Crime
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Transient with knife arrested in alleged assault
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only....
Read moreUpdate: Cops close streets in search for suspect
MID-CITY — Santa Monica police officers shut down several streets Tuesday afternoon as they hunted and eventually captured a man...
Read moreCrime Watch: Pregnant woman pepper sprayed by sister-in-law
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only....
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Attempted robbery at Wells Fargo
DOWNTOWN — Police swept the Downtown area Wednesday afternoon in search of a man who unsuccessfully attempted to rob the...
Read moreCrime Watch: Felon busted with gun, drugs near pre-school
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only....
Read moreReward offered in ‘08 slaying of Santa Monican
DOWNTOWN L.A. — A $75,000 reward has been reinstated by the city of Los Angeles for information leading to the...
Read moreSuspected suicide at Sheraton Delfina
PICO BLVD — A man was found dead on Pico Boulevard Monday morning, apparently having jumped from an upper story...
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Police: Suspicious suitcase had no explosives
OCEAN AVE — An abandoned suitcase that forced the evacuation of the Georgian Hotel and nearby buildings for nearly four...
Read moreCrime Watch: Drop-off arrest
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only....
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Massage therapist pleads guilty to sexual assault
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — A Santa Monica message therapist plead guilty last week to sexually assaulting a client in 2011,...
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