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Posted on Jan 26, 2012 By Editor
A federal grand jury has indicted a 46-year-old parolee known as the "Puffy Coat Bandit" for seven bank robberies across Southern California. Steven Dwayne Paulson was arrested Jan. 10 by an ...
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Posted on Jan 13, 2012 By Editor
Two women were sentenced Thursday to 33 months in federal prison for stealing more than $1.1 million from Billy Blanks, the founder of the Tae Bo exercise program. The two women -- Rhenee Sharmell ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2012 By Editor
Dorothee Burkhart, the mother of the man suspected of setting a series of fires around Los Angeles, was arrested Thursday on a criminal warrant issued by German authorities. A day later, the series of ...
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Posted on Jan 2, 2012 By Editor
Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck said the key break in the L.A. serial arson investigation came Saturday night when federal officials recognized a "person of interest" in the fires. ...
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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 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 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 8, 2011 By Editor
A former investment fund manager is facing charges that he defrauded investors out of at least $20 million by falsely promising them their money was invested in government-backed corporate bonds when ...
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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 Nov 3, 2011 By Editor
Federal and local authorities on Thursday arrested 21 people and searched 17 homes and businesses in connection with a group that allegedly sold machines to manufacture fraudulent government cards. ...
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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 18, 2011 By Editor
A cache of LAPD submachine guns and handguns was stolen last week from a secured building used by the department's SWAT unit, raising fears that the weapons, which police had altered to fire only ...
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Posted on Sep 23, 2011 By Editor
The FBI confirmed Friday that it has paid a $2.1-million reward to the informers who helped end the 16-year manhunt for fugitive crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger and his companion, captured ...
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Posted on Jul 25, 2011 By Editor
A Transportation Security Administration officer has been indicted on five charges in the theft of four watches and a pre-paid debit card from luggage at Los Angeles International Airport. A federal ...
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Posted on Jul 8, 2011 By Editor
The Nigerian American man who authorities say boarded a commercial flight using an expired boarding pass in another person’s name was charged Friday by a federal grand jury. Olajide Oluwaseun ...
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Posted on Jul 7, 2011 By Editor
A Los Angeles County probation officer was arrested Thursday on federal wire fraud charges for allegedly bilking the federal financial aid system out of at least $18,000 by using a fake identity. ...
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Posted on Jul 6, 2011 By Editor
A Lomita man who tried to smuggle 15 lizards into the United States by strapping the squirming reptiles to his chest was sentenced Wednesday to 15 months in federal prison. Michael Plank, 42, was also ...
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Posted on Jun 29, 2011 By Editor
A Los Angeles man was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for helping lead an international "phishing" ring and overseeing a marijuana-growing operation that was showcased on YouTube. ...
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Posted on Jun 28, 2011 By Editor
The owner of a Beverly Hills skin care studio whose roster of celebrity clients included Jennifer Aniston, Penelope Cruz, Halle Berry and Anne Hathaway was sentenced Monday in connection with a scheme ...
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Posted on Jun 28, 2011 By Editor
Two commercial fishing captains from San Diego pleaded guilty Tuesday to illegally fishing for albacore tuna in Mexican waters without the permits required by Mexican law and an international treaty. ...
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Posted on Jun 24, 2011 By Editor
The couple -– known as Charles and Carol Gasko -– had lived an uneventful life in their rent-controlled Santa Monica apartment for more than a decade. But now federal authorities say that ...
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Posted on Jun 24, 2011 By Editor
James “Whitey" Bulger is expected in Boston federal court Friday afternoon to face a multitude of murder and organized-crime charges stretching over decades. Bulger was moved Friday morning ...
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Posted on Jun 21, 2011 By Editor
The manager of a Tujunga medical supply firm will serve more than four years in federal prison for running a fraudulent Medicare scheme. Petros Odachyan, 45, billed Medicare using forged prescriptions ...
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Posted on Jun 14, 2011 By Editor
A Whittier psychologist was arrested by federal agents Tuesday morning for allegedly bilking the government of nearly $1 million, including fees for treatment sessions that supposedly took place while ...
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