Christine Pelisek

law logo2x b

Police Nab Medical Marijuana Bandits

Christine Pelisek
The Los Angeles Police Department detectives have identified three men involved in the robbery of a marijuana clinic last April. One of the three men was nabbed through DNA analysis after he cut himself and left blood at the scene. According to police reports, the three men, one of whom......

Grim Sleeper Task Force Discusses Serial Case with FBI Profilers

Christine Pelisek
Grim Sleeper Task Force members met with Federal Bureau of Investigation profilers recently to discuss the decades-long case and see if the federal agency had any suggestions about how to catch the elusive killer who has evaded the Los Angeles Police Department since 1985. "They research serial killers and they......
Rosario Rodriguez Ortiz

Human Smuggling Ring Busted by ICE; Avenues Gangsters Linked

Christine Pelisek
United States Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers today arrested eight people, including a couple and their son in Northeast Los Angeles, on drug-trafficking and human smuggling charges. The arrestees had close ties to the Drew Street Clique of the Avenues gang. A ninth suspect, Rosario Rodriguez Ortiz, remains at large......
(function(r, d, u) { var s = d.createElement(r); s.async = true; s.setAttribute('data-cfasync', false); u += '&cb=' + Date.now() + Math.random(); s.src = u; var n = d.getElementsByTagName(r)[0]; n.parentNode.insertBefore(s, n); })('script', document, '//engine.laweekly.com/?221982862');
law logo2x b

District Attorney Steve Cooley Rejects Adelman Rape Case

Christine Pelisek
Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley Office will not file rape or other charges against ousted city bureaucrat Andrew Adelman, who was at the center of an ugly scandal after a woman accused him of repeatedly raping her with sex objects after she met him for the first time......
law logo2x b

District Attorney Plans Crackdown on Pot Dispensaries

Christine Pelisek
Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley told a small crowd of print and television reporters on Thursday that he would prosecute medical marijuana dispensaries for over-the-counter sales. "The over-the-counter sales of marijuana for money is illegal," said Cooley who, along with City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, is targeting the roughly......