#grand-theft

#grand-theft

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As Los Angeles prepares to expand its police force, with a $3.2-billion boost in spending, new data show that crime in the city has dropped moderately in 2023.Through May 20, L.A. experienced a drop of more than 10% in violent crime this year compared with the same period in 2022.

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The West Hollywood City Council voted to fund four new sheriff's positions, nearly a year after gradually reducing the number of sheriff's deputies and putting the city in the front lines of the culture wars.The 4-1 vote Monday to add the positions will budget two unsworn public information officers, one sergeant for the team that focuses on entertainment- and alcohol-related law enforcement and one sheriff's deputy.

Rodrigo Santos presented plans for a rear porch at 1153 Guerrero St. so breezily Tuesday night, one could almost forget he faces a federal prison sentence this June."We have nothing but a desire to be totally transparent," Santos said after explaining the basics of the project."I work 24/7, you can contact me Sunday.

A woman running a fake law practice across the street from Los Angeles' largest immigration court allegedly scammed 17 immigrants out of more than $100,000 by pretending to aid in their claims for political asylum, prosecutors said.Nubia Esmeralda Burrier, 56, was charged with 10 counts of grand theft and one count of burglary after she spent years operating unlicensed law practices in downtown L.A. and Glendale, according to a statement from the Los Angeles County district attorney's office and civil court filings.

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has dismissed felony fraud and wage theft charges against 48 California Highway Patrol officers who had been accused of an overtime fraud scheme at the East L.A. station, the state attorney general's office said Thursday.The judge's actions bring an end to the vast majority of the 54 cases California Atty.

A man stole a fire truck and led dozens of police cars on a high-speed chase as he raced from Miami-Dade to Palm Beach County Thursday evening, sirens wailing, while nearby drivers wondered what kind of emergency could warrant such a response.The pursuit ended when Broward Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a suspect in Boynton Beach.

Lori Vallow Daybell (left) glances at the camera during a hearing in Rexburg, Idaho., on March 6, 2020.She has been found guilty of murdering her two youngest children.John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP, Pool, File A jury has found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of murdering two of her children and conspiring to murder a romantic rival.

(Getty) Three people have been arrested in connection with an identity-theft and home-improvement loan scam that prosecutors say bilked lenders out of $3.4 million.Norbertas Sinica, 37, of Thousand Oaks; Selena Garcia, 27, of Riverside; and Kelliams Chavistad, 42, of Long Beach were accused of orchestrating the widespread scheme, City News Service reported via the Pasadena Star-News.

baona/Getty Images/iStockphoto A man was arrested in San Francisco on Tuesday on suspicion of robbing local banks nine separate times across a single week in early May, with the suspect allegedly fleeing the scene with stolen cash in more than half of those instances, officials said Thursday.The San Francisco Police Department said the 34-year-old suspect was arrested after police received a report May 9 at 3:30 p.m. that a man had robbed a bank on the 2000 block of Irving Street in the Sunset District.

A man who made a shooting threat against Bell Gardens High School on social media had a cache of stolen guns, ammunition and a ballistic vest, police said Monday.Rene Alvizo, 21, of Bell Gardens was arrested Sunday on suspicion of making terrorist threats, grand theft of a firearm and possession of stolen property after an investigation into a social media post that showed images of a firearm and Bell Gardens High School.

A San Diego-based travel agent has been charged with embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from Orange and Los Angeles county parents for eighth grade school trips to the East Coast that were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Marie Colette Martin, 52, pleaded not guilty on Monday, Dec. 5, to 27 felony counts of grand theft and seller of travel violations, according to the state Attorney General's Office.