By Edwin Folven, 5/03/2012
Homicide detectives with the LAPD’s Northeast Division are investigating the death of 46-year-old Los Angeles resident who was found unconscious on April 7 in a restaurant in the 4900 block of Santa Monica Boulevard. Around 11 p.m., paramedics were called to El Nuevo Cafetal restaurant, located between Edgemont Street and Kenmore Avenue in East Hollywood. [...] [...more]
By Aaron Blevins, 5/03/2012
The Los Angeles Police Department will conduct a sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint from 7 p.m. on Friday to 2 a.m. on Saturday at the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Gower Street. According to the LAPD, checkpoints are placed in locations that have the greatest opportunity for achieving drunk and drugged driving deterrence and providing [...] [...more]
By Aaron Blevins, 4/26/2012
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has scheduled another Prescription Drug Take-Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. Locally, residents can dispose of their unwanted, unused or expired medications at the West Hollywood Station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, 780 N. San Vicente Blvd. Participants in the DEA’s third National Prescription [...] [...more]
By Aaron Blevins, 4/26/2012
A suspected gang member was arraigned on Thursday in a 1990 cold case fatal shooting of a Los Angeles woman and the attempted murder of her companion, the District Attorney’s Office announced. Michael James Tharrington, 41, pleaded not guilty and will return to court May 14 for preliminary hearing setting. He has been charged with [...] [...more]
By Edwin Folven, 4/26/2012
A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy charged with breaking into his ex-fiance’s residence and threatening her boyfriend with a gun pleaded no contest Tuesday to making a criminal threat. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Barbara Johnson immediately sentenced Reymundo Lainez, 43, to 90 days in jail. Lainez was also placed on five years formal [...] [...more]
By Aaron Blevins, 4/26/2012
Detectives from Los Angeles Police Department’s West Bureau Homicide Division have released video footage of a fight aboard a transit bus in an effort to identify the individual involved. On April 5, around 7:05 p.m., two passengers aboard a Santa Monica Big Blue Bus became involved in a verbal dispute that escalated into a physical [...] [...more]
By Edwin Folven, 4/19/2012
LAPD Investigators are searching for additional victims of a suspect who allegedly impersonated a police officer and committed at least seven street robberies. The suspect, 42-year-old George Turegano, of Fontana, has been charged for robberies that occurred in between Sept. 16, 2009, and July 18, 2010. Turegano was arrested by LAPD Robbery Homicide detectives on [...] [...more]
By Edwin Folven, 4/19/2012
Detectives with the LAPD’s Rampart Division Homicide Unit are searching for a suspect who killed a 21-year-old man on April 8. The incident occurred around 1:40 a.m. near Kensington Road and Echo Park Terrace. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots, and around 20 minutes later, the victim’s family went outside to check on the victim, Etsael Cardenas, [...] [...more]
By Edwin Folven, 4/19/2012
A former account manager at a Los Angeles-based financial services firm has been charged with 17 counts of grand theft and accused of stealing more than $4.6 million from 16 victims over an almost six-year period. Diane Schumacher, 58, of Beverly Hills, was charged in a criminal complaint and arrest warrant on April 5. Â The [...] [...more]
By Edwin Folven, 4/19/2012
A man accused of posing as his dead in-home care provider for the purpose of defrauding a public assistance program pleaded guilty today, the District Attorney’s Office announced. Reginald Ray Peoples, 54, pleaded guilty to 33 felony counts, including grand theft of personal property, presentation of fraudulent claim and forgery. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge [...] [...more]
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