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TSA Drug Smuggling Case is a Significant Security Breach

Federal agents said a drug smuggling case in which TSA screeners allowed luggage with drugs inside through checkpoints at Los Angeles International Airport represents a serious security breach. A man ...
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San Marino Man Sentenced to Federal Prison in Bank Fraud Scheme

A San Marino, California businessman was sentenced to over 10 years in federal prison for operating a scheme to defraud banks, where he used straw borrowers with fake documents to obtain about $9 ...
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Santa Ana Gang Member Gets Life for Teenager's Murder

A Santa Ana, California gang member was sentenced to life in prison without parole for his part in the 2010 death of a 16-year-old who was shot in the back as he fled semiautomatic gunfire, according ...
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Long Beach Police Officer Arrested for Possession of Child Pornography

A Long Beach police officer has been arrested on suspicion of felony possession of child pornography after meeting a teenager while on patrol and soliciting explicit photographs of the youth through ...
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Baseball Star Lenny Dykstra Pleads No Contest to Lewd Conduct and Assault

Former baseball star Lenny Dykstra pleaded no contest to criminal charges of lewd conduct and assault with a deadly weapon involving women who responded to housekeeping ads he placed on Craigslist. He ...
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Misdmeanor Conviction Can Have Major Consequences for People Charged

In many cases, our criminal justice system is pronouncing people guilty without evidence, lawyers, or a chance to plead their case. People across the United States plead guilty to crimes they did not ...
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Federal Agents Bust Online Drug Market in International Sting

Drug operators running an online narcotics marketplace through a virtual network facilitated sales of illegal drugs to 3,000 people in 34 countries and every single state in the United States, ...
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Ex-LA Sheriff's Deputy Faces Trail for Sexual Assault and Torture

A former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy is set to go on trial on violent crime charges he tortured, beat and sexually assaulted his wife and another man he believed to be her lover. The man ...
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20 Indicted in Inland Empire Heroin Investigation

A rise in deaths from black-tar heroin overdoses in Redlands, California in late 2010 led police to an investigation that has resulted in the indictment of 20 people who made up a large group of drug ...
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Governor Jerry Brown Commutes Grandmother's Murder Sentence

California Gov. Jerry Brown commuted the prison sentence of a 51-year-old woman convicted of shaking her infant grandson to death 15 years ago, citing significant doubts about her guilt. Shirley Ree ...
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Modesto Teacher Arrested for Sexually Abusing a Minor

A former Modesto, California high school teacher who recently made headlines for leaving his wife and family for a student was arrested charged with sexually abusing a minor . The sexual assault ...
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3 Arrested at Long Beach Home with Marijuana Growing Equipment

Long Beach, California police arrested three men after finding drugs and a marijuana-growing operation at a home that later caught fire. Police were on the 1900 block of Caspian Avenue, searching for ...
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LA Man Sentenced for 'Chopping' John Travolta's Classic Mercedes

A Los Angeles man who stole and chopped more than 30 classic cars, including actor John Travolta’s classic Mercedes-Benz, was sentenced to 14 years in a California state prison after police ...
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Ex-Campaign Treasurer in California Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud

Kinde Durkee, who used to be a campaign treasurer for Democratic candidates in California, pleaded guilty to five counts of mail fraud after an FBI investigation found she pilfered more than $7 ...
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Woman Cited for Speeding 3 Times in an Hour is Arrested for Reckless Driving

A San Francisco Bay Area woman who was pulled over for speeding three times in one hour on the same highway has been released from the Yuba County jail. Lynne Cahill-Gomez, 53, was arrested for ...
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San Francisco Man Charged with 5 Counts of Murder

The man arrested in the brutal slaying of 5 people in a San Francisco home has been charged with five counts of murder with special circumstances, which makes him eligible for the death penalty. The ...
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Two Arrested for Stealing $2 Million from Movie Studio

For five years, an employee at Santa Monica based Lionsgate Entertainment arranged for the company to pay a cardboard salesman more than $2 million for marketing display boxes he never delivered. Both ...
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Anaheim Man Arrested for Child Molestation of 2 Boys

A 37-year-old man is scheduled for arraingment on charges he sexually assaulted two boys, ages 9 to 11, and had child pornography in his possession. This information was obtained from the Orange ...
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Santa Ana Man Arrested in Child Sex Abuse Case

A 33-year-old Santa Ana, California man was arrested for child molestation of an 8-year-old boy in his car. Pedro Castillo Sanchez, was observed by a friend tossing a condom out the window of his car, ...
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North Hollywood Man gets 5 Years for Credit Card Scam

A North Hollywood, California man was sentenced to 64 months in a federal prison for submitting a false loan application, obtaining a credit card in somebody else's name and running up charges on ...
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Girlfriend of Mob Boss James Whitey Bulger Pleads Guilty to Identity Theft

The girlfriend of mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger has agreed to plead guilty to various federal crime charges related to helping him avoid capture for 16 years. Catherine Greig will plead ...
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Former CHP Officer gets 50 Years to Life for Murder of Her Husband

A former California Highway Patrol officer whose tearful testimony of self-defense failed to sway a jury was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison for murder of her husband. Tomiekia Johnson cried ...
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Orange County Gang Member Convicted of Murder in Botched Drug Deal

An Orange County, California gang member was convicted of special circumstances murder of a man during a botched drug sale . According to the Orange County district attorney's office, Robert Reil, ...
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Baseball Star Lenny Dykstra gets 3 Years for Grand Theft

Former New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra was sentenced to three years in a California state prison after a judge rejected a last minute effort to change his no contest plea and fight the grand theft ...
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Man Faces Trail in 1988 Rape & Murder of His Neighbor

A man is scheduled to go to trial in Orange County, California in the case of the rape and killing of his neighbor in 1988. The case was considered cold until police linked the defendant's DNA to ...
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