Blog Posts in July, 2012
Posted on Jul 29, 2012 By Cron, Israels & Stark
A San Fernando Valley, California real estate agent was arrested for operating a Ponzi scheme from companies based in the Santa Clarita Valley. She has been charged with the federal crimes of wire ...
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Posted on Jul 26, 2012 By Cron, Israels & Stark
In Placentia, California, police seized about 500 marijuana plants from two homes. This included one where police saw the marijuana plants in a back yard. This occurred when police were serving a ...
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Posted on Jul 22, 2012 By Cron, Israels & Stark
An Anaheim Hills, California man was sentenced to 12 years in a federal prison in connection with his part in a mortgage fraud conspiracy and for tax evasion. Gregory Flores was also ordered to pay ...
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Posted on Jul 19, 2012 By Cron, Israels & Stark
A Moreno Valley, California man was arrested for of pistol-whipping a motel clerk during a robbery. Riverside County Sheriff's Department said that Michael Mitchell, 44, was booked in jail and ...
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Posted on Jul 16, 2012 By Cron, Israels & Stark
Los Angeles prosecutors are planning to charge a teenager with murder. They are accusing him of firing into a crowd in Watts and killing a 1-year-old boy being held by his father. Los Angeles police ...
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Posted on Jul 13, 2012 By Cron, Israels & Stark
Four gang members of the Mara Salvatrucha 13 street gang were indicted related to a decade-old murder of a 13-year-old girl whose naked body was discovered in Elysian Park. A three-count indictment ...
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Posted on Jul 10, 2012 By Cron, Israels & Stark
An Orange County, California middle school teacher pled not guilty to lewd behavior with two students in a previous case has now been charged with sexual assault of an eighth-grade girl. Richard Rack, ...
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Posted on Jul 7, 2012 By Cron, Israels & Stark
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department executed a search warrant at a Paramount, California home that resulted in the seizure of a rocket launcher, body armor, and methamphetamine. Four gang ...
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Posted on Jul 4, 2012 By Cron, Israels & Stark
An Orange County, California man is accused of going on a spending spree, buying about nine cars and three homes in June alone. Ryan Barba, 31, told some friends he had a few months to live because of ...
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Posted on Jul 1, 2012 By Cron, Israels & Stark
In Sacramento, California, Michael Garcia, 39, of Stockton, was sentenced by a United States District Judge to almost 6 years in a federal prison for fraud related to computers and in connection with ...
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