Blog Posts in January, 2011
Posted on Jan 31, 2011 By Cron, Israels & Stark
Huntington Beach had more alcohol-related collisions per capita than any other city in California, according to data released by the state Office of Traffic Safety. The report covers 2009 and ranks ...
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Posted on Jan 28, 2011 By Cron, Israels & Stark
In San Jose, California, Zachary Snead was sentenced to seven years in federal prison and 10 years of supervised release for his role in distributing child pornography on-line. He was indicted by a ...
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Posted on Jan 27, 2011 By Cron, Israels & Stark
A series of raids across Los Angeles County targeting gang members of the Gardena 13 led to 11 arrests, including a man wanted on suspicion of killing two brothers and another man at a 2008 car ...
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Posted on Jan 26, 2011 By Cron, Israels & Stark
In Fresno, California, a federal grand jury returned two separate indictments charging Ricky Lee Allen and Demond James Hayden, both from Bakersfield, California, with being felons in possession of a ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2011 By Cron, Israels & Stark
Unanimously reversing the United States 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for the third time, the Supreme Court ruled that California state prisoners have no constitutional right to be paroled. The ...
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Posted on Jan 24, 2011 By Cron, Israels & Stark
In Santa Ana, California, an Anaheim man with a prior drunken-driving conviction was sentenced to 13 years in a California State prison for vehicular manslaughter for running out of gas and stalling ...
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Posted on Jan 21, 2011 By Cron, Israels & Stark
More than a decade after 13-year-old Isunero Pounds was shot to death in front of his Compton, California home, a gang member already serving two life sentences has been convicted of the drive-by ...
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Posted on Jan 20, 2011 By Cron, Israels & Stark
In San Jose, California, a federal jury convicted a man on two counts of distributing child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. The jury found that Max Budziak illegally ...
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Posted on Jan 19, 2011 By Cron, Israels & Stark
Mel Gibson's attorney met with a Los Angeles prosecutor to discuss whether domestic violence charges would be filed against the actor, as they moved closer to resolving the long-running case. ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2011 By Cron, Israels & Stark
Two men were booked into the Santa Monica jail on drug charges after federal & state task force seized 47 kilos of cocaine and $2.3 million in cash. The task force of federal agents and local ...
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Posted on Jan 17, 2011 By Cron, Israels & Stark
A Lake Forest, California man accused of being a serial rapist who attacked women across Orange County over several years is set to go on trial. Sekayi Rudo White, is charged with 14 counts of rape, ...
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Posted on Jan 14, 2011 By Cron, Israels & Stark
Five people involved in one of Israel’s most powerful organized crime families appeared in federal court in Los Angeles to face drug trafficking and racketeering charges. Itzhak and Meir ...
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Posted on Jan 13, 2011 By Cron, Israels & Stark
Five bicyclists riding in Baldwin Hills, California were arrested on suspicion of riding under the influence, according to the California Highway Patrol. A group of 15 bicyclists were riding the wrong ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2011 By Cron, Israels & Stark
Three men were arrested and a fourth was being sought for stealing tools from construction sites and farms in Ventura County, California, in a series of nearly 50 burglaries. Sheriff's detectives ...
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Posted on Jan 10, 2011 By Cron, Israels & Stark
Police detectives have identified over 200 victims of credit card fraud at a Sierra Madre, California gas station and are working to find the business' owner and a man photographed allegedly using ...
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Posted on Jan 7, 2011 By Cron, Israels & Stark
A Jamaican immigrant who used another man’s identity to buy a BMW reported the identity stolen when he defaulted on the car payments, according to Orange County, California authorities. Ryan ...
Continue reading "Laguna Hills, California Man Pleads Guilty to Identity Theft & Grand Theft" »
Posted on Jan 6, 2011 By Cron, Israels & Stark
A United States attorney announced that brothers Matthew La Madrid and Lance La Madrid pled guilty in federal court to conspiracy and mail fraud charges in connection with their operation of the Plus ...
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Posted on Jan 4, 2011 By Cron, Israels & Stark
Riverside County, California authorities investigating battery allegations against actress Lindsay Lohan have determined that there is enough evidence to forward the case to prosecutors. The case will ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2011 By Cron, Israels & Stark
A year and a half after Michael Jackson's heart stopped beating in a bedroom of his rented Holmby Hills mansion, prosecutors are due in court to present evidence that the pop star's ...
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