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Posted on May 10, 2012 By admin
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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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 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 19, 2012 By admin
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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Posted on Apr 1, 2012 By admin
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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Posted on Mar 11, 2012 By admin
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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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 Mar 4, 2012 By asmin
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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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 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 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 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 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 15, 2011 By admin
Robert Valdez, pleaded guilty to 19 felony counts, including arson and two counts of first-degree murder , was sentenced to 605 years in state prison, with two consecutive terms of life without 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 Oct 12, 2011 By admin
The Laguna Beach, California rug merchant accused of sexual assault of several women in his store could now be facing additional charges as more alleged victims have come forward. A Laguna Beach ...
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Posted on Sep 28, 2011 By admin
A 44-year-old Cathedral City, California man who posed as a 17-year-old Italian boy on the internet has been arrested for raping an Orange County teenager he met over online social networking ...
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Posted on Sep 6, 2011 By admin
Seven people were arrested in Santa Ana, California related to a crime spree that included attempted murder, carjacking and a car crash after attempting to evade police during a chase. Edgar Bustos, ...
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Posted on Aug 29, 2011 By admin
Four women in Banning, California, who slashed the face of a former beauty queen as one of the attacker's yelled "Remember me when you look in the mirror" have pleaded guilty in the ...
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Posted on Jun 20, 2011 By admin
In Burbank, California, the rapper who is known by the stage name Tone Loc was arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence. The rapper, who's real name is Anthony Smith, whose biggest hit ...
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