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Gang Member Sentenced to Death for Murder of Local Student

Details: Category: Crime Reports; Published on Friday, 14 December 2012 16:59; Written by Dawn Kirkpatrick

Gang member Pedro Espinoza was recently sentenced to death for the murder of Arlington Heights resident and Los Angeles High School student 17-year-old Jamiel Shaw, Jr. Espinoza shot non-gang member Shaw in the abdomen and then in the head for carrying a red Spider-Man backpack on March 2,…

‘Keep It Clean’ Owner and Long Time TNN Advertiser Fatally Shot

Details: Category: Crime Reports; Published on Sunday, 26 August 2012 15:13; Written by Dianne Lawrence

On July 19, TNN long time advertiser Lynette Ammons of Keep It Clean Inc.a janitorial business, was fatally shot in her store front office in the 1100 Block of La Brea between Centinela Ave. and Fairview Blvd. Three people working in the back room heard an intruder…

Rash of Crimes in Harvard Heights

Details: Category: Crime Reports; Published on Sunday, 23 October 2011 16:08; Written by Steve Wallis

There were three muggings between Venice and Washington, they seem to be going after jewelry. There are continuing thefts of copper from light poles. If the vehicles do not have city logos, call police. Finally, catalytic converters are being stolen from Toyota pickup trucks.

2 Youths Booked on Suspicion in Koreatown

Details: Category: Crime Reports; Published on Sunday, 23 October 2011 16:07; Written by Dianne Lawrence

Koreatown: When two plainclothes officers from LAPD’s Olympic station confronted men who had opened fire on a woman in Koreatown, the shooters turned the guns on them inflicting facial wounds in both officers. One officer suffered serious wounds to his eye and is reported in serious but stable condition after…

Street Robbery on Venice and Harvard

Details: Category: Crime Reports; Published on Thursday, 25 August 2011 21:38; Written by Steve Wallis

This past Tuesday, approximately 10:30 am, a young woman, pushing a baby in a stroller, was robbed on Venice and Harvard. The lone assailant got out of a car, smiled and greeted the woman, and then grabbed her necklace from behind after she passed him. She bit his hand but did not…

Fatally Wounded Boy Dropped Off At Local Fire Station

Details: Category: Crime Reports; Published on Monday, 11 July 2011 08:41; Written by Dianne Lawrence

On Thursday July 7, Melvin Childs of Gardena, a 16 year old boy, was fatally shot. He was still alive when two men in their 20's dumped him at 9:45 pm at the #26 fire station on 2009 S. Western just north of the 10 freeway. He died of a…

Crackberry Bust at Washington Market

Details: Category: Crime Reports; Published on Sunday, 26 June 2011 15:41; Written by Dianne Lawrence

May 19, 2011 After a year long investigation highlighting increasing assistance from Federal authorities to beleaguered local law enforcement, “Operation Red Dawn” went into full swing as FBI agents along with LAPD, swept through several locations and arrested 17 Federal suspects and 28 others on local charges related to…

Local Crime Spree Ends With Arrests At Washington Market Square

Details: Category: Crime Reports; Published on Saturday, 18 June 2011 18:04; Written by Police Website

Three people were arrested May 11 in connection with a series of armed robberies in the Koreatown, Harvard Heights and West Adams areas. The suspects are also linked to the slaying of an MTV music coordinator. Officers swarmed the Washington Market Square shopping plaza on Washington Boulevard and Tenth Avenue…

April 2011 CD10 Most Wanted: Oscar Bolanos, Mario Contreras

Details: Category: Crime Reports; Published on Wednesday, 13 April 2011 23:21; Written by Dianne Lawrence

On April 20, 1993 at approximately 10:10 p.m., Suspect Oscar Bolanos and Suspect Mario Contreras along with a third unknown male Hispanic arrived at the Victim’s residence in a vehicle driven by Suspect Contreras. Suspects Bolanos and Contreras argued with the Victim regarding Contreras’s sister (Estela). Suspect Bolanos pointed a…

April 2011 Fatal Hit and Run in Koreatown

Details: Category: Crime Reports; Published on Wednesday, 13 April 2011 23:19; Written by Dianne Lawrence

On Saturday, March 26, 2011, at around 2:28 a.m., a fatal traffic collision occurred on James M.Wood Boulevard and Ardmore Avenue in LAPD’s Olympic Area. Ricardo Leos, a 19-year-old resident of Los Angeles, was driving a 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse eastbound on James M. Boulevard. As Leos approached…

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Gang Member Sentenced to Death for Murder of Local Student

‘Keep It Clean’ Owner and Long Time TNN Advertiser Fatally Shot

Rash of Crimes in Harvard Heights

2 Youths Booked on Suspicion in Koreatown

Street Robbery on Venice and Harvard

Fatally Wounded Boy Dropped Off At Local Fire Station

Crackberry Bust at Washington Market

Local Crime Spree Ends With Arrests At Washington Market Square

April 2011 CD10 Most Wanted: Oscar Bolanos, Mario Contreras

April 2011 Fatal Hit and Run in Koreatown

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