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Death by Designnew

Architect Gerhard Becker faces manslaughter charges after a firefighter died trying to save his home.
L.A. Weekly  |  Gene Maddaus  |  03-22-2013  |  Crime & Justice

L.A.'s Bloody Hit-and-Run Epidemicnew

The city ignores a crisis of car-as-weapon crime in the streets.
L.A. Weekly  |  Simone Wilson  |  12-07-2012  |  Crime & Justice

Biggie Smalls Murder Confession: Voletta Wallace's Attorney Still Has Questionsnew

A couple weeks ago, ex-LAPD detective Greg Kading says he handed Voletta Wallace, mother of Biggie Smalls, a copy of his new book, Murder Rap, in which Kading reveals never-before-seen evidence implicating Suge Knight in the death of her son.
L.A. Weekly  |  Chris Vogel  |  10-05-2011  |  Crime & Justice

The Chiller Killernew

Michael Gargiulo, accused of killing Ashton Kutcher's girlfriend and other L.A. beauties, got close as the helpful air-conditioning repairman.
L.A. Weekly  |  Christine Pelisek  |  11-24-2010  |  Crime & Justice

Barry Minkow 2.0new

L.A.'s fraud king is back -- and taking the media for another ride
L.A. Weekly  |  Beth Barrett  |  10-18-2010  |  Crime & Justice

Rodney Alcala's Final Revenge: Alleged Serial Killer Ratchets Up the Sufferingnew

In letters to him, Bruce Barcomb compared Rodney Alcala to notorious serial killers Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy, and begged him to spare the victims' relatives from a painful trial — including Barcomb's own elderly mother, who was undergoing chemotherapy.
L.A. Weekly  |  Christine Pelisek  |  02-26-2010  |  Crime & Justice

One Man's Murderous Romp Through Polite Societynew

Rodney Alcala, the UCLA fine-arts grad, former Los Angeles Times typesetter, amateur photographer and film student of Roman Polanski's is believed to have used his charm and access to entrap and murder seven women and girls, and to rape several others.
L.A. Weekly  |  Christine Pelisek  |  01-22-2010  |  Crime & Justice

Chaos in the Casitas: Lawless Speakeasies Get a Grip on L.A.new

The casitas operate in what appear to be shuttered, recession-emptied storefronts or hollowed-out homes. But inside, patrons can get almost anything they want, in a one-stop shop: drugs, gambling, heisted cigarettes, after-hours booze and "B-girls" -- slang for "bar" girls, or prostitutes, who charge about $60 for sex.
L.A. Weekly  |  Christine Pelisek  |  11-09-2009  |  Crime & Justice

The Assassination of Deputy Abel Escalantenew

A young father had nothing to do with LAPD's killing of Danny Leon last year. The 27-year-old officer most likely heard about it on the news, like everyone else. But, federal prosecutors believe, Escalante died for it.
L.A. Weekly  |  Christine Pelisek  |  10-16-2009  |  Crime & Justice

Bye-Bye, Bill Brattonnew

Media coverage has been filled with praise for Bratton, but some are questioning how he could so readily accept a job right after Michael Cherkasky played a key role in helping to hand Bratton a historic career and political victory -- the lifting of the consent decree.
L.A. Weekly  |  Jill Stewart  |  08-14-2009  |  Crime & Justice

How LAPD's 'Closers' Nabbed A Serial Killer Known as The Westside Rapistnew

In a long-shot quest to find one prominent serial killer, police instead found another. Through tantalizing coincidences and teamwork that tapped the memories of long-retired cops, LAPD found the The Westside Rapist, a man who had slipped away from the cops in 1957 and went on to terrorize elderly women in Southern California for a generation.
L.A. Weekly  |  Christine Pelisek  |  07-24-2009  |  Crime & Justice

Phil Spector Is Sentenced to Life and the Victim's Family Speaksnew

Unlike his second trial's verdict reading, Phil Spector's sentencing hearing was the definition of "anticlimax."
L.A. Weekly  |  Steven Mikulan  |  06-05-2009  |  Crime & Justice

Is L.A. As Safe As Bratton Says It Is?new

The Los Angeles Police Chief says the city is as safe as it was in 1956. But Bill Bratton is manipulating numbers and acting like a politician.
L.A. Weekly  |  Patrick Range McDonald  |  05-01-2009  |  Crime & Justice

Why Los Angeles Crime-Fighters Fell Years Behind on Rape Testingnew

Experts have suggested a stunning possibility: that 500,000 rape kits, given low priority by scores of police departments, have been sitting untested for years.
L.A. Weekly  |  Christine Pelisek  |  03-20-2009  |  Crime & Justice

A Tough Churchgoing Mom Is at the Center of the Los Angeles Serial-Killer Mysterynew

L.A.’s elusive Grim Sleeper has murdered with impunity for 23 years. The strange journey of his only surviving victim began with a rape and shooting that at the time seemed tragically commonplace.
L.A. Weekly  |  Christine Pelisek  |  03-13-2009  |  Crime & Justice

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