Robbery - Los Angeles Pot Store Robbed
A Los Angeles medical marijuana store was robbed late last night. Robbers wearing ski masks and waving guns barged into the Gourmet Green Room around 11 p.m. Thursday, June 18, demanding cash and pot. The three armed men made off with $15,000 in cash and an undisclosed amount of marijuana, escaping in a silver Cadillac […]
Rape - Man Uses Craigslist to Arrange Wife’s Rape
Craigslist is under attack again. A North Carolina husband used the popular classified advertising website to find a rapist to act out his sexual fantasies on his unsuspecting wife. The husband arranged for a man he found on craigslist to rape his wife at knifepoint while he watched. The wife told the Associated Press she has […]
Vandalism - What Your Kids Need to Know About Graffiti
School is out and with jobs in short supply this summer, more children and teens are hanging out with friends, milling around, looking for something to do. As they say, “Idle hands are the devil’s playground,” and the combination of peer pressure, long summer days and boredom are a perfect combination for decorating the neighborhood with […]
Theft - Economic Woes Lure Unlikely Crooks
A respectable family man, father of four, church deacon, soccer coach and community volunteer put on a wig and mask, took his gun out of the nightstand and tried to rob a bank before surrendering to police. A music minister used a handgun to force tellers to clean out their cash drawers then led police […]
Internet Crime - Are Your Children at Risk?
1 in 5 tweens, children aged 8 to 12, have posted personal information about themselves on the Internet.
1 in 4 pre-teens have been contacted online by a stranger.
1 in 10 tweens have responded and chatted online with someone they didn’t know.
Those are some of the disturbing findings of the Tween Internet Safety Survey sponsored by […]
Drug Offenses - Actor Sizemore Arrested on Drug Warrant
Actor Tom Sizemore was arrested in Los Angeles late last week on an outstanding warrant related to a 2007 drug offense. The actor was apprehended with another man when L.A. police answered a domestic violence call. According to an unverified report on TMZ.com, the actor and his buddy were found in possession of narcotics. Sizemore was booked […]