Archive for February, 2009

A man living in Kingston, Jamaica with his wife and family under an assumed name was arrested Wednesday in connection with the 1998 murder of a German tourist in Santa Monica. Paul Carpenter, 31, was officially listed as a fugitive in October 1998 and was believed to have left the country shortly after the incident. [...]

Los Angeles police arrested a man and woman in connection with the attempted murder of an exotic dancer. The assault left the woman with second and third degree burns over 40% of her body. Nathaniel Petrillo and Rianne Theriault-Odom were arrested Monday and are suspected of dousing Roberta Busby, a single mother from Simi Valley, [...]

Singer Chris Brown is facing charges related to a domestic violence assault on his girlfriend, R & B singer Rhianna just hours before last weekend’s Grammy Awards. Both Brown and Rhianna had been nominated for awards. Brown is currently charged with making criminal threats, but police are investigating the alleged assault, which left Rhianna with [...]

Police arrested Fred Urrutia, 38, of San Bernardino on suspicion of sex crimes involving a minor, after the girl reported a long history of abuse to her mother. The girl, who is now 13 years old, says that the suspect began abusing her when she was about six years old. The girl’s mother reported the [...]

A 63-year-old Los Angeles man was arrested on suspicion of murder, and is being held on a $1 million bond after Los Angeles Police Department officers completed their investigation of the incident. Reportedly, police were called to a Los Angeles home on West 8th Street on November 30, 2008 to investigate a report of a [...]

Two Ventura County men are facing drug charges after 77 plants were seized from a home the pair were renting. The men have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The men were arrested on February 24, 2008 after authorities found 77 plants growing inside the men’s home. The men each claimed that they use the [...]

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested 15 people in connection with a marijuana smuggling operation worth at least $1.5 million. 1,800 pounds of marijuana were discovered in a shipping container at the Port of Long Beach. The drugs were concealed in a shipment of 200 concrete lawn ornaments and were en route to a false [...]

San Bernardino Sheriff’s Deputies have arrested a Redlands man on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with a drive-by shooting that occurred in Yucaipa in San Bernardino County on Sunday afternoon. Deputies were called to a home on First Street to investigate the incident. Witnesses reported that two men in a late model Dodge [...]

Police in Simi Valley say they have arrested two men who participated in the robbery of the Little Pleasures smoke shop in Simi Valley on Saturday afternoon. One of the men, Henry Levine, 25 of Simi Valley, is being charged with robbery and violating parole. The other man, who was not identified, was released [...]

Two women were detained at the Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday on drug charges involving minor possession offenses. The drugs were discovered during random vehicle inspections. Airport police discovered marijuana in the women’s car. Based on the quantity found, the women would have been released, however they were also wanted on unrelated charges, and [...]