In May, the former director of UCLA’s Willed Body Program, Henry Reid, was indicted by a grand jury for selling body parts to businessman Ernest Nelson who resold them to medical research companies. The LA Times reports that today, Mr. Reid plead guilty to felony charges that he damaged or…
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Report suggests that fears that immigration is a threat to Southern California public safety are unjustified
According to a recent study, immigrants—including immigrants living in Orange County—are far less likely than the average U.S.-born citizen to commit crime in California. The Public Policy Institute of California report, that can be found here, said that while people born outside the United States make up about 35 percent…
USC Cornerback Facing Felony Charges for Resisting Police
University of Southern California cornerback Shareece Wright has been charged by San Bernardino law enforcement with resisting a police officer in connection to a party in his hometown of Colton last weekend. Resisting police a police officer using force or violence is a felony in California. The Los Angeles Times…
California Burglar wakes men with spice rub, sausage attack
I couldn’t make this up if I tried. Last Saturday, two California farmworkers awoke to a burglar in their kitchen applying spices to a sausage. After using the sausage to attack the victims, the stranger fled with the owners’ money. Police later found the California man wearing only his boxers…
Ventura County Man crashes car into Playboy Mansion, twice
One Ventura County man seems determined to crash the party at the Playboy Mansion- literally. The Los Angeles Daily News reports that a man crashed his car into the gates of Hugh Hefner’s notorious party palace twice this past week. It is unclear whether Hefner or his three girlfriends were…