Los Angeles Criminal Defense Blog
Posted on Jan 30, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Thanks to the efforts of the California National Guardsmen, ten people were arrested before they could deliver a large mass of marijuana via a watercraft. Initial reports show that the suspects' ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Any violence or harm directed at a child is defined as child abuse. This can range from sexual abuse to child endangerment, neglect to physical violence and can originate from a parent or other ...
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Posted on Jan 20, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
News sources in Los Angeles, California report that two people were shot inside of an apartment complex. Residents inside the building were prompted to call the authorities when they heard gunshots ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Attorney
When handling a DUI case, one of the aspects we examine is the use of field sobriety tests. Often, this makes up a large amount of the evidence against you and is enough to send you to jail. What many ...
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Posted on Jan 12, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Officers in Los Angeles County worked overtime during the holidays to protect the city's roadways. News sources say that their efforts were successful as more people were arrested for driving ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Plastic grinding can prove a lucrative business, or crime. Plastic sold to recycling companies to be ground into small pieces was worth breaking the law in a South Los Angeles case. Police arrested ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Although the details of a recent federal indictment are vague, some believe that the fraud victim is the ex-wife of a famous comedian. The man responsible for defrauding her has been arrested on ...
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Posted on Dec 27, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
One woman did not appreciate being pulled over by police in Arizona which she showed by getting into a physical fight with not one, but two police officers. The 24-year-old was witnessed driving ...
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Posted on Dec 15, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
A community was shocked to learn that the mayor was embezzling funds from the very same local fire department that he had tried to save from financial ruin. The mayor, a 46-year-old male, was taken ...
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Posted on Dec 7, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
A man from California is being held on drug possession charges in northern Arizona and the case against him is strong. When officers first pulled the 46-year-old man over, it was for a routine traffic ...
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Posted on Dec 3, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
With so many charges being filed against clergy these days, the recent arrest of another priest did not come with much fanfare. The man in question was arrested by a police department for sex crimes ...
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Posted on Nov 27, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
A 72-year-old doctor has been convicted of illegally selling tens of thousands of dangerous painkiller and sedative prescriptions to patients that the doctor never examined. The man reportedly made ...
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Posted on Nov 23, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
An 86-year-old man and a former preacher has been accused of molesting a family member multiple times over a period of eight years. The alleged victim, a now 20-year-old woman, claims that she was ...
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Posted on Nov 13, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
A man who was convicted of murder in 1995 has had that conviction overturned after being behind bars for 17 years. The man was released four days after the judge overturned the conviction, reuniting ...
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Posted on Nov 5, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
A local police narcotics officer has been arrested on charges of domestic violence . He is accused of beating and threatening his live-in girlfriend on two separate occasions over the last year. The ...
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Posted on Oct 27, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
A police officer has been convicted of fraud , falsely reporting an emergency and several other federal offences after claiming to be shot in his bullet proof vest while on duty. The officer was ...
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Posted on Oct 21, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
A recent crackdown on illegal OxyContin providers resulted in the raid of four medical clinics, each of which was found to be operating as a pill mill. The medical clinics catered to addicts seeking ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
If you've been arrested for driving under the influence ( DUI ) in the state of California, you're probably wondering what will happen to your driving privileges. Immediately after you have ...
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Posted on Oct 1, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
A man in Los Angeles, California was arrested one day before the tenth anniversary of September 11 for making terror threats on a city bus. The man allegedly boarded the bus late on Saturday evening ...
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Posted on Sep 28, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
After investigating several home robberies with similar modus operandi, officers in Long Beach, California were able to track down and arrest seventeen members of Asian gangs. According to official ...
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Posted on Sep 18, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Three agencies worked together in Los Angeles last week to bring down fifteen people wanted on a variety of crimes. All three agents teamed up to conduct searches and issue probation warrants ...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
A double- murder suspect was finally taken into custody after nearly 100 officers were dispatched to locate him in Encino, California. Officers first spotted the suspect outside of a grocery store, ...
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Posted on Sep 1, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
As the economy continues to pose a problem for millions, one man decided to take matters into his own hands. Thanks to the hard work of a California police department, the man was stopped before he ...
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Posted on Aug 30, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
While marijuana is legal in California for medical use, many residents are now pushing to have it legalized for recreational purposes as well. One group has been lobbying the secretary of state's ...
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Posted on Aug 15, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Police in Hollywood had their hands full last Wednesday when three events were held on the same night, sending drunk and disorderly people onto the streets in droves. In one incident, as one man was ...
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