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A trained survivalist linked to a neo-Nazi group and wanted for the killing of a state trooper eluded teams of law officers seeking him in the rugged Ozark Mountains of southwest Missouri on Tuesday. The suspect, identified as David Tate, 22, has not been sighted since the fatal shooting Monday afternoon of Missouri Highway Patrol Trooper Jimmie Linegar, 31, and the wounding of fellow highway patrol officer Allen Hines, 35, at a roadblock.

Angry with paparazzi photos that appear to show Lindsay Lohan partying on the rooftop of her beachfront Venice home, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner told the actress she can no longer entertain more than one guest at a time while under house arrest. Lohan was in court Thursday after a probation report said she had failed a June 13 alcohol test, but Sautner ruled that a failed alcohol test did not violate her probation and that the testing requirement had ended months earlier.

A knife attack Tuesday at Walter Reed Middle School, which erupted in the middle of an early morning English class, left one student hospitalized and a 14-year-old suspect in custody. The eighth-grade class was watching the end of a video on American folklore when the alleged assailant drew a kitchen knife from his sleeve and began stabbing a 14-year-old classmate in the chest and side, according to witnesses and Los Angeles Unified School District officials.

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy was hospitalized in stable condition with a shoulder wound after being shot Sunday night in Palmdale, officials said. The deputy returned fire but did not not hit the gunman. A suspect was arrested about 40 minutes after the 8:03 p.m. shooting, officials said. The Sheriff's Department did not release the names of the suspect or the deputy, who is in his 20s.

Police cordoned off a Studio City neighborhood for several hours Wednesday, before arresting four men and seeking two others suspected of committing crimes ranging from car theft to residential burglary, authorities said. Police were first called to the 4300 block of Whitsett Avenue at 11:20 a.m., after a resident became suspicious seeing several men cruising the area in a minivan, according to North Hollywood Det. Jim Gerardi.

A man shot and critically wounded a suspected burglar early Sunday after the intruder broke into his home twice in two days, police said. Daniel Fink, 48, was asleep in his home in the 19700 block of Victory Boulevard when he was awakened about 5:15 a.m. by noises coming from the front bedroom, said Los Angeles Police Det. Rick Swanston. Grabbing a shotgun, Fink walked into the bedroom, where he saw a man picking up his television set, Swanston said.

An Internal Revenue Service agent was indicted by a federal grand jury Friday on charges of soliciting bribes from a lawyer and a certified public accountant in exchange for favorable treatment on tax returns. Larry Lee Wilson was arrested after he accepted an envelope containing $15,000 on Sept. 18 from Century City lawyer Joseph D. Davis, who cooperated with IRS investigators. Authorities said Wilson solicited a $25,000 bribe while conducting a routine audit of Davis' tax returns last month.

A federal magistrate set bail Tuesday at $100,000 for a man accused of trying to smuggle restricted military equipment into China, despite the objections of authorities who contend that he is a flight risk. But U.S. Magistrate Judge George Swartz stayed bail for Jeffrey Jhyfang Lo, 52, of Cypress, for three days to allow prosecutors to appeal his decision. After his bail hearing in federal court, Lo was sent back to the federal Metropolitan Detention Center.

Police searched Thursday for a 21-year-old Los Angeles man who tried to carjack a BMW from two off-duty police officers and then shot at them as he ran away after the failed attempt, according to authorities. Before the carjacking incident, Kevin Scott Wigginton--who was last known to live in Silver Lake--and two female accomplices also robbed at gunpoint a 19-year-old man near the same neighborhood, said Rick Young, a spokesman for the Glendale Police Department.

Los Angeles police say they have broken up an alleged prostitution ring that was fronting as a health club, resulting in the arrests of five people, including two men accused of soliciting sex from undercover detectives. The operators of the New Image Professional Health Club, Russell Soon, 55, and Lim Sun, 43, were arrested on suspicion of "keeping a disorderly house." In addition, Kim Sook, 49, was booked on suspicion of prostitution.

Los Angeles police have busted a shell-game ring that victimized dozens of downtown shoppers during the holidays, LAPD officials said. At least 10 people were arrested Jan. 7 and charged with felony conspiracy to commit gaming in connection with the ring that operated on Los Angeles Street between 4th and 6th streets. The suspects are all Mexican nationals who reside in the city, police said. The shell game is one of the oldest cons in the book.

The first sign that Raj Tunaru's domestic violence case would not be typical was when he claimed diplomatic immunity during his arrest last month at a residence in mid-Wilshire. His immunity claim turned out to be false, and he was packed off to Los Angeles County Jail. Then the Romanian media started calling. Tunaru, it turned out, was a lesser Romanian politician, a former member of parliament and an unsuccessful presidential candidate in 2004.

Ontario police investigating a poolside stabbing at a Motel 6 made a grisly discovery Tuesday night when they found the body of an 18-year-old woman stuffed into a suitcase inside the suspect's motel room. Mark Edward Thomas, 23, of Los Angeles was arrested on suspicion of murder, attempted murder, robbery and violation of parole, and had to be subdued with a stun gun after officers cornered him in his motel room bathroom, police said.

A federal magistrate set bail Tuesday at $100,000 for a man accused of trying to smuggle restricted military equipment into China, despite the objections of authorities who contend that he is a flight risk. But U.S. Magistrate Judge George Swartz stayed bail for Jeffrey Jhyfang Lo, 52, of Cypress, for three days to allow prosecutors to appeal his decision. After his bail hearing in federal court, Lo was sent back to the federal Metropolitan Detention Center.

A man shot and critically wounded a suspected burglar early Sunday after the intruder broke into his home twice in two days, police said. Daniel Fink, 48, was asleep in his home in the 19700 block of Victory Boulevard when he was awakened about 5:15 a.m. by noises coming from the front bedroom, said Los Angeles Police Det. Rick Swanston. Grabbing a shotgun, Fink walked into the bedroom, where he saw a man picking up his television set, Swanston said.

An Internal Revenue Service agent was indicted by a federal grand jury Friday on charges of soliciting bribes from a lawyer and a certified public accountant in exchange for favorable treatment on tax returns. Larry Lee Wilson was arrested after he accepted an envelope containing $15,000 on Sept. 18 from Century City lawyer Joseph D. Davis, who cooperated with IRS investigators. Authorities said Wilson solicited a $25,000 bribe while conducting a routine audit of Davis' tax returns last month.

A suspected drunk driver was arrested after he led Ventura County sheriff's deputies on a chase from Bell Canyon to Canoga Park that ended after he crashed his luxury sports car, authorities said Wednesday. Scott Roberts, 43, of Salt Lake City was being held on $35,000 bail at the Los Angeles Police Department's Van Nuys Division Jail on Wednesday. Roberts was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and evading arrest. The chase started about 11:45 p.m.

The first sign that Raj Tunaru's domestic violence case would not be typical was when he claimed diplomatic immunity during his arrest last month at a residence in mid-Wilshire. His immunity claim turned out to be false, and he was packed off to Los Angeles County Jail. Then the Romanian media started calling. Tunaru, it turned out, was a lesser Romanian politician, a former member of parliament and an unsuccessful presidential candidate in 2004.

Police searched Thursday for a 21-year-old Los Angeles man who tried to carjack a BMW from two off-duty police officers and then shot at them as he ran away after the failed attempt, according to authorities. Before the carjacking incident, Kevin Scott Wigginton--who was last known to live in Silver Lake--and two female accomplices also robbed at gunpoint a 19-year-old man near the same neighborhood, said Rick Young, a spokesman for the Glendale Police Department.

A knife attack Tuesday at Walter Reed Middle School, which erupted in the middle of an early morning English class, left one student hospitalized and a 14-year-old suspect in custody. The eighth-grade class was watching the end of a video on American folklore when the alleged assailant drew a kitchen knife from his sleeve and began stabbing a 14-year-old classmate in the chest and side, according to witnesses and Los Angeles Unified School District officials.