Blog Posts in December, 2010
Posted on Dec 31, 2010 By admin
In Santa Ana, California, an Irvine man pleaded not guilty after surrendering to special agents with the FBI in an investment scheme case that allegedly involved losses totaling $2.4 million. Charles ...
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Posted on Dec 30, 2010 By admin
In Laguna Beach, California, a 48-year-old man is believed to be responsible for more than 30 attempted robberies at fast food drive-through windows, many of which failed when employees simply walked ...
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Posted on Dec 29, 2010 By admin
Los Angeles police have identified a second suspect in connection with the suffocation slaying of an 80-year-old Mar Vista woman, a crime that occurred 35 years ago this month. Kevin Shanahan has been ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2010 By admin
Through the cooperation of several international government and law enforcement agencies, three children that were kidnapped by their father were recovered overseas and returned to the United States. ...
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Posted on Dec 27, 2010 By admin
In Santa Ane, California, parole was revoked for convicted sex offender Lawrence Brown, whose brief release resulted in outrage and worry among Orange County residents, and he is serving a 90-day ...
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Posted on Dec 24, 2010 By admin
A team of burglars has been roaming the streets of downtown Los Angeles, search for aging, vacant buildings they can strip bare. Over the last year, at least four buildings have been stripped clear of ...
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Posted on Dec 22, 2010 By admin
Two brothers were taken into federal custody on charges that they bilked private lenders out of more than $5 million by pledging as collateral properties they did not own and fabricating numerous ...
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Posted on Dec 20, 2010 By admin
Four men who allegedly solicited prostitution services from undercover detectives were arrested at a day spa in Fountain Valley, California. The arrests occurred while undercover detectives posed as ...
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Posted on Dec 17, 2010 By admin
A Lancaster man was convicted of attempted murder and faces up to life in prison for attacking a moviegoer with a digital thermometer. A jury convicted Landry Boullard, of premeditated attempted ...
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Posted on Dec 16, 2010 By admin
Shirley Ree Smith has been separated from her daughter and grandchildren for 14 years, since her arrest in the 1996 death of her 7-week-old grandson. After a Van Nuys jury accepted a prosecution ...
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Posted on Dec 15, 2010 By admin
Medical marijuana shops will have to shut their doors in January or face a fine, Orange County officials said. The future of Sunset Beach's medical marijuana dispensaries has been hazy for months as ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2010 By admin
A judge handed Los Angeles a setback in its faltering drive to limit the number of medical marijuana dispensaries, granting a preliminary injunction that bars the city from enforcing key provisions in ...
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Posted on Dec 13, 2010 By admin
A 32-year-old man who police suspect of stealing at least seven motorcycles in Lake Forest and surrounding cities was arrested in Fountain Valley, California. Brandon Whitaker, of Lake Forest, was ...
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Posted on Dec 10, 2010 By admin
A jury found a rambling street preacher guilty of the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart in a case that has tugged at hearts around the nation ever since the Utah teenager was snatched from her ...
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Posted on Dec 8, 2010 By admin
A 53-year-old Carson elementary school teacher accused of posting and distributing child pornography is scheduled to be arraigned in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Last month, authorities with a ...
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Posted on Dec 6, 2010 By admin
With a new criminal case being filed, federal authorities have now charged three defendants for their roles in a foreclosure rescue scam that promised the owners of hundreds of distressed properties ...
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Posted on Dec 3, 2010 By admin
In Santa Ana, California, DNA evidence led to the arrest of a man suspected of brutally raping a 16-year-old girl in 2008. Juan Humberto Avila, of Santa Ana, was taken into custody about 5 p.m. at his ...
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Posted on Dec 2, 2010 By admin
In Fresno, California, Jesse Alvin Cripps Sr., of Visalia, California, surrendered to the FBI this morning in Dallas. He is charged with 27 counts of mail fraud and three counts of money laundering, a ...
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