AltWeeklies Wire
Judgment Day: Anand Jon Trial Concludesnew
Designer found guilty of 14 felonies and two misdemeanors against seven of the nine women, including one forcible-rape charge and multiple counts of lewd acts upon a child, and faces life in prison.
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Mikulan |
11-21-2008 |
Crime & Justice
The Strange and Disturbing Trial of Anand Jonnew
Even in its quietest moments, the Jon case is a volatile fable of rape, ambitious but naïve girls, the rag trade and feral male vanity. It is a trial junkie's dream. Inexplicably, the proceedings have so far garnered little media attention.
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Mikulan |
10-10-2008 |
Crime & Justice
The Grim Sleeper is Murdering Angelenos as Cops Hunt His DNAnew
The most elusive serial killer west of the Mississippi took a 13-year break. Now he's back.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
08-29-2008 |
Crime & Justice
The Case of the Dogged Detectivesnew
Two hard-boiled murder investigators get their man -- a fellow cop -- 16 years later.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
10-19-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Former L.A. County Sheriff’s Sergeant Gets Life in Prisonnew
John Racz insists his missing wife was on a 16-year vacation.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
09-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Hector Marroquin's Revengenew
Feds arrest the "No Guns" activist for selling guns, while L.A. politicians that directed funds his way duck.
L.A. Weekly |
Jeffrey Anderson |
06-08-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The LAPD Tries a Classic Diversionnew
Chief Cayler Carter is publicly sacrificed, but the screwups on May 1 began with Chief Bill Bratton.
L.A. Weekly |
Patrick Range McDonald |
06-08-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Singing for Supper in the Alcatraz of Arizonanew
Tent City's "Inmate Idle Singing Con-Test" -- a bona fide hit.
L.A. Weekly |
Joshuah Bearman |
05-04-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Silent Wraith: Chester Turnernew
By slaying troubled black women, LA's worst serial killer operated invisibly for years.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
05-04-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Hitting Taggers Where It Hurtsnew
While L.A. peddles a hollow victory, Pico Rivera actually cleans up the town.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
04-27-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Freed Sex Slave Caught in Legal Bindnew
Looking for Schwarzenegger pardon to save trafficking victim-turned-counselor Maria Suarez from deportation.
L.A. Weekly |
Jill Stewart |
04-13-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
New LAPD Unit Seeks Justice for 1,000 Murder Victimsnew
Compelled by a huge number of unsolved murders in South L.A., Commander Patrick Gannon launched a special cold-case unit.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
04-06-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
What Really Happened at L.A.'s Fire Station 5?new
A dog-food prank gone bad wrecks careers and morale as Tennie Pierce demands millions.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
03-16-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Billy Cottrell: A Terrible Thing to Wastenew
Convicted as an ecoterrorist, a brilliant young scholar nose-dives in prison.
L.A. Weekly |
Judith Lewis |
03-02-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Earth Liberation Front, Elf
The End Of Murdernew
If New York can slash homicide by 76 percent, can Los Angeles contemplate a vanishing point?
L.A. Weekly |
David Zahniser |
01-30-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
