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Three men were arrested recently in what authorities believed may have been a drug-smuggling run, reports KABC-TV. According to the article, the three men were on board a small boat close to Newport Beach and were believed to be headed to Huntington State Park. At approximately 8:30 a.m., lifeguards spotted the boat and contacted the police. Reportedly, the men threw at least one package overboard before being confronted by police. Approximately a mile offshore from the Newport Beach Pier, deputies stopped the boat at gunpoint and took the men into custody. The boat was impounded as evidence and was reported… Read More

According to KABC-TV, five men believed to be connected with a string of smash-and-grab robberies in the jewelry district of Los Angeles were recently arrested. The arrest occurred after a merchant alerted authorities to a silver Cadillac that was circling the area. When the vehicle was stopped by police, they discovered gloves, a hammer, a pillow case, and a canister of pepper spray. Police also reported that all of the suspects were wearing hooded sweatshirts, even though it was hot. The article reports that the five men, three minors and two adults, were arrested without confrontation. The two adults were… Read More

ABC 7 News reports that Irvine police arrested a 29-year-old man recently whom authorities believe is a serial rapist. The man was arrested and booked into the Orange County Jail on multiple felony and rape counts. He is being held without bail. According to the article, the arrest came following a joint investigation between the Newport Beach and Irvine police departments. DNA and fingerprints were discovered from a suspect in rapes that allegedly occurred in both cities in May of 2005 and July of 2010. Police reported that investigators did not previously have a suspect matching the DNA or prints… Read More

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department reports that two 17-year-old boys were allegedly threatened by two men in a motor vehicle while standing close to an intersection in the Mira Monte region of Ojai Valley, close to Oxnard, according to ABC 7 News. Authorities allege that two men, ages 22 and 19, drove up to aggressively talk with the two boys, identifying themselves as skinheads and made racial and sexual slurs. The victims reported that one of the men got out of the car and slapped one of them, and claimed that the man said he had a handgun that he… Read More

KTLA reports that Rodney King was arrested on Tuesday afternoon, July 12, for allegedly driving under the influence in Moreno Valley in Riverside County. King was driving a 1994 Mitsubishi when he was observed by police officers committing “multiple infractions.” He was taken into custody by authorities after they determined he appeared to be under the influence. King was arrested and then booked for driving under the influence. He was later released on a $2,500 bail. Police have not yet released information regarding what substance he was allegedly under. In 1991, King was famously beaten by four Los Angeles Police… Read More

KTLA reports that five men were arrested over the weekend that are believed by authorities to have forced their way into a person’s home and held them at knifepoint. According to the article, at about 4 a.m. on July 10, deputies in Orange County responded to reports of the alleged home invasion in San Clemente. Officials allege the men attempted to rob the man living in the home by holding him at knifepoint. The five men are suspected gang members. A perimeter was set up around the house and deputies arrested all five men, with the last man arrested around… Read More

In the past ten years, border patrols and other security measures have ramped up as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security fights to prevent undocumented immigrants and illegal drug shipments from entering the United States, especially along the country’s southern border. According to a recent Associated Press article, however, the $90 billion the federal government has spent on border security in the last decade has done little to stop either people or goods from entering the country. The current security measures along the U.S.-Mexican borders include 165 x-ray machines used to review the contents of trucks and trains, 650 miles… Read More

Computer hackers who cause financial losses are prosecuted more harshly and given more severe sentences than those who merely commit “mischief,” according to a recent article in the International Business Times. The U.S. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act allows prosecutors who catch computer hackers to prosecute them if the hacker caused some kind of financial loss to the victim. Charges may be filed even if the hacker didn’t steal any information. For instance, a hacker who causes software damage that requires an experienced technician to fix may be prosecuted because the owner of the computer is out the repair costs—even… Read More

The homicide rate in the areas served by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department dropped to 0.61 deaths per 10,000 residents in 2010, the lowest it has been since 1965, according to data recently released by the Sheriff’s Department. The numbers are taken from the entire area served by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. In order to be included as a “homicide,” a crime had to involve the killing of one person by another, whether intentional or accidental. In total, 181 homicides occurred in Los Angeles County in 2010, the lowest number in any one year since 1971. Overall, since… Read More

California’s pandering law prohibits encouraging another person to become a prostitute and imposes penalties on people convicted of trying to get someone else to become a prostitute. According to the California Supreme Court, the law also forbids a person from encouraging a current prostitute to come work for them, reports The San Francisco Chronicle. In a 5-2 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a Los Angeles man who, in 2007, had stopped his truck to solicit an undercover police officer dressed as a prostitute. The man had allegedly offered the “prostitute” housing and clothes if she would give… Read More