Crime
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Food fight for roommates
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only....
Read moreCrime stats at the click of a mouse
CYBER SPACE — Residents and business owners can now use their computers to find out when and where crimes are...
Read moreShots fired near Stewart Street Park
EASTSIDE — Several shots rang out Friday night in the neighborhood bordering Stewart Street Park in what police said may...
Read moreGet your own room
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only....
Read moreElderly woman run over in hit-and-run
MID-CITY — A 79-year-old woman was run over and dragged while visiting a medical plaza on Santa Monica Boulevard Monday...
Read moreGetting personal: Stop, don’t shoot
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — In all of my visits to interview law enforcement authorities for articles, never did I imagine...
Read moreGoing the wrong way
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only....
Read moreYou thought you had bad neighbors
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only....
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Police release sketch of gunman
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY —Detectives released a composite sketch Monday of the man suspected of opening fire at three women north...
Read moreTwo women wounded in shooting north of Montana
NORTH OF MONTANA — Three women shot at in an alley just off of Santa Monica’s Palisades Park may have...
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