Criminal Defense
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 By Los Angeles Defense Attorney
Dana Hall has been charged with one Felony count of second-degree Robbery after he walked into a Shell gas station, began stuffing sandwiches into his pants and punched a clerk in the face after being ...
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Posted on Jan 30, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
A founder of the Pinkberry yogurt chain was recently arrested by the LAX Fugitive Task Force at the Los Angeles International Airport for an outstanding warrant for an assault in downtown Los Angeles. ...
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Posted on Jan 27, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
Carlos Guzmangarza was initially arrested for posing as a physician assistant and performing cosmetic surgery on a woman. While operating, he smoked a cigar and had the conscious patient hold an IV ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
A Hollywood talent manager who represents children who have appeared on shows such as iCarly and other children's programs has been charged with child molestation . A teenager came to police with ...
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Posted on Jan 2, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Los Angeles Dance Instructor, Anthony Angellano, has been charged with five counts of Oral Copulation with a Minor and one count of Digital Penetration with a Minor. The charges are related to an ...
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Posted on Dec 29, 2011 By Los Angeles Defense Attorney
Joseph Cormier of Laguna Beach was arrested for Lewd Conduct and Possession of Marijuana after a man reported that Cormier was masturbating and watching porn on a computer at a Laguna Beach public ...
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Posted on Dec 23, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
An Anaheim man who forced a pregnant bank employee to steal cash from her own bank has been convicted of two counts of aggravated Kidnapping and three counts of Robbery . Charles Clements kidnapped an ...
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Posted on Dec 20, 2011 By Los Angeles Defense Lawyer
Dr. Conrad Murray has been sentenced to four years of incarceration after being found guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter , which is the maximum punishment possible. Over a four-week case, prosecutors ...
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Posted on Dec 17, 2011 By Los Angeles Defense Attorney
Investors have accused Jody Foster's estranged father, Lucius Foster III, of bilking them out of more than $100,000 in a scheme to build modular homes. Foster is accused of conning 20 people to ...
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Posted on Dec 13, 2011 By Los Angeles Defense Lawyer
A Los Angeles City Fire Captain, Matthew Phillipsen, was one of several people recently arrested in a sting operation for allegedly attempting to purchase heroin. The sting operation was conducted by ...
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Posted on Dec 10, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
Former CSI star, Gary Dourdan, has been arrested and booked on charges of Felony Battery following an alleged domestic altercation at his California home. The actor was detained by police at his home ...
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Posted on Dec 6, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Retroactive changes in the sentencing law for Drug Crimes involving crack cocaine are now occurring as a result of the Fair Sentencing Act which was passed by Congress in 2010. This law lessened the ...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Mariah Yeater, the woman who claims Justin Bieber fathered her three-month-old baby in a backstage bathroom, is being investigated for committing Statutory Rape , because the singer was 16-years-old ...
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Posted on Nov 15, 2011 By Los Angeles Defense Lawyer
Michael Jackson's personal physician, Conrad Murray, has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for causing Jackson's 2009 death by a powerful surgical anesthetic. The verdict against ...
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Posted on Nov 14, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
Two burglary suspects were recently arrested after their get-away U-Haul truck became stuck in some dirt in a vacant lot next to the property they had just burglarized. A man happened to be walking ...
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Posted on Nov 7, 2011 By Los Angeles Defense Lawyer
John Marshall, former Redondo Beach Police officer, was arrested in 2009 after allegedly drugging a friend, then raping him and shaving all his body hair. Marshall and his victim were acquaintances ...
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Posted on Nov 6, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
Lindsay Lohan has been sent to jail, rehab, community service and counseling numerous times since her first arrest in 2007 for Driving Under the Influence . Recently, Lohan has been sentenced to 300 ...
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Posted on Nov 5, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
California Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi has been charged with Felony Grand Theft after Shoplifting at Neiman Marcus in San Francisco. Allegedly, Hayashi had been shopping at the store, and walked out ...
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Posted on Nov 4, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Orange County dance instructor, Brandon Marriott, was arrested after the parents of one of his fifteen-year-old students discovered sexually explicit text messages that he had sent to the girl. ...
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Posted on Nov 4, 2011 By Los Angeles Defense Attorney
Tone Loc, whose real name is Anthony Smith, was arrested in June, following a physical altercation with the mother of his child at an apartment complex in Burbank, California. Police also discovered ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Charles Kelly was dressed in his security guard uniform when he offered a woman a ride, drove her to a parking lot and raped her at knifepoint. The victim managed to escape, and fled from the scene ...
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Posted on Nov 1, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
Former Playboy Playmate, Victoria Rathgeb, was arrested after non-fatally shooting her husband in the back after a heated argument last year. Rathgeb was initially charged with Attempted Murder and ...
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Posted on Oct 31, 2011 By Los Angeles Defense Lawyer
In January of this year, California passed a new state law making it illegal to Impersonate through Internet Web Site or by other Electronic Means. Los Angeles has recently seen its first conviction ...
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Posted on Oct 30, 2011 By Los Angeles Defense Attorney
Eric Valentin of Los Angeles was convicted in 2009 of one felony count of sending harmful material to a minor and was sentenced to 16 months in state prison. He was released on parole in in August of ...
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Posted on Oct 29, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
Gary Cochran, a registered sex offender from Huntington Beach, California, recently plead guilty to making Child Pornography after he was arrested for filming an 8-year-old girl engaged in sex acts. ...
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