Recent Posts in Murder/Manslaughter Category
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 Nov 25, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
Twenty-seven-year-old C.A. of Garden Grove, CA was arrested on Wednesday, November 23 rd . Her husband and two-year-old daughter were away visiting family when she was invited by a neighbor to join ...
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Posted on Sep 5, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
The first trial of an Oxnard middle school student who shot a classmate has ended with a hung jury and a mistrial. The incident is one of hot debate because the victim's sexual preference has left ...
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Posted on Mar 14, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
The Los Angeles County sheriff's homicide investigators have recently apprehended a Las Vegas man who they have reason to believe is tied to the 1985 stabbing of a Long Beach model. The man, ...
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Posted on Mar 7, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
A man who has been wanted in Los Angeles for alleged ties to 2009 robbery and homicide has recently been detained and arrested in Tempe, Arizona. The suspect, 27-year-old Daryl Anthony Sconiers is ...
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Posted on Feb 7, 2011 By Okabe & Haushalter
A series of raids conducted across Los Angeles County led to 11 arrests. On January 26 th , 2011 local law enforcement officers, sheriff's detectives, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents and ...
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Posted on Jan 31, 2011 By Okabe & Haushalter
The South Los Angeles serial killer known as the "Grim Sleeper" got his name because he allegedly killed seven women in the South LA area during a three-year period from 1985 to 1988 before coming to ...
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Posted on Nov 4, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
It is being reported that 53-year-old John Wesley Ewell, who was already been charged murdering a couple during a home robbery in Hawthorne, is now facing murder charges for two separate cases as ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
On June 25, 2007, then 16-year-old Heriberto Garcia brutally stabbed and murdered a 13-year-old gang rival. Although underage, he was tried as an adult and convicted in October of 2008 with a sentence ...
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Posted on Oct 7, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
It is being reported than an 11-year-old babysitter from Fulton County, Georgia is currently being charged with the murder of 2-year-old toddler Zeyda Collier who had been put in her care for the ...
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Posted on Jul 31, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
This past Friday, a Los Angeles man that sexually assaulted his girlfriend's 11 year old daughter and then killed her was sentenced to death for the second time. The man, 58 year old James Heard, ...
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Posted on Jul 30, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
This week Friday, a man who pled guilty to raping and murdering a young woman will be sentenced. The crime took place 15 years ago and the girl's body was found near Cal State San Marcos. Now, Michael ...
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Posted on Jul 24, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
This week in Los Angeles, charges were filed against a 23 year old unlicensed driver that was suspected of hitting an 11 year old boy and driving away from the scene of the accident. Police formally ...
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Posted on May 15, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
Recently, a shopkeeper in Winnipeg was charged with the criminal offense of manslaughter . The charges were filed months after the shop keeper was involved in a confrontation with a shoplifter. ...
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Posted on May 4, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
In Edgewood, Washington, four robbery suspects are still at large after responding to a Craigslist ad for the sale of some jewelry. Three men and a woman arrived at the home saying they were there to ...
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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 Feb 25, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
The wife of an Olympic medalist accused of first-degree murder still remains in custody after a judge lowered her bail to $1 million. Jane Laut is accused of murdering her husband, Dave Laut. Laut won ...
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Posted on Feb 17, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
A teenager has been arrested on murder charges for allegedly killing a gang intervention worker. According to police, 40-year-old Ronald Barron confronted the teen as he was tagging a wall on Pico ...
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Posted on Jan 29, 2010 By Okabe & Haushalter
A Covina man is facing murder charges after fatally stabbing his two-year-old son following a fight with his girlfriend. When officers from the Covina Police Department got to the house, they noticed ...
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