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Posted on May 4, 2012 By admin
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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Posted on May 1, 2012 By admin
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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Posted on Apr 25, 2012 By admin
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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Posted on Apr 10, 2012 By admin
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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Posted on Apr 4, 2012 By admin
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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Posted on Mar 17, 2012 By admin
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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Posted on Mar 8, 2012 By admin
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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Posted on Feb 22, 2012 By admin
A former Marine who has been charged with fatally stabbing six people in an Orange County, California crime spree that spanned nearly 3 months pleaded not guilty. Itzcoatl Ocampo, 23, appeared ...
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Posted on Feb 14, 2012 By admin
A routine traffic stop led Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies to an estimated $1 million worth of marijuana and nine arrests. LA Sheriff's Deputies pulled over Harry Kaladjian, 29, at about ...
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Posted on Feb 8, 2012 By admin
A former sailor was sentenced to 21 years in a California state prison after pleading guilty to four counts of felony child abuse in the death of his 3-month-old stepdaughter. The sailor's wife ...
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Posted on Feb 3, 2012 By admin
A Westlake Village, California man was sentenced to 21 years in a California state prison prison for fatally shooting an instructor from Pasadena’s Art Center College of Design during a Persian ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By admin
Five more victims have contacted sheriff's detectives since they announced the arrest of a longtime Miramonte Elementary School teacher accused of abusing children in his classroom. The lewd ...
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Posted on Jan 23, 2012 By admin
San Bernardino County district attorney’s office requested a court-approved injunction to crack down on a Rancho Cucamonga street gang that uses the downtown area as its gang turf. The ...
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Posted on Jan 19, 2012 By admin
A Long Beach, California police officer was charged with numerous counts of domestic violence and assault with a deadly weapon in connection with nearly a dozen separate incidents. According to the ...
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Posted on Jan 17, 2012 By admin
An investigation that lasted for a month resulted in five arrests and the seizure of more than $200,000 in marijuana in Orange County, California. Anthony Mave, of San Clemente, was arrested in ...
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Posted on Jan 13, 2012 By admin
A Victorville, California teenager could face 15 years in prison if he is convicted of assault on his ex-girlfriend. Taylor Redshaw, 16, will be tried as an adult on charges of kidnapping for the ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2012 By admin
A woman was sentenced to 14 years in a California state prison for her role in recruiting a gang member to kill her co-worker's brother in an Orange County murder-for-hire conspiracy. Edelmira ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2012 By admin
A 16-year-old charged with murder during a fight in a Huntington Beach, California park will be tried as an adult, according to the Orange County district attorney's office. Jesse Shockey, of ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2011 By admin
A Los Angeles man is facing numerous sex crime criminal charges stemming from his arrest on suspicion of forcing a child into prostitution and sexually assaulting her, according to the Los Angeles ...
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Posted on Dec 26, 2011 By admin
A Riverside County, California sheriff's deputy, who was off-duty when he shot a man inside a sports bar in Murrieta, has been charged with murder . Dayle Long, who is a 10-year department ...
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Posted on Dec 22, 2011 By admin
A former Camp Pendleton Marine charged with murder of a fellow Marine from the base in a dispute over stolen drug money has been convicted of murder. Christian Carney was a drug dealer who sold ...
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Posted on Dec 12, 2011 By admin
As former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky’s preliminary hearing on sex abuse charges begin, California lawmakers are rushing to introduce legislation aimed at preventing similar sex crime ...
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Posted on Dec 1, 2011 By admin
A four-day sweep of sex offenders' homes in Los Angeles County led to the arrests of five probationers for decorating their homes for Halloween and making them inviting to children. Three of the ...
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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 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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