Crime
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In the strangest of places
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only....
Read moreHide your kids, hide your wife
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only....
Read morePolice searching for pair of sexual assault suspects
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Santa Monica police are asking for the public’s help in identifying two men involved in a sexual...
Read moreTaking liberties with the property of others
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only....
Read moreDrive-by robbers busted for snatching iPhone
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only....
Read moreRoute for Westside subway wins approval
DOWNTOWN L.A. — Los Angeles County transportation officials Thursday approved a subway extension that will take riders from Union Station...
Read moreFormer TV chef pleads no contest to soliciting murder
DOWNTOWN L.A. — A former Food Network chef pleaded no contest Tuesday to soliciting two Santa Monica homeless men to...
Read morePolice: Victim ID’d estranged husband as her attacker
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Police say a four-year-old child is staying with relatives after her father, James Ramirez, allegedly shot...
Read moreSanta Monica police kill shooting suspect
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Police shot and killed a man Friday night after he allegedly opened fire on his wife...
Read moreShoplifters, weed smokers and alcoholics
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only....
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