More than 550,000 marijuana plants with an estimated street value of $1 billion have been seized during an eight-week crackdown targeting illegal marijuana growing operations on public lands across seven Western states, federal authorities announced on Tuesday. Operation Mountain Sweep, … Continue reading
Federal officials filed suit Tuesday to seize Anaheim properties that house six marijuana dispensaries as part of an ongoing crackdown on the commercial pot business. Among the targets of the suits, according to the U.S. attorney’s office, is a building … Continue reading
Police are looking for a man who they say robbed a Manhattan Beach smoke shop and slashed the throat of a clerk before fleeing. Manhattan Beach Police Department officials say 18-year-old Tyler Rodgers walked into a cigar shop on Artesia … Continue reading
Investigators probing the death of “Top Gun” director Tony Scott are looking into whether serious health problems prompted him to leap off the Vincent Thomas Bridge on Sunday. Scott, 68, had just completed a new movie and there had been … Continue reading
A security guard working for the conservative Christian Family Research Council is being hailed as a hero after he stopped a gunman trying to gain access to the organization’s Washington, D.C., headquarters on August 15. The guard, identified as Leo … Continue reading
By Nicole Santa Cruz and Rick Rojas, Los Angeles Times August 11, 2012 A year-long investigation into one of Anaheim’s most entrenched street gangs has resulted in 33 arrests and the seizure of dozens of guns, a crackdown that comes … Continue reading
Mixed martial arts fighter and reality TV show host Jason “Mayhem” Miller was arrested Monday on suspicion of burglary after deputies found him dozing naked on a couch in an Orange County church. Miller, 31, was released from Orange County … Continue reading
By Catherine Saillant, Los Angeles Times August 7, 2012 It’s been nearly three years since Jane Laut shot and killed her husband, retired Olympic shot putter Dave Laut, in their Oxnard backyard. That point is undisputed. What jurors must decide … Continue reading
A woman who allegedly tried to kidnap a baby girl from a Garden Grove hospital had told her husband she was pregnant, officials said. Despite being separated for months, Grisel Ramirez, 48, told her husband that she was pregnant with … Continue reading
Burglars made off with $15,000 in copper wiring from a building’s rooftop, at 6:06 a.m. Wednesday in the 8800 block of Burlcrest Drive. Crime scene investigators recovered fingerprint evidence at the scene. Copper wire theft has been on the rise … Continue reading