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Top 5 Most Common Crimes In Los Angeles
Top 5 Most Common Crimes in Los Angeles In recent years, Los Angeles has seen a rise in crimes all across the board including property crimes and violent crimes. Because of this upward trend, the Los Angeles Police Department has put more effort into making arrests for these crimes in an effort to curb the City’s crime rates. If you have been arrested and charged with a crime, it is…
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Why Suge Knight and Katt Williams Face Different Sentences for the Same Crime (PC 667.5)
For the past 20 years, few men have cast a shadow over the music industry that looms quite as large as Marion “Suge” Knight’s. The former college football player and bodyguard is a co-founder of Death Row Records. Knight has been a driving force in establishing the West Coast rap scene, teaming with rapper/producer Dr. Dre to promote heavyweight artists such as Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur. In the rap…
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Father And Two Adult Children Arrested On Allegations Of Bank Robbery
Authorities in Texas allege that a father and his two adult children are responsible for the robbery of multiple banks. Authorities arrested the fifty-year-old man, and his twenty-year-old son, and eighteen-year-old daughter after authorities recognized the father and son from surveillance footage. Police claim they had seen the father and son previously, in a surveillance video of a bank robbery from October 1, 2012 of a bank outside of Houston.…
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Shoplifting (PC 484) can turn into Robbery (PC 211) in California
Petty theft under California law is the taking of property of another valued at $950 or less and is a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum of six months in county jail and a $1000 fine. Your attorneys at Wallin & Klarich wish to explain to you how a shoplifting offense can turn in to a robbery offense (PC 211) under California Law. Petty theft is a relatively minor crime and…
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Marijuana Delivery Driver Claims Ninjas Robbed Him
We don't even know where to begin with this one. Late Friday night, a delivery driver for a medical marijuana dispensary dialed 911 to report that he had been robbed by ninjas. Well, to be precise, he was robbed by two men dressed as ninjas. The victim in this case reported to police that he was on a delivery when two men dressed as ninjas, wielding batons, began chasing him.…
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Ventura County Teacher Appears In Court on Allegations Of Armed Robbery
Simi Valley High School science teacher David Considine appeared in court Thursday on armed robbery charges. Considine is accused of robbing a convenience store at knife point. Considine sought, through his Ventura robbery attorney, to be released into a drug treatment facility. His attorney claims that because of drug use, Considine has no recollection of the armed robbery. The motion was continued to Tuesday, November 15, 2011 to give the…
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How Robbery is Different from Theft in Orange County
Most people think the terms "robbery" and "theft" are interchangeable. However, the truth is that these are two completely separate crimes in the state of California. These crimes differ greatly under California Penal Code and they each carry separate punishment. So what's the difference between robbery and theft? To best illustrate the differences between these two crimes, imagine a woman waiting at a bus stop with her purse. If you…
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Number Of Pharmacies Targeted By Robbers Continues To Increase In The United States
More and more across the country, law enforcement is delaing with a rise in the number of pharmacies that are robbed. The reason for the increase in the robberies, many experts say, are atributed to addicts seeking the powerful painkiller Oxycotin. The number of addicts hooked on Oxycotin has dramatically increased in the last several years. In California, robbery is codified under Penal Code Section 211. It states in pertinent…
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What if I’m charged with robbery, what should I do? Penal Code Section 211
Robbery is defined as taking the personal property of another using any amount of force, no matter how slight, or by fear. Robbery is classified as either first degree or second degree. First degree robbery is much serious crime. Some types of robbery that are classified as first degree robbery are: when a person commits a robbery in a house, when a person commits a robbery on a person using…
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I’m Charged With Robbery. What Should I Do Next?
In California, Penal Code section 211 defines robbery as the felonious taking of personal property in the possession of another, from his person or immediate presence, and against his will, accomplished by means of force or fear. Robbery, therefore, is a species of aggravated larceny. To elevate larceny to a robbery, the taking must be accomplished by force or fear, and the perpetrator of this crime must take the property…
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