Blog Posts in November, 2011
Posted on Nov 29, 2011 By admin
Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputies have arrested three men for the armed robbery of a medical marijuana dispensary in West Hollywood, California. The men entered Farmacy-Medical Marijuana Dispensary ...
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Posted on Nov 26, 2011 By admin
A United States Attorney announced that Jose Alberto Marquez was sentenced to life in prison, based on his federal jury trial conviction for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of ...
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Posted on Nov 21, 2011 By admin
A United States Attorney announced the sentencing of two men in two separate cases in federal court in San Diego related to sex trafficking of children. In one case, Malcolm Allen was sentenced to ...
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Posted on Nov 18, 2011 By admin
L.A. City prosecutors have charged two men with violating an injunction prohibiting gang and narcotics activity on Los Angeles' skid row. This represents the first legal action since the ...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2011 By Jerry Kastler
Three men were arrested after the United States Border Patrol said was an attempt to smuggle over 1,400 pounds of marijuana worth about $729,000 into the United States aboard a 25-foot panga boat. Two ...
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Posted on Nov 14, 2011 By admin
In Los Angeles, California, a West Covina woman who admitted running an investment ponzi scheme that took in almost $7 million from about 150 victims has been sentenced to 108 months in federal ...
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Posted on Nov 11, 2011 By admin
In a decision that could have immediate fallout for medical marijuana dispensaries, a state appeals court has ruled that California law allows cities to ban the marijuana dispensary stores. The ...
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Posted on Nov 7, 2011 By admin
In Los Angeles, California, in the second phase of Operation Supernova, an investigation into Ventura County’s largest street gang, three gang members have been arrested on federal drug ...
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Posted on Nov 3, 2011 By admin
A former police officer from Imperial County, California, was charged with of possession of child pornography after police searched his residence in Temecula and found about numerous child porn images ...
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Posted on Nov 1, 2011 By admin
Halloween 2011 in California marked an aggressive crackdown by state and local police on sex offenders. Riverside County officials approved measures prohibiting all registered sex offenders from ...
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