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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 25, 2012 By Editor
Authorities arrested two men they say stole John Travolta's classic Mercedes-Benz. He left it parked back in September for about 10 minutes in a Santa Monica residential neighborhood and then ...
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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 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 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 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 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 12, 2011 By Editor
Seven teenagers were arrested in connection with a recent crime spree in Thousand Oaks. Over the past few weeks, detectives were investigating an increase in commercial burglaries and thefts from ...
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Posted on Nov 10, 2011 By Editor
A mother-daughter duo allegedly conned a 90-year-old man into giving them thousands of dollars in cash and expensive items, including a Mercedes-Benz. Authorities arrested suspect Debby Frank, 52, ...
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Posted on Nov 3, 2011 By Editor
A 34 year-old Van Nuys resident was arrested in Oxnard on Thursday night after allegedly fleeing police in a stolen car, authorities said. About 8:55 p.m., officers attempted to stop a vehicle that ...
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Posted on Nov 1, 2011 By Editor
Prosecutors have charged five men allegedly found last week possessing weapons allegedly stolen from a Los Angels Police Department SWAT training facility. William Vasquez, 28, was charged with one ...
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Posted on Oct 25, 2011 By Editor
A former executive director of a nonprofit that provides life-skill programs for at-risk youth was charged Tuesday with stealing more than $119,000 from the charity. Jacqueline Gelfand, 61, allegedly ...
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Posted on Oct 20, 2011 By Editor
Ventura County sheriff's deputies arrested a 36-year-old Moorpark man Thursday on suspicion of stealing a pickup on the morning of Oct. 14. Authorities said the truck was stolen along the 11000 ...
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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 Oct 17, 2011 By Editor
A man found allegedly stealing wheels off a Porsche in Garden Grove rammed a police car and then led officers on a high-speed chase. A resident of a condo complex reported hearing a possible prowler ...
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Posted on Jul 29, 2011 By Editor
A $10,000 reward has been offered for information in the July 15 theft of 27 rifles from Ft. Irwin. Twenty-six AK-47 rifles and a Dragunov rifle were stolen from a supply warehouse at the Army post at ...
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Posted on Jul 28, 2011 By Editor
An Oxnard woman was sentenced to 85 days in county jail and 60 months of probation after being convicted of felony grand theft from a public housing program. Shirley Pina, 57, also will have to repay ...
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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 21, 2011 By Editor
An attorney has been charged with stealing more than $300,000 in guns, jewelry and art from a friend who died. Leslie Scott McAfee was arraigned Wednesday on a felony complaint in connection with ...
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Posted on Jul 12, 2011 By Editor
A former Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department sergeant who pleaded guilty this year to two felony shoplifting convictions has been charged with a new felony offense, receiving stolen property. ...
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Posted on Jun 27, 2011 By Editor
A Miami man was in Ventura County jail Monday after being charged with a Ponzi scheme and multiple counts of grand theft and securities fraud . Fidel Bermudez, 43, promised investors that he'd met ...
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Posted on Jun 9, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
A Ventura man was arrested Thursday in connection with a car theft, police said. A man reported his vehicle stolen from the 1100 block of Brunswick Lane in Ventura on Wednesday evening. The car was ...
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Posted on Jun 6, 2011 By Editor
A 24-year-old Thousand Oaks man was arrested early Friday in connection with several burglaries involving former girlfriends. Over the last year and a half, David Fonseca Benavidez allegedly ...
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Posted on Jun 2, 2011 By Editor
A former Long Beach police officer has been formally sentenced to a year in jail for stealing weapons but will receive some credit for time already served behind bars. Damian Ramos, 33, pleaded guilty ...
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