Crime
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Serial bank robbery suspect nabbed
DOWNTOWN — A serial bank robber linked to more than a dozen heists spanning one month, including two in Santa...
Read moreMurder suspect pleads not guilty
AIRPORT COURTHOUSE — A former fugitive who was captured in Jamaica last week in connection with the shooting death of...
Read moreNew details in hit-and-run released
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — After further interviews with witnesses regarding a hit-and-run accident that left a Santa Monica man in...
Read moreDancing around the law
Saturday, Feb. 7 at 1:35 a.m. Officers responded to the 2000 block of Wilshire Boulevard — The Gas Light —...
Read moreTrial strains family ties
DOWNTOWN L.A. — The blood spilled at the Moose Lodge left a stain on the lives of the families of...
Read moreMoose Lodge murder trial opens
DOWNTOWN L.A. — The attorneys representing two alleged gang members charged with brutally murdering two Santa Monica men at a...
Read moreAlong for the crime
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only....
Read moreMoose Lodge murder trial set
DOWNTOWN L.A. — Jury selection is scheduled to begin today in the trial of two suspected 18th Street gang members...
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District looks into sexual harassment allegation
KANSAS AVENUE — School district officials plan to launch an investigation into a sexual harassment allegation involving a male teacher...
Read moreGonna put it in the want ads
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only....
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