CrimeWatch

Postal Service Employees Charged With Using Funds from Unemployment Insurance Scheme to Buy Postal Money Orders

As of late December, the 10 fraudulently obtained EDD debit cards had been used to make $168,758 in purchases and…

5 years ago

Crime Watch Long Beach: Human Trafficking Rescue, Shooting, Child Pornography

The investigation determined the suspects were human trafficking the juvenile victim who was discovered as a runaway from a placement…

5 years ago

Former L.A. City Councilman Mitch Englander Ordered to Serve 14 Months in Federal Prison for Scheming to Obstruct Corruption Probe

Englander, 50, of Santa Monica, was sentenced this morning by United States District Judge John F. Walter, who noted that…

5 years ago

Walgreens Settles Second Set of Allegations over Hazardous Waste Violations

This stipulated judgment requires Walgreens to pay $3.5-million, consisting of $2.8-million in civil penalties, $300,000 in supplemental environmental projects and…

5 years ago

Santa Ana Police Officer Agrees to Plead Guilty to Bribery Charge

Lopez served as a police officer with the Santa Ana Police Department

5 years ago

JPMorgan Chase Bank Wrongly Charged 170,000 Customers Overdraft Fees. Federal Regulators Refused to Penalize It.

This story was co-published with ProPublica and The Capitol Forum. Federal bank examiners considered levying fines and sanctions when JPMorgan…

5 years ago

San Pedro Man Extradited to Face Charges of Making ‘Virtual Kidnapping’ Extortion Calls While Imprisoned for Murder in Mexico

Reyes Zuniga, a reputed member of the Rancho San Pedro street gang who had been imprisoned in Mexico since 1996…

5 years ago

Former Torrance Police Officer Agrees to Plead Guilty to Illegally Acting as Firearms Dealer and Being ‘Straw Buyer’ of ‘Off Roster’ Gun

According to the court documents, Hupp sold at least 48 firearms during an 8½-year period while employed by the TPD.…

5 years ago

SP Man Charged With Threatening Activist Group

Last month, a San Pedro man who threatened a group of protestors calling themselves the “Good Trouble Brigade,” was charged…

5 years ago

Three Killed in Three Days in LA Harbor

The Los Angeles Police Department Harbor Division responded to three homicide reports within three days. This makes for a total…

5 years ago