Blog Posts in 2012
Posted on May 14, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
A woman was found in Burbank who had been stabbed to death. What is eerie about this particular stabbing is that the woman was still in her wedding dress. When family began to get concerned after not ...
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Posted on May 9, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
Two Fullerton, CA police officers are set to stand trial for the fatal beating of a homeless man with a mental illness. The charges are involuntary manslaughter , excessive force and second-degree ...
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Posted on May 2, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Charges were dropped against a Hollywood casting director Wednesday who allegedly had his name changed to conceal his status as a sex-offender. The judge in the case stated that there was evidence the ...
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Posted on Apr 26, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
It's that time of year again, which means that the tax rush is now officially over. April 15th tends to loom over every taxpayer's head like a rain cloud. Sometimes a small white lie to reduce ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
The LAPD is looking into an incident in which a member of the USC campus police shot a man suspected of robbery. The man who was shot was a 24-year-old Compton resident and known felon. The incident ...
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Posted on Apr 9, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
An Inglewood, California man was shot to death while shielding his 8-year-old son from gunfire. The family of this man is now offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who has valuable information regarding ...
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Posted on Apr 3, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
In a sex sting that took place at a Manhattan Beach public bathroom, police arrested 18 men. Police set up the sting after multiple complaints from concerned Los Angeles County Lifeguards who had been ...
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Posted on Mar 27, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
A stop by the California Highway Patrol for talking on his cell phone turned much more serious for Bobby Brown, ex-husband of the late superstar Whitney Houston. Brown was pulled over in Reseda when ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
A man shot the mother of his two children and then fled the scene with the kids in an incident early this morning. Police are currently searching for him. Police were notified with a call near 5am ...
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Posted on Mar 12, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
A West Covina woman was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon after she stabbed her daughter's boyfriend in the back. Allegedly the daughter and boyfriend were in a fight at the mother's ...
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Posted on Mar 6, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
Two women were found in a burning house on Friday, March 2, 2012. Investigators have since stated that the abandoned building was set on fire from the inside early in the morning. It has been reported ...
Continue reading "Act of Arson Results in Homicide Charges As Well" »
Posted on Feb 28, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
A 45-year-old man charged with assault this past Saturday, February 25 th is now in the hospital after police found him unresponsive. The man barricaded himself for ten hours on Saturday in order to ...
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Posted on Feb 24, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
So far it has been reported that three arrests have been made in the Silicon Valley in Marin County raids on child pornography. Silicon Valley Internet Crimes Against Children conducted the raid on ...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
An ex-teacher from Torrance pled not guilty to 23 charges of lewd acts against nearly two dozen children. The 61-year-old 30 year elementary school teaching veteran is in jail with a $23 million bail. ...
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Posted on Feb 15, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
A 19-year-old male from Santa Clarita is pleading not guilty to the allegations that he committed sex crimes against underage victims whom he met on Facebook. 34 charges are being brought against him, ...
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Posted on Feb 6, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
An elementary school janitor in Chatsworth, California has been arrested on suspicion of child molestation. The alleged victim's mother reported the incident, saying that there was inappropriate ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
An elderly woman was recently injured in a crosswalk accident after she was struck by a man who was allegedly driving under the influence. The man in question was driving a white Ford Mustang and was ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
On January 16, 2012, a man was arrested on charges of aggravated assault that took place back in June of last year. The man was driving on Vermont Avenue when he exited his car to confront a homeless ...
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Posted on Jan 20, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
El Camino Real students and faculty alike were shocked to hear that a student, initials F.R., was killed in a shooting that occurred last Wednesday, January 11, in front of his Winnetka, Los Angeles ...
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Posted on Jan 13, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
On Friday, January 13, a sergeant of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) was arrested based on allegations of fraud. The 24-year veteran of the police force was booked after suspicion arose based ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
When a prosecutor is attempting to prove a case, they will need to gather evidence so that they will be able to mount the strongest offense possible. When attempting to build this case, they will use ...
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