Weed Day (April 20th) is celebrated by many every year. While the recreational use of marijuana is now legal in California, driving while under the influence of the drug is not, and the Los Angeles Police Department issued a reminder that doing so can get you a DUI. According to ABC 7 News, po...
Recently police arrested 31-year-old Jared Walter Anderson for fleeing the scene after hitting a pedestrian. According to CBS Los Angeles, Anderson was driving a Ford F150 when the incident occurred. The victim was riding a Lime electric scooter across the street at a crosswalk, and Anderson fail...
Recently Fontana police arrested three men on suspicion of “viewing and distributing child pornography online.” For over a month, the police have been conducting three separate investigations to determine if the men were viewing and distributing the child pornography. KTLA News reported that as a...
A new California law, SB 1437, makes it possible for some individuals who have been convicted of murder under felony murder laws to have their conviction overturned or charges dismissed. Under the old felony murder law, a person could be convicted of murder if a death occurred during the commissi...
Having a criminal record can have a negative impact on your life—whether you're attempting to get a loan or find a new job, often times you must disclose if you have been convicted of a crime. However, there is a way to “clean” your California criminal record; this is done through the legal proce...
A recent confrontation between a Thousand Oaks High School student and a school employee in the school parking lot ended with the student driving over the employee with his car. According to KTLA 5 News, Lisa Solis, a school activities coordinator confronted a 16-year-old male student after she c...
Recently Ventura police arrested a 32-year-old man, Anthony Manzano, after several reports that he was exposing himself to women at an apartment complex in Ventura. According to KTLA 5 News, the man was “engaged in lewd activity outside the windows of several female victims.” Initially office...
Recently, a man was arrested for insurance fraud after faking a slip and fall at work. According to ABC 7 News, the man, 57 year-old Alexander Goldinsky from New Jersey, planned and orchestrated the slip and fall scam in his companies breakroom. After he “fell” he waited for someone to find him, ...
Recently Redondo Beach police officers arrested two people in possession of approximately $16,000 worth of stolen property on the same day it was taken. Just how did they recover this stolen property so quickly? They used an Apple watch. According to The Daily Breeze, around 3:15 p.m. Redondo...
A 24-year-old man was recently arrested after he was accused of robbery at a WinCo store in Apple Valley. Police report that the incident began when the man walked into the store with a 21-year-old woman carrying a 6-month-old baby in a baby carrier. The man and woman allegedly put items from the...
A car chase of suspects evading police in South Los Angeles ended with a car collision at the 1300 block of W. 59th Place. The four people riding in the vehicle that was hit, a Mazda SUV, included a mother and three children, and all were injured in the crash. According to ABC 7 News, the chas...
Irvine police recently arrested a Yucapia couple in connection with a several expensive guitars that were reported stolen from an Irvine Extra Space Storage unit. The couple, 34-year-old Derek Alled Dodds and 27-year-old Brittney Christine Patterson, were taken into custody by police after office...
Recently a 41-year-old Victorville man, Gilbert Morales, was arrested near Ranch Cucamonga after he allegedly assaulted a San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department deputy. According to the Daily Bulletin, Morales intentionally drove his car into a marked police car after officers attempted to pu...
In just one month, investigators from the California Department of Motor Vehicles caught almost 500 people misusing disability parking placards. According to ABC 7 News, a Disabled Parking Placard Enforcement team in Los Angeles led 14 different enforcement operations during the month of Septembe...
Last year, Orange County law enforcement created a specific task force to help fight modern-day sex and labor trafficking. In a report by ABC 7 News, the officials behind the task force explained that in 2018 they helped over 400 victims of sex-trafficking, of which 25% were minors. Officials...
A 44-year-old Simi Valley woman, Tara Elaine Nykoluk, was recently arrested after being accused of embezzling nearly $400,000 from her employer. The Ventura County Star reports that Nykoluk, who worked as a bookkeeper for T&M Plumbing, allegedly took the money over the course of five years. Inv...
Recently, ABC 7 News reported that a Santa Ana man was assaulted when a suspect threw a paint tray full of acid at the man. According to the report, the incident took place in the parking lot of a grocery store as the man was leaving work around 9 p.m. The suspect was standing by the victim's c...
In Los Angeles at the University of Southern California, two fraternities are currently under investigation after allegations of hazing violations. The fraternities, Sigma Alpha Mu and Phi Sigma Kappa, were ordered to stop all operations and social events until the investigation is finished. ...
According to ABC 7 News, 31-year-old Justin Martel from Miami was arrested in Riverside County when officers found 850 pounds of Marijuana in the back of the U-haul he was driving. Martel was traveling through Riverside County when a California Highway Patrol officer pulled him over for a tra...
A suspect, Sokhorn Hor, has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run collision that killed a pedestrian in Long Beach. According to the Los Angeles Times, the vehicle involved in the fatal crash was identified a short time later, when police tried to pull over what appeared to be an intoxic...
According to ABC 7 News, an arson spree occurred during the early hours of October 2, 2018, in Huntington Beach, California, that left five cars in flames. Police reported that they received calls about the fires within a one-hour span. All of the cars were also located within a five-block area n...
Electric scooters have been popping up all over big cities as a mode of transportation. This mode of transportation is especially popular because you can pick up a scooter, ride, and then drop the scooter anywhere you like. But did you know that if you drive one of these electric scooters while u...
In 2016, Guillermo Torres was arrested when police believed he was responsible for the death of 31-year-old Daniel Felix, who was shot and killed in November 2000. According to the Los Angeles Times, officers believed Torres to be Samuel Calvario, the actual suspect. Police thought Calvario chang...
A former UC Irvine student was arrested recently after posing as a doctor at two different Orange County Hospitals. 23-year-old Ariya Ouskouian got a temporary hospital badge after telling security he was a doctor and his badge was lost—the temporary badge allowed him access to the hospital and p...
Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner. This often means parties, friends, good food, and alcohol. While it's important to have a great time, it's even more important to stay safe! Too often, individuals who drink at Cinco de Mayo parties do not plan on driving afterwards, but poor planning l...
