge who presided over his divorce. Considine is an actively using drug addict ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2011 By Editor
Three alleged gang members from Ventura County were arrested Tuesday on federal drug distribution and firearms trafficking charges, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. The arrests came during ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2011 By Editor
Three alleged gang members from Ventura County were arrested Tuesday on federal drug distribution and firearms trafficking charges, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. The arrests came during ...
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Posted on Oct 21, 2011 By Editor
Los Angeles sheriff's deputies arrested an attorney they say tried to smuggle 26 balloons of heroin and methamphetamine to a gang member in custody at the downtown courthouse. Attorney Kenneth ...
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Posted on Sep 30, 2011 By Editor
A Los Angeles man, Ronaldo Hernandez, was arrested Wednesday in connection with the distribution of heroin in the Conejo Valley. Thousand Oaks police Hernandez's arrest followed a monthlong ...
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Posted on Sep 30, 2011 By Editor
U..S. border authorities intercepted a tractor-trailer loaded with 14 tons of marijuana destined for the Los Angeles area in what is believed to be one of the largest drug busts ever by the U.S. ...
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Posted on Jul 26, 2011 By Editor
Thousand Oaks police said on Tuesday they arrested six people Saturday on drug-related charges. The arrests came after deputies did a probation search of a home along the 3000 block of Camino ...
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Posted on Jul 20, 2011 By Editor
Nearly 18,400 marijuana plants were seized this week on the Santa Barbara County side of the Los Padres National Forest , authorities said Wednesday. Working with law enforcement agencies including ...
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Posted on Jul 19, 2011 By Editor
Rangers recently seized 3,500 marijuana plants in the Santa Monica Mountains, the National Park Service reported Tuesday. Authorities found nine separate pot gardens in late June in Malibu's ...
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Posted on Jul 18, 2011 By Editor
Ventura County Sheriff's officials announced Monday they had found the largest single seizure of marijuana plants in their jurisdiction from an outdoor grow operation in the Pine Mountain area of ...
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Posted on Jul 14, 2011 By Editor
Ventura County authorities this week eradicated the largest plantation of marijuana in the history of the county, pulling up more than 68,000 plants in Los Padres National Forest, north of the city of ...
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Posted on Jul 13, 2011 By Editor
A Torrance police officer stopped a vehicle in the city of Los Angeles and found more than a ton of marijuana. Eight people were arrested in the case, including two from the Mexican state of Sinaloa, ...
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Posted on Jul 6, 2011 By Editor
A pet shop owner and self-described shot caller in a Chinese gang has been arrested on suspicion of child endangerment, drug and weapons offenses, and animal cruelty in connection with an ...
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