Updated at the bottom with the suspect's ID. Officials now say no witnesses had tried to notify the driver. Headline has changed. First posted at 11:20 a.m. An arrest has been made in the shocking rape of a teenager on a Metro bus in Culver City this week. Details of the arrest were expected to be ... More >>
The art world sees a vibrant movement. Metro's cops see jail fodder.
The Red Line: of brutal stabbings and suspicious packages.The L.A. County Sheriff's Department took no chances yesterday afternoon, upon receiving word from passengers exiting a Red Line subway car at Union Station that somebody may have left a "package" behind. (Tattletales.) "Deputies evac ... More >>
LASD.Mad dog Ruets.Authorities are searching for a graffiti tagger they say has ties to noted artist Revok. Tomas Benson, 28, paints under the moniker Ruets and has ties to Mad Society Kings, a group described by sheriff's officials as a tagging crew to which Revok, featured in the wildly su ... More >>
BDSK in action.One of the perils of being in the tagging business is that you put your signature on your crime. In fact, your crime is your signature. Kind of like robbing a bank and leaving a placard saying "LA Weekly was here." Anyway, authorities announced Wednesday that they have cracked ... More >>
treehugger.comNo love for the bus driversIt wasn't enough that 25-year-old Victor Alfonso Martinez allegedly refused to pay his bus fare last night. The L.A. Sheriff's Department says that the young man, after a heated verbal tussle with the 54-year-old MTA bus driver (hey, respect your elder ... More >>
About to get a minivan to the faceImagine the horrific scene: A northbound Blue Line train, fresh from Vernon Station in South L.A., is climbing to 30, 35, then 50 miles per hour -- when, from around the bend, the Metro driver spots a minivan stuck in the train's direct line of travel. That' ... More >>
SanrioDon't you know I'm loco?Authorities on Wednesday announced they've taken one of the Los Angeles region's most hardcore criminals off the streets -- a man who surely strikes fear into the eyes of Hells Angels, Crips, Bloods and Girl Scouts alike. That's right, he's the ... kitty cat graf ... More >>
puregraffiti.comA tagging crew suspected of vandalizing a Metro bus and Blue Line train following last year's Lakers championship was targeted by authorities in Los Angeles and Riverside counties this week. Thirty-one warrants were served and 15 arrests were made, although sheriff's Lt. Erik ... More >>
