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May 14, 2013
Drunk Guy Gets Stuck In Sylmar Chimney, Calls 911
Drunk and stuck in a chimney is not where you want be when the LAPD comes rolling around. But that was the story for 27-year-old Cuauhtli Castillo Lujano overnight, who told cops he was jumping from roof to roof in Sylmar because "that's what people do." Of course ...
Blogs
May 2, 2013
Man Blowing Kisses To School Children Sought By LAPD
A man was seen sitting in a pickup near a San Fernando Valley elementary school blowing kisses to the children recently. Of course, police would now like to have a chat with this well-wisher. In fact, they believe the perv might have done something like this before, according to an LAPD statement:
Blogs
April 15, 2013
Upskirt Picture Taker Foiled By Victim's Own Photos, LAPD Says
It's upskirt season in Los Angeles. The combination of warm weather and accessible technology (smartphones, tablets) has conspired to create a tidal wave of perversion in the Southland. The latest victim was going about her business at a Panorama City ampm market when she noticed a creep taking s ... More >>
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April 12, 2013
Valley Teen Pulls Classmate Into Bathroom For Kiss, Sees 'Intent-To-Rape' Charge
Updated at the bottom with one of the reasons cops think the suspect had intent to rape. First posted at 9:04 a.m. A Valley High School teen who pulled a girl into a restroom to kiss her was in jail today for alleged kidnapping with the intent to commit rape, cops said. The LAPD says in a statemen ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2013
Marijuana Shop Murder Has LAPD Looking For Santiago Gutierrez
Cops today were looking for a gang member wanted for killing a man outside a Panorama City marijuana dispensary last month. Detectives say the genius who pulled the trigger got the wrong guy: The passenger in a car outside the pot shop was the target, but the driver, 25-year-old Alex Moran, was fat ... More >>
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 >>
Blogs
December 12, 2012
'Ear Gauge Stalker' Sexually Assaults 2 Women In Sylmar -- LAPD
A guy with tribal holes in his ears -- ear gauges -- sexually attacked two women at an apartment complex near Sylmar High School over the weekend, cops say. The assaults on two victims -- one was dragged away as the suspect started to remove her clothes -- happened early Sunday morning in the 12900 ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2012
North Carolina Man Shot Walking in L.A.
This is the sad story of why nobody walks in L.A. Police today said a North Carolina man who just moved to the area five months ago was fatally gunned down early this morning in Sylmar. And no one knows why. He wasn't a gangster, it wasn't a gang-infested area, and so far there are no indications ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2012
Susanna Schick: L.A. Bike Community Rallies For Road Rage Survivor
Updated at the bottom with an eyewitness saying Schick crashed completely solo: First posted at 8:04 a.m. April 9. Friends of bicyclist Susanna Schick are raising funds to help her with her recovery and biking gear after she was injured in what some are claiming was an act of hit-and-run road rage ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2012
New iPhone Design Makes it Easier Target For Thieves Who Are Swarming Downtown L.A.
A rash of iPhone thefts has hit downtown L.A. this year, the LAPD says. The crooks could be taking advantage of what could be perceived as a security flaw in the new iPhone 4s: It has an easily accessible SIM card slot on its right side (the iPhone 4 does not): Its card can be tossed, rendering th ... More >>
Blogs
January 30, 2012
Mayan Club-Adjacent Shooting Takes Life, Wounds 3: LAPD Says Witnesses Many but Silent
The 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 reported to involve ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2012
Winner Slapped, Punched Random Women Downtown: Suspect Jermaine Vincent Moran Arrested
Updated at the bottom: There might be another assailant out there, but cops still think this guy did most of the handy work. 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 h ... More >>
Blogs
January 17, 2012
[Updated] Pinkberry Co-Founder Arrested at LAX
Update 1/17 4:15 p.m. Pinkberry's Senior Vice President of Marketing and Design Laura Jakobsen responded to the Young Lee arrest with this statement that firmly distances the co-founder from the company's current operations. Mr. Young Lee has no involvement with Pinkberry, our partners or our m ... More >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
November 8, 2011
Stolen MacBook's Software Lets Cops Know Where it is, Gives LAPD Screen Shots of Suspect Abimael Garcia Using it, Police Say
Oops, looks like this suspect forgot to wipe.A 29-year-old who allegedly bought a stolen MacBook computer was busted ... by the computer, cops say. Abimael Garcia was arrested by the LAPD after tracking software installed by the notebook's owner captured him using the machine and came up wit ... More >>
Blogs
October 24, 2011
Occupy L.A. Sees Homeless Invasion: Skid Row Residents Look For Food
Occupy this tent.Occupy L.A. might resemble a homeless encampment outside City Hall, but some are complaining that the real homeless are moving in on the anti-Wall Streeters in order to take advantage of the relatively plentiful food. Lt. Paul Vernon of the LAPD's Central Division stated ove ... More >>
Blogs
September 6, 2011
'I Just Stole This Car,' College Student Tells LAPD Cops on Patrol
WikiHonda Civic from the 2000-and-earlier era.Cops are shot at, sworn at and Monday-morning-quarterbacked for their actions. They're well-paid in L.A., but it's not all fun and games, especially during those 12-hour shifts. But we have to say these particular LAPD officers had it pretty easy ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2011
Teenager Sexually Assaulted in Downtown Fashion District in Broad Daylight
LAPDAn artist's sketch of the alleged attacker.A teenager was pulled into a Fashion District driveway downtown and sexually assaulted in broad daylight as another suspect, possibly a lookout, stood by, police said today. Police told the Weekly the 18-year-old, whose name was not released, wa ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2011
Blind, Elderly Woman Robbed in Broad Daylight in Little Tokyo
LAPD / YouTubeThis blind woman is being robbed.An elderly blind woman was robbed of her gold chain, and Paris Hilton was nowhere in sight. Cops today said the noontime mugging happened on Sunday, July 24 on First Street between Los Angeles and San Pedro streets -- the heart of Little Tokyo's ... More >>
Blogs
July 29, 2011
[VIDEO] LAPD Save Man From Suicide Jump by Handcuffing Him to Downtown Apartment Building, Giving Him Wedgie
YouTubeA 30-something man who had reportedly just broken up with his girlfriend tried to commit suicide off a downtown L.A. apartment building, towering over the 100th block of East 7th Street, on Thursday evening. And we might be reporting the incident as a tragic death today, if not for one ... More >>
Blogs
July 29, 2011
X Games Inspire LAPD to Crack Down on Underage Skaters in Downtown After-Hours
Naoki TominoThe buzz killingtons at the LAPD don't stop this week. They snuffed out a flash mob rave on Hollywood Boulevard, prepared for Lady Gaga fans to get out of hand yesterday (the didn't) and now they're targeting underage buggers who are illegally on the street past curfew (after 10 p ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2011
Little Tokyo Lounge Vault XXI Sees Two Critically Wounded in Shooting at its Door
FacebookVault XXI Boutique Lounge.Updated at the bottom: The investigation is being taken over by the LAPD's Asian Crime Unit. Also note the death of one of the victims after the jump. First posted at 9:03 p.m. on Saturday, July 23. Two men in their 20s were shot by a masked suspects outside ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2011
Baby Pulled From Stroller, Swung Into Metal Pole Downtown: Suspect Allegedly Says She Wanted to Eat its Arm
LAPDSuspect Natasha Hubbard.If this story turns out to be true, this woman is clearly sick. God help her. Authorities say 36-year-old Natasha Hubbard grabbed a 4-month-old out of his stroller and swung him by his leg, over her head, into a metal pole protruding of a nearby truck. The woman la ... More >>
Blogs
July 19, 2011
Teen Smash-And-Grab Robbery Suspect Arrested by LAPD With Help From His Own Parents
LAPDA Koreatown smash-and-grab.Just be glad you're not this kid: A 17-year-old was arrested in connection with a smash-and-grab jewelry store robbery that happened downtown on July 12. And you know who cops say fingered him? His own parents. The teen wasn't identified because he's underage. ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2011
Go Skateboarding Day: Thousands of Skaters Overtake Downtown L.A., Venice Boardwalk
Updated after the jump with live pics from the traffic nightmare. No, that's not a swarm of cicadas outside your office, celebrating the first day of summer like it's 1840! That, friend, is an adorable mob of 1,000s of skateboarders, practicing their right to rebel on the one day of the year ... More >>
Blogs
May 5, 2011
Street Artist Free Humanity Plants Apple Grenades Along Light Rail; Bomb Squad Halts Service, Removes 'Forbidden Fruit' With Robot
Free HumanityIf only every art installation would set off a chain of events this awesome [Curbed LA]. Last week, street-art blog Melrose & Fairfax reported that Free Humanity, otherwise known for his dark, political Star Wars stencils -- read the Weekly's exclusive interview here -- left a r ... More >>
Blogs
January 14, 2011
Francisco Montoya's Alleged Graffiti Tagging Found On Flickr, Ecstasy Found In His Home, LAPD Says
All your yuppie downtown are belong to us.Here's a cautionary tale for all you aspiring spray-can artistes out there: If you're "throwing up" your beautiful work on someone's property without permission, try not to post photos of your conquests on Flickr. The LAPD on Friday says Francisco Mo ... More >>
Blogs
November 8, 2010
(Video) Three Gunman, One In A Halloween Mask, Rob Downtown Los Angeles Wholesale Business, Scare The Hell Out Of People
LAPDWould you give your wallet to this guy?Scariest. Robbery. Ever. (Video after the jump). Three dudes roll up to a clothing wholesale/retail business in an industrial part of southeast downtown, pull out guns, and get $6,000 in cash. One of them is wearing a Jason-like Halloween ski mask ( ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2010
Downtown Skid Row Rapist Has Struck Twice, Binding Victims With Tape: LAPD On The Hunt
Skid Row.Police on Thursday were on the lookout for a rapist they say has struck twice this month along downtown's Skid Row, binding victims in both cases with duct tape. The latest incident happened Monday. Los Angeles Police Department Detectives say the middle-aged, balding man in a brown ... More >>
Blogs
July 19, 2010
Jody Heard, L.A. Homicide No. 155: Man Fatally Shot in Skid Row Identified
Los Angeles Police Department detectives are investigating an early-morning shooting that claimed the life of 35-year-old Jody Heard. The shooting in Skid Row occurred in the 600 block of South Maple Street, just a few feet from the LAPD's Central Police Station. According to police reports, ... More >>
Blogs
June 28, 2010
Today In WTF: Would-Be Robber In Lakers Uniform Gets Ass Kicked By Security Guard In Downtown Los Angeles
A suspected robber dressed in a Lakers uniformed got his ass kicked by a security guard downtown but eventually got away, prompting police this week to distribute his description in an attempt to catch the low scorer. The robbery attempt at West Third and Figueroa streets in Bunker Hill was ... More >>
Blogs
May 25, 2010
Violence Spikes Around Seventh And Main Streets Downtown
Google MapsIf there's an epicenter for L.A. violence in recent weeks, the unlikely corner of Seventh and Main streets could be it. It's unlikely because the area boasts a bevy of new, loft-dwelling residents who have started to transform the edge of Skid Row. Still, the streets have spoken: ... More >>
Blogs
April 22, 2010
Pot Dispensary Robberies Plague Downtown
Google Maps606 E. Fourth St. downtown.The robbery of a Skid Row medical marijuana dispensary this week was one of five such crimes downtown in the last 18 months, police told blogdowntown. "I know of 14 clinics just in downtown Los Angeles, and five were robbed in the last 18 months," Lt. P ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2010
Conrad Fitzgerald Phillip, L.A. Homicide No. 86: Popular Skid Row Resident Murdered
The Los Angeles Police Department is searching for the person responsible for the murder of a well-known and well-liked Skidrow resident. Conrad Fitzgerald Phillip Conrad Fitzgerald Phillip, who is known by the nickname, Dread, for the long dreadlocks he wore, was found dead just after 5 am ... More >>
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April 12, 2010
LAPD Commander Calls Skid Row 'Region's Biggest Drug Bazaar'
Mouthing words we also have used to describe the intractable nature of Skid Row's narcotics trade, Los Angeles police Central Division commander Paul Vernon said Monday that " ... it is both ironic and tragic that the country's largest recovery area is also the region's biggest drug bazaar.'' ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2010
Cops Seize Illegal Easter Bunnies Downtown
LAPDRabbits seized by police.Los Angeles police say it's not unusual to find vendors selling illicit animals in the Fashion District before holidays. This year is no different: Police on patrol in the area over the weekend and came up with 35 miniature rabbits, apparently being marketed for E ... More >>
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January 20, 2010
Today In WTF: Geezer Allegedly Uses Stun-Gun To Rob Own Bank, Gets Arrested
LAPDThe suspected 'stun-gun bandit' on tape.If anyone out there is compiling a list of pitfalls for bank robbers, you might add robbing your own bank to the list. It's not clear, however, that familiarity among his victims brought the 68-year-old suspect believed to be the "stun-gun bandit" d ... More >>
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January 13, 2010
Suspect Arrested In Hotel Manager's Slaying Was Found Walking Nearby
Google MapsThe Chetwood Hotel.Police say the 39-year-old suspect arrested in the murder of a 74-year-old Little Tokyo hotel manager was found walking nearby and taken into custody. Los Angeles police allege Jian Hong Li fatally stabbed 74-year-old residential hotel manager Hideko Oyama Jan. ... More >>
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January 6, 2010
[Update] Hideko Oyama, L.A. Homicide No. 7: Manager of Toy District Japanese Tourist Hotel Found Slain
The manager of a downtown Japanese hotel who was murdered June 5 has been identified as Hideko Oyama. Oyama, 74, was found bleeding on the second-floor office of the small, three-story Chetwood Hotel at 411 E. Fourth St. about 11:30 am by a hotel guest. She was transported to County-USC Medical Cen ... More >>
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November 24, 2009
Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 278, Victim Identified in Skid Row Shooting
A woman was in jail today after she allegedly shot another woman about a block from the Los Angeles Police Department's Central Division, a Skid Row station so close that a cop who happened to be out front nabbed the suspect as witnesses chased her down, police say. Michelle Cato, 27, was arrested ... More >>
News
July 26, 2007
Youtube Rubes
Four Fairfax High boys attack the homeless with dreams of Internet fame
News
February 23, 2006
The Knockout Shot
A former boxer�s encounter with LAPD undercover cops
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February 9, 2006
Unlivable Terms
Janice Hahn calls a heated meeting to end the killings in Watts
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September 8, 2005
The Big Difference
Could L.A. be the next New Orleans?
News
July 21, 2005
Taking Down the Vineland Boyz
Another Valley raid targets gang named in two cop killings
News
July 21, 2005
LAPD's Half-Open Book
Comparing the department�s responses in two cases: Suzie and Devin Brown
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July 14, 2005
The Short, Violent Life of Baby Susie
Blame and regret as LAPD and family search for answers
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June 9, 2005
A Toke for the High Court
Stress for the medical-weed movement
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