Blog Posts in March, 2010
Posted on Mar 31, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
Police in Torrance arrested a peeping tom last week with the help of a boys baseball team. According to police, Manuel DeJesus Garcia, 33, had been following women into the bathroom at a McDonald's ...
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Posted on Mar 29, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
The city of Los Angeles is one step closer to enforcing an ordinance that would shut down hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries throughout the city. There are currently about 1,000 dispensaries ...
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Posted on Mar 26, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
Following the alleged rape and murder of 17-year-old Chelsea King, one California lawmaker is proposing legislation to stiffen the state's existing sex offender laws. The legislation will be named ...
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Posted on Mar 25, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
The Los Angeles Police Department is looking for a man suspected of raping a woman in a North Hollywood parking lot. The attack took place March 11 around 12:45 a.m. near the 6900 block of Lankershim ...
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Posted on Mar 23, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
One attorney and several chiropractors and paralegals were arrested this month for their involvement in a large-scale auto insurance fraud scheme. According to ABC News, the group is suspected of ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
Manhattan Beach Police detectives have arrested a Westchester couple on suspicion of stealing high-end bicycles, strollers, and motorized scooters and possibly selling the parts for drug money. ...
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Posted on Mar 17, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
Last month, the manager of a bowling alley in Arizona pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography and engaging in indecent acts with a minor . After entering his plea, 36-year-old William O'Rourke ...
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Posted on Mar 15, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
A father and son remain in police custody after they were arrested for stealing credit cards and money from the elderly. Witnesses say the father-son team would watch from the parking lot as their ...
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Posted on Mar 12, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
Back in February we reported that a woman was convicted of setting a bikini dancer on fire during a feud. Last week that woman, 28-year-old Rianne Theriault-Odom, was sentenced to life in prison in ...
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Posted on Mar 11, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
An Anaheim man is in police custody after luring a minor into a hotel and raping her. The suspect, 33-year-old Matthew Martinez Casteneda, allegedly used the social networking site MySpace to convince ...
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Posted on Mar 9, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
A former gymnastics coach has been convicted of having an unlawful sexual relationship with a 16 year old girl. According to Orange County prosecutors, 37-year-old Jason Wayne Scofield met the girl ...
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Posted on Mar 5, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
A Los Angeles County jury has recommended life in prison without parole for two men convicted of murdering a man and his stepdaughter on New Year's Eve in 2006. A judge has scheduled a sentencing ...
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Posted on Mar 4, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley’s efforts to crackdown on medical marijuana have landed one dispensary owner in the hot seat. The owner of Organica, a medical marijuana dispensary in Marina ...
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Posted on Mar 2, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
A man will stand trial in Los Angeles after admitting to the FBI that he paid to have sex with a 14-year-old girl and several other children in Cambodia. Michael Dodd, 59, is accused of traveling ...
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