Email Author Dennis Romero

Awards

• 2013 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  "Shelley Lubben, Pom Reformer or Self-Promoter?"

• 2013 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  "Los Angeles' War on Street Artists"

• 2012 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published September 29, 2011

  "Porn Defends the Money Shot"

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 30, 2010

  "Death, Money and Megaraves"

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2009 Stories by Dennis Romero

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  FEATURED STORY

  Missing British Teen Found In Venice

  published Dec 31, 2009

  A missing, 19-year-old British woman was found in Venice Thursday, Santa Monica Police said. Leona Dawn Perryman was picked up, with the help of a tipster, at 30th Avenue and Ocean Front Walk, near Ve... More >>

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  Sobriety Checkpoints Revealed: Police Will Be Out In Full Force

  published Dec 31, 2009

  Don't get a DUI on NYE. That would be, like, WTF, OMG. (Plus we don't want you injuring anyone we know or love. And, as a California Highway Patrol officer told KTLA News, a drunk-driving arrest will ... More >>

• Steve Cooley Likely To Announce Run For Attorney General In The Next Two Weeks

  published Dec 31, 2009

  Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley tells LA Weekly he'll likely announce his official candidacy for the state Attorney General's office in early January. The Republican will likely be r... More >>

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  Missing British Teen 'Alive,' 'Out There,' Police Say

  published Dec 31, 2009

  Santa Monica police now say they believe missing British 19-year-old Leona Dawn Perryman is alive and probably is not the victim of foul play. Officers picked up her boyfriend, 45-year-old Paul Alfred... More >>

• Pot-Happy Party-Goers To Ring In New Year With A Bong

  published Dec 31, 2009

  While many of us will be toasting to 2010 with champagne, party-goers at one event in Riverside will ring in the New Year with a bong. Medical marijuana patients of a Riverside clinic have been invite... More >>

• State Sen. Alex Padilla Could Sponsor Body Armor Law

  published Dec 31, 2009

  That new no-body-armor-for-felons legislation written by District Attorney Steve Cooley has been offered up to State Sen. Alex Padilla, who could sponsor it if he likes it, Cooley told the Weekly. Ca... More >>

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  Suspect Used Random Photos Of Children To Scam Money, Authorities Say

  published Dec 31, 2009

  A man allegedly made up a story surrounding two found photographs, saying the girls pictured were his recently deceased nieces and that he needed donations to pay for a funeral, authorities said. The ... More >>

• L.A. D.A. Steve Cooley Ponders Run For Attorney General

  published Dec 31, 2009

  The same day Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley was getting statewide headlines for proposing a solution to an overturned state law banning body armor for felons he was also getting ink for sa... More >>

• 45-Year-Old Boyfriend Of Missing British Teen Arrested

  published Dec 31, 2009

  A 19-year-old British tourist has been missing for nearly two weeks and her boyfriend, who vanished after reporting her case to authorities, was spotted in Venice and arrested on suspicion of weapons ... More >>

• Man Attacks Dog -- Seriously

  published Dec 30, 2009

  A man who appeared to be crazed on drugs choked and body slammed a small dog several times, leading to the miniature schnauzer's death, authorities said. The incident happened Wednesday morning in Sa... More >>

• Fox Headed For A Pull-Out From Time-Warner Cable

  published Dec 30, 2009

  It looks like Los Angeles Time-Warner subscribers will usher in the New Year with the subtraction of a major network from their cable boxes. Yesterday we told you how the Fox network was threatening t... More >>

• City Councilman Makes A Pretty Calendar For 2010

  published Dec 30, 2009

  If after looking at the city's looming, $400 million deficit, its difficulties in hiring cops, and its five-year (losing) battle with mushrooming marijuana dispensaries, you thought the Los Angeles Ci... More >>

• Man Admits To Uploading Crap Movie; All He Gets Is Probation

  published Dec 30, 2009

  An Irvine man has agreed to plead guilty to a charge related to uploading a copy of The Love Guru before its release. In exchange for his cooperation the U.S. Attorney's Office has agreed to recommend... More >>

• LAPD Police Union Blasts Rule Limiting Cops' Use Of Tasers

  published Dec 30, 2009

  The union representing rank-and-file Los Angeles Police Department cops on Wednesday decried a U.S. district court ruling that severely limits officers' use of Tasers to subdue suspects. The decision... More >>

• District Attorney Steve Cooley Writes New Body-Armor Legislation

  published Dec 30, 2009

  After a state appellate court overturned California's no-body-armor-for-ex-violent-felons rule, citing what it stated was vague and confusing language, Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Coole... More >>

• Man Turns In 58 Guns; Has 99 Problems But A Snitch Ain't One

  published Dec 30, 2009

  A mystery man turned in 58 guns, including 14 rifles, some of them assault-type weapons, to a "gifts for guns" exchange in Compton Tuesday. The scene was witnessed by KTLA News, but the man did not w... More >>

• Gangs Cooperating With Each Other For Better Business, Report States

  published Dec 30, 2009

  As we told you last summer ("Gangs Lay Low, Rake in Dough") some neighborhoods that used to represent bloody fault lines in decades-old gang grudges have been eerily quiet, with some experts theorizin... More >>

• Joe Francis Strikes Back: 'Douche' Says Touché

  published Dec 29, 2009

  Girls Gone Wild mogul and sometime Angeleno Joe Francis lashed out against the website Gawker and its owner Nick Denton for naming him "Douche of the Decade." In its post, Gawker called Francis a rapi... More >>

• L.A.'s Top Political Stories Of 2009 Listed: Not A Good Year For City Hall

  published Dec 29, 2009

  The blog Griffith Park Wayist has its take on the top 10 political stories in the city of Los Angeles for the year, and by the looks of it 2009 wasn't City Hall's best year. There was a mayor who let ... More >>

• SoCal's Most Wanted: Alleged Molester Frederick McLean Still On The Run

  published Dec 29, 2009

  (Speaking in the voice of America's Most Wanted's John Walsh): We've seen a lot of scumbags in our day, but this guy takes the cake. Frederick McLean is an alleged sexual predator of the lowest kind. ... More >>

• Fox TV Threatens To Pull Shows In L.A., Nationwide, Over Dispute With Time-Warner

  published Dec 29, 2009

  No Family Guy? No Simpsons? No American Idol? (Well, that last one we could do without). The Fox network is threatening to go dark by the end of the week on Time-Warner in Los Angeles and other cities... More >>

• Jerry Brown To Challenge Ruling Overturning Ban On Body Armor For Felons

  published Dec 29, 2009

  With Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck, San Francisco police Chief George Gascon and Los Angeles police union president Paul M. Weber urging him on, state Attorney General Jerry Brown says he'll p... More >>

• New Year's Eve Resolution: Don't Drink And Walk

  published Dec 29, 2009

  Drinking and driving can be deadly not only to you and loved ones, but to someone you don't even know. No good. But evidence suggests that drinking and walking can sometimes be just as dangerous, at l... More >>

• Police Union Urges LAPD To Rescind Policy Requiring Certain Officers To Disclose Finances

  published Dec 29, 2009

  Following reports that the Los Angeles Police Department's gang units are losing officers as a result of financial-disclosure rules, the union representing rank-and-file cops is urging the department ... More >>

• Beverly Hills Schools Take From The Rich And Give To The Poor No More

  published Dec 29, 2009

  After a contentious year debating the matter, the Beverly Hills school board seems poised to cut about 10 percent of its student population -- outsiders on a permit program that would be phased out. T... More >>