L.A. County Police Department Locations, From Bail Bondsman in Lakewood

Law Enforcement Agencies
There are currently 47 law enforcement agencies in Los Angeles County. Two agencies, the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles Sheriff Department, are responsible for law enforcement services for two-thirds of the County’s population. The remaining one-third of the County receives law enforcement services from the other 45 independent law enforcement agencies.

All law enforcement agencies are members of the Los Angeles County Police Chief’s Association, an organization which attempts to coordinate and standardize enforcement issues amongst the various agencies.

Alhambra Police Department
211 S. First Street
Alhambra, California 91801
(626) 570-5107
http://www.cityofalhambra.org/government/police_department

Arcadia Police Department
250 W. Huntington Drive
Arcadia, California 91066-6021
(626) 574-5150, Chief
http://www.arcadiapd.com/

Azusa Police Department
725 N. Alameda Avenue
Azusa, California 91702
(626) 812-3200
http://www.ci.azusa.ca.us/police

Baldwin Park Police Department
14403 E. Pacific Avenue
Baldwin Park, California 91706-4297
(626) 960-4011
http://www.baldwinpark.com/

Bell Police Department
6326 Pine Avenue
Bell, California 90201
(323) 585-1245
http://www.cityofbell.org/

Bell Gardens Police Department
7100 Garfield Avenue
Bell Gardens, California 90201-3293
(562) 806-7600
http://www.bellgardens.org/

Beverly Hills Police Department
464 Rexford Drive
Beverly Hills, California 90210-4818
(310) 550-4951
http://www.beverlyhills.org/

Burbank Police Department
200 N. Third Avenue
Burbank, California 91502
(818) 238-3333
http://www.ci.burbank.ca.us/police

California Highway Patrol
Los Angeles Communication Center
4016 Rosewood Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90004
(800) 835-5247
http://www.chp.ca.gov/

Claremont Police Department
570 W. Bonita Avenue
Claremont, California 91711
(909) 399-3460
http://www.claremontpd.org/

Covina Police Department
444 N. Citrus
Covina, California 91723-2066
(626) 331-3391
http://www.ci.covina.ca.us/police/

Culver City Police Department
4040 Duquesne Avenue
Culver City, California 90232
(310) 837-1221
http://www.ci.culvercity.ca.us/police

Downey Police Department
10911 Brookshire Avenue
Downey, California 90241
(562) 861-0771
http://www.downeypd.org/

El Monte Police Department
11333 Valley Blvd
El Monte, California 91731-3292
(626) 580-2100
http://www.ci.el-monte.ca.us/citygov/police/pdmain.html

El Segundo Police Department
348 Main Street
El Segundo, California 90245
(310) 524-2268
http://www.elsegundo.org/

Gardena Police Department
1718 W. 162nd Street
Gardena, California 90247-3732
(310) 327-7911
http://www.gardenapd.org/

Glendale Police Department
131 N. Isabel Street
Glendale, California 91206-4382
(818) 548-4840
http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/police

Glendora Police Department
150 S. Glendora Avenue
Glendora, California 91740
(626) 914-8250
http://www.ci.glendora.ca.us/

Hawthorne Police Department
4460 W. 126th Street
Hawthorne, California 90250
(310) 349-2700
http://www.cityofhawthorne.com/

Hermosa Beach Police Department
530 Pier Avenue
Hermosa Beach, California 90254
(310) 524-2750
http://www.hermosabch.org/police

Huntington Park Police Department
6542 Miles Avenue
Huntington Park, California 90255-4386
(323) 584-6254
http://www.huntingtonparkpd.org/

Inglewood Police Department
1 Manchester Boulevard
P.O. Box 6500
Inglewood, California 90301
(310) 412-5111
http://www.inglewoodpd.org/

Irwindale Police Department
5050 N. Irwindale Avenue
Irwindale, California 91706
(626) 962-3601
http://ci.irwindale.ca.us/police_dept

La Verne Police Department
2061 Third Street
La Verne, California 91750
(909) 596-1913
http://www.lvpd.org

Long Beach Police Department
400 W. Broadway
Long Beach, California 90802
(562) 570-7260
http://www.longbeach.gov/police

Los Angeles Police Department
150 N. Los Angeles Street
Los Angeles, California
(877) 275-5273
http://www.lapdonline.org
LAPD Divisions

Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department
4700 Ramona Boulevard
Monterey Park, California 91754-2169
(323) 526-5541
http://www.lasd.org
LASD Stations

Los Angeles School Police Department
1330 W. Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90015
(213) 625-6631
http://www.laspd.com

Manhattan Police Department
420 15th Street
Manhattan Beach, California 90266
(310) 802-5000
http://www.ci.manhattan-beach.ca.us/

Maywood Police Department
4317 E. Slauson Avenue
Maywood, California 90270
(323) 562-5700
http://www.cityofmaywood.com/police

Monrovia Police Department
140 E. Lime Avenue
Monrovia, California 91016-2888
(626) 256-8000
http://www.ci.monrovia.ca.us/

Montebello Police Department
1600 W. Beverly Boulevard
Montebello, California 90640
(323) 887-1265
http://www.cityofmontebello.com/departments/police.htm

Monterey Park Police Department
320 W. Newman Avenue
Monterey Park, California 91754
(626) 307-1211
http://ci.monterey-park.ca.us/home/index.asp?page=31

Palos Verdes Police Department
340 Palos Verdes Dr. West
Palos Verdes Estates, California 90274
(310) 378-4211
http://www.palosverdes.com/pvepd

Pasadena Police Department
207 N. Garfield Avenue
Pasadena, California 91101
(626) 744-4501
http://www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/police

Pomona Police Department
490 W. Mission Boulevard
Pomona, California 91766
(909) 622-1241
http://www.ci.pomona.ca.us/city_departments/police

Redondo Beach Police Department
401 Beach Street
Redondo Beach, California 90277
(310) 379-2477
http://www.redondo.org/depts/police

San Fernando Police Department
910 First Street
San Fernando, California 91340-2928
(818) 898-1267
http://www.ci.san-fernando.ca.us/

San Gabriel Police Department
625 S. Del Mar
San Gabriel, California 91776
(626) 308-2828
http://www.sgpd.com/

San Marino Police Department
2200 Huntington Drive
San Marino, CA 91108
(626) 300-0720
http://cityofsanmarino.org/police

Santa Monica Police Department
1685 Main Street
Santa Monica, California 90401
(310) 458-8491
http://santamonicapd.org/

Sierra Madre Police Department
242 W. Sierra Madre Boulevard
Sierra Madre, California 91024
(626) 355-1414
http://ci.sierra-madre.ca.us/

Signal Hills Police Department
1800 E. Hill Street
Signal Hill, California 90806
(562) 989-7200
http://www.signalhillpd.org/

South Gate Police Department
8620 California Avenue
South Gate, California 90280-3073
(323) 563-5400
http://www.cityofsouthgate.org/

South Pasadena Police Department
1422 Mission Street
South Pasadena, California 91030-3299
(626) 403-7270
http://www.ci.south-pasadena.ca.us/

Torrance Police Department
3300 Civic Center Drive
Torrance, California 90503-5056
(310) 328-3456
http://www.tpd.torrnet.com/

Vernon Police Department
4305 Santa Fe Avenue
Vernon, California 90058
(323) 587-5171
http://www.cityofvernon.org/departments/police/police.htm
West Covina Police Department
1444 W. Garvey Avenue
West Covina, California 91793
(626) 939-8500
http://www.wcpd.org/

Whittier Police Department
7315 S. Painter Avenue
Whittier, California 90602
(562) 945-8250
http://www.whittierpd.org

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What is a WISHOLD?, answered..By Bail Bondsman in Los Angeles / Long Beach

A customer had recently called our office in Los Angeles, her boyfriend was recently picked up in Los Angeles for a Long Beach warrant. While in Los Angeles County jail a "WISHOLD" popped up on the public website, LASD.org.
The customer knew of the smaller misdemeanor warrant but was unaware of anything in addition, to answer her question we explained to her the "WISHOLD" mean "warrant information sheet hold." Simply stated there appears to be an active warrant in the system, if in fact there is a warrant than the WISHOLD will be replaced by the actual warrant number. If the WISHOLD is a mistake than it will fall off. In my experience these usally fall off within 48 hours, but if sentenced on the other case than the hold may just hang there until someone presses the issue, normally a bail bondsman or attorney. For more information on Jail or court terminology please vist our web site at http://allamericanbailbonds.net/

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$395,000 Dollar Bail for Cerritos woman arrested, from Bail Bondsman in Cerritos

A Cerritos woman was due in court Friday after being arrested in a massive welfare fraud sweep for receiving more than $60,000 in welfare benefits while allegedly concealing her ownership of a business, home and Maserati sports car.
Tangela Ridgeway, 35, was arrested earlier this week with eight other alleged welfare scammers. She is charged with 16 counts of welfare fraud, including aid by misrepresentation and perjury by false application for aid, and 14 counts of perjury by declaration, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.
Ridgeway is accused of failing to disclose that she owned a business, property and several vehicles. Investigators seized her 2006 Maserati and Nissan SUV and discovered large amounts of unreported income and bank accounts, according to prosecutors.
Ridgeway, whose bail is $395,000, faces a maximum term of 19 years in state prison if convicted.
Another of those arrested and charged, Alicia Garcia, 51, also is accused of major fraud. She was charged with one count of false statements to receive healthcare, three counts of aid by misrepresentation and four counts of perjury by false application for aid.
Garcia allegedly received more than $136,000 in public assistance benefits from January 2002 to April 2010. During the time she claimed benefits, Garcia allegedly failed to report her real income, ownership of property, vehicles and bank accounts and also failed to report a spouse in the home.
Garcia is being held on $45,000 bail. If convicted as charged, she faces a maximum state prison term of nine years.

Ridgeway is slated to be arraigned on june 1st at the Ctiminal Courts Building, Dept 30, in downtown Los Angeles. We will update the story, as it relates to bail, as we receive the information


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Costa Mesa declares itself a 'rule of law' community, From bail bondsman in Costa Mesa

The Costa Mesa City Council has voted unanimously to declare itself a "rule of law" community, further widening the divide over illegal immigration in the central Orange County city.

This week's resolution follows an April news conference in which Mayor Allan Mansoor called for stricter regulations to catch illegal immigrants living, working and driving in the city.

Costa Mesa has sought for several years to reduce the number of illegal immigrants within its borders by regulating day laborers, asking police to check the immigration status of people they stop and limiting the number of soccer fields in parks.

Mansoor said before Tuesday's meeting that the resolution "states that Costa Mesa is not a sanctuary city" and will uphold immigration laws.

The resolution passed despite pleas from community members. No one in the audience spoke in favor of it.

"Immigrants are part of America," Silvia Hernandez told the council. "We work, pay taxes, go to church and participate in our communities. We need a solution that brings people out of the shadows."

"Americans across the political spectrum agree that our immigration system needs fixing," said Keturah Kennedy. "It is unrealistic to deport the 12 million undocumented residents of our country. Workable solutions must include a realistic pathway to citizenship for those who are currently working, paying taxes and learning English. We need all the residents of Costa Mesa to have full economic and civic participation to help our city thrive."

Mansoor dismissed residents' comments as reckless, adding that they do not reflect "what's being introduced tonight." He said the resolution was aimed at setting the tone for a strong anti-illegal immigration policy both now and in the future.

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Why bail out?

I am often asked, why bail out? WELL WHY BAIL OUT ! When you are arrested understand this, our law law, that is the US criminal law system, is setup to where you are innocent until proven guilty. Wrong, the moment you are arrested you are put into a position where you and you alone are responsible for your own wellbeing. No one wants to be incarcerated no one wants to be locked in a cement box awaiting vindication. When we are accused of a crime the system takes over it takes us over, it kidnaps us and puts us in a world that we don’t understand in a world of fear and confusion. A bondsman helps you to escape the confusion the bail bondsman helps you out of the darkness, even though for a short time. Don’t get me wrong, if you are guilty of a crime you may belong in jail, serving a sentence for the wrong you have committed. If you are truly innocent, than the system will prevail and you will be vindicated.

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Life as a bondsman, Life as a human, as a father!

As a bail bondsman I see it all, pain, misfortune, life. At the end of my day I look back and weigh in on everything I have seen. Why do I do the job I do? Is it the money, is it the security. Hell I know what it is, it a job. It’s a job that makes a difference; I help people in their times of need. What’s worse in life than being in jail and not understanding why or what’s next. A bail bondsman doesn’t judge, a bail bondsman doesn’t point fingers or do we?. You call me and I look at the facts, who are you and why do you belong on the street? In our system of law you are innocent until proven guilty, bull s**t, I have kids and I have a conscience. If I think your guilty, your guilty and I don’t post bail. Someone else can. The bail bondsman in many circumstances is the jury and he/she alone chooses your fate. People rely on attorneys for their defense but the bail bondsman is the person who decides if you are worthy to fight your case on the street or behind bars. Remember, we are families with loved ones of our own, we are people who value the law of man, but more importantly the laws of God! We are your best friend and in some cases your worse nightmare, we are the bail bondsman!

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$225,000 Dollar Bail for Former Anaheim police cadet charged with stealing, from Bail Bondsman in Anaheim

The Orange County district attorney's office charged a former police cadet Thursday with stealing more than $225,000 in cash paid to the city of Anaheim for the release of impounded vehicles.

Kainat Syeda, 23, of Buena Park, was charged with one felony count of the misappropriation of public funds, four felony counts of falsifying and altering records maintained at a public office and 40 felony counts of the falsification and concealment of public accounts, according to the district attorney's office.

Syeda, a former police cadet, faces sentencing enhancements and allegations for theft exceeding $100,000 and property loss over $200,000, prosecutors said. If convicted on all counts, she faces a maximum sentence of up to 46 years in state prison.

Syeda took money from the city of Anaheim from January 2006 to April 2009 while working in uniform as a cadet in the front lobby traffic bureau window of the Anaheim Police Department, prosecutors said.


When people paid cash for the release of their impounded vehicles, Syeda allegedly would enter a "No Sale" in the cash register and take the payment instead, prosecutors said.
They claim she concealed the theft by cutting off the "No Sale" validation imprint from the release authorization forms. Prosecutors said she committed the act about 1,799 times, resulting in a loss of $225,000 for the city of Anaheim.

Syeda was taken into custody Wednesday by Anaheim police and was being held on a $225,000 bail.

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$65,000 Dollar Bail for Marion 'Suge' Knight being held on alleged assault, from Bail Bondsman in Los Angeles

Former rap impresario Marion "Suge” Knight was being held Thursday on $65,000 bail after the LAPD arrested him on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, police officials said.

Knight, 45, was driving a white Cadillac Escalade when he was pulled over at 12:30 a.m. at 147th Street and Crenshaw Boulevard in Gardena.

Investigators said they began looking for Knight after another man accused him of robbery Wednesday night. The alleged altercation occurred in South Los Angeles
Gardena police detained him and handed him over to the LAPD for arrest.

In the course of their investigation, authorities learned he was driving with a suspended license and also arrested him on that charge.

The arrest was the latest in a long string of run-ins with police for the former head of Death Row records, the famed West Coast rap label.


In 1997, a judge sentenced Knight to nine years in prison for violating terms of probation from an earlier assault case.
He was released from prison in 2001 after serving less than five years but was sent back to jail in 2003 for violating parole when he hit a parking lot attendant.


Knight filed for bankruptcy in 2006, citing civil litigation against him. The following year, his Malibu mansion was put up for sale.

He was arrested in August 2008 in Las Vegas on charges of drug possession and aggravated assault. In February 2009, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery. His plea allowed the dismissal of two felony drug charges and one felony coercion charge stemming from the 2008 incident.

Last year, he was implicated in the robbery of a producer for R&B singer and rapper Akon.

At this time it appears Knight has been released on bail, we will update the story as it relates to bail or the bail bonding industry.

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$100,000 Dollar Bail for Lindsay Lohan but she won't be arrested when she returns to Los Angeles, from Bail Bondsman in Los Angeles

Actress Lindsay Lohan won't be arrested when she returns to the United States, despite an arrest warrant issued Thursday by a Beverly Hills judge.

Steve Whitmore, a Sheriff's Department spokesman, said Lohan's representatives have posted 10% of the $100,000 bond, and so the arrest warrant was recalled.

"She will not be arrested when she comes back into United States," Whitmore said.

On Thursday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel slammed Lohan for failing to appear in court.

"Actions speak louder than words. I’ve heard the best words in the world, but the actions are far more important," Revel said. "She has a history of not keeping scheduled appointments.... I couldn’t have been more clear about the priority of this case and getting things done."

Revel issued the warrant for Lohan after she failed to appear because she is still in France. Lohan, through her attorney, claimed to be stuck in Cannes after her passport was stolen and skipped the mandatory appearance for a probation hearing for a 2007 intoxication conviction.

Revel said Lohan should have either skipped the Cannes trip or made sure she was back in L.A. two days before the hearing.

Bail has been posted on Lindsays warrant, we will update the information on her case as we receive it.

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$120,000 Dollar Bail for LAPD detective accused of embezzling witness protection funds, From Bail Bondsman in Los Angeles

A veteran Los Angeles police detective has been charged with embezzling more than $30,000 in city funds that were supposed to be used to protect and relocate three witnesses to crimes in South Los Angeles.

Det. Leonard Avalos, 44, is expected to be arraigned next week on one charge of embezzlement by an officer and six felony counts of grand theft, authorities said Friday.

Avalos was taken into custody without incident Thursday by Los Angeles Police Department detectives while he was off duty in Placentia, LAPD Det. Gus Villanueva said.

LAPD investigators discovered the alleged theft in the fall of 2008 when they questioned some of the detective's accounts of the witness protection funds he had requested from the department, officials said.

At the time, Avalos was investigating assaults, including shootings, police said. In such cases, victims often fear for their safety and are willing to testify only if they are given money to move away from the location of the crime.

Avalos, a 17-year department veteran, could not produce receipts to verify that he had given the money to the witnesses, according to prosecutors.

Authorities said police questioned the three witnesses and learned that one had received $100, another had received $500 and the third received no city funds.

Police suspect that Avalos began pilfering the witness funds dispersed to him by the LAPD Fiscal Operations Division in February 2008.

The amounts he allegedly stole each month escalated, according to prosecutors. He is accused of stealing $6,000 in March 2008. Two months later, the amount increased to nearly $7,000; in June 2008 it topped out at more than $13,000, according to court documents.

Avalos was placed on home leave by the LAPD about a year ago, once the investigation revealed the extent of the missing funds.

If convicted, Avalos could face up to six years and four months in prison. On Friday, Avalos was in Men's Central Jail in lieu of $120,000 bail.

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$5 Million Dollar Bail for Former chef held in alleged murder-for-hire plot, From Bail Bondsman in Santa Monica

Not so long ago, Juan-Carlos Cruz was an anonymous young chef just getting started in a culinary arts career.

But in less than a decade, he went from being a chubby sous chef in a hotel to a trim and handsome television chef and cookbook author, who taught classes on preparing low-calorie meals.

Today, he sits in a Los Angeles County jail cell, booked on suspicion of solicitation to commit murder, his bail set at $5 million.

Santa Monica police say Cruz, 48, of Westwood, asked homeless men to commit homicide for him. After one of the homeless men told police, investigators launched a weeklong undercover operation that ended with Cruz's arrest in a Cheviot Hills dog park on Thursday.

Police have said little publicly about the alleged plot and declined to name a target, a motive, or how and where the alleged hit was supposed to occur. Police have said, however, that they informed the alleged target.

On Saturday, neighbors and co-workers told The Times it was difficult to reconcile the accusations of police with the man they had come to know — a devout churchgoer, community volunteer and doting husband.

"He's a fine guy. I find this hard to believe," said one neighbor, who asked to remain anonymous.

A Knights of Columbus member who attended St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, Cruz was a dog owner who volunteered at Love on 4 Paws, a therapy program that provides animals to sick children.

Cruz's wife, Jennifer Campbell, his high-school sweetheart, worked long hours as an attorney, neighbors said. He was often seen walking the couple's two dogs outside the Westside condominium complex where they have lived for many years.

Born the youngest of three sons to Dominican immigrants, Cruz came to the United States at age 3 and grew up in Arcadia, according to news articles and his book biography.

His website says he graduated from the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco in 1993. He married Campbell, to whom, he told a reporter in 2005, he served breakfast in bed every morning.

From 1996 to 2001, he was a pastry sous chef at the Hotel Bel-Air, where, according to his website, he fashioned pastries for celebrities such as Jack Nicholson, Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith, Joe Namath, Nancy Reagan and Julia Roberts.

Encouraged by praise for his creations, he left the hotel to form pastrydude.com, a pastry and wedding-cake service, which appears to no longer exist. Later, he also started Calorie Commando Catering, which also no longer exists.

Along the way, he created a television show, "Cruising in the Kitchen," that aired on a local California public-access station. That led to a featured appearance on the premiere season of Discovery Health network's "Body Challenge," on which he shed 43 pounds. He lost 17 more pounds after the show ended, according to his biography.

Cruz submitted a clip of the show to the Food Network. In 2004, the network signed him to produce the television show "Calorie Commando," in which guests challenged him to prepare their favorite meals with fewer calories while retaining the taste — dishes included peanut butter cookies and mashed sweet potato casserole topped with caramelized bananas. His motto became "keep the taste while you trim your waist."

Cruz produced some 39 episodes of "Calorie Commando" before it was cancelled in 2006.

In 2007, he published a cookbook — "The Juan-Carlos Cruz Calorie Countdown Cookbook" — co-authored with Los Angeles-based writer Martha Rose Shulman.

Cruz is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday, according to authorities.

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$25,000 Bail for Man who is arrested for allegedly brandishing a replica pistol during a fight at a Lancaster high school, From Bail Bondsman in Lancaster

An Antelope Valley man in his 30s was arrested Wednesday afternoon after he allegedly brandished a replica pistol during a fight at Eastside High School in Lancaster, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials said.The man, identified as Larry Paige of Lancaster, was seen lifting up his shirt and displaying what appeared to be a 9-millimeter pistol during the fight, which broke out about 1:40 p.m. in the high school's parking lot, said sheriff's Capt. Mike Parker. The man also made threats during the melee.

School security guards broke up the fight, and witnesses were able to provide authorities with a license plate number of the man's vehicle.

Deputies tracked the car to an address half a mile away in the 43000 block of Rucker Street in Lancaster. When deputies ordered all the occupants out of the home, 10 juveniles left the residence, Parker said.

It was later determined that the vehicle's owner, who was identified as Paige, had left the house before authorities arrived. His friends persuaded him to return to the scene, where he was arrested on suspicion of making felony terrorist threats.

Deputies also recovered a replica 9-millimeter pistol that matched the description of the gun brandished during the fight as well as a real .22-caliber handgun, Parker said.

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$1,050,000 Dollar Bail for Inglewood man in connection with 1995 killing, From Bail Bondsman in Inglewood

Inglewood police announced the arrest Wednesday of a suspect in a 15-year-old slaying, marking the first successful investigation for the department's new cold-case unit.

Donald Bridgewater, 58, was booked last Thursday on suspicion of murder in the Oct. 28, 1995, slaying of William Goins at his home in the 10600 block of 2nd Avenue, Inglewood police said in a statement.

Goins had stab wounds in his head and neck, department officials said. There was evidence of a struggle. At the time, Bridgewater was one of several suspects in the killing, but police were unable to link him to the case.

The case went unsolved. But in March 2008, the Inglewood Police Department formed a Cold Case Unit to review and investigate 472 unsolved murders in the city since 1971.

The unit includes three retired police homicide detectives working under the department's homicide unit.

Investigators reopened the Goins case and submitted physical evidence from the crime scene to the Orange County Crime Lab for DNA analysis. Bridgewater is being held in lieu of $1,050,000.00 Dollar bail.

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LAPD officer pleads guilty to misdemeanor assault in Texas, From Bail Bondsman in Los Angeles

A Los Angeles police officer charged in Texas for allegedly forcing himself on a motel employee while she was retrieving a crib for his infant was placed on two years' probation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor assault, authorities said Wednesday.

As a condition of the plea deal, Silvio Sam Filipovich, 44, quit the LAPD and agreed not to reapply as a police officer in California or anywhere else.

"He had a history of hiding behind his uniform," said Mark Pryor, who prosecuted the case for the Travis County district attorney's office. "It was important to us, as the prosecuting authority, and the victim, that he [Filipovich] never be allowed to be a police officer again

Filipovich was on extended leave from the LAPD at the time of the April 2009 incident at the Mountain Star Lodge just outside Austin.

Authorities said the 22-year LAPD veteran, who was staying at the motel with his wife and child, asked the woman to retrieve a crib for the baby. He then allegedly pushed her into a closet and tried to fondle her before she fought him off. Prosecutors originally charged Filipovich with attempted sexual assault.

Filipovich had a history of misconduct allegations at the time of his arrest, according to records obtained by The Times.

The records dating to 1995 indicated LAPD officials had recommended discipline of more than 100 days for Filipovich's alleged offenses, including trying to improperly convert an on-duty contact into a social relationship, making a discourteous remark and being discourteous during traffic stops.

Department officials also alleged that while Filipovich was off duty, he inappropriately exposed himself in a public place. It was unclear from the records what, if any, discipline he received.

Filipovich could not be reached for comment.

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$290,000 Dollar Bail for Compton High math teacher charged with sexual abuse, From Bail Bondsman in Compton

The Los Angeles County district attorney's office on Monday charged a Compton High School math teacher with multiple felonies, alleging that he sexually abused three female students.

Nicolei Hurtado Ocaña, 28, of Placentia was charged with two counts of committing lewd acts upon a child, two counts of contact with a minor for sexual offense, and one count each of oral copulation of a person under 18 and child molesting, a misdemeanor.

According to the criminal complaint, the offenses took place at the school between September 2008 and last month. One of the victims was 15, and the other two were 16 at the time of the offenses.

Ocaña was arrested Friday by investigators from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Special Victims Bureau. He is being held in lieu of $290,000 bail.

If convicted, Ocaña faces a maximum term of six years in state prison.

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Marijuana Seizure on Catalina Island, From Bail Bondsman in Catalina

A 30-foot ponga-type boat with three male Mexican nationals was discovered on Catalina Island by Sheriff's Department personnel. The boat had run aground on a remote beach, on the southwest portion of Catalina Island. The boat is a flat-bottomed, ocean going motorboat, powered by two 250-horsepower motors.

Over 400 gallons of fuel was on the boat in gas containers. A large quantity of marijuana in multiple bundles was discovered nearby. Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies detained the men with the assistance of United States coast guard personnel. Removing the marijuana from the remote area proved to be a challenge. Due to the late hour and weather conditions, sheriff's deputies secured the narcotics and boat while an armed United States coast guard vessel remained just off shore, providing additional security.

On Monday morning, April 19, 2010, sheriff's deputies removed the marijuana from Catalina Island with the assistance of the sheriff's narcotics bureau, air-5 helicopter; special enforcement bureau/emergency services detail ocean rescue ii boat, as well as United States coast guard personnel. Three Mexican nationals were arrested for transportation of narcotics and were booked at a federal facility. The quantity of marijuana was estimated to be 4,000 pounds, valued at approximately $3 million.

"These arrests and recovery were the direct result of a diligent and observant sheriff's department employee," said sheriff's headquarters bureau captain mike parker. "he called for backup from other sheriff's department and united states coast guard personnel, and we had a very successful outcome." captain parker added, "it took dozens of sheriff's deputies several hours to load the large rescue helicopter. Due to the size of the seizure, two helicopter flights were required to transport the marijuana to the mainland."

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No Bail for Man arrested on suspicion of false imprisonment, indecent exposure incidents in Palmdale and Lancaster, From Bail Bondsman in Palmdale/Lancaster

An Antelope Valley man has been arrested on suspicion of exposing himself to more than a dozen women in the Lancaster and Palmdale areas and allegedly holding a woman against her will with intent to sexually assault her, Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said Monday.

Authorities said that Terrance Lamount Smith, 21, exposed himself to at least 16 women and girls in incidents reported at apartment buildings around 25th Street West and Avenue J-4 in Lancaster.

Smith, who most recently was arrested April 19 on a probation violation, has been charged by the Los Angeles County district attorney's office with 18 counts: three felonies and 15 misdemeanors.

Smith had previously pleaded no contest to charges including assault with a firearm, causing great bodily injury and vandalism. He also has previous probation violations. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 13 years in state prison, prosecutors said.

Sheriff's investigators said the suspect would go to the common areas of apartment buildings and target lone females, ranging in age from 13 to 58.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Capt. Mike Parker said deputies set up surveillance operations in the areas where the victims lived.

"From there, they were able to identify several men who matched the description of the suspect," Parker said. "Ultimately, one of the suspects was identified by victims who picked the defendant out of a photo lineup."

After serving a search warrant at Smith's home, authorities said they found evidence tying him to the crimes and said he eventually confessed.

Sheriff's officials did not release specifics about the assault that took place in February, citing the ongoing investigation. But they said the incident took place in the laundry room of an apartment complex in Palmdale.

"The victims who reported these crimes helped us to detect a pattern that enabled us to make this arrest," Parker said.

Anyone with additional information is asked to call Lancaster sheriff's detectives at (661) 948-8466.

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Greg Haidl wants to avoid registering as sex offender, takes case to Supreme Court, Reviewed from Bail Bondsman in Orange County/Newport Beach

After losing in the local Court of Appeal, Greg Haidl and his two accomplices, who were convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Haidl’s Newport Beach home, are taking their case to the state Supreme Court.

Haidl’s attorney, Dennis Fischer, petitioned the court last week to hear arguments on why his client should have his conviction overturned and not have to register as a sex offender for life.

Fischer said that the chances of the Supreme Court agreeing to hear the petition are “next to none.”

Haidl’s convicted accomplices, Kyle Nachreiner, 25, and Keith Spann, 25, filed petitions with the court, too, Fischer said.

All three men were convicted in 2005 of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in the basement of the house belonging to Haidl’s dad. Haidl, 24, is the son of former Orange County Assistant Sheriff Don Haidl. While the girl apparently was passed out drunk, the men made a videotape of penetrating her vagina with several objects including a pool cue, Snapple bottle and a lighted cigarette.

For the Supreme Court, Fischer will narrow the arguments he presented to the Court of Appeal. He argued that the judge did not give his client a fair trial in electing to withhold evidence that the victim in the case had participated in similar sexual activity not long before the assault. The woman’s sexual history was protected under California’s Rape Shield law.

He also argues that Haidl should not have to register as a sex offender. The men were juveniles during the crime but were tried as adults.

The jury dismissed the assault with a deadly weapon charge the men faced. Without that charge, they would have been tried as juveniles and wouldn’t be required to register, he said.

Prosecutors say the men’s attempts to clear their records is exactly why they should be registered as sex offenders.

“Men who are convicted of preying on women who are too intoxicated to say ‘no’ are sexual predators. The public has the right to know who they are, where the live, and what they did,” said Orange County district attorney’s office Chief of Staff Susan Schroeder. “Again, they want to be treated different than other similarly situated defendants. This is one of the reasons why they are dangerous.”

Haidl, Nachreiner and Spann lost their case in the Court of Appeal in March. This is their last chance to appeal their case on the state level.

The state Supreme Court has 60 days to decide if it wants to hear the case.

By Joseph Serna

L.A. County Sheriff's Department looks into misconduct allegations, Reviewed by Bail Bondsman in Los Angeles

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is investigating allegations of misconduct by deputies involved in a drug case that was dismissed last week after records appeared to contradict their account of a drug possession arrest.

Prosecutors said the inconsistencies prompted them to drop a felony charge Wednesday against Tatiana Anjuli Lopez, 26. Lopez's attorney filed court records accusing the deputies of lying about her arrest and seeking to have her prosecuted in retaliation for her filing a complaint against them.

Lopez and her fiancé were arrested in Downey on Oct. 7 on suspicion of being under the influence of drugs.

In an arrest report, Deputy Francisco Enriquez said he drove Lopez in his patrol car to the department's Century Station in Lynwood. When she got out of his car, Enriquez wrote, he noticed a plastic bag containing nine bags of methamphetamine on the floor near where Lopez had been sitting.

But radio communications show that a different deputy told dispatchers that he was transporting Lopez to the station, according to court documents filed by Lopez's attorney, Thomas E. Beck.

"The crime report was deliberately falsified," Beck said. "The whole case was fabricated against my client."

The district attorney's office initially declined to file charges against Lopez, concluding that there was not enough evidence. But prosecutors later charged her with possession for sale of a controlled substance after deputies wrote new reports that provided more details about the night of the arrest.

Those reports were written Nov. 17, a day after Beck said he and Lopez met with a sheriff's lieutenant to discuss a misconduct complaint she had filed against the deputies.

"It was blatant retaliation," Beck said. "They circled the wagons to cover up the behavior."

Sheriff's Chief William McSweeney, who heads the detective division, said a preliminary review conducted several months ago found no dishonesty by the deputies.

McSweeney said the deputy who contacted dispatchers about transporting Lopez did so on behalf of Enriquez as they drove in patrol cars to the station. The chief also disputed the allegation that deputies retaliated against Lopez, saying the additional reports were written after a prosecutor told sheriff's officials he needed more details about the drug arrest before he could file charges.

Nonetheless, he said the department would investigate the details of the arrest but warned against jumping to conclusions.

"From what we currently know, our deputies acted honorably," McSweeney said. "Accusations from defense attorneys are part of the law enforcement environment."

Michael Gennaco, chief attorney in the sheriff's Office of Independent Review, which oversees discipline of deputies, said the department was opening an internal affairs investigation.

"We'll move forward in an aggressive way to get to the bottom of it," he said.

Mark Ashen, the deputy in charge of the district attorney's Downey area office, said he plans to review the case to determine whether it should be referred to the district attorney's division that handles criminal prosecutions of police officers.

"There seems to be an inconsistency there," he said, "but as to whether it was intentional or not or what the circumstances are, we don't know at this point."

Lopez was a student at Cerritos College and had no criminal record when she was arrested.

Her fiancé, Miguel Amarillas, 27, who said he once associated with a gang, was twice incarcerated, the first time for robbery in 2000 and the second for assault in 2007, according to prison records. He worked checking cables on oil rigs for a company in Long Beach.

On the evening of their arrest, Lopez and Amarillas were driving to her parents' house in South Gate to pick up her 5-year-old son when they stopped for gas near their home in Downey. Lopez said deputies suddenly appeared in two patrol cars and ordered them out.

Enriquez, who was assigned to a narcotics strike team, wrote in his report that he stopped the pair after seeing Amarillas' gold 1993 Lexus driving dangerously on Imperial Highway.

Enriquez said he spoke to the couple and noticed that Lopez was speaking rapidly and sweating, even though the night was cool. He suspected that she and Amarillas were on drugs, and the couple were taken to the sheriff's station in separate patrol cars.

After he dropped Lopez off, Enriquez wrote, he and other deputies searched the couple's home, where he found another bag with drugs in a bedroom dresser. The bag, he wrote, contained the same distinctive insignia as the bags found in the patrol car.

Enriquez said he gave Lopez and Amarillas a chance to provide a urine sample for a drug test, but they refused.

Lopez and Amarillas tell a very different story.

The couple said they were never asked to take a urine test and that they had not used drugs and did not possess any. Lopez accused the deputies of trying to pressure her into saying that the drugs belonged to her fiancé and said a deputy threatened to have her son removed.

Lopez was jailed for two days before she was released without charges, according to court records. Amarillas was also eventually released without charges.

Lopez said the episode left her traumatized and that she has had trouble sleeping since then.

"I'd seen it in the movies, but never in a million years did I think it would happen to me," Lopez said.

After Lopez was charged, her attorney sought radio communications and other records of deputies involved in the arrest. A sheriff's detective said in a report that he twice inquired about the records and was told there were none.

But Beck sent a subpoena directly to the Sheriff's Department, which provided the radio recordings and other records that he said confirmed his client's account.

On Wednesday, Lopez stood in a Downey courtroom next to her attorney as a prosecutor told Superior Court Commissioner Burt Barnett that the district attorney's office was dropping the case.

"Good idea," Barnett replied.

richard.winton@latimes.com

jack.leonard@latimes.com
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No Bail for man arrested in Little Armenia slaying, from Bail Bondsman in Los Angeles

Detectives are investigating whether a man suspected in the slaying of a family in Little Armenia stalked one of the victims, according to law enforcement sources.

Alberd Tersargyan of Los Angeles has been charged with killing one member of the family, but police said they believe he's responsible for all three slayings, which occurred over two years in the Hollywood area.

LAPD Capt. Kevin McClure said detectives recovered a weapon when they arrested Tersargyan on Thursday but declined to provide further details about the case. Tersargyan was charged with the special circumstance of lying in wait, which makes him subject to the death penalty.

The slayings stunned Little Armenia, in part because the family's teenage daughter discovered the bodies of her parents and younger sister.

On Dec. 11, 2008, a gunman burst into the family's Hollywood apartment and shot father Khachik Safaryan and his 8-year-old daughter. Safaryan's 12-year-old daughter came home from school that afternoon and found the bodies.

Eighteen months later, Safaryan's widow, Karine Hakobyan, 38, was found slumped in her car with a gunshot wound to the back of the head outside her apartment. The daughter, once again, discovered the body when she became worried that her mother had not returned home from work.

Tersargyan has been charged in Hakobyan's death, but it's unclear exactly what connected him to the case.

Sources told The Times that detectives are investigating reports that he was "obsessed" with Hakobyan and had spent some time stalking her. But the sources would not say whether the family knew the man or had earlier altercations with him.

Detectives have found no evidence that the family was involved in crime in either the United States or Armenia, from which they emigrated in 2003.

Safaryan worked as a butcher in Hollywood, and his wife was a patient-care service aide at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.

After the father and daughter were killed, detectives struggled to identify a motive or suspects.

Several months after those slayings, the daughter who discovered the bodies drafted a letter to President Obama and other leaders, including Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, asking for help in solving the case. In the letter, which she had not yet sent, she recounted how the loss changed her family.

"I am hoping that you, Mr. President, will find time to put pressure ... to solve the hideous murder of my beloved sister and father." she wrote. "I still see the bloody bodies of my sister and my father as I found them that day."

She said that Dec. 11 "was an ordinary day for a lot of people; but for us this day was special" because her younger sister was set to present a poetry reading. "My whole family was excited. Unfortunately, this day was tragic."

She also wrote about the grim toll of the killings. "Our family is falling apart now," she wrote. "My grandparents are sick and depressed. My mother cannot cope with the loss of her husband and daughter. I am not in any better shape."

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Michael Jackson’s personal physician entered a plea of not guilty Monday afternoon at a standing-room-only arraignment attended by Jackson’s parents and several siblings.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Keith L. Schwartz set bail for Conrad Murray at $75,000 – three times the standard for involuntary manslaughter cases. The judge also forbade Murray from prescribing heavy sedatives, including propofol, to his patients.

“I don’t want you sedating people,” the judge told Murray.

Murray, dressed in a light gray suit, remained silent throughout the hearing, other than to answer "yes" in a soft voice several times when the judge asked if he understood the terms of his bail and the rights he waived. At the conclusion of the hearing, Murray was taken into custody by sheriff’s deputies and escorted from the courtroom.

Earlier Monday, prosecutors charged Murray with involuntary manslaughter in connection with administering a combination of surgical anesthetic and sedatives blamed in the music legend’s death last summer.

In the last hours of his life, Jackson was given a powerful anesthetic -- propofol -- at a level equivalent to what would be used in “major surgery” and in a manner that did not live up to medical standards, according to the singer’s autopsy report released by the L.A County coroner’s office today.

The complaint filed by the county district attorney’s office alleges that Murray “did unlawfully and without malice kill Michael Joseph Jackson, a human being, in the commission of an unlawful act not amounting to a felony; and in the commission of a lawful act which might have produced death, in an unlawful manner, and without due caution and circumspection.”

Jackson’s parents, Kathryn and Joe, as well as some of his brothers arrived at the courthouse shortly after the charge was filed.

In a news release, the district attorney’s office said Deputy Dist. Atty. David Walgren, a prosecutor in the major crimes division, would try the case. Walgren is also handling the attempt to extradite movie director Roman Polanski to face sentencing in a 3-decade-old child-sex case.

The release credited the LAPD and the county coroner’s office for building the case against Murray. "Both agencies worked diligently and exhaustively to collect the evidence leading to the filing of the case,” the statement said.

Murray walked into the courthouse at 12:55 p.m. to shouts of “murderer” from a handful of Jackson fans whose presence was dwarfed by an international contingent of media that began camping out at the courthouse last week.

Brian Oxman, Joe Jackson’s attorney, said some family members were disappointed that the physician was charged only with involuntary manslaughter.

The criminal case comes after a seven-month investigation that stretched from the master bedroom of Jackson’s rented Holmby Hills mansion to the heart clinic that Murray ran in a poor neighborhood of Houston. The focus, however, rarely left Murray.

Within weeks of Jackson’s death, detectives described the doctor as a manslaughter suspect in court papers that said he admitted leaving the singer alone and under the influence of propofol -- used to render surgical patients unconscious -- in a bedroom of the sprawling home.

The coroner’s office ruled Jackson’s death a homicide and said the cause was “acute propofol intoxication” in conjunction with the effect of other sedatives Murray acknowledged providing.

Despite the almost immediate focus on Murray -- authorities first questioned him in the hospital where doctors were working in vain to revive Jackson -- the multiagency probe that included federal and local investigators progressed slowly, and the doctor was not formally accused of wrongdoing until the district attorney’s office filed its complaint.

Involuntary manslaughter is the least serious homicide charge available to prosecutors, its maximum punishment of four years in prison far less than the life sentence for murder or the 11 years for voluntary manslaughter. The charge, which applies to an unlawful killing committed without malice or intent to kill, turns on Murray’s possible negligence in allegedly giving Jackson propofol for an unapproved purpose -- the treatment of insomnia -- and outside of the normal operating-room setting.

The drug, one of the most widely used general anesthetics in the nation, is so dangerous that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says only those trained in anesthesia should administer it.

Murray told police that he had been giving Jackson nightly intravenous doses of propofol for six weeks, about the time he began working for the performer, according to police affidavits filed in court. Murray, who was in debt and behind on child support payments, earned $150,000 a month treating Jackson and closed practices he operated in Las Vegas, where he lived, and Houston to join the performer in Los Angeles for rehearsals.

According to the affidavits, Jackson told the physician that for years other doctors had treated his chronic insomnia with doses of propofol, a white liquid the singer called “milk.”

Murray eventually became concerned that the singer was addicted and tried to wean him off the anesthetic, according to the affidavits. The day Jackson died, Murray had tried to get the performer to sleep using Valium and, later, two other sedatives, according to the affidavits. But Jackson remained awake for 10 hours, demanding propofol.

According to the affidavits, Murray said he relented and sat next to Jackson’s bed as the propofol took effect. He told police he left for two minutes to use the restroom, and cellphone records indicate he also talked on the phone for 45 minutes, according to the affidavits. When he returned, Jackson was not breathing.

Through his attorney, Murray has maintained his innocence and said he did nothing that should have caused Jackson’s death. In his only public comment -- a one-minute video released in August through his lawyer -- a somber-looking Murray expressed confidence that he would be exonerated.

“I told the truth, and I have faith the truth will prevail,” he said.

-- Harriet Ryan and Victoria Kim in Los Angeles; Jack Leonard and Richard Winton at the Airport Courthouse

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Relative of state insurance commissioner charged with embezzlement, insurance fraud, from Bail Bondsman in Los Angeles

Los Angeles County prosecutors have charged an auto insurance claims adjustor related to state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner with 60 counts of embezzlement and auto insurance fraud.

Paul Daniel Poizner, an adjustor for California Casualty Management and the second cousin of the Republican gubernatorial candidate, pleaded not guilty today to charges in connection with a scheme in which he allegedly submitted checks for auto claims in excess of the amount required for repairs and pocketed the difference.

In all, prosecutors allege that Paul Poizner stole $300,000, said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.

Poizner, 45, was arrested without incident Thursday morning at his Ventura County home by investigators with the district attorney's Insurance Fraud Bureau of Investigation and was being held on more than $294,000 bail. Authorities said he is expected post bail later today.

The scheme was uncovered during a company audit of auto damage claims that were submitted between May 2008 and February 2009, according to the criminal complaint filed by L.A. County prosecutors.

Darrel Ng, a spokesman for the state insurance commissioner, said California Casualty Management informed prosecutors and his office about their findings in March. After being told the identity of the suspect, the insurance commissioner immediately recused himself from the investigation.

Paul Poizner is due back in court Feb. 5 for a preliminary hearing.

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Two women were killed early this morning in La Verne after the driver of the car they were riding in fled the scene of a hit-and-run and crashed into a tree, authorities said.


Alan McConnell, 27, was with two women in a 2000 Pontiac when he struck a car near Foothill Boulevard and Damien Avenue about 12:45 a.m., La Verne Police Lt. Nick Paz said. McConnell then fled east on Foothill and hit a tree in the median of the road near Wheeler Avenue, less than a half-mile away.

Officers found McConnell inside the car, dazed but with no apparent injuries. He was arrested and charged with murder, felony DUI and hit-and-run, Paz said.

One of the female passengers was pronounced dead at the scene. The other passenger was taken to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center where she later died. The names and ages of the victims are being withheld, pending family notification, an L.A. County coroner's official said.

The L.A. County coroner’s office has identified the women as Telassie Dague, 22, and Renee Hardy, 20, both of Alta Loma.

No other injuries were reported.

McConnell has multiple arrests within the last few months, we will update the story as it changes relating to bail.

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Dan Weast, Montebello police chief steps down after law suit filed by felow officers, from Bail Bondsman in Montebello

The police chief in Montebello has stepped down amid a $30-million legal battle with officers over alleged discrimination and retaliation, officials said this week.

Dan Weast was placed on administrative leave in December after a legal complaint filed in late October accused the police chief of “promoting individuals who are ‘friends,’ as opposed to qualified minority candidates,” particularly from an alleged "all White Group" within the police force known as Mahan’s Marauders.

Interim City Manager Randy Narramore put Weast on administrative leave Dec. 14.

“I received a call from his attorney that said he would like to retire, and we honored the contract," Narramore said. "The city council has given me direction to bring in an interim chief. I am negotiating with one now.”

The Montebello Police Officers Assn. in August issued a 90% vote of no confidence in the police chief. Weast once headed the association.
Narramore said he is in talks with the plaintiffs’ attorney to reach a settlement. The police officers originally asked for $30 million in damages, but the figure has been reduced to less than a quarter of that amount, said Daniel Hitzke, an attorney for the officers.

“We’re very encouraged by the new city council and the new city administrator. We’re very excited to have this matter put behind us,” Hitzke said.

Attorney Rob Wexler, who is representing Weast in his retirement talks with the city, called the lawsuit "baseless."

Mayor Bill Molinari said he had criticized the chief’s qualifications and the lack of an open selection process. Unlike most police chiefs in the area, Molinari said, Weast did not have a college degree and held a high school general equivalency diploma.

Molinari said morale in the department had slowly worsened under Weast’s watch.

“You cannot have this kind of a disruptive environment in law enforcement,” Molinari said. “These are men and women who put their lives on the line on a daily basis.”

Councilwoman Kathy Salazar said Weast had done an admirable job as police chief and that his departure was not handled as she would have liked.

“I didn't think he had to be put on administrative leave before Christmas,” Salazar said. “I'm sorry to see him go.”

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No Bail Hold for Parolee "Stun Gun Bandit" arrested in Los Angeles, from Bail Bondsman in Los Angeles

A 68-year-old paroled bank robber dubbed the "stun gun bandit" has been arrested after allegedly robbing the bank where he had an account, Los Angeles police said today.

Lester Robert Evans, 68, was arrested after LAPD investigators said they found evidence in his skid row apartment that helped tie him to a December boutique robbery. In that crime, Evans was captured on video shocking the young clerk with a stun gun, said LAPD Lt. Paul Vernon.

“We had a feeling this guy would surface eventually,” Vernon said. “It just turns out he decided to rob a bank where he had his own account.”

Police were called Tuesday to the Bank of the West branch at 2nd and San Pedro streets in downtown L.A. after it was robbed by “a white man in his 60s,” authorities said. Within minutes, officers had come up with the name of Evans, a local man who was on parole for bank robbery.

Detectives verified Evans was on parole and went to his apartment in the 400 block of East 7th Street on skid row. Detectives searched the apartment and seized evidence that linked the parolee to the bank robbery, as well as the boutique robbery, police said. Evans was booked for the bank robbery and held without bail for a parole violation.

Evans shows a $70,000 Dolllar bail but because he's on Parole there is a mandatory hold placed on him.
We will update the story as it changes relating to bail.

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$100,000 Dollar Bail for suspected serial carjacker, from Bail Bondsman in Van Nuys

Los Angeles police on Sunday arrested a man who threatened several residents in the San Fernando Valley and stole two vehicles over the weekend.

Police arrested Tyreese Basey, 31, of Los Angeles at a laundromat in Van Nuys this afternoon. They found a Black Ford Explorer in the parking lot that had been taken in a carjacking Saturday.

Police believe that Basey attempted to steal a car in the 7000 block of Calhoun Avenue in Van Nuys about 5:15 a.m. Saturday. He was unsuccessful.

Thirty minutes later, the suspect allegedly carjacked a vehicle in the parking lot of a doughnut shop two miles away, near Victory Boulevard and Fulton Avenue.

The man crashed the vehicle into a tree about 6:20 a.m. near the Skirball Cultural Center, police said. The air bag was deployed and the vehicle rolled over, but the suspect was able to climb out through the sunroof. He is believed to have sustained injuries.

The suspect then entered the home of a couple in their 90s in the 3300 block of Red Rose Drive in Encino, police said. He demanded car keys, but the couple managed to push him outside and lock the door. About 6:45 a.m., he was chased out of a nearby backyard by a homeowner.

By 8:15 a.m., the suspect was in the 3600 block of Sapphire Drive, where he stole a black Ford Explorer with the license plate 4WVP668, police said.

Police believe the man was reacting to an earlier incident or in a state of personal crisis. “He was not just a criminal, but a desperate and reckless criminal,” LAPD Capt. John Egan of the West Valley station said in a statement.

Basey was booked into Van Nuys jail on various charges, including robbery and carjacking. Basey's current bail is $100,000 we will update the story as it changes relating to bail.

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$100,000 Dollar Bail for O.C. Mechanic Hector Medina accused of setting fire to transient, from Bail Bondsman in Orange County

A Santa Ana auto mechanic was arrested on January 2 and arraigned on Tuesday on charges of setting a transient and his possessions on fire after dousing the victim's shopping cart with gasoline.

Hector Manuel Medina, 32, is charged with one felony count of arson causing great bodily injury, according to the Orange County district attorney's office.

Medina, a mechanic at Santa Ana Firestone Complete Auto Care, allegedly confronted 64-year-old transient Ruben Sandoval in the alley behind the auto shop on Sunday. Medina apparently was angered because he had previously found the transient sleeping in his car on a rainy day, said Farrah Emami, a spokeswoman for the district attorney's office.

After spotting Sandoval, Medina allegedly took a gas canister from the garage, approached the victim and his shopping cart, and doused the cart with gasoline, some of which splashed onto Sandoval, Emami said.

Medina then allegedly set the cart on fire with a match, but the flames jumped and set the victim's beard on fire. Sandoval attempted to put out the flames with his hands, Emami said.

Sandoval suffered second and third-degree burns to his body, face, and hands. The contents of his cart, which included clothing, blankets and food, were destroyed.

Medina allegedly fled the area but was arrested soon after near his home, Emami said. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 14 years in state prison. Medina is being held on $100,000 bail.

At this time Medina is still being held in the Orange County Mens Jail in Santa Ana. We will update the story as it relates to bail as we receive information.

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$10,000 dollar Bail for Reagans grandson arrested in Van Nuys, from Bail Bondsman in Van Nuys

Former President Reagan’s grandson is in jail this morning after police arrested him at his parents’ house in Van Nuys, Los Angeles Police Department officials said.

Cameron Reagan, 31, was arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest, a misdemeanor, and is being held in lieu of $10,000 bail at Van Nuys Jail, said LAPD Officer Bruce Borihanh.

Officers responded to a panic button call on the 4700 block of Allot Avenue about 12:20 a.m. and found Reagan exiting a rear door. He was drinking and “very uncooperative,” Borihanh said. Police did not know who was home at the time or who pushed the panic button.

Reagan's father, Michael, said his son did not know that he had tripped an alarm when he arrived home with friends early this morning. When Cameron Reagan heard a commotion outside, he went outside and found the house surrounded by police, Michael Reagan said, according to the Associated Press.

Michael Reagan, who no longer lives in the home, said the alarm goes directly to the police station. “They surround the house with police cars because of who we are,” he told the AP, adding that his son did not understand what was happening and panicked. “There was a lot of misunderstanding at 1 a.m.”]

Cameron Reagan has had previous brushes with the law. In 2001, a judge ordered him to attend drug rehab and anger management after he was found with marijuana. In 1999, he was convicted of receiving stolen property. Earlier, he was convicted of vandalism.

Reagan has suffered from attention-deficit disorder since childhood, which attorneys in 2001 said caused him to drop out of college and made him unable to hold a job. At one point, according to court documents, Reagan was destitute and living on the streets.

Reagan is the son of Michael and Colleen Reagan. Michael Reagan, the adopted son of the former president and his first wife, Jane Wyman, is a nationally syndicated talk radio host and a Fox News contributor.

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