http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/?track=rss Headlines from Los Angeles Times en ©2009, Los Angeles Times Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/images/standard/lat_logo_rss.gif http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/?track=rss 144 19 http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/crime/~3/KH-bPg5XjOI/la-me-santa11-2009jul11,0,5100356.story Bruce Pardo spent months amassing weapons and planning the Christmas Eve slayings of his ex-wife and eight others. <br/><br/> It was nearing midnight when a large man emerged from his rented blue Dodge and approached a brick home at the end of a cul-de-sac in Covina. He wore a handmade Santa Claus suit with boot-covers, belt, beard, glasses and gloves. Hardly suspicious. It was Christmas Eve. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/EP2NY9WbMK0xH4WuHs-3xuivpXI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/EP2NY9WbMK0xH4WuHs-3xuivpXI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/EP2NY9WbMK0xH4WuHs-3xuivpXI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/EP2NY9WbMK0xH4WuHs-3xuivpXI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/local/crime/~4/KH-bPg5XjOI" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/la-me-santa11-2009jul11,0,5100356.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/crime/~3/4qh79pEdwPI/la-me-valley-robbery11-2009jul11,0,3351669.story The so-called Buckshot Bandits are wanted in connection with four violent bank robberies in the area since May, two of which happened Friday. <br/><br/> Police and FBI agents are searching for a team of shotgun-toting bank robbers dubbed "The Buckshot Bandits," who are wanted in connection with at least four violent bank robberies in the San Fernando Valley, including two committed Friday. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Bv_l13wNrI7e95jyT9BpM30l1HQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Bv_l13wNrI7e95jyT9BpM30l1HQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Bv_l13wNrI7e95jyT9BpM30l1HQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Bv_l13wNrI7e95jyT9BpM30l1HQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/local/crime/~4/4qh79pEdwPI" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/la-me-valley-robbery11-2009jul11,0,3351669.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/crime/~3/0xGDNVK0fQ0/la-me-father-son11-2009jul11,0,5051008.story Dennis Joe Rodgers Jr. is shot to death on the anniversary of his father's killing. 'This is unbelievable,' a relative says. <br/><br/> Dennis Joe Rodgers Jr. grew up without his father. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8h22sHVql6LaGAVvcPNj2LpDtmc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8h22sHVql6LaGAVvcPNj2LpDtmc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8h22sHVql6LaGAVvcPNj2LpDtmc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8h22sHVql6LaGAVvcPNj2LpDtmc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/local/crime/~4/0xGDNVK0fQ0" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/la-me-father-son11-2009jul11,0,5051008.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/crime/~3/lMF9YlOwdbU/la-me-illegal10-2009jul10,0,289824.story The economic downturn has activists pushing for a measure that would limit the services Californians provide. <br/><br/> As California lawmakers struggle with a budget gap that has now grown to $26.3 billion, one of the hottest topics for many taxpayers is the cost to the state of illegal immigrants. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/A2_L0u0Wmiaudrfgty84mwJqIb4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/A2_L0u0Wmiaudrfgty84mwJqIb4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/A2_L0u0Wmiaudrfgty84mwJqIb4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/A2_L0u0Wmiaudrfgty84mwJqIb4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/local/crime/~4/lMF9YlOwdbU" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/la-me-illegal10-2009jul10,0,289824.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/crime/~3/MDvtUFvwgMc/la-me-jackson-doctors10-2009jul10,0,7343628.story Multiple doctors are being asked by the L.A. County coroner's office to provide information on the singer's treatments, sources say. <br/><br/> Investigators trying to determine how Michael Jackson died are faced with the daunting task of creating an accurate medical biography for a superstar whose ailments, surgeries and doctors have been tabloid fodder for three decades. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/V9qFmQLTDvgrDvDVgvy_bUW6wVo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/V9qFmQLTDvgrDvDVgvy_bUW6wVo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/V9qFmQLTDvgrDvDVgvy_bUW6wVo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/V9qFmQLTDvgrDvDVgvy_bUW6wVo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/local/crime/~4/MDvtUFvwgMc" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/la-me-jackson-doctors10-2009jul10,0,7343628.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/crime/~3/mUxXB3peq94/la-me-briefs10-2009jul10,0,3025072.story Reports from Los Angeles, Mammoth Lakes and Lynwood <br/><br/> STATEWIDE <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2m4ODP9wnqO6qpOphsZAvzBFgzw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2m4ODP9wnqO6qpOphsZAvzBFgzw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2m4ODP9wnqO6qpOphsZAvzBFgzw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2m4ODP9wnqO6qpOphsZAvzBFgzw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/local/crime/~4/mUxXB3peq94" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/la-me-briefs10-2009jul10,0,3025072.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/crime/~3/LRY_bC_-Q4o/la-me-imam10-2009jul10,0,2199486.story Ali Abdelhadi Mohd had returned to his vacant Yermo house to clean up anti-Arab and white-supremacist graffiti. He was killed in the explosion. <br/><br/> Hadie Mohd last saw his father as he headed out to the family's vacated home to paint over anti-Arab and white supremacist graffiti scrawled across the walls inside. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/59pwR1bvBia83ErBI5z25I0Fb1U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/59pwR1bvBia83ErBI5z25I0Fb1U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/59pwR1bvBia83ErBI5z25I0Fb1U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/59pwR1bvBia83ErBI5z25I0Fb1U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/local/crime/~4/LRY_bC_-Q4o" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/la-me-imam10-2009jul10,0,2199486.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/crime/~3/jrb2xoT9L3g/la-me-vasily-aksyonov10-2009jul10,0,1736303.story The author of more than 20 novels, including 'The Burn' and 'The Island of Crimea,' Aksyonov was exiled in 1980 after he was branded 'anti-Soviet.' <br/><br/> Vasily Aksyonov, a prolific Russian writer who was among the last wave of dissidents to be expelled from the Soviet Union, died Monday. He was 76. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/3ggawNh37atQVLkNx6rjQHp-ckA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/3ggawNh37atQVLkNx6rjQHp-ckA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/3ggawNh37atQVLkNx6rjQHp-ckA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/3ggawNh37atQVLkNx6rjQHp-ckA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/local/crime/~4/jrb2xoT9L3g" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/la-me-vasily-aksyonov10-2009jul10,0,1736303.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/crime/~3/q5rEAnRVEao/la-me-breathalyzer10-2009jul10,0,4589957.story The court permits drunk-driving defendants in some cases to question blood-alcohol findings, which are sometimes inaccurate depending on factors such as gender and medical conditions. <br/><br/> Accused drunk drivers now have more ammunition for challenging Breathalyzer findings as a result of a unanimous ruling Thursday by the California Supreme Court. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dR5_CbKQh_r4ue7MAAQmGUhf6vE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dR5_CbKQh_r4ue7MAAQmGUhf6vE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dR5_CbKQh_r4ue7MAAQmGUhf6vE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dR5_CbKQh_r4ue7MAAQmGUhf6vE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/local/crime/~4/q5rEAnRVEao" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 9 Jul 2009 20:25:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/la-me-breathalyzer10-2009jul10,0,4589957.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/crime/~3/IE-7r-dGkWM/la-me-crime-map10-2009jul10,0,2304206.story The police chief concedes the map has significant omissions but says it will stay online while the problems are corrected. He blames the private vendors hired to develop the site. <br/><br/> Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton conceded Thursday that the LAPD's crime map had significant omissions but said it will stay online while the problems, first identified by The Times, are corrected. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/H7vLdYq7zkuT2j2gGiHIeldOuPU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/H7vLdYq7zkuT2j2gGiHIeldOuPU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/H7vLdYq7zkuT2j2gGiHIeldOuPU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/H7vLdYq7zkuT2j2gGiHIeldOuPU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/news/local/crime/~4/IE-7r-dGkWM" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/la-me-crime-map10-2009jul10,0,2304206.story?track=rss