An elusive serial killer, linked to 10 slayings in South Los Angeles and Inglewood over nearly two decades, resurfaced early last year to kill again, Los Angeles police officials said.
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By Joel Rubin |
August 23, 2008
A federal judge has cleared the way for the Los Angeles Police Department to impose strict financial disclosure requirements on hundreds of specialized officers, sternly criticizing the police union and Los Angeles County Dist.
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By Joel Rubin |
August 20, 2008
It was pushing 11 on a Friday night, and Austin Raishbrook wanted to be prowling the streets of Los Angeles looking for murder and mayhem.
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By Joel Rubin |
August 19, 2008
False testimony by a Los Angeles police officer led a judge on Monday to throw out a case against a man accused of attempted murder – the second time in recent months that an
LAPD officer’s testimony has torpedoed a prosecution.
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The Los Angeles Police Department has been denied nearly $500,000 in federal funds it would have received to help clear its backlog of unexamined
DNA samples from crime scenes because of a bureaucratic mistake that
LAPD brass blamed on a low-level administrator.
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By Joel Rubin |
August 6, 2008
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Police Chief William
J. Bratton and City Council members today trumpeted the continued downward slide of crime rates in Los Angeles to what the mayor called “historic” lows.
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A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 shook large parts of Southern California late this morning, shaking a wide swath from Ventura County to San Diego.The quake shook downtown
L.A. buildings and was felt as far east as Palm Springs.It was centered near Chino Hills, about 30 miles east of Los Angeles, the
U.S. Geological Survey said.
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By Joel Rubin |
July 27, 2008
A would-be bank robber was shot with his own gun this afternoon during a botched heist attempt in Van Nuys, police said.
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By Joel Rubin |
July 22, 2008
Los Angeles Police Chief William
J. Bratton is seeking permission to make the department’s review of officer-involved shootings and other use-of-force incidents less punitive for some officers who violate department rules.
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By Joel Rubin |
July 18, 2008
Los Angeles Police Department officials have reassigned a homicide detective and will train others to be more careful in protecting witnesses in light of the slaying of a teenage girl after officers disclosed her name as part of a ruse during an interrogation.
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