This headline really grabbed my attention because it is different than so many other stories you see about thieves. What’s different? They didn’t use a gun. They have never used a gun. They used a knife to demand cash from the clerk. Why is that so remarkable? Well, commonly, guns…
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Santa Ana Samaritan Suffers Stab Wounds In Effort to Stop Taggers
Nothing signals the decline of a community like the presence of gang members and graffiti, or “tagging” on walls, signs, poles, etc. It is always tempting to do something to stop this destruction but a Santa Ana, California man found out the hard way that getting physically involved carries a…
South Orange County Robbers Get More Than They Bargained For
Three Orange County teenage robbers, looking to get high or cook methamphetamine, punched a Target security guard in the face in order to make their getaway in a stolen BMW. Cold medicine is frequently used in manufacturing methamphetamine. Due to increase drug abuse and drug related crimes, California state law…
Olympic Hopeful Opens Sex Trade to Pay His Way in 2012
You wouldn’t believe it if you didn’t read it on CNN but New Zealand Olympic hopeful Logan Campbell decided the only way he could compete in taekwondo in 2012 was to open a brothel! It’s unclear if he has hired prostitutes yet. Officials are looking seriously at this since brothels…
Man arrested trying to smuggle marijuana ashore on surfboard from Mexico
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a man attempting to smuggle 24 pounds of marijuana ashore on a surfboard. Five packages of marijuana with an estimated street value of $74,400 were found inside a duffel bag the man threw into the water. The suspect…
Judge dismisses supermarket mogul’s racketeering convictions
Recently I wrote about Supermarket mogul George Torres trial. (See post here). I was suprised to see this story in The L.A. Times that reported that Torres was set free in his case after prosecutors failed to turn over recordings with possible exculpatory information regarding an informant who testified for…
Founder of anti-drug program is arrested in Redondo Beach drug sting
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Kendall Craig Farris, who heads the Over the Wall Foundation in Marina del Rey, was arrested Thursday at a Starbucks after an undercover Redondo Beach officer was allegedly sold methamphetamine and ecstasy. According to police reports, Farris, arrived at the coffeehouse in a…
Off-duty officer killed in Bellflower robbery
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that an off-duty Gardena police officer was shot and killed a man with a knife who was trying to rob a diner in Bellflower last week. According to the Los Angeles County sheriff’s office, a five-year vetern of the Gardena police department was eating…
Phil Spector to be sentenced tomorrow to at least 15 years in prison
Phil Spector’s six years in Los Angeles County’s justice system, that started with an arrest for shooting a actress Lana Clarkson in 2003 will conclude Friday morning when he is sentenced to prison for murder. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler, who presided over the music producer’s two…
Massive Los Angeles criminal bust results in 147 arrests for murder, drug trafficking and racketeering in Hawaiian Gardens
Thursday’s gang bust in Hawaiian Gardens involving 1400 local, state and federal agents resulted in 147 arrests for alleged racially-motivated crimes against African Americans. The L.A. Times is reporting that Operation Knock Out targeted associates of the Varrio Hawaiian Gardens gang (VHG) who were so pervasive in that community that…