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Posted on May 22, 2012 By Editor
A gardener for the city of Los Angeles has been arrested on suspicion of embezzlement for allegedly selling thousands of dollars of city-owned gasoline on the black market. Michael Lee, a 12-year ...
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Posted on May 21, 2012 By Editor
A man was convicted Monday of raping and killing a 42-year-old Anaheim woman in a 1998 cold case that was solved with DNA evidence. Dung Duong would often sleep on a makeshift mattress behind a ...
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Posted on May 11, 2012 By Editor
The owner of a Pasadena liquor store and two clerks have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit welfare fraud after a joint investigation involving local and federal authorities. The ...
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Posted on May 11, 2012 By Editor
Stevie Wonder's nephew and a woman have been charged in an extortion plot against the legendary singer, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said Friday. Alpha Lorenzo Walker, 38, ...
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Posted on May 10, 2012 By Editor
Several business owners in Westlake and East Hollywood have been charged with practicing medicine without a license after two victims became sick and had to be hospitalized. The Los Angeles city ...
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Posted on May 9, 2012 By Editor
A fiery crash in Sherman Oaks that took down a light pole and high-voltage power lines ended in the arrest of a truck driver on suspicion of driving under the influence. Authorities say the woman ...
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Posted on May 8, 2012 By Editor
Authorities have shut down a Van Nuys medical clinic they say was operating as an illegal “pill mill,” where drug addicts and dealers could buy prescriptions. It was a return visit ...
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Posted on Apr 27, 2012 By Editor
Palmdale motorists with outstanding warrants for driving under the influence of alcohol had better beware because deputies are coming after you. On Wednesday, teams of Palmdale sheriff’s ...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2012 By Editor
Three suspected drug smugglers have been arrested in a panga boat off Malibu following a brief ocean chase. Lifeguards notified sheriff's deputies around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday that there was a ...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2012 By Editor
For nine years the "teardrop" rapist was one of Los Angeles' most prolific serial predators, preying on girls or women walking alone in the early-morning hours. He would force them into ...
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Posted on Apr 24, 2012 By Editor
Two men who allegedly burglarized a Glendale motorcycle shop and led police on a pursuit are expected to be arraigned Tuesday. The men -- Enrique Beltran, 37, of Hawthorne and Carlos Luna, 28, of ...
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Posted on Apr 20, 2012 By Editor
A nine-year veteran of the Long Beach Police Department has been arrested on suspicion of felony possession of child pornography after reportedly meeting a teenager while on patrol and soliciting ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2012 By Editor
USC security officers shot and wounded a man early Wednesday morning after he allegedly robbed four students at gunpoint. Wednesday's incident took place about 12:40 a.m. when four USC students -- ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2012 By Editor
Former baseball star Lenny Dykstra pleaded no contest to charges of lewd conduct and assault with a deadly weapon involving women who responded to housekeeping ads he placed on Craigslist. He pleaded ...
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Posted on Apr 17, 2012 By Editor
Three men believed to be connected to a group of organized burglars were arrested Sunday after they ransacked an AT&T kiosk inside the Glendale Galleria. Police stopped Tairez Smith, 22, Willard ...
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Posted on Apr 16, 2012 By Editor
Singer Bobby Brown is scheduled to appear in a Van Nuys court Monday morning for his arraignment on three misdemeanor charges related to an arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence. Brown, ...
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Posted on Apr 13, 2012 By Editor
A homeless couple in Venice are being held in connection with an attack with a skateboard on another couple. Ashley Berg, a pregnant 21-year-old prostitute, was charged with one count each of assault ...
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Posted on Mar 5, 2012 By Editor
Two brothers at the center of a Hollywood-based drug ring that moved hundreds of pounds of cocaine to the East Coast and brought back millions in drug proceeds via chartered jets is scheduled for ...
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Posted on Jan 31, 2012 By Editor
A South Los Angeles teacher accused of gagging and blindfolding children and feeding them semen will face multiple felony charges in a court hearing Wednesday. Authorities say the alleged crimes took ...
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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 24, 2012 By Editor
A 66-year-old man whose head, hands and feet were found in Bronson Canyon below the Hollywood sign was reported missing eight days before his dismembered remains were discovered. Hervey ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2012 By Editor
A 24-year-old Calabasas man was charged Wednesday with killing a 17-year-old El Camino Real High School soccer player, who was shot to death in the frontyard of his home in Winnetka. Jason Alejandro ...
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Posted on Jan 13, 2012 By Editor
A popular 17-year-old high school student was killed by a girl after a knock at his west San Fernando Valley front door. Francisco Rodriguez Jr. talked to the girl briefly in the doorway Wednesday ...
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Posted on Jan 12, 2012 By Editor
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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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