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April 5, 2013
Alleged Northridge Kidnapper Tobias Summers Crossed Into Mexico; Search Is On There
Tobias Summers, the man wanted for the shocking abduction of a 10-year-old Northrdige girl, was seen crossing the border into Mexico, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck told reporters today. The search has focused on Mexico, authorities say, but so far Tobias remained elusive:
Blogs
April 1, 2013
Red-Car Flasher Suspect Luis Bucio-Cedeno Arrested In Valley
They got the "red-car flasher," cops say, but where's the red car? The smoking gun in the two-year-long case of dozens of indecent-exposure reports, a red Toyota Camry, was not with 24-year-old Luis Bucio-Cedeno when cops arrested him at his North Hills residence over the weekend. But they still t ... More >>
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March 29, 2013
Bicyclist Sustains Major Injuries In Valley Village Hit-And-Run By Mercedes SUV
See also: Hit-and-Run Blowback on LAPD. A series of hit-and-run crimes on bicyclists have L.A. bike activists fuming this spring. The community was buzzing about a near-death hit-and-run in Griffith Park last month. Now there's this:
Blogs
March 28, 2013
Lotto Scam In San Fernando Valley Nets Thousands Of Dollars
What if someone came up to you and offered to split their winnings from a Lotto ticket? All you'd have to do, in return, is cash it for them and put up money to show good faith that you're not going to run off with the whole thing. If it sounds like a scam, it is. But people are being taken right h ... More >>
Blogs
March 27, 2013
Missing Northridge Girl Apparently Abducted, Attacked
Updated at the bottom: She was found with injuries after she was apparently abducted. Headline has changed. First posted at 3:29 p.m. Lots of people go missing in this mean city, unfortunately, and many do so largely unnoticed. But when a 10-year-old disappeared after she was last seen in her subur ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2013
Panorama City Shootings, One Near Marijuana Shop, Rattle LAPD
Bad weekend for Panorama City. Hours after cops announced the community's first homicide of 2013, another one was reported. The first murder happened about 10:35 Saturday night, according to the LAPD. The yet-to-be identified victim was walking ...
Blogs
March 15, 2013
St. Patrick's Day Weekend Means DUI Crackdown In L.A. County
Updated at the bottom with specific checkpoint locations. First posted at 9:01 a.m. You think you have the luck of the Irish? Don't test it. The AAA of Southern California this week said the new, higher cost of a first-time DUI offense is $15,649, up from earlier estimates of $10,000. The LAPD, ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2013
Sex Attack On Orange Busway Bike Path Has Valley Cops On Lookout
The LAPD this week released an artist's sketch of a creeper who they say attacked a woman on the Orange Line Busway Bike Path in Woodland Hills. The sexual assault happened last month but police are now asking for the public's help. They say the suspect jumped a fence, walked behind the 20-year-ol ... More >>
Blogs
March 8, 2013
DUI Checkpoints & Patrols In Valley, Near Downtown This Weekend
The LAPD is springing forward with a whole mess of DUI checkpoints and drunk patrols this weekend. The department publicizes the enforcement operations with the hope that you'll think twice about drinking and driving: "The deterrent effect of sobriety checkpoints is a proven resource in reducing th ... More >>
Blogs
March 8, 2013
Louis Vuitton Goods Worth $40K Stolen From Valley Neiman Marcus
Fashion-conscious burglars hit the Neiman Marcus at the Westfield Topanga mall and sashayed away with $40,000 worth of Louis Vuitton bags and scarves, police said last night. Not the most imaginative choice, but just as felonious as anything they could have taken from Chanel or Kate Spade. And her ... More >>
Blogs
March 4, 2013
Paul Maldonado, Kurt Logan: LAPD Cops Save Life At Warner Center Restaurant
A few days after a pair of cops were credited with saving the life of a woman in a burning tent downtown, two LAPD officers were being praised for helping to save the life of an elderly woman at a pizza restaurant in the Valley. The duo was flagged down by a restaurant employee Saturday at 1:30 p.m ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2013
DUI Checkpoints, Patrols For Silver Lake, Hollywood, Long Beach Starting Tonight
Can you say early spring? Yeah, as things warm up out there, the heat is on. The LAPD, the L.A. County Sheriff's Department and Long Beach police have a bunch of DUI checkpoints waiting for you this weekend. They want you to know about them so that maybe you'll avoid drinking and driving altogethe ... More >>
Blogs
February 28, 2013
LAPD Rescues Woman From Exploding Tent On Skid Row (PHOTOS)
An LAPD officer was being praised by the department for bravely going where you or I probably would not have gone: Inside a burning tent to save a woman's life. It happened early today on Skid Row as cops on patrol as part of the LAPD's Safer Cities Initiative noticed the blaze:
Blogs
February 14, 2013
Elisa Lam: Video Of Missing 21-Year-Old Released By LAPD
The LAPD this week released video of missing, 21-year-old Canadian Elisa Lam, hoping the imagery will help someone recognize her and call authorities. Cops say her disappearance is "suspicions;" they believe "foul play" might have played a role. The tourist was supposed to be en route to Santa Cru ... More >>
Blogs
February 12, 2013
Wayne K. Guillary, LAPD Sgt., Appeals To Dorner, Says Cop Racism Remains
Another African American cop, this one still on the force, has reached out to disgraced ex-LAPD Officer Christopher Dorner, telling him to call a TV station before he surrenders so that the event is filmed and he is "not harmed." Sgt. Wayne K. Guillary posted a "personal appeal" on the website of L ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2013
Christopher Jordan Dorner, Disgraced LAPD Cop, Suspected In Irvine Murders
UPDATED BELOW with a list of dead and wounded police and other victims and comments by Chief Charlie Beck on the LAPD's accidental predawn shooting of paper delivery women at a staked-out site in the manhunt for Dorner. The search for the suspect has focused on San Diego. Cops were on the lookout t ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2013
Elisa Lam: 21-Year-Old Missing From Downtown L.A. Possible Victim Of Foul Play
Cops were searching for a missing 21-year-old, Elisa Lam, who came to Los Angeles from Vancouver as a tourist. Unfortunately, investigators believe that her case is "suspicious" and might involve "foul play," according to an LAPD statement. She ended up in a sketchy part of downtown and stayed in a ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2013
Christopher Dorner LAPD Murder Rampage Timeline
Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013: Monica Quan, 28, daughter of an ex-LAPD captain who Christopher Dorner apparently believed represented him poorly before LAPD fired him, is slain along with her boyfriend Keith Lawrence, 27. The bodies are found in a car in their condo's Irvine parking garage. Quan was an assis ... More >>
Blogs
February 6, 2013
Traffic Tickets Get A Boost With LAPD's Laser-Accurate Speed-Detection Guns
If you're tired of the LAPD killing fish in a barrel with "ticket traps" and other money-making schemes while motorists make atrocious and dangerous moves in your neighborhood, we have bad news for you. The department has obtained new laser speed-detection guns that can not only pick you out of a c ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2013
Super Bowl Weekend DUI Checkpoints, Patrols Start Tonight; Look Out Silver Lake, Hollywood
If your idea of a solid Super Bowl involves a bowl of weed and a keg of beer, beware: The LAPD is gearing up for a massive DUI crackdown that starts tonight and peaks on Sunday when the 49ers take on that other team. Here's your drunk-driver checkpoint and "saturation patrol" cheat sheet for the b ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2013
Marijuana Warehouse That Provided Dispensaries With Weed Busted By LAPD
A nearly $4-million-month marijuana operation that supplied dispensaries near and far was busted by the LAPD, the department alleged today. Narcotics officers, with the help of U.S. Homeland Security gang agents, served a search warrant at a warehouse about 11 a.m. yesterday and allegedly discovere ... More >>
Blogs
January 28, 2013
L.A.'s Hit-And-Run Epidemic Inspires New Focus At City Hall
Following LA Weekly's eye-opening report on the city's hit-and-run epidemic, one L.A. city Councilman wants something done. Joe Buscaino is asking the LAPD to report to the council's Public Safety Committee "about what efforts are being undertaken by the Department to curtail hit-and-run incidents ... More >>
News
January 24, 2013
LAPD Spied on 21 Using StingRay Anti-Terrorism Tool
Mimicking a cellphone tower, it bypasses checks and balances
Blogs
January 21, 2013
Angel Serna Mancilla: Man Fatally Shot Outside Eastside Taco Truck
Cops were searching for the suspect who shot 27-year-old Angel Serna Mancilla outside an Eastside taco truck over the weekend. The attack near Monterey Hills, in the 5100 block of Huntington Drive, was reported at 10:15 Saturday night, according to the LAPD. The victim, found by officers lying on ... More >>
Blogs
January 11, 2013
DUI Patrol In Hollywood Tonight, Silver Lake Tomorrow: Hipsters Beware
If you thought you could skate after buzzing through New Year's Eve without getting busted for DUI, think again. The LAPD isn't letting up and has a flurry of anti-drunk-driving activities planned for your weekend. Here's your DUI checkpoint and patrol cheat sheet for tonight and beyond:
News
January 10, 2013
Army Corps' Eco-Disaster in Valley
Army Corps homophobia may have prompted destruction of 40 acres of habitat
Blogs
January 4, 2013
Teen Girls Flashed By Nude Man On The Loose In Valley; LAPD Calls Him 'Red Car Flasher'
A motorist who stops and jumps out of a red car completely nude to flash teenage girls has done it again in the San Fernando Valley, cops say. The LAPD this week released a new sketch (after the jump) of the suspect hoping that someone will recognize him and come forward. Cops also issued a "be on ... More >>
Blogs
January 4, 2013
L.A. Hit-and-Run Crisis Uncovered by L.A. Weekly Prompts Official Demand for Answers from Charlie Beck and LAPD
Please read L.A.'s Bloody Hit-and-Run Epidemic and Victim Finds Hit-and-Run Driver Citing an L.A. Weekly probe that unveiled a hit-and-run crisis in Los Angeles, with drivers fleeing 48 percent of all crashes, Councilman Joe Buscaino asked the L.A. City Council to require LAPD to explain how it plan ... More >>
Blogs
December 28, 2012
LAPD Gun Buyback Was Totally Average -- Not The Most Successful Ever
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck trotted out a table full of guns on Thursday and proclaimed that this year's gun buyback was the most successful ever.Turns out: no. The buyback brought in 2,037 guns. That makes it the third most successful event (out of five).In other words, it was a completely average ... More >>
Blogs
December 27, 2012
2 Rocket Launchers Turned In During LAPD Gun Buyback
Yesterday's LAPD gun buyback was so successful that two-hour waits and gift-card shortages were reported. The department says it picked up 75 assault weapons as part of its no-questions-asked effort that saw $100 dollar cards handed out for handguns and long guns and $200 for the kind of rifle used ... More >>
Blogs
December 26, 2012
$100 For Your Guns, No Questions Asked, Today In South L.A., Van Nuys
If you got a gun for Christmas and you don't like guns, take it back. If you got a gun for Christmas and you're not quite sure where it came from or where it's been, turn it into the LAPD anonymously. You can do so today and, not only will cops not ask questions, they'll give you a gift card for $1 ... More >>
Blogs
December 21, 2012
Occupy L.A. Protesters Sue Over LAPD's City Hall Raid
More than a year after an invasion of LAPD troops cleared the L.A. City Hall lawn of a months-long Occupy encampment, the city and county are being sued over the action. The federal, class-action suit filed on behalf of about 300 occupiers claims their "rights to assembly, association, freedom from ... More >>
Blogs
December 19, 2012
LAPD Contingent Sent To Newtown To Help And Learn, Says Assistant Chief Michel Moore
The Los Angeles Police Department has sent officers to Newtown, Connecticut in the wake of Friday's tragedy. Assistant Chief Michel Moore told the Los Angeles Police Commission this week that the department, alongside L.A. Unified School District police, has sent a small contingent of officers to t ... More >>
Blogs
December 18, 2012
Justin Bieber, Ashton Kutcher Swatting Cases Net Arrest Of Suspected Juvenile Prankster
Cops today said that the big bad wolf responsible for some of the celebrity mayhem known as "swatting" has been arrested. This would-be hardened criminal wreaked havoc on the LAPD when officers rushed to the homes of Justin Bieber, Ashton Kutcher and possibly others based on false reports of home ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2012
Peter Marshall's Beloved 'Brother Dave' Painting Found After Nearly 30 Years
The long, strange trip of a painting called "Brother Dave," commissioned by Peter Marshall of Hollywood Squares fame more than 30 years ago, has a Hollywood ending, it seems. The LAPD late yesterday announced that the beloved portrait of Marshall's son has been recovered after it was stolen in a Ja ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2012
LAPD Beefs Up LAUSD Schools Security In Wake Of Newtown Tragedy
The LAPD this afternoon said security has been beefed up at L.A. schools in response to the tragedy in Connecticut. The department said it has or will be making contact with every public school principal in the city. There would also be additional patrols, according to the LAPD. That said, ...
Blogs
December 13, 2012
Holiday DUI Checkpoint Cheat Sheet: Massive Drunk Driving Crackdown Starts Friday
'Tis the season to be jolly, yes, but try not to do your fa-la-la-la-laing in a jail cell. Not fun. The L.A. County Sheriff's Department this week previewed the anti-DUI can of whoopass it's unveiling for the holidays, starting this weekend. It's massive:
Blogs
December 12, 2012
Starbucks Robber On Loose In West Valley, Asks For Job Application Before Heists
Cops are searching for a guy they say has robbed several Starbucks coffee shops and Subway restaurants in the West Valley. They're calling him the "Job App Bandit" because he suspect enters at closing time, asks for a job application and glass of water, and pulls out a gun and robs the place, accor ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2012
110 Freeway Shut Down, SWAT Called Out As Potential Jumper Climbs Sign On Bridge
Updated at the bottom: The man was apprehended and the freeway is reopening. A "possible jumper" over the 110 freeway downtown has prompted police to call out a SWAT team, the LAPD tells the Weekly. The situation on the 7th Street bridge was reported by the L.A. Fire Department at 2:13 p.m. Police ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2012
LAPD Motorcycle Officer Crashes Into Tree In Latest Case Of L.A. Hit-And-Run Madness
See also: *L.A.'s Bloody Hit-and-Run Epidemic. Um. We told you L.A. has a hit-and-run epidemic, with nearly 1 out of every 2 reported traffic collisions in town involving a driver who bolts. If Simone Wilson's excellent cover story, "L.A.'s Bloody Hit-and-Run Epidemic," didn't drive the point home ... More >>
Blogs
December 5, 2012
Westchester Home Invasion: Men Posing as Gas Co. Workers Pistol-Whip Oldster, Take Safe
A pair of men disguised as gas company workers robbed a Westchester residence and pistol-whipped an elderly man in what appears to be an alarming home invasion. The LAPD says it happened at 9:30 this morning in the 7400 block of El Manor Avenue. According to a statement from the department's Pacif ... More >>
Blogs
December 4, 2012
The Soloist Second Unit Director Returns to Skid Row in a New Documentary
See also: *Skid Row Homeless Say LAPD Is Trying to Bully Them off Their Freshly Cleaned Turf *Downtown L.A. CrossFit Gym Debases Homeless Neighbors in Photos, Facebook Posts Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home begins with a point worth making: Skid Row doesn't actually appear on any maps of Los Angel ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2012
DUI Checkpoint Cheat Sheet For The Weekend: Look Out Marina Del Rey, Boyle Heights
The holiday season is just getting started, and the LAPD is ready for your drunk self. It has been pointed out that the department seems to rarely conduct DUI checkpoints in whiter, Westside communities, so we'll give it credit for tonight's drunk dragnet: It's near Marina Del Rey. Alas, there's a ... More >>
Blogs
November 1, 2012
USC Halloween Shooting: 4 Hit, 2 Taken Into Custody
Updated at the bottom with details, including four hit and two in custody. Headline has changed. First posted at 12:28 a.m. At least two people, possibly three, were shot outside a Halloween party at USC overnight. The attack on Trousdale Parkway was reported sometime before midnight, according to ... More >>
Blogs
November 1, 2012
Ila Packman: Hollywood Marijuana Dispensary Robbers, Murder Suspects Sought
A marijuana dispensary robbery in Hollywood ended with the gruesome stabbing death of a bud-tender, Ila Packman. It happened more than two years ago at a store called Hollywood Holistic in the 1600 block of North El Centro Avenue, but cops don't seem to have any leads. And so the LAPD today is ask ... More >>
Blogs
October 31, 2012
Marijuana Halloween Candy: Cops Warn Trick-Or-Treaters About Weed-Infused Treats
The rise of the pot shop in Los Angeles has led to sales of marijuana edibles and cannabis candy that is sometimes mockingly packaged to look like some childhood favorites. That's all fine and well if you're a, ahem, legal adult suffering from whatever ailment requires you to take THC-infused choco ... More >>
Blogs
October 30, 2012
Carmen Elena Chavez, 19, Arrested In Alleged DUI Mercedes Crash That Killed 2 In DTLA
Updated at the bottom with charges for Chavez. First posted at 8:09 a.m. Monday. A night of partying for four young people ended in death for two innocent homeless residents mowed down as they slept on a downtown sidewalk yesterday morning, authorities allege. The 1989 Mercedes E Class that killed ... More >>
Blogs
October 17, 2012
Geary Gornick, Alleged Moped Flasher, Caught Via Ankle Tracker, Says LAPD
Updated at the bottom: Police say they got the guy. Headline has been changed. First posted at 8:05 a.m. on Oct. 10. Cops this week were looking for a moped rider who allegedly exposed himself to a 12-year-old girl in Arleta and then, like the true winner he clearly seems to be, walked into a nearb ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2012
LAPD's Alesia Thomas Beating Video Demanded By Attorney Benjamin Crump
Following her horrific death, an attorney representing the family of Alesia Thomas wants the LAPD to release its video of the woman's confrontation with cops last summer. Thomas died in custody following a kick to her genitals and a leg sweep at the hands of officers, the department admits. At leas ... More >>
Blogs
October 11, 2012
Tagger Falls To Near Death After Hitting Up 3-Story Westlake Building -- Cops
Cops say a tagger who had scaled a three-story building in the Westlake district fell and was "brain dead" today in the words of our City News Service feed report. The guy had climbed a tree to reach upper reaches of the building at Beverly Boulevard and Union Avenue when he fell, according to the ... More >>
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