By Edwin Folven, 5/16/2013
Suspect faces seven years for voluntary manslaughter
Last week, authorities announced publicly for the first time that a suspect in the 2008 murder of an elderly man in the Melrose District has been convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to seven years in state prison. The announcement was made on May 9 during a meeting held by the Melrose Action Neighborhood Watch, [...] [...more]
By Aaron Blevins, 5/16/2013
Investigation continues into ‘serious criminal act’
Detectives with LAPD’s Olympic Division are searching for a suspect who broke into a Windsor Square home at 12:30 p.m. on May 8 and fled with undisclosed property. According to LAPD and SSA Security Group officials, a resident in Windsor Square returned home at 12:30 p.m. to find a male, possibly Hispanic, in the home [...] [...more]
By Aaron Blevins, 5/16/2013
A former physics professor of the University of California, Los Angeles, has agreed to plead guilty to federal fraud charges and pay nearly $1.7 million in penalties for submitting fraudulent invoices related to nanotechnology research he was performing for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and other federal government entities. Dr. Alfred Wong, 75, who [...] [...more]
By Aaron Blevins, 5/16/2013
A West Hollywood doctor surrendered to federal authorities on May 13 after being indicted on federal drug trafficking charges that allege he wrote more than 1,200 prescriptions for powerful painkillers after a federal order revoked his authority to prescribe those drugs. James William Eisenberg, 72, who resides in the Venice district of Los Angeles, is [...] [...more]
By Aaron Blevins, 5/16/2013
Los Angeles Police Department Northeast Division robbery detectives are investigating what may be a series of robberies occurring in the immediate area of the neighborhood surrounding the Silver Lake Reservoir. The first robbery happened on April 29 at approximately 9:20 p.m. near Silver Lake Boulevard and Armstrong Avenue, where two suspects approached a jogger and [...] [...more]
By Edwin Folven, 5/09/2013
Joseph Francis, the producer of the “Girls Gone Wild” series, was convicted on May 6 of assaulting three women following a night out celebrating in Hollywood. He could face a sentence of up to five years in jail, according to Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich. Francis, 40, was convicted by a jury on five [...] [...more]
By Edwin Folven, 5/09/2013
Police arrested a suspect early Wednesday at an apartment complex in Hollywood after he allegedly armed himself with a machete and threatened some of his neighbors. The incident was reported at approximately 10 p.m. on Tuesday at a building in the 1700 block of Fuller Avenue. The suspect, identified as 28-year-old Oliviero Bozzi, is a [...] [...more]
By Edwin Folven, 5/09/2013
A Los Angeles attorney was charged with conspiracy and other charges after he allegedly attempted to smuggle heroin inside a greeting card to one of his clients incarcerated in county jail, the District Attorney’s Office has announced. Stephen Beecher, 61, was arrested on April 9 on a felony arrest warrant charging him with two counts [...] [...more]
By Edwin Folven, 5/09/2013
Homicide detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department Central Division are investigating the killing of a pedestrian whom they believe was intentionally struck by a suspect driving a sport utility vehicle. The collision occurred at approximately 4:45 p.m. on April 20 in the 600 block of San Julian Street. The 50-year-old victim, whose identity was [...] [...more]
By Edwin Folven, 5/09/2013
A Korean national wanted in her native country for operating a Los Angeles-based prostitution ring was recently flown to South Korea and turned over to law enforcement authorities. The suspect, Eun Suk Sun, 37, was escorted by officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on the flight from Los Angeles to South Korea. Sun [...] [...more]
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