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Category: Crime


Jurors Convict Former UCLA Gynecologist for Sexually Abusing Patients

November 1, 2022

November 1, 2022

James Heaps faces five felony counts following October 20 sentencing Recently jurors convicted James Mason Heaps, an obstetrician-gynecologist formerly employed...

Antisemitic Flyers Distributed in Westwood Amid Flurry of Antisemitism on Westside

October 26, 2022

October 26, 2022

Several antisemitic incidents this past weekend following Kanye West’s repeated antisemitic statements By Sam Catanzaro and Dolores Quintana There has...

Local Hollywood Executive Sentenced to Over 3 Years in Federal Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining $1.7 Million in COVID-Relief Loans

October 21, 2022

October 21, 2022

William Sadleir sentenced to 41 months in federal prison this week The former chairman and CEO of Beverly Hills-based Aviron...

Artist Asks for Return of Paintings After Gallery Break in

October 18, 2022

October 18, 2022

After her Palisades Gallery was burglarized, Katie O’Neil asks for the return of her treasured paintings..Video sponsored by L.A Marathon.

Homeless Man Arrested for Series of Commercial Burglaries in West LA

October 7, 2022

October 7, 2022

Douglas Irvin Kaufman arrested in connection to recent spree Police have arrested a man wanted for a commercial burglary spree...

Multiple Suspects Charged for Multi-Million Beverly Hills Jewelry Store Robbery

October 7, 2022

October 7, 2022

A federal grand jury this week indicted three Long Beach men who allegedly participated in the daylight smash-and-grab robbery of...

Woman Hospitalized in West LA After Man Throws Fire Extinguisher at Her Head

October 4, 2022

October 4, 2022

Suspect remains at large wanted for Saturday incident on Pico Boulevard A woman was hospitalized over the weekend after a...

Beverly Hills Man Faces up to 20 Years in Prison for Using Sham Companies in Plot to Steal Millions of Dollars in COVID Small Business Loans

September 27, 2022

September 27, 2022

Ramiro Da Rosa Mendes pleads  guilty to one count of wire fraud A Beverly Hills man – whose sons pleaded...

Police Seek Driver Wanted for Fatal 10 Freeway on-Ramp Hit-and-Run

September 26, 2022

September 26, 2022

Driver of black, 4-door sedan sought in connection to Sunday night collision Los Angeles Police Department, West Traffic Detectives, are...

Beverly Hills Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Attempting to Hire Hitman to Kill Woman He Briefly Dated

September 15, 2022

September 15, 2022

Scott Quinn Berkett sentence to five years in federal prison A Beverly Hills man was sentenced this week to 60...