Category: Violent Crimes
The Las Vegas Sun recently reported that a North Las Vegas Police detective has been arrested for allegedly using a department credit card to make personal purchases. The 39-year-old has been placed on paid administrative leave while the investigation is being handled. The week-long investigation that led to his arrest was prompted when the department credit card went missing. The accused detective has been charged with three counts of credit card fraud, and three counts of accepting merchandise obtained by unlawful use of a credit card, all considered felonies. If convicted of a felony crime, a person’s future is put… Read More
According to an article from examiner.com, a Los Angeles county man was recently taken into custody on suspicion of driving under the influence and causing an accident. The 23-year-old man is said by police to have been the cause of the accident that involved a reported four other vehicles. Though the man was not said to have been injured in the crash, a 9-year-old girl that was a passenger in the man’s car was seriously injured and died shortly after arriving at a nearby hospital for treatment. The man now faces charges including vehicular manslaughter, DUI, and child endangerment and… Read More
A recent article in The Seattle Times reported on an alarming trend that can have an impact on motorists anywhere in the country, particularly Los Angeles, where commuting via passenger car is as commonplace as taking the subway is in New York. According to the article, the number of women arrested for driving under the influence nationwide rose 28.8% higher in 2007 than it was in 1998. Interestingly enough, the number of men arrested for DUI decreased 7.5% over the same time period, indicating that woman are now more likely to engage in reckless behavior than they ever have been… Read More
According to The Orange County Register, an 18-year old, male from the North Tustin area was recently charged with second–degree murder for crashing his parents’ car, resulting in the loss of life of his 16-year-old, female passenger. The driver was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash boasting a blood alcohol content of 0.11. His female passenger, though wearing a seatbelt, died from massive, blunt-force trauma. It was reported that the young driver had previously, the very day of the crash, in fact, been warned by a juvenile court judge that driving involved taking on a… Read More
R&B singer Chris Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend, pop star Rhianna, in a plea deal that his criminal defense attorneys and prosecuting attorneys reached at the last second before his domestic violence trial was set to begin. The altercation occurred between the couple the night before the Grammy awards when Chris Brown received a text message from a former lover. After arguing in his rented Lambourghini, police found Rhianna bruised and bloodied on a Hancock Park side street. According to the report, Brown, who is 20-years old, will be on probation for five years, attend a yearlong domestic… Read More
In our legal system, an indictment is a formal accusation that a person has committed a criminal offense. The LA Times online published an article about one such indictment, the document charges about 40 members and associates of the Columbia Lil Cycos — a clique of the 18th Street gang — with being involved in a racketeering conspiracy that allegedly involved murder, drug trafficking, money laundering, kidnapping and other crimes. According to the indictment, the Mexican mafia, a notorious prison based organization that allegedly controls Latino street gangs were angered that a baby was killed in a botched “hit” of… Read More
A well known Fresno businessman was being held in Fresno County Jail on felony domestic violence, assault with a deadly weapon and other charges. Bail was $421,000. According to an account, the businessman had been arrested on suspicion of brutally beating a woman and holding a knife to her neck. The argument was apparently over a watch that had a value of approximately $135,000. Offices found bruises and scratches all over the woman’s arm and neck when they responded to the call for help. The California penal code defines abuse as “intentionally or recklessly causing or attempting to cause bodily… Read More
There has been an arrest in the case of two Highland Park boys who were shot and killed in Piedmont Park on March 13th. Authorities have arrested an 18-year-old and charged him with two counts of murder in California with the special circumstance of multiple murders, according to a published report in LA Times online. The arrests come after 4 months of investigations following the tragic shootings. According to authorities, someone from the community had stepped forward and accused the teen, a documented member of the Dogtown gang whose street monikers include the name “Shorty.” The shootings occurred when the… Read More
In the early morning of Saturday, June 25, 2009, a seventeen year old female student was discovered dead in the passenger seat of her car, which was parked in a lot on the edge of Downtown Los Angeles at the corner of Alameda and 5th street. According to an article, her death is currently being investigated as a homicide in which a fifty year old parolee has been charged with murder in Los Angeles after his fingerprints were found in the teen’s vehicle. Apparently, the parolee approached the teen and kidnapped her in an attempt to have her access money… Read More
An orange county man who was convicted of poisoning his wife has died in prison at the age of 81, according to a published LA Times report. The highly publicized California murdertrial occurred in the late 80’s and gripped the nation with its headlines. The decedent’s trial involved the story of a couple who was married 19 years but was anything but perfect. According to evidence presented by the prosecution, the marriage was filled with lies, mistrust, infidelity and eventually murder. The prosecution alleged that the husband was extremely jealous of his beautiful wife, who was a popular school board… Read More
