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Crime Watch: $31K in Apple computers, phones recovered
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only....
Read morePedestrian sting
Santa Monica police officers wrote 16 tickets to motorists who failed to stop for pedestrians in a crosswalk at the...
Read moreCops hunt for ‘Opportunistic Bandit’
DOWNTOWN — Police are asking for the public’s help in apprehending a man they say has committed at least a...
Read moreJamba Juice squeezed for cash
Police are searching for two men who robbed a manager at Jamba Juice at gunpoint Monday night and made off...
Read moreMalibu wins legal decision on overnight camping
MALIBU — A three-judge Court of Appeal panel on Thursday affirmed a lower court’s ruling that voided an agreement between...
Read moreNew developments in death of Malibu woman
MALIBU — Authorities have confirmed that the son of Pepperdine University president Andrew K. Benton was the last known person...
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Cops close Pico after man throws concrete at cars
PICO BLVD — Santa Monica police were forced to close down a small portion of Pico Boulevard Thursday afternoon after...
Read moreCrime Watch: Drinking on the streets
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only....
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Sexual battery suspect on the loose
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Police are asking for the public’s help in catching a man believed to be responsible for...
Read moreExplosives bandit indicted by feds
LAX — A man accused of attempting to rob a bank in Santa Monica was indicted by a federal grand...
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