Travion T. Ford, 25, faces a sentence of 16 years to life for the Sept. 18 murder of Bryan R. Frost, 23, who was stabbed during a street fight sparked by the noise from a slammed apartment gate.
By Larry Gordon
September 1, 2009
Los Angeles man was found guilty of second-degree murder Monday in the fatal [...]
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Four gunmen leap from a pickup truck and fire semiautomatic weapons at revelers in the town of Navolato in Sinaloa state. The shooters escape.
By Tracy Wilkinson
August 31, 2009
Reporting from Culiacan, Mexico – It was a street party at a popular gathering place, typical of Saturday nights in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. Drinks, a musical [...]
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Associated Press
9:20 AM PDT, August 30, 2009
NEW YORK — Authorities will need to conduct toxicology tests, expected to take weeks, to determine what killed celebrity disc jockey DJ AM, a medical examiner’s office spokeswoman said Saturday.
An autopsy Saturday of the 36-year-old was inconclusive, said the spokeswoman, Ellen Borakove.
A law enforcement official told The Associated Press [...]
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Homicides: August 17 – August 24
August 25, 2009 | 9:58 pm
The Los Angeles County coroner’s office has confirmed the following deaths as homicides. The Times will report more details this week:
acob Benavidez, a 15-year-old Latino, on Aug. 18. Benavidez was shot in the 1000 block of East 16th Street in Long Beach.
Rene Torres, [...]
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The alleged distribution cell for a Mexican drug cartel is accused of hiding cocaine and marijuana in vehicles crossing the border at Calexico. Four are arrested and 12 remain at large.
By Richard Marosi
Los Angeles Times
August 26, 2009 | 8:06 p.m.
California authorities announced indictments Wednesday against a distribution cell of the Sinaloa drug cartel that allegedly [...]
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Pedro Espinoza, an illegal immigrant, is charged with murder with special circumstances in the 2008 shooting death of Shaw, a 17-year-old high school football star.
By Andrew Blankstein
Los Angeles Times
August 27, 2009
The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office will seek the death penalty against the 20-year-old gang member charged with killing 17-year-old high school football star [...]
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Fingerprints will be run through federal databases during the booking process, and those with prior convictions for violent crimes will be prioritized for possible deportation.
By Anna Gorman
Los Angeles Times
August 28, 2009
ll inmates booked into jails throughout Los Angeles County will have their immigration status checked beginning today, but federal officials said they don’t have the [...]
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The Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility in Chino will be converted into an adult prison. The move is part of a plan to ‘right-size’ staff at the Division of Juvenile Justice.
By Michael Rothfeld
Los Angeles Times
August 28, 2009
Reporting from Sacramento – The state is closing California’s largest youth prison as the population of juvenile offenders [...]
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By Christine Pelisek in Murder was the Case, crime
Friday, Aug. 28 2009 @ 10:50AM
A 39-year-old Hispanic man was found dead in his car August 24. South Los Angeles residents called police after they heard shots around 11:30 on Monday night in the 9500 block of Bandera Street.
When patrol officers arrived they found Efrain Olmos in [...]
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By Christopher Conley
Thursday, August 27, 2009
A Memphis police officer was arrested Thursday morning at work inside the Union Station in Midtown by a joint task force of DEA and FBI agents in the ongoing Tarnished Blue investigation, officials said Thursday.
The officer, identified as Lowell Duke, a 13-year veteran, is the subject of a federal grand [...]
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