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Criminal Trials

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    John Farahi: Iranian Bernie Madoff? Feds Say $20 Million of L.A. Persian Jews' Money Lost

    yunguyen666​A Bel Air Estates man whose investment fraud allegedly cost $20 million in losses was indicted by a federal grand jury this week. And since these alleged, mini-Madoffs are getting titles in the news based on ethnicity, we'll call this suspect a potential Iranian Bernie Madoff. Ind ... More >>

  • News

    October 28, 2010

    Grinding Justice

    Operation Streamline Costs Millions, Tramples the Constitution, Treats Migrants Like Cattle, and Doesn't Work

  • News

    October 21, 2010

    Deputy Abel Escalante's Sorrowful Revenge

    Carlos Velasquez can't recall the deputy's name. Now he faces murder charges

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    Layla Rosette Trawick, Accused of West Hollywood Target Stabbings, Mentally Unfit

    ​The woman accused of randomly stabbing four people at a West Hollywood Target last May has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial. Layla Rosette Trawick was charged May 5 with four counts of attempted murder and five counts of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the May 3 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Alleged Marijuana Dispensary Supplier Lawrence Holtz Pleads Guilty To 24 Felony Counts

    ​A 39-year-old Los Angeles man accused of supplying local pot shops with pounds of cannabis pleaded guilty to 24 felony counts, "including cultivating marijuana, money laundering and other criminal charges," the District Attorney's office announced Monday. Authorities said they linked Lawrenc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Voodoo Car Dealer Convicted In Real Estate Fraud Case

    Google MapsDowney Motorcars.​A South Gate used-car dealer who allegedly used voodoo to help him in a fraud case brought against him by authorities was convicted on Thursday of filing false papers and grand theft as part of a real estate fraud scheme, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Son Of Fabian Nunez, Esteban, Makes Plea Deal In Murder Case

    Esteban Nunez.​By Christine Pelisek, reporting from San Diego Esteban Nunez, the 20-year-old son of former state Assembly Speaker and Los Angeles political powerhouse Fabian Nunez, took a plea deal on Wednesday in the case of a stabbing death at San Diego State University in the fall of 2008. ... More >>

  • News

    April 22, 2010

    J'Accuse: the Trial for Luis Santos' Murder

    Bad suburban boys break ranks, and Esteban Nunez and pal Ryan Jett are fingered

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    U.S. Customs Attorney Found Guilty For Accepting Immigrants' Bribes

    ​A senior U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attorney was found guilty or corruption Tuesday for taking bribes from immigrants who wanted to stay in the country legally. Peter Kallas, an assistant chief counsel at the agency, was convicted of "conspiracy, six counts of bribery, tw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Judge Orders L.A. Pot Shop To Shut Down

    A flier for an event at Organica.​A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Tuesday ordered the embattled Organica medical marijuana dispensary in the city's Del Rey neighborhood to stop selling pot.

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Alleged 'Shutter Island' Stabber Charged With Attempted Murder

    ​A man who allegedly stabbed a fellow movie patron in the neck with a meat thermometer after the victim asked the suspect's companion to stop talking on her mobile phone was charged Friday with attempted murder, the District Attorney's office announced. Landry Boullard, 39, was also charged w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Orange County Prosecutor: Suspected Serial Killer and Dating Game Contestant Rodney Alcala Savagely Killed His Victims Because "He Enjoyed It."

    Orange County Register​At closing arguments today in the trial of suspected serial killer and former "The Dating Game" contestant Rodney Alcala in Santa Ana, an Orange County prosecutor likened the 66-year-old former Los Angeles Times typesetter and amateur photographer to a "hunter" who sadis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    Esteban Nunez's Friend Admits Destroying Evidence; Will Testify Against Former Assembly Speaker's Son

    Just two weeks before the first anniversary of the death of 22-year-old San Diego college student Luis Santos, one of the four men charged with his fatal stabbing pleaded guilty September 16. Rafael Garcia, the son of a respected Sacramento administrative law judge, also agreed to testify against t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Alleged Killer, Lady Cop Stephanie Lazarus, Pleads Not Guilty

    Alleged cop killer Stephanie Lazarus less than an hour ago entered a plea of not guilty in the fatal attack on her ex-boyfriend's girlfriend, in a bizarre twist in which the longtime detective was on the wrong side of the fence, sitting quietly in the fortified holding cell on the fifth floor of Los ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Anand Jon Judge: No New Trial

    After hearing both sides forcefully argue their cases for or against granting fashion designer Anand Jon a new trial this morning, Superior Court Judge David Wesley delivered his decision at 12:15 p.m.: The motion for a new trial is denied. Further, he has just cited Sanjana Jon Alexander and juror ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    D.A.'s Office: New Anand Jon Trial a 'Grave Mistake'

    L.A. Daily has obtained a copy of the prosecution motion to be filed Monday, July 6, arguing against the granting of a new trial for fashion designer Anand Jon. The motion dismisses defense attorneys' claims that the spurned affections of one juror by Jon's sister, Sanjana, could have resulted in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Chris Brown: Not Guilty, Not Guilty

    R&B singer Chris Brown, 19, had his arraignment downtown today and, despite earlier talk of his lawyer, Mark Geragos, massaging a plea deal with the D.A.'s office, Brown ended up pleaded not guilty to two felony charges: assault and making a criminal threat. Brown allegedly beat his girlfriend, ... More >>

  • Columns

    April 2, 2009

    Accidental Suicide? New Involuntary-Manslaughter Option in Phil Spector Murder Retrial

    The final arguments: Shifting sand dunes, or rock-solid mountains?

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    Last Words from Phil Spector's Lawyer Continue

    Yesterday I wasn't feeling the star power of Deputy District Attorney Truc Do, after watching the first hour or so of her closing argument. Do, who has co-prosecuted several high-profile cases over the past few years, including the Santa Monica Black Widows murder case and the Chester Turner serial ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    This Is Not a Screensaver: Final Arguments Begin in Phil Spector's Trial

    When Phil Spector, his wife Rachelle and Spector's bodyguard emerged from their black Lexus this morning, it was, finally, to an awaiting squad of TV news cameramen huddled at the top of the Superior Court's pedestrian ramp. After half a year of testimony that went largely ignored by the media, Sp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    Pellicano Co-Defendant Kevin Kachikian Sentenced

    "I'm not a warm fuzzy type," Judge Dale Fischer told Kevin Kachikian at his sentencing today. As an understatement, the icy jurist's comment ranks just below, "Houston, we have a problem." But there was no need to point this out to Kachikian - he knew all about it. Last year he was one of five men ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    Anand Jon Trial Shock: Rogue Juror Throws Verdict Monkey Wrench

    Today lawyers for fashion designer Anand Jon sought to overturn his sexual assault verdicts and win a new trial, citing a bizarre incident that occurred during the trial that ended in his conviction last November. Although the defense attorneys' motions are under seal, they refer to an event in whic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2008

    Anand Jon: Guilty 16 Times

    Fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander faces life in prison today following his conviction on 16 charges of sexual assault and lewd conduct with minors. He was acquitted on four charges, while the jury deadlocked on three other counts. "Mr. Alexander is a 34-year-old pedophile masquerading as a fashi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2008

    Anand Jon Verdicts: Guilty, Guilty, Guilty . . .

    Victors: Deputy D.A.s Mara McIlvain (l.) and Frances Young (c.) At 11:45 a.m. today Judge David Wesley’s clerk began reading the jury verdicts Wesley had just unsealed, perused and approved. The tension in the packed courtroom had been oppressive since Department 102’s doors opened. Prosecuto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2008

    Anand Jon's Defense Begins - Sort Of

    The prosecution rested its case in chief today against fashion designer Anand Jon, who is charged with multiple sexual assaults against nine girls and young women between 2001 and 2007. The end came not with a bang but with the whimper of DNA testimony, provided by Sheriff’s Department senior crim ... More >>

  • News

    October 9, 2008

    The Strange and Disturbing Trial of Anand Jon

    What we talk about when we talk about rape

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    Anand Jon Rape Trial Nears

    A semen-stained comforter, a tampon and a camera. These were some of the items listed on a Beverly Hills P.D. search warrant when officers raided fashion designer Anand Jon's pad in March, 2007. Later that year Jon was charged with a list of offenses more often associated with spring break at Lake H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2008

    Guilty As Charged: Anthony Pellicano trial ends with prosecution victory

    Anthony Pellicano, onetime “P.I. to the Stars,” was convicted today of 76 of the 77 counts he faced for racketeering, wire fraud and identity theft. As Judge Dale Fischer began reading the first of the jury’s guilty verdicts at 12:15 p.m., Pellicano displayed the stoic bravado he showed throu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2008

    Mistakes Were Made

    Dysfunctional business as usual at Pellicano trial When we last left the trial of Anthony Pellicano and four co-defendants, the proceedings had been thrown into chaos after attorney Chad Hummel’s cross examination of a “businesswoman” whom the government had called to the witness stand to tes ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 27, 2007

    Phil Noir: Strangers On a Train Wreck

    The jury that hangs together gets hung

  • Columns

    May 24, 2007

    Phil Noir: Murder As a Second Language

    As questions about defense attorney Bruce Cutlers effectiveness circulate, immigrant witnesses place new accents on shooting timeline

  • News

    August 17, 2006

    Sex, Justice and the D.A.'s Office

    Could a prosecutors affair with a stripper bring down a death-penalty conviction and Steve Cooley?

  • News

    August 17, 2006

    The Steve and Bob Show

    Ex-D.A. Philibosian has a good friend in Cooley

  • News

    August 10, 2006

    Foreplay and Justice

    The case of a prosecutor who slept with a key witness

  • News

    June 30, 2005

    Rocky Road

    Suit tarnishes city attorneys polished image

  • News

    June 3, 2004

    Mean Girls

    Now Jane Does ex-friends say the Orange County rape victim was always a slut and a liar

  • News

    January 8, 2004

    Second and Long

    Retrial in Inglewoods videotaped beating case is a test for Steve Cooley

  • News

    May 1, 2003

    Reform for the Black Robes

    Ever wonder why innocent people plead guilty?

  • News

    September 12, 2002

    The Rampart Verdict

    The deeper meaning of LAPDs biggest scandal may never be known

  • News

    July 25, 2002

    What Cooley Learned From Rampart

    Not enough, say critics of the district attorney

  • News

    March 7, 2002

    LAPD Fiction

    How a detective made up evidence and got away with it

  • News

    August 9, 2001

    How to Bury A Scandal

    Rafael Perez has come and gone but Chief Parks remains unmoved

  • News

    April 12, 2001

    Rampart Watch

    New, harder look produces more charges against cops

  • News

    January 4, 2001

    In Contempt

    Judge Connor went beyond the call of duty to help Rampart officers

  • News

    November 30, 2000

    Beyond the Verdict

    The real Rampart scandal is citywide

  • News

    November 16, 2000

    Trying for Justice

    The deep meaning of the deeply flawed Rampart trial

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    Gimme Some Truth

    Gang members make or break Rampart case

  • News

    November 2, 2000

    Another Fine Mess

    Rampart scandal staggers into court

  • News

    October 21, 1999

    Naming Names

    Defense attorneys want details on all the possibly flawed cases involving LAPD officers at the Rampart Station

  • News

    July 30, 1998

    Michael Taylor's killer convicted

    Killer of community activist Michael Taylor convicted

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