The California Highway Patrol are looking for an FFA trailer that was stolen from their location in Northern California. The 90th Future Farmers of America Leadership Conference is to be held in Anaheim, and the contents of the trailer are particularly important—the trailer held 8,000 Disneyland ...
The crime of forgery is often glamorized by crime shows and movies. The reality is, forgery is a crime that can be charged as a misdemeanor or a felony. Under California Law, forgery is a white collar crime that includes: signing someone else's name, forging someone else's handwriting, falsif...
KTLA 5 News reports that a San Fernando Valley man, Patrick Robert Day, has been arrested for allegedly committing several bank robberies in the San Fernando Valley area. Nick-named the “Ginger-bandit” because of his red hair and beard, Day allegedly robbed three banks in one day. According to...
The summer months bring endless of hours of sunlight, hotter temperatures and more trips to the beach. Unfortunately, summer months also bring an increase in crime rates such as Valencia burglaries. The U.S. Department of Justice[1], using information provided by the Bureau of Justice Stati...
A Santa Clarita restaurant owner is on trial for four misdemeanor counts of sexual battery against one of his employees. The female employee accused the owner of inappropriately touching her on four different occasions, two of which included the owner putting his hand down her pants. The Signal ...
According to USA today, a 40-year-old Ventura County man was arrested on suspicion of felony assault with a deadly weapon for throwing an object at a Camarillo hotel receptionist's face. The Ventura County Sheriff's Office stated that the man “entered the hotel Monday and requested a cup of coff...
Hardly a day goes by without news of the current opioid crisis facing the country. As the crisis grows, more and more doctors are being investigated and accused of illegally writing prescriptions, over proscribing opioids, and illegally selling opioids. Some doctors have even faced involuntary ma...
Recently, ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman was arrested in Newport Beach for driving under the influence. According to FOX News, Rodman was arrested in January after a breathalyzer test showed his blood alcohol level was .21 percent, making it almost three times the legal limit of .08 percent. This i...
Recently, an Arleta man, Andrew Flanigan, was arrested for allegedly causing an accident on a Santa Clarita freeway last June. The cause of the accident: road rage. A video filming what led up to the accident and the accident itself was captured by a passing car. Flanigan, riding a motorcycle...
Every day, hundreds of people are charged with violating one of California's many drug laws. Being convicted of even a minor drug charge can have many negative consequences on a person's life. It is important to know that even if you have been charged with a drug offense, you still have rights an...
A 14-year-old boy in San Bernardino County was arrest last week when he took “playing cop” way too far. The teenage boy dressed in a sheriff's uniform, with what appeared to be a gun strapped to his side, and drove up to a Victorville home with red and blue emergency lights flashing from his grea...
A Southern California man is facing charges of arson for six different fires started in Pasadena, Arcadia and Monrovia. “Five of the fires took place on Jan. 13, along the Foothill Boulevard corridor between Sierra Madre Villa Avenue in Pasadena and the Los Angeles County Arboretum in Arcadia. An...
According to the Los Angeles Daily News, three people were arrested in Glendale when officers found 10 pounds of meth in their car. The three individuals were traveling through Glendale from Wyoming when an officer pulled the driver over for a traffic violation. Once pulled over, a license chec...
According to ABC News 7, a “U.S. government-commissioned report by a panel of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recommends significantly lowering the drunken-driving threshold from .08 to .05.” The main goal of the drop is to aid in reducing the number of alcohol-impair...
The Los Angeles Daily News recently reported that “two men from Los Angeles were arrested on suspicion of committing a residential burglary.” The police responded to the home after neighbors heard an alarm sounding at the residential home. The caller “indicated three men—who didnt live in the ne...
What started as a prank 911 call, ended with an innocent death. According CNN News, Wichita Kansas police received a 911 call begging police to respond to a murder and hostage situation at a local home. The officers arrived and prepared for a hostage situation with an armed perpetrator and got in...
In September of 2016, California voters voted to legalize marijuana. This legalization of marijuana not only ended the possibility of future criminal charges for recreational marijuana use and sale, but also addressed what happens to individuals convicted of marijuana crimes before the law change...
A welcome trend in Los Angeles—criminal arrests continue to drop. In addition to arrests, citations such as traffic violations also continue to fall. How drastic is this decline? From 2013 (a low year) to 20015, arrests dropped 25%. And the decline is seen across the state of California—from 1.5...
On Sunday, October 8th, police responded to a single-vehicle crash. A motorcyclist crashed into the guardrail in Bay Park, and the crash was reported around 10 p.m. by the Tecolote Canyon golf course. This case sounds relatively cut and dry as a simple accident, but homicide detectives were brou...
For those of you who do not know what the silk road was (or have it confused with something you learned back in history class) heres a quick refresher: The Silk Road was a very popular digital black market. Anonymously connecting buyers and sellers of drugs and other illegal items, it was like ...
Being charged with a crime can be a very startling event in your life, especially if youve never found yourself in this type of situation before. Depending on your circumstances, you may have a variety of reactions to this news. For some, they think that its not necessary to seek out a criminal...
A very bizarre case is unfolding thats making national headlines. Recently, an entire death metal band from Poland called Decapitated has been arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of kidnapping a woman after a show they performed in Spokane, Washington. The four members of the band are currently...
Whether in Los Angeles or Ventura County or elsewhere, getting charged with a crime is a very serious and scary ordeal. One reaction you should never embrace in this scenario is acceptance. Because the bottom line is this—just because you have been charged with a crime in Riverside County does not mean that y...
Knock knock Who's there? The secret service. The not so funny knock knock joke is no joke at all. In the age of social media and sharing everything online, there are some things that should not she shared, tweeted or snaped. One such example is tweeting threats to our president. While Preside...
Rape falls under the category of sexual assault and when people think of rape, nonconsensual sexual intercourse committed by physical force comes to mind. However, in California, less obvious circumstances can lead to rape charges. And now, even tougher legislation has been passed in reaction to...
