Assault & Battery
Charlie Sheen is Accused of Assault: What this Means and How an Experienced Criminal Defense Attorney Can Help Him Avoid Jail
On December 29, 2009, CNN reported that Charlie Sheen's Wife, Brooke Mueller, has accused Mr. Sheen of threatening to have her killed. CNN reports that Mueller alleges Sheen said, "I have ex-police I can hire who know how to get the job done, and they won't leave any trace," as he held her down with a knife. Sheen was arrested on Christmas Day and is being charged with assault, menacing…
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Lawsuit Filed in Attempt to Overturn City Council Decision to Limit Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
The Los Angeles Collective Association and the Green Oasis dispensary, which is made up of medical marijuana collectives, has filed a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles' moratorium that seeks to control the sale of medical marijuana. They argue that the moratorium is too vague and its extension into mid-March is in violation of state law. Robert A. Kahn, an attorney representing the Los Angeles Collective Association and Green…
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Anaheim DUI Sobriety Checkpoint
'Tis the Season. Police will conduct another holiday sobriety checkpoint starting at 8 p.m. on Saturday December, 26 until 3 a.m. Sunday December 27, at a major, unannounced thoroughfare. Motorists passing through the checkpoint will also receive safe driving literature donated by Mothers Against Drunk Drivers. The local checkpoint is one of 300 DUI checkpoints planned by law enforcement agencies throughout the state as part of an 18-day "Holiday DUI…
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Celebrity Burglaries Led by 19-Year-Old
A recent article details the burglary spree that victimized homes of young Hollywood stars Audrina Patridge, Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Bilson and the Hilton family. The ringleader behind these thefts, according to a confession by one of the robbers, was a 19 year old Las Vegas woman whose desire to own the designer clothes and jewelry of such celebrities as Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton motivated her to spearhead…
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Polanski Has Options to Have Case Dismissed
The Los Angeles district attorney has announced that if Switzerland does extradite filmmaker Roman Polanski, the criminal case from which he fled 31 years ago will be reopened. Polanski was originally indicted by the grand jury on six felonies that included rape against a 13 year old, but these charges were later dismissed after he accepted a deal to plead guilty to unlawful intercourse with a minor. Legal experts however,…
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Videotape Reveals Images Contradictory to LAPD Officers’ Testimony
Los Angeles officers Richard Amio, Evan Samuel and Manuel Ortiz have been recently prosecuted for perjury and conspiracy after a videotape revealed images that contradicted their testimonies. While testifying for a drug-possession case, the officers claimed that defendant Guillermo Alarcon threw a box that broke open revealing cocaine. The surveillance tape, however, showed the box was opened by the officers after Alarcon was detained. Consequently, the charges against Alarcon were…
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Riverside County Man Sentenced to 100 Years for Operating Ponzi Scheme
In September, a Federal Judge in Riverside County sentenced Richard Monroe Harkless to 100 years in prison for operating a Ponzi scheme that bilked investors of about $35 million. Federal prosecutors boast that the sentence is the longest ever imposed for a financial crime in Southern California. Harkless ran the scheme form 2000-2003 through a company he called MX Factors and dozens of the company's estimated 700 investors wrote the…
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Ventura County CHP Officer Convicted of Hate Crime
If any of you were arrested by the CHP in the Ventura area, it might be worth your while to ask your lawyer to give you a copy of the police report and check out the police report. This is especially true if you think that the cop was lying in your report about some of the facts in your case. Recently, a local Ventura County CHP officer was convicted…
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Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs New Bill to Require First-Time DUI Offenders in Los Angeles County to Install Interlock Devices
Recently, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 91, otherwise know as AB 91, creating a pilot program in Los Angeles County as well as in three other California counties that will effect first time Driving Under the Influence (DUI) offenders in Los Angeles County. The pilot project would begin on July 1, 2010 and would extend to January 1, 2016. By July 1, 2015, the Department of Motor Vehicles…
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California Supreme Court to Hear Riverside Dismissal Cases
In a follow-up to a blog previously posted on this site, the California Supreme Court has decided to review to Riverside County criminal cases that had been dismissed for lack of a judge to hear them. The case that was previously posted on and that is currently under review by the California Supreme Court is People v. Wagner. This is the case where the defendant allegedly shot the victim in…
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