Criminal Defense Blog
Posted on May 7, 2013 By Okabe & Haushalter
A jeweler from the San Fernando Valley area has recently pled guilty to his conspiracy charges. The jeweler was involved in an insider trading scheme in which he made close to $1.3 million because of ...
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Posted on Apr 5, 2013 By Okabe & Haushalter
When you are charged with a crime, it can be more than unsettling. Chances are that you are devastated by your current situation, and terrified about what lies ahead in the future. Without the right ...
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Posted on Mar 22, 2013 By Okabe & Haushalter
Charges were recently filed against an individual who made a fake 911 that led to the eventual shooting and death of an unarmed teenager in Pasadena, California. The teenager was fatally shot by the ...
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Posted on Jan 22, 2013 By Okabe & Haushalter
In a shocking discovery, a University of California Irvine professor has recently been charged with arson at his son's high school, the home of a school administrator, a nearby park and now an ...
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Posted on Jan 16, 2013 By Okabe & Haushalter
Multiple federal charges against an anti-gang activist have been dismissed on grounds of "errors" that the federal prosecutors acknowledged in the man's indictment. The man in question ...
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Posted on Oct 18, 2012 By Okabe & Haushalter
A Bangladesh man was arrested and accused of trying to blow up New York's Federal Reserve building. The 21-year-old had tried to detonate a fake, 1,000 pound car bomb. According to U.S. officials ...
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Posted on Oct 12, 2012 By Okabe & Haushalter
Yongda Huang Harris is a naturalized U.S. citizen from China who boarded a flight from Japan to LAX. Harris’ family lives in Boston, and he worked for years as a Junior High School teacher in ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2012 By Okabe & Haushalter
Road rage is often more serious than individuals realize. This week, an off duty officer confronted men in a shopping center parking lot after a road rage incident. When four men got out of the car ...
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Posted on Sep 28, 2012 By Okabe & Haushalter
A convicted arsonist and murderer may be receiving the death sentence for his actions of starting a massive wild fire in Southern California in 2003. He was just convicted of arson and five counts of ...
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Posted on Sep 18, 2012 By Okabe & Haushalter
Files from 1970-1991 reveal that Boy Scout officials would repeatedly protect child molesters- urging them to 'quietly resign' rather than turning them in. In 400 cases involving tips of ...
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Posted on Sep 11, 2012 By Okabe & Haushalter
A man who claimed to be Miley Cyrus' husband is facing criminal charges of trespassing and resisting arrest after police found him in the bushes near the singer-actress's house. The L.A. ...
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Posted on Sep 7, 2012 By Okabe & Haushalter
In 2003, a fire was set that ended up destroying 1,000 homes and killed five individuals as well. Today, the man accused of starting this fire could face the death penalty. Thirty year old arsonist ...
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Posted on Aug 31, 2012 By Okabe & Haushalter
In recent news, a man charged with 200 sex-abuse charges is choosing to not defend himself. The man is accused of assaulting or otherwise molesting children from the ages of 4 to 17 over a 13 year ...
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Posted on Aug 28, 2012 By Okabe & Haushalter
Many concerns are arising with the L.A. Sheriff’s Department choosing to allow aerial surveillance in the city of Lancaster to help fight crime. This controversial crime fighter is leaving many ...
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Posted on Aug 22, 2012 By Okabe & Haushalter
This week, an Ohio man was found guilty of aggravated murder- after stabbing, suffocating and dismembering his girlfriend. Before being found guilty, in a bizarre twist, the man accused his deceased ...
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Posted on Aug 16, 2012 By Okabe & Haushalter
A pathologist has recently declared that Kathleen Savio, who died in 2004, was murdered. In the words of Dr. Larry Blum, "healthy 40-year-old women such as Kathleen Savio don't drown ...
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Posted on Aug 8, 2012 By Okabe & Haushalter
In a strange turn of events, a Fontana high school student who recently pled guilty to a hazing charge is filing a request with the courts to remove his guilty plea. The 18-year-old accepted a plea ...
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Posted on Jul 30, 2012 By Okabe & Haushalter
Anthony Wayne Smith, a former football player for the Los Angeles Raiders, is accused of killing several men. In all, prosecutors believe that Smith is responsible for four cold-case deaths over the ...
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Posted on Jul 23, 2012 By Okabe & Haushalter
They're like modern-day true twists on the Ocean's Eleven saga: gambling-related fraud stories. A story recently made headlines about a casino scam in France: a man marked a deck with ...
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Posted on Jul 16, 2012 By Okabe & Haushalter
In 2003, the majority of California seemed to be on fire. As wildfires spread across the nation, some 600,000 acres and 2,000 homes were destroyed. Sixteen lives were claimed and ten of the fires ...
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Posted on Jul 9, 2012 By Okabe & Haushalter
Child pornography has become more than filming provocative movies or posting inappropriate pictures online. In the last couple of years a new trend has taken rise: sexting. Sexting is sending pictures ...
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Posted on Jun 28, 2012 By Okabe & Haushalter
The DUI process begins the moment an individual is arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. An arrest does not equate a DUI conviction, but a DUI arrest puts a series of events ...
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Posted on Jun 20, 2012 By Okabe & Haushalter
According to a recent press release posted to Market Watch, a division of The Wall Street Journal, California law enforcement officials will soon be attending an identity theft training. This news ...
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Posted on Jun 12, 2012 By Okabe & Haushalter
Do you know the difference between graffiting a traffic sign versus graffiting a church? The difference might surprise you. While both are illegal based on the premise of harming someone's ...
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Posted on Jun 4, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
This year, it is estimated that more than 10,000 people will be killed in DUI related auto accidents – that's one death every 50 minutes. While this may seem surprising, the number of ...
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