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September 13, 2011
Bomb Scare Outside Kodak Theater in Hollywood: Cops Investigate Truck Carrying Barrels
Rajiv PatelUpdate: The area was deemed safe at 12:50 p.m., police tell us. An LAPD bomb squad was checking out a pickup truck parked in front of the Kodak Theater near Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue in Hollywood today. Suspicions about the truck, which apparently has barrels in its ... More >>
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September 27, 2011
Sexy Female Robber Sought by LAPD: She Hit a Van Nuys Jewelry Store, Gun Blazing
LAPDThe booby bandit?Cops today announced they were looking for a robber. A sexy robber. In an unusual case the LAPD is trying track down a rare female stick-up artist who hit what appears to be a jewelry store at Sepulveda Boulevard and Burbank Avenue. This particular lady (5 feet, 5 inche ... More >>
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October 13, 2011
Infant's Body Found in The Angeles National Forest: LAPD Says Baby Died Under Parents' Care Last Year
Angeles National Forest.The body of an infant was found in the Angeles National Forest yesterday, and the LAPD is trying to figure out why the baby's parents didn't appear to have reported the death. The discovery was made yesterday by the LAPD's Abused Child Section, which received a tip th ... More >>
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October 19, 2011
L.A. City Hall's Switch to Google Email a Mess: LAPD Balks Over Cloud Security Concerns
Matt McGrathThe idea that the LAPD is going to store some of its sensitive information -- perhaps background on criminals and investigations, for example -- in "the cloud" has cops balking at the level of Google's email security. The city of L.A. decided last year to drop Novell's email ser ... More >>
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October 25, 2011
Marijuana Study by RAND That Indicated Lower Crime Around Dispensaries Retracted
Dispensary.Updated at the bottom with reaction from a criminal justice professor. First reported at 12:17 p.m. Monday. First a withdrawal, now a retraction? RAND has pulled its controversial September study of L.A. marijuana dispensary crime off the shelf for good after concluding that it " ... More >>
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October 25, 2011
Lucien Daigle, LAPD Sergeant, Arrested For Alleged San Bernardino County Burglary Gone-Sideways
Bizarre story out of the Inland Empire (of course). San Bernardino sheriff's deputies say a man burglarized a home in the town of Metone, was pepper sprayed by its owner as he fled, then got into a car crash nearby. When cops caught up with him at the crash scene -- at Greenspot and Santa ... More >>
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October 25, 2011
LAPD Seeks To Shut Down "Occupy LAPD" Twitter Account
Almost alone among its big-city counterparts, the LAPD has had a good working relationship with the local Occupy encampment. No clashes, no pepper spray, no arrests.The bond was so good, it seemed, that the LAPD set up a special Twitter feed just to interact with Occupy L.A. protesters. OccupyLAP ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Fake Fire Inspection Letters With Ex-Mayor Jim Hahn's Name on Them go Out to Residents: LAPD Says Burglars Are at Work
James K. back in the day.These would-be criminals are so dumb they don't know the name of the mayor of L.A. At least one would-be victim was smart enough to alert authorities: The LAPD last night warned residents that wannabe burglars are sending fake letters on city letterhead saying that f ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
Venice's RV-Dwelling Mobile Homeless Targeted by LAPD For Harassment, Lawsuit Claimed: Court Rejects it, But Appeal Planned
Dennis RomeroThe Real Recreational Vehicles of Venice.Venice's mobile homeless, the folks who live in RVs parked on beach-side streets, have comprised a simmering issue that has pitted the community's liberal soul against its golden property values. A federal lawsuit against the city and LA ... More >>
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November 7, 2011
Video: Mixed Martial Arts Fighters Take Down Would-be Robber at Vermont Avenue Hotel, LAPD Says
Sorta like this.A pair of mixed martial arts fighters in town for a tournament foiled a robbery at a motel south of Hollywood, the LAPD reported over the weekend. They basically held the suspect, disarmed him and came really close to kicking his ass. The backpack wearing suspect strolled int ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
Marijuana Dispensaries in L.A. Magnets For Robbers, Violence, Organized Crime -- Report
Fox 11 NewsRobbery in progress.Only weeks after RAND took a controversial study of marijuana dispensary crime off the shelf following questions about its validity, a Fox 11 News report gives at least anecdotal evidence that some pot shops are dangerous places (especially for people who work t ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
Ecstasy Worth as Much as $60,000 Seized After Allegedly Tripping L.A. Suspect Dials 911
mensapparelreview.comThe adage don't get high on your own supply seems to have its roots in the hazy daze of the 1970s, but it couldn't be more appropriate than today, when certain recreational medicine is as powerful as ever. Case in point: One suspect called 911 after apparently tripping ( ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
DUI Checkpoint in Koreatown, Drunk Patrols Near Downtown, Harbor Area This Weekend
B CWoop-woop.This is probably a little preview for you merry holiday pranksters. The LAPD is just getting warmed up, and you haven't even bought your turkey yet. The department has three -- count 'em -- three DUI enforcement operations happening this weekend, including a dreaded drunk-driv ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
Occupy L.A. Pitches Mini Tent City at Bank of America Plaza; Riot Police Move in for Arrests
TwitterStandoff at Occupy Bank of America Plaza.Update, 4:20 p.m.: Occupiers aren't leaving. Police look unsure of what to do. Watch the impending clash on the Occupy L.A. live stream, which has almost 1,000 viewers right now. Update, 4 p.m.: Occupiers have 10 minutes to clear plaza, or face ... More >>
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November 18, 2011
Cop-Car Tires Slashed Near Occupy L.A. Overnight But Occupiers Are Not Suspected: Rather, Cops Implicate Crazy Lady
LAPDFollowing yesterday's Occupy L.A. protests downtown, a vandal "stabbed" the tires of "several" police cars outside the LAPD's Central Division station overnight, cops said. However, nothing indicates the slashing was done on the part of an occupier scorned. Rather, it sounds to us like ... More >>
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November 21, 2011
L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa Vows to End 30-Day Impounds For Unlicensed Drivers (a.k.a. Illegal Immigrants)
Mayor V.Following an unflattering report on vehicle impounds by the LAPD, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today said he would stop L.A. cops' 30-day impounds for first-time offenders who have been pulled over and found to lack drivers licenses. For the most part around here those people are calle ... More >>
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November 22, 2011
Occupy L.A. Appears to Help Crime in City Hall Area Nearly Triple, LAPD Says
Occupying L.A., one tent at a time.Looks like the 99 percent is good at breaking a few laws. LAPD statistics indicate that October-to-mid-November crime around the Occupy L.A. encampment has nearly tripled compared to the same period last year, police tell the Weekly. The numbers include a ... More >>
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November 23, 2011
Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend DUI Checkpoints in L.A: Happy Turkey Day (Now Put Your Hands Behind Your Back)
Frank V.Try not to get too stuffed on beer this Thanksgiving weekend. Because, despite the holiday cheer, cops will be looking for you if you get behind the wheel. If the pilgrims and colonizers were around today they'd be greeted with handcuffs and huge fines (America's settlers apparently ... More >>
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November 29, 2011
'Occupy' Encampment at East L.A. City College Allowed to Stay Until at Least January
Alhambra SourceAs the bedraggled Occupy L.A. encampment slowly drains (on its own accord, but under well-planned pressure from the LAPD and City Hall), and attempts to Occupy UCLA have been uprooted by the increasingly despised UC Police Department (did you see that militant line of riot poli ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
Occupy L.A. Eviction: Is LAPD Restricting Coverage With Last-Minute 'Pool Media'?
PHOTO BY TED SOQUIWill the final LAPD-Occupy standoff be photographed?[Update, morning after: Awesomely, the "pool" reports turned into a sort of crowd-sourced feed; LA Weekly reporter Gene Maddaus says he received constant email updates throughout the night from news outlets with soldiers in ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
VIDEO: LAPD Riot Squad Tackles Occupy L.A. Photographer
pixelthief via YouTubeFull video below.Though most protesters, observers and journalists at the LAPD raid of the Occupy L.A. camp last night gave the 1,200 responding riot police a gold star for good behavior, at least one photographer at the scene isn't singing their praises this morning. A ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
Occupy L.A. Arrestees Kept in Jail Unfairly, National Lawyers Guild Says
Dennis RomeroReady for zip-ties.Attorneys defending Occupy L.A. protesters arrested in this morning's eviction outside City Hall say the LAPD is not playing fair in dealing with their bail amounts. Many remained behind bars and could stay there through Friday morning. The National Lawyers Gu ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
Occupy L.A. Eviction: The View From the Inside
Editor's note: Freelance journalist Skylaire Alvegren has been attending Occupy L.A. general assemblies since they first began two months ago. She previously covered the Nov. 17 arrests of 46 occupiers for the Weekly and was there last night as police moved in. On the 60th day of Occupy Los ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Occupy L.A. Arrestees Said to Include Possibly Drunk, Belligerent Reporter For City News Service
Ted SoquiStreet occupiers Wednesday morning.A reporter for City News Service, a Southern California news wire that sells content exclusively to other organizations, including this one, was arrested during the Occupy L.A. encampment sweep yesterday, the LAPD told LA Weekly today. The unidenti ... More >>
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December 3, 2011
Occupy L.A. Infiltrated by Undercover LAPD Detectives Before Raid
Dennis RomeroAs occupiers took to downtown's Pershing Square today and at least one arrest was possibly made, news that cops infiltrated the Occupy movement in L.A. weeks before Wednesday's raid was reverberating across the nation this weekend. Undercover detectives blended in at the City Ha ... More >>
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December 6, 2011
Teen Sex Grab Ends With Young Woman Kicking Suspect Shota Mgeladze in Face, Cops Say
LAPDSuspect Mgeladze.An alleged perv who took a teenage girl for a ride in his Mercedes and then, cops say, grabbed her leg before being met with the business end of her foot was being investigated for other possible ride-and-grab crimes, according to the LAPD. The teen, who police say kicke ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
Occupy L.A. Demonstrators Policed With Help of Private Security Known Downtown as 'The Shirts:' LAPD Says That's Not 'Typical'
YouTubeLAPD gets an assist from purple-shirt-wearing security guards at an Occupy demonstration.Updated at the bottom with comments from Commander Andrew Smith, who says private security guards often work with police downtown but that a skirmish line with cops might have been out of the ordin ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
LAPD Info Posted by 'Anonymous' Hackers in Response to Occupy L.A. Raid
Not everyone's buying L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck's glowing review of police performance during last week's raid of Occupy L.A. A hacker group under Twitter handle @CabinCr3w just published the personal information of about two dozen LAPD officers on Tumblr. T ... More >>
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December 9, 2011
Elizabeth Macias: Pepper Spray Lady's Black Friday Gassing Under Review by L.A. City Attorney
Lalo AlcarazAs the holiday season is upon us, we turn with warm thoughts to the case of Pepper Spray Lady, the woman who unleashed a torrent of bitter tear juice on fellow shoppers during a Black Friday sale at a Porter Ranch Walmart. National headlines ensued. As we told you previously, the ... More >>
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December 13, 2011
LAPD Mistakes Hyde Park Library Cleanup for 'Occupy' Protest, Orders Youth Group to Disperse
Maegan Ortiz via Lockerz"Youth Justice Coalition meeting across fence since LAPD separated them."What should have been a warm 'n' fuzzy cleanup of the abandoned Hyde Park Library in South L.A. this morning went awry when responding LAPD officers reportedly mistook the Youth Justice Coalition ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
Food Vendor Crackdown in MacArthur Park Area Just in Time For Tamale Season: Immigrants' Rights Activists to Stage Protest
Ryan MyersIt's tamale season in L.A. And if you haven't put your holiday order in to your friendly, neighborhood, cart-pushing vendor yet, you better get moving. Except if you live in the MacArthur Park / Westlake district near downtown, where immigrants' rights activists say cops have been ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
Street Food Vendor Protest TODAY
Guzzle & NoshStreet food vendors in Tijuana, Mexico. Street food vendors are staging a protest today at 4:30 p.m. outside the Metro subway station on Alvarado and Seventh streets (that's near Langer's, for you gluttons) to protest the LAPD's crackdown on allegedly illicit street food vendors. ... More >>
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December 20, 2011
Jeff Baoliang Zhang: Chinese Consulate Shooting Suspect Turns Self in After Allegedly Firing 9 Rounds And Missing
Google MapsStuff happens on Shatto.Updated at the bottom with Zhang pleading not guilty -- and with some possible background on him, including that he might have feared for his life in China after outing the Chinese secret police in a plot to kill Falun Gong prisoners. Maybe. First posted at ... More >>
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December 20, 2011
Assaults on L.A. Cops up Nearly 27 Percent in 2011, Even as Crime Went Down
Strange days in the world of policing, especially in L.A. While violent crime continued its downward slide in 2011, with the FBI's latest stats indicating a 6.4 percent decline nationwide, attacks on cops in the City of Angels were up. Way up. Last week LAPD Chief Charlie Beck reported that ... More >>
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December 27, 2011
Michael Vincent Pree: Suspect Pimped, Sexually Assaulted Girl Under 12, LAPD Says
Dimitris PapazimourisCops over the weekend said they arrested a 23-year-old who put a young girl under the age of 12 into prostitution and sexually assaulted her. The suspect was ID'd as Michael Vincent Pree, who was arrested at his L.A. home Wednesday by the Innocence Lost Task Force, accor ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Hollywood Roosevelt Gay Bashing Attack Reported: Four Said to Have Been Injured by Gangsters
WeHo ConfidentialOne of the reported victims.The website WeHo Confidential says that as many as four people were injured in a gay bashing attack at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel this month. The victims were returning to rooms at the hotel about 2 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 19 (following a Saturday ni ... More >>
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December 30, 2011
Bree'Anna Guzman-Ruiz Is Missing: Young Lincoln Heights Mom Went Out for Cough Syrup, Never Came Home
Bree'Anna Guzman-Ruiz via FacebookLAPD detectives are trying to track down a 22-year-old mother of two who went missing Monday night in Lincoln Heights. Bree'Anna Guzman-Ruiz, as she spells her name on Facebook, told her family on the evening after Christmas that she was going out to buy cou ... More >>
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January 6, 2012
Los Angeles Crime Was Down in 2011, But Comparisons to 1957 Are Yanking Your Chain
vintagebike.co.ukBad bwoys circa '5-7, homie.This bustling, global metropolis, with its Thaitown and Koreatown, Little Armenia and Oaxacan Westside, surely isn't the Leave it to Beaver burg it was in 1957. But L.A. city leaders, somewhat bullshittingly, continue to compare present day crime ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
Insane Superbreed of 'Vapor Wake Detection' Bomb Dog Now Patrolling LAX
CBS NewsThey're here. And they're smarter than you.Underwear bombers and Lieutenant Brodies of the future, beware. The LAPD has recruited a new class of canine to help hunt terrorists at LAX, and their nose muscles are as hot and rippling as Schwarzenegger's biceps in the '80s. Raised and t ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
VIDEO: Teen Girl Beaten, Punched For Cellphone
LAPDA teenager was brutally punched and beaten by a man who robbed her of her cellphone just around the corner from an LAPD station in Koreatown this week, police say. The attack was caught on tape via security video (after the jump). What's amazing is that the 18-year-old victim, even after ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
Illegal-Immigrant Impound Policy Elevates Into Political War: Mayor, LAPD Chief vs. City Council, Police Union
Southern California Immigration CoalitionBad news... for drunks and aliens.It's common knowledge, by now, that DUI checkpoints around L.A. County double as illegal-immigrant crackdowns. It works like this: Illegals aren't allowed to hold driver's licenses in California (a public-safety outr ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
Hervey Medellin: Hollywood Body Parts Victim ID'd
Updated at the bottom: The Times ID's the victim. Our headline has changed and this piece was wholly rewritten after we picked up a false report of an arrest in the case. First posted at 6:54 p.m. Thursday. Reports of an arrest in the grisly case of human body parts found this week in the Ho ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
Winner Slapped, Punched Random Women Downtown: Suspect Jermaine Vincent Moran Arrested
LAPDMoranUpdated at the bottom: There might be another assailant out there. Call him the Mad Slapper. Cops this morning arrested a man they say has slapped, punched and pushed four three women and one man, unprovoked, near City Hall and, yes, LAPD headquarters downtown. The city's illustri ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
Hollywood Clubbers Be Warned: DUI Checkpoint on the Boulevard Tonight
Ray AxeGet ready, party people. Because the LAPD is preparing to strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger. Yeah, the Buzz Killingtons will be out in full force not far from the Cahuenga Corridor clubbing mecca tonight in a seek-and-destroy mission targeting drunk drivers. ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Helicopters Buzzing Downtown Part of Joint Military Exercises Supported by LAPD
lewisha1990As if the downtown area isn't already alive with the sound of ghetto birds, the LAPD announced this week that it will be conducting exercises with U.S. Armed Forces. And those nighttime exercises will include buzzing, ominous helicopters. So don't trip out, crackhead at Fourth an ... More >>
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January 30, 2012
Mayan Club-Adjacent Shooting Takes Life, Wounds 3: LAPD Says Witnesses Many But Silent
clubmayan.comThe LAPD is trying to track down the shooter who killed a man and wounded three others outside the Mayan club downtown over the weekend. Cops seem to be frustrated: They say the surviving victims aren't talking. That's to be expected though: The beef that sparked the attack was ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Serial Killer on The Eastside Following Deaths of Bree'Ann Guzman, Michelle Lozano? Cautious LAPD Doesn't Rule it Out
FacebookBree'Ann Guzman.Rumors of serial killers on the loose are nothing new to the LAPD. But they seem to have taken on a new life thanks to the rapid-fire chatter of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. In Wilmington this month the stabbing death of 28-year-old mother Cristian Al ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
Superbowl Drunks to be Targeted All Weekend by LAPD: Here's Your Cheat Sheet
NFLAre you ready for some ... jail? Thought so. Nothing like a few bars to make a big, football-loving brawler turn into a bawl-er. Ever the Buzz Killington, the LAPD is going balls out -- no pun intended -- for Superbowl weekend, including a "saturation patrol" and DUI checkpoints. We' ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
Paul Adame, Germain Elementary School Janitor, Arrested on Suspicion of Lewd Acts on Child: LAPD Seeking More Possible Victims
Google MapsGermain Elementary.As if the L.A. school district needed one more scumbag touching children, the LAPD today announced the arrest of an elementary school janitor for alleged lewd acts on a child. The confluence of employees accused of sex crimes at the system (two teachers at Miram ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
LAPD's Abandoned Rampart Station, Center of B.I.G. Scandal, Is Now Blight Capital of the Eastside
Union de Vecinos via FacebookThe old Rampart station is trashed and overrun with criminals.A new kind of scandal has overtaken the LAPD's old, boarded-up Rampart Station in Historic Filipinotown. It's a lot less hip-hop than the last one, but infuriating all the same: "This old station has n ... More >>
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