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With the New Year comes new rules, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law 760 bills addressing various social issues and special projects. Here are some of the new laws for 2012 listed by the Los Angeles Times: Defendants extradited to California will have an additional $100,000.00 added to their bail. Importation and production of beers…

The LA Times reports that a person of interest of German nationality has been detained in connection with parking lot fires in Los Angeles. The multiple incidents have taken place in Hollywood, North Hollywood, West Hollywood and near Fairfax. There have been no injuries reported. News outlets reported on surveillance footage from a parking structure…

About two years ago Republican Governor Jan Brewer and the Arizona legislature passed a bill making it legal for local police to stop people and make inquiries about their immigration status. The US Constitution specifies that matters of immigration shall come under the purview of the Federal Government only. As a result, the Attorney General…

A doctor told the state parole board that Gregory Powell, a 78 year old inmate, is dying of prostate cancer and has 6 months to live possibly less than that. It was the inmate’s last attempt in requesting parole since his illness makes him eligible for a compassionate release. During the hearing no one spoke…

The story of the owner of a private zoo in Ohio ends in tragedy. The animal preserve housed exotic animals, ranging from lions to wolves. According to reports, Terry Thompson released his 51 wild animals and then shot himself. When police arrived his body was surrounded by some of the animals. One report described that…

Five inmates from Theo Lacey have been found guilty of second degree murder. The jury had to initially decide if the inmates were guilty of first degree murder but could not come to a unanimous decision. Judge James Stotler then had jurors decide between second degree murder and involuntary or voluntary manslaughter. The trial stems…

LAPD is investigating a break in at a SWAT training site. The building was once used by textile business and had been donated to SWAT. According to reports, a training exercise was going to take place on the site and the day before guns were placed inside locked doors. 21 MP-5 submachine guns and a…

The arraignment for Scott Dekraai, the Seal Beach shooter, will be postponed to November 29, 2011. He is charged with eights counts of first degree murder, and one count of attempted murder according to the Los Angeles Times. The special circumstance of committing multiple murders was also included in the charges and carry the death…

Jose Luis Guerrero the owner of a tree-pruning business faces multiple charges of insurance fraud stemming from the death of his employee. In 2007 his employee Gabriel Gonzalez- Ferrer, in his mid-twenties, died in a wood chipper incident. A police investigation determined that his body was accidentally caught in the wood chipper. Now authorities allege…

Many sex crimes require lifetime registration under Penal Code Section 290. However, for some sex crime convictions like Penal Code Section 314(Indecent Exposure) a person may be relieved of the duty to register if he is granted a Certificate of Rehabilitation under Penal Code Section 4852.01. This generally requires a clean record since the conviction and…