LAPD cadet scandal: Joyrides in cruisers went on for weeks before anyone caught on
James Queally and Kate Mather | Latimes.com December 07, 2017 If the group of young Los Angeles police cadets accused of stealing department vehicles had any fear of getting caught, they certainly didn’t show it. For weeks, according to documents, the teens drove to and from LAPD-related events and on joyrides as far away as […]
Dec 7 2017 | Posted in News | Read More »
Indio gang members’ selfie gets them busted for guns, drugs
Brett Kelman | The Desert Sun Published 3:52 p.m. PT Nov. 30, 2017 | Updated 4:41 p.m. PT Nov. 30, 2017 It all began with an iPhone with no password. Midday on Monday, at a Mexican restaurant in the center of Indio, four police officers arrested a known member of the Jackson Terrace street gang […]
Nov 30 2017 | Posted in News | Read More »
LAPD captain probed for possible ties to marijuana warehouse
Kate Mather, Richard Winton and Cindy Chang | LATimes November 30, 2017 A Los Angeles police captain is on paid leave as the department investigates whether he is involved with an alleged marijuana warehouse in Sun Valley. The warehouse came to the Los Angeles Police Department’s attention on Oct. 31 after someone called to report […]
Nov 30 2017 | Posted in News | Read More »
Cops pay up and quit over a $100G lie about Brooklyn man’s alleged gun possession
By Rocco Parascandola | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday, November 28, 2017, 4:00 AM A Brooklyn man who filed a federal lawsuit against the NYPD for framing him on a gun charge has settled his case for $100,000 — with the two cops who arrested him on the hook for some of the dough. Raul […]
Nov 29 2017 | Posted in News | Read More »
MS-13 boss pleads guilty to federal racketeering charges in Boston court
By Travis Andersen |Globe Staff |Boston Globe November 28, 2017 The head of East Coast operations for the notorious MS-13 street gang pleaded guilty Monday to federal racketeering charges in US District Court in Boston, officials said. Dost Siteler : kadin ve moda – saglik Jose Adan Martinez Castro, a 28-year-old Salvadoran national, admitted to […]
Nov 29 2017 | Posted in News | Read More »
Amid Gentrification Fears, a Gang Crackdown Strikes in South L.A.
Dennis Romero | LAWEEKLY November 28, 2017 | 6:03am The City Attorney’s Office is cracking down on a South L.A. apartment building it describes as a hotbed for a notorious gang in the area, the Black P-Stones. But concern has been expressed over the timing: Los Angeles is in the midst of a dire housing […]
Nov 28 2017 | Posted in News | Read More »
Cop captain kills girlfriend in Seal Beach murder-suicide: Tragic tale told in autopsies
Posted by Editor | Mynewsla.com July 21, 2017 Preliminary results of autopsies on the bodies of a Los Alamitos police captain and his on-again, off-again Westminster city clerk girlfriend indicate that the captain killed the woman and then shot himself in a Seal Beach apartment. Rick Moore, 49, and Amanda Jensen, 37, were both found […]
Jul 21 2017 | Posted in News | Read More »
LAPD Officer Charged With Sexual Assault of 15-Year-Old Cadet Amid Ongoing Investigation of Patrol Car Theft Scandal
By Erika Martin, KTLA.com Posted 9:38 AM, July 21, 2017 The Los Angeles police officer was charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old cadet amid an ongoing scandal that exploded into public knowledge after two of the department’s patrol cars were stolen and crashed by cadets last month in South L.A., officials said Friday. Read more […]
Jul 21 2017 | Posted in News | Read More »
Girlfriend of man who fatally shot Officer Miosotis Familia details his spiral into paranoia and violence
BY James Fanelli | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Monday, July 17, 2017, 12:01 PM The girlfriend of the crazed killer who gunned down Officer Miosotis Familia broke her silence Monday, describing how she desperately tried to get her boyfriend help as he spiraled into madness before the fatal shooting. “I didn’t know it could end […]
Jul 17 2017 | Posted in News | Read More »
He made large drug busts along a stretch of the 5 Freeway. Now an L.A. County deputy’s credibility is questioned in court
Joel Rubin and Maya Lau | Latimes.com July 14, 2017 Along a winding stretch of the 5 Freeway near the Grapevine, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy James Peterson has built a reputation for sniffing out drugs. In recent months, Peterson made at least six large busts, uncovering stashes of narcotics in cars he stopped for […]
Jul 14 2017 | Posted in News | Read More »
Soldier charged with slayings of wife, New York state trooper
Los Angeles Daily News Posted: 07/10/17, 9:37 AM PDT THERESA, N.Y. (AP) — An Army soldier killed his wife and a state police trooper who had responded to reports of shots fired at the couple’s rural upstate property, authorities said Monday. Staff Sgt. Justin Walters surrendered after the Sunday night slayings and was charged with […]
Jul 10 2017 | Posted in News | Read More »
How do you prosecute a murder without a body? California has been doing it for more than a century
By Nicole Santa Cruz | Latimes.com July 10, 2017 The recent discovery of 5-year-old Aramazd Andressian Jr.’s remains at a Santa Barbara recreation area was a grim achievement for investigators who had spent more than two months frantically searching for the boy. It was also a boost for Los Angeles County prosecutors, who had already […]
Jul 10 2017 | Posted in News | Read More »
