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By Steven Rodriguez

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Last Entry: October 05, 2009 at 07:26:31

Odd Federal Murder Law

Posted on January 05, 2009
Federal laws can be a challenge to navigate, because their penalties are stiff and they have the money, authority and strength of the United States government behind them. Los Angeles criminal defense attorneys who represent those accused of Federal crimes know how hard it can be to defend people in these cases...

Lesbian Rape Called Hate Crime by Police

Posted on January 02, 2009
Some have said that like the Civil Rights movement of the last half century, the battle against homosexual prejudice will be at the center of this generation’s fight for social justice. If recent events are any indication, it will be another long, hard fight...

Be Safe Tonight; Drinking and Driving Don?t Mix

Posted on December 31, 2008
New Year’s Eve is a tradition party night. Despite the poor economy, Americans are still planning to party hearty. Restaurants and hotels report that New Year’s Eve reservations haven’t suffered from the poor economy. It seems like most people just want to put 2008 behind them and forget, for one night, all the problems they [...

Robbery in Los Angeles

Posted on December 31, 2008
Robbery crimes in California are rampant, in part because of the current economic crisis and in part because of the level of wealth in homes around Los Angeles. Rich neighborhoods such as Bel Air, Beverly Hills and Malibu are not too far away from lower class neighborhoods...

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Be Safe Tonight; Drinking and Driving Don???t Mix

Teens Can Pay Heavy Price for Pranks Gone Wrong

Posted on December 29, 2008
Kids are home from school with time on their hands. They get to joshing around and come up with some crazy idea that they think is hysterical. A prank is born. On the surface these teenage antics seem harmless enough, but every year silly pranks get people killed...

Christmas Eve Tragedy Strikes L.A. Community

Posted on December 26, 2008
It’s a horrific tragedy. That it occurred on Christmas Eve in the midst of a joyous family celebration makes it even more tragic. Stung by a bitter divorce, on Christmas Eve Bruce Pardo dressed in a Santa suit and drove to his former in-laws’ home on a quiet cul-de-sac in Covina, 22 miles east of Los Angeles...

Old Scams Find New Victims

Posted on December 24, 2008
During hard economic times cons and scam artists seem to crawl out of the woodwork. Police are warning the public about two old scams that have resurfaced to claim new victims. Both scams have been occurring in public parking lots with con men approaching victims and asking for money...

California Governor Proposes Increasing Alcohol Tax

Posted on December 22, 2008
Spiking your holiday eggnog could be getting a little pricier. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently proposed raising California’s alcohol tax by a nickel a drink. Cash-strapped states are scrambling to find ways to raise funds to avoid cutting critical services to residents...

California Governor Proposes Increasing Alcohol Tax

California AG Pulls Plug on Alcoholic Energy Drinks

Posted on December 19, 2008
Just as thousands of Americans are poised to hit the highways this weekend, California Attorney General Edmund Brown has announced an agreement with MillerCoors to stop “the growing and widespread use” of caffeine-spiked alcoholic beverages...

Inaccuracies Plague Sex Offender Registries

Posted on December 17, 2008
Sex offender registries are often inaccurate and incomplete, federal investigators found during a recent audit. Due to incompatibility between some state registries and the FBI’s national registry, 22% of state-identified sex offenders go unreported to the national data base...

Drug Charges and Consequences

Posted on December 17, 2008
California has some of the harshest sentencing guidelines for drug offenses in the United States. Having illegal drugs on your person or in your house or car is defined as possession and you can go to jail for it. Crimes involving illegal drugs or controlled substances in Los Angeles can be any of the following: ? [...

Inaccuracies Plague Sex Offender Registries

Drug Charges and Consequences

Posted on December 17, 2008
California has some of the harshest sentencing guidelines for drug offenses in the United States. Having illegal drugs on your person or in your house or car is defined as possession and you can go to jail for it.?? Crimes involving illegal drugs or controlled substances in Los Angeles can be any of the following: ??? [...

Child Abuse and Fraud

Posted on December 16, 2008
Child abuse as a crime carries serious consequences, and it also serious affects the children involved. The State of California created child welfare programs to try and deal with both the crime and the consequences to the children involved. A recent bunch of arrests have netted people accused of defrauding child welfare services of a [...

New Stats Show Crime Is Down in Los Angeles

Posted on December 15, 2008
Amidst the economic doom and gloom, there’s good news for folks who live in the City of Angels. Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton announced last week that crime in the city of Los Angeles has declined by 3% with gang-related crime dropping 11% since this time last year...

Vehicular Manslaughter and the Oscars

Posted on December 15, 2008
Screenplay writer Roger Avary is charged with gross vehicular manslaughter and two additional felony counts in connection with a fatal crash. The author of the screenplays for “Pulp Fiction” and the recent major release “Beowulf” was driving drunk when he killed a passenger and injured his wife in a rural Ojai car crash...

Actor Macaulay Culkin’s Sister Dies in L.A. Traffic Accident

Posted on December 12, 2008
Tragedy has again struck the family of well-known actor Macaulay Culkin, child star of the Home Alone films. His 29-year-old sister Dakota Culkin died tragically yesterday from massive head injuries sustained after she was hit by a car in Los Angeles...

Innocent Convicted By Child Abuse Index

Posted on December 11, 2008
The state of California has a Child Abuse Central Index, a database containing 819,000 names from which even a judgment of innocence isn’t enough to secure removal. Unlike the better-known database created by Megan’s Law, which registers and tracks 63,000 named sex offenders, the child abuse index is neither actively managed by the state nor periodically purged of [...

Los Angeles Trades Guns for Food

Posted on December 10, 2008
Los Angeles residents have turned in a record number of guns this year in the area’s annual Gifts for Guns exchange. Residents hard hit by the economy and unemployment are pulling firearms out from under their beds and the backs of closets and turning them in for food and other necessary staples...

Don Cornelius and Spousal Abuse

Posted on December 10, 2008
Don Cornelius, the 72-year-old creator of the show “Soul Train,” entered a not-guilty plea in a Los Angeles courtroom this past week regarding five misdemeanor counts. The counts included spousal battery, assault with a deadly weapon and dissuading a witness from making a police report...

Drug Related Asset Seizure

Posted on December 09, 2008
Federal and state law enforcement officials often utilize asset seizure and forfeiture in drug matters. U.S. Marshals utilize asset seizure and forfeiture to enforce the law, improve law enforcement cooperation and enhance law enforcement through revenue...

Famous Director Fighting Rape Charge

Posted on December 08, 2008
Three decades ago, Oscar winning director Roman Polanski was charged with statutory rape, accused of having sex with a 13-year-old girl. The sex crimes case, one of Hollywood’s most notorious and titillating ever, spawned a generation of tabloid media and accusations of perverse justice...

Protect Your Holiday Purchases: Tips for L.A. Shoppers

Posted on December 08, 2008
After a long day spent Christmas shopping, the SUV was filled with holiday goodies: a plasma screen TV for dad, something sparkly for mom, an Xbox for their son, and an iPod for their daughter. The couple parked in front of a nice restaurant, locked up and went inside to celebrate with dinner and a few [...

California Teen Tortured With Baseball Bat

Posted on December 05, 2008
In one of the heinous cases of child abuse, a Tracy, California couple has been accused of kidnapping and torturing a teen-aged boy. Frightened, dirty, disoriented and clad only in boxer shorts, the 16-year-old stumbled into a local gym begging for help, the chain used to imprison him still locked to his ankle...

‘Angie’s List’ for Hookers Shut Down in L.A.

Posted on December 03, 2008
It was like an ‘Angie’s List’ for hookers. Before legal authorities pulled the plug this week, a Columbus, Ohio man was operating a prostitution site on Craigslist, the popular free Internet classified ads website. On a website created by Christopher Johnson, customers were able to post reviews about hookers they had hired through Craigslist ads...

We Thought You May Want to Check Out These Blogs

Posted on December 03, 2008
We’ve set up a blog meme today to share some other great blogs with you that you may find interesting reading. Feel free to click in to check them out or leave your favorite blog for us to review and add in the future by clicking the comment link below this post...

Super Bowl Champ Charged With Weapons Possession

Posted on December 02, 2008
One of the stars of New York Giants’ Super Bowl team was arrested and charged with gun possession and released after posting $100,000 bail. He was not required to enter a plea yesterday and is due back in court March 31. Plaxico Burress allegedly carried a gun with him into a night club where he accidentally [...

Do-It-Yourself Law Can Lead to Disaster

Posted on December 01, 2008
Our troubled economy has everybody pinching pennies. In an effort to save money, people are cutting corners everywhere they can. They’re either going without or trying to do it themselves. And while you might be able to struggle through a simple plumbing problem with the help of a do-it-yourself book and a few visits to Home [...

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