Long Beach Police Department

2 Teens Charged In Murder Case That Led To Upscale Rancho Palos Verdes

Two teenagers have been charged with the murder of 42-year-old Long Beach man Christopher Waters, whose body was found April 23 in a burned out SUV in Rancho Palos Verdes. The second of the two suspects, 18-year-old Jose Angel Martinez of Compton, was arrested Wednesday, the L.A. County Sheriff's D ... More >>

Man Set On Fire At Long Beach 7-Eleven Dies

Updated at the bottom with the suspect charged today with capital murder. Prosecutors claim he was "lying in wait." First posted at 7:07 a.m. A man set on fire in front of Long Beach 7-Eleven has died, Long Beach police announced. The horrific attack, allegedly by a homeless man, was captured on t ... More >>

DUI Checkpoint Cheat Sheet For Your Weekend: Look Out, Long Beach

Last weekend cops were swarming the streets like the Ravens' defensive line shutting down a last-minute touchdown attempt by the 49ers. It was rough out there because, cops and experts say, Super Bowl weekend is one of the worst times of the year for DUI accidents. But if you thought you were off ... More >>

VIDEO: Man Set On Fire Outside Long Beach Market

Updated at the bottom with a suspect description. First posted at 8:02 a.m. The drive-by shooting isn't the only way people are attacked in Southern California: A particularly evil suspect resurrected a weapon with a sordid, political history, the Molotov cocktail, over the weekend. Last night the ... More >>

Marijuana Raids At 7 Long Beach Dispensaries As Cops Warn All Shops in City to Close

While Los Angeles is the wild west when it comes to marijuana dispensaries now that out pot shop ban is history, the city of Long Beach is vowing to shut down each and every cannabis retailer in town. To that end it enlisted the help of the DEA, the state Franchise Tax Board and the District Attorn ... More >>

Father Jose Luis Cuevas, Long Beach Priest, Charged With Sexual Battery on Church Grounds

The latest sex scandal and PR nightmare for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles comes by way of northern Long Beach, near Compton: Father Jose Luis Cuevas, 67, the longtime head priest at St. Athanasius Church, is being charged with "nine counts of sexual assault" for years of allegedly m ... More >>

Hoarder Allegedly Shoots Long Beach Inspector, Stands Off With SWAT (PHOTOS)

Update at the bottom: It's over. First posted at 12:37 p.m. You know you're a prolific hoarder when you get a visit from code enforcement officers. Cops and reports indicate this particular Long Beach hoarder (photos on the next page) fought back this morning when city inspectors came to his home ... More >>

Marijuana Raid, Alleged Excessive Force on VIDEO; LBC Pot Shop Lawyer Says Suit Likely

A Long Beach marijuana dispensary alleges that police used excessive force against an employee during a raid last month. Now the attorney for the dispensary tells the Weekly it will file a claim against the city, with a subsequent lawsuit likely. Long Beach police tell us a "thorough review" of the ... More >>

Party People Beware: DUI Checkpoints Across L.A., So Here's Your Cheat Sheet

Added at bottom: One more checkpoint we hadn't previously heard about. So you cancelled that weekend trip to Las Vegas because interstate 15 was all but shut down today? Wise move. But now you have to get all DIY and make the party happen right here in L.A. But before you go aggro Party Monster on ... More >>

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Noe Yanez, Long Beach Cop, Allegedly Sexting With Minor He Met On The Job

A Long Beach cop was arrested after he allegedly sparked up a relationship with a minor while on the job and apparently had the victim text nude photos to him, police said. The minor, who was not identified as a girl or boy, this month told a "school resource officer" about the situation, sparking ... More >>

Long Beach Police Shootout Wounds One Following Murder: Cop Car Injured (PHOTOS)

Long Beach is a rock 'n' roll, razzle-dazzle crime town, the Oakland to L.A.'s San Francisco. Last night the LBC didn't disappoint: A cop heard shots fired, responded to a murder in progress, took rounds that ended up hitting his black-and-white, and critically wounded the suspect. That's the stor ... More >>

Marijuana Brownies at Long Beach High School: 48-year-old Guyl Given, 4 Others, Arrested

Several arrests were made after marijuana brownies made the rounds at a Long Beach high school, police announced today. The treats inspired the arrests of five people, including 48-year-old Guyl Given, who cops say bought them at a cannabis dispensary and sold them to students. The whole case was ... More >>

Joanna Ramos, 10-Year-Old, Dies in Girl Fight in Long Beach: Cops Say She Went Willingly to Alley For Confrontation

Google MapsThe school where fight plans might have originated.​Updated at the bottom with the coroner's conclusion. The girl was 10, not 11. The headline has been changed. First posted at 9:47 p.m. Saturday. Cops say an 11-year-old who died following a street fight with an elementary school c ... More >>

Long Beach Federal Building Shooting: One Dead After ICE Officer Reportedly Opens Fire at Work

Updated at the bottom with IDs, details. Headline has changed. First posted at 6:11 p.m. Thursday Two people, including a law enforcement officer, were shot on the seventh floor of the Glenn M. Anderson Federal Building in Long Beach tonight, according to reports. Live television coverage from CBS ... More >>

Arrests Made in 2008 Long Beach Homeless Encampment Murders

Updated at the bottom: The suspects have been named by the Long Beach Police Department and are being linked to other crimes too. Originally posted January 18 at 3:45 p.m. By Taylor Freitas Long Beach police just announced that they've made an arrests related to the killing of five people in a ho ... More >>

George Diller, Marine Vet at 'Occupy Long Beach,' Claims Police Brutality During Smoking Citation

Greggory Moore/Long Beach PostOfficer Dinsdale puts a Long Beach smoker in his place.​A brave few campers remain at Occupy Long Beach headquarters in Lincoln Park. Christopher Perkins, an organizer, counts maybe a dozen, tops. Every night at 10 p.m., when the park closes, they drag their tents ... More >>

Rachel Bruner, Long Beach 27-Year-Old, Killed in Bizarre Apartment Shooting With Boyfriend

Rachel Bruner via Facebook​A young woman who died Monday night in a domestic Long Beach shooting has been identified as 27-year-old Rachel Bruner. Her 26-year-old boyfriend, with whom she apparently lived in an apartment near Orange Avenue and Seventh Street, is still in the hospital with a gu ... More >>

The Boy Scouts' Police Problem

Dozens of teenage Explorers have been sexually abused by cops. Should Scouts share the blame?

Long Beach Gay Bashings Have Community On-Edge: Police Increase Patrols

The Gay and Lesbian Center of Long Beach​Updated at the bottom with comments from a Gay and Lesbian Center official. First posted at 3:55 p.m. West Hollywood isn't the only community in the midst of a gay bashing scare. Gay rights activists in Long Beach are planning on bringing back long-go ... More >>

Douglas Zerby Ruling: D.A. Clears Long Beach Police, Says They Killed Troubled Man in Self-Defense

Long Beach PostRally at LBPD headquarters.​Friends and family of Long Beach resident Douglas Derby were outraged last December, when two Long Beach police officers (identified today as Victor Ortiz and Jeffrey Shurtleff, veterans on the force) shot the 35-year-old dead on his doorstep. They sa ... More >>

Photography is Not a Crime: ACLU Suing L.A. Sheriff's Department For Detaining Photogs Simply Because They Took Pictures

Jonathan CastilloStop or we'll shoot.​Updated at the bottom with juicy details about how this anti-photog movement in policing actually grew out of an LAPD policy. First posted at 1:29 a.m. We got a lot of attention when we scolded Long Beach police Chief Jim McDonnell for declaring that deta ... More >>

Shawn Tischler, TV Extra and Venice Denizen is Missing; Dad Seeks Help Finding Schizophrenic Son

Shawn Tischler, missing denizen of Venice Beach ​By Carly Klein Schizophrenic former TV extra Shawn William Tischler went missing May 27 in Pacoima, and his father is asking the Los Angeles public's help in finding the slight, tattooed Venice regular who "doesn't know who he is and gets confus ... More >>

Facebook Threats on Columbine's Anniversary Lead to Long Beach Millikan High School Student's Arrest

myart.orgMillikan High School.​A Long Beach teenager was arrested for making threats to high school classsmates on Facebook after a girl reported him to police about him on the anniversary of the Columbine school shooting. After taking the report Wednesday officers arrested a 17-year-old Mill ... More >>

'East Side Longos,' LBC Latino Gang, Lose 13 Members to SWAT Crackdown at 4 A.M.

rap.matters.comDon't mess with the Longos -- unless you're a cop with a search warrant​Updated after the jump: A Long Beach gang expert gives us the Longo lowdown. The East Side Longos may have been laughing after Marvin "Shy Boy'' Mercado, an ex-leader of rival gang Asian Boyz, was threatene ... More >>

Los Angeles Police Union Says Less People Want To Join LAPD Because Of 20 Percent Salary Cuts

​After we echoed La Opinion's report about how the LAPD is seeing 30 percent fewer applications despite the area's high unemployment, the Los Angeles police union weighed in with some of the reasons why, in its opinion. One of the more interesting points made by the Los Angeles Police Protect ... More >>

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