California Crime

Police Find DNA But Kidnapping Suspect's Sister Says 'They Don't Have Enough Evidence'

Posted 05.23.2012

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Relatives of a missing California teenager and the suspect arrested in connection with her disappearance and probable killing said yesterday that they...

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California Woman Pleads 'No Contest' To Sex With Biological Son

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.21.2012

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A northern California woman has pleaded no contest to having sex with her teenage son after the two reconnected on Facebook. Mistie Atkinson, 32, o...

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MARIJUANA MYSTERY: 8,068 Pounds Of Pot Found Floating In Ocean

Posted 05.21.2012

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U.S. Coast Guard officers are scratching their heads over 8,068 pounds of marijuana found floating in bales Sunday near Dana Point Harbor in Californi...

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Four Tons Of Marijuana Pulled From Ocean

Newser | Posted 05.21.2012

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After receiving a tip yesterday, Harbor Patrol agents in California pulled about 160 bales of marijuana from the ocean off the coast of Orange County....

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'The Dating Game Killer' To Face More Murder Charges

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.12.2012

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Rodney Alcala can be extradited to New York to face charges in two killings, California's highest court has ruled. The decision was handed down on ...

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California Authorities Resume Search For Missing Teen

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.11.2012

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Authorities in Santa Clara County, Calif., have resumed the search for missing teenager Sierra LaMar, who vanished eight weeks ago today. Investiga...

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Sex-Worker Shootout Started Over iPhones, Cops Say

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 05.11.2012

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Apparently owning a smart phone does not boost its user's intelligence. Two men who told police that prostitutes stole their iPhones allegedly star...

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Police Search Landfill For Infant Sons Of Slain Woman

AP | GILLIAN FLACCUS | Posted 05.09.2012

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ORANGE, Calif. -- A search of a Southern California landfill has turned up no sign of a toddler boy and his baby brother believed killed by their fath...

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Old Carpet Stains Lead To Calif. Man's Arrest For Allegedly Killing Girlfriend, 2 Sons

AP | GILLIAN FLACCUS | Posted 05.09.2012

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ORANGE, Calif. — The blood-stained carpet was the first clue Arlet Contreras and her two young sons had not just abandoned their apartment in a ...

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Red Mystery Car Might Provide Valuable Clue In Sierra LaMar Case

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.11.2012

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Authorities in California are searching for a vehicle that could help them with solving with the case of Sierra LaMar, who disappeared in March. ...

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92-Year-Old Woman Who Sold Suicide Kits To Learn Sentence

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 05.07.2012

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SAN DIEGO — A 92-year-old Southern California woman who acknowledged selling kits intended to help people commit suicide has been sentenced to f...

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UPDATE: DEA Apologizes To Forgotten Man In Holding Cell Forced To Drink Urine

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 05.02.2012

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Update: The Drug Enforcement Administration has apologized to Danny Chong after he spent five days in a holding cell without food, water or a toilet, ...

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5 Sex Offenders Arrested During Sierra Lamar Investigation

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.11.2012

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Authorities investigating the case of missing California teenager Sierra LaMar have arrested five sex offenders. The arrests come after authoritie...

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Obiwan Kenobi Turns To Dark Side, Charged With Hit And Run

Posted 05.01.2012

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The police force is strong with this one. A man named Obiwan Kenobi -- like the Jedi knight who trained Luke Skywalker -- was allegedly involved i...

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Cops: Woman Had Sex With 16-Year-Old Biological Son

Posted 05.01.2012

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A Nice, Calif. woman faces incest charges after she allegedly had sex with her 16-year-old biological son. Police said they found Mistie Atkinson w...

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WATCH: 25-Year-Old's Mysterious Death In Malibu Home

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 04.30.2012

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Katie Wilkins was only 25 years old. On Saturday, she had made brownies for a party she was going to host the next day, and she had a load of laundry ...

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Panama Police Eye Ex-Marine In California Woman's Disappearance

AP | JUAN ZAMARANO | Posted 04.29.2012

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PANAMA CITY, Panama — Panamanian police named an American ex-Marine as a person of interest Sunday in the disappearance of a 42-year-old Califor...

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FBI Searches Hostel For Blood, Missing California Woman

AP | JUAN ZAMORANO | Posted 04.28.2012

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PANAMA CITY, Panama -- Panamanian investigators and FBI agents searched a hostel in Panama Friday for blood traces or other signs of a California woma...

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'Teardrop' Rapist Strikes For First Time In Years

The Huffington Post | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 04.26.2012

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A sexual predator has eluded Los Angeles police since 1996 while committing more than two dozen rapes and attempted assaults. Now, he's struck again. ...

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Man Drives Van Off Cliff To Elude Police

Posted 04.24.2012

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A California woman was forced to jump from a speeding van, because her husband was driving towards a cliff in order to escape from police. Malibu ...

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School Shooter Gets Life Sentence

AP | Posted 04.20.2012

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VISTA, Calif. — A gunman who injured two second-graders when he opened fire on a crowded elementary school playground near San Diego was sentenc...

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Marine's Missing Wife Likely 'Victim Of Foul Play'

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 04.18.2012

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SAN DIEGO — Authorities arrested a woman Tuesday for investigation of murder after finding a body in their search for the missing wife of a U.S....

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Eviction Leads To Deadly Standoff, 2 Killed

AP | TRACIE CONE | Posted 04.14.2012

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MODESTO, Calif. — The body of a man suspected of gunning down a deputy and a locksmith when they tried to serve eviction papers was discovered F...

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Alleged Rape Victim Held In Custody To Ensure Testimony

Posted 04.06.2012

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A 17-year-old alleged rape victim was taken into custody last week to ensure that she testifies against her suspected sexual abuser. The unnamed te...

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Things Cops Don't Like: April Fools' Bomb Threats

Posted 04.02.2012

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Prank phone calls are funny -- most of the time. Authorities in California say that a man dialed in a fake high school bomb threat on Sunday as a m...

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