A 25-year-old La Puente man was arrested for driving under the influence after a car accident in Baldwin Park that injured a woman, her 12-year-old son, and her 2-year-old daughter. According to a news report in The San Gabriel Valley Tribune, the Los Angeles drunk driving accident happened when the…
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Huntington Beach Sex Offender Sentenced to 26 Years in Prison
A Huntington Beach sex offender with a prior sex crime conviction has been sentenced to 26 years in federal prison. According to a news report in the Los Angeles Times, the 53-year-old man pleaded guilty to filming an explicit video of an 8-year-old girl while taking a trip with the…
DUI Checkpoint Coming up in Ventura
The Ventura Police Department’s Traffic Unit will conduct a DUI checkpoint Friday, January 13, 2012. According to a news report in the Ventura Edhat, the sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint will be held between 8 p.m. and 3 a.m. at an undisclosed location within city limits. Officers will be contacting…
Los Angeles DUI Arrests Higher This Holiday Season
Law enforcement agencies in the Los Angeles area really stepped up their DUI patrols over the holidays, specifically between Dec. 16 and Jan. 1. As a result, in Los Angeles County, there were many more DUI arrests this year. According to a news report in The Mar Vista Patch, 2,433…
Montebello Kaiser Doctor Accused of Molesting Patient
A 41-year-old doctor has been arrested for sexually assaulting a female patient during a physical exam in July, The San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports. Police say the doctor is facing three felony charges, which were filed after a six-month investigation. The doctor, who saw patients at Kaiser Permanente’s Montebello offices,…
How Many Drinks Does it Take to be Arrested for DUI?
You have probably seen billboards and advertisements that state that “buzzed driving” is drunk driving. If you are wondering what constitutes drunk driving and how many drinks will result in a DUI, you are probably not alone. While it is important to remember that there are many factors that determine…
Los Angeles County Officials Cracking Down on Holiday Drunk Drivers
Los Angeles County law enforcement will be out in full force this holiday season. According to a recent news report in The Culver City Patch, local law enforcement officials and anti-DUI task forces will conduct 32 DUI checkpoints and 202 DUI patrols between now and January 1, 2012 in Los…
Convicted Molester Charged with Violating Sex Offender Registration Laws
A 35-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly failing to file an alias and address change as required by California’s sex offender registration laws. According to a news report in the Los Angeles Times, the man was arrested after a Times investigation showed that he was involved in the process…
Former Newport Beach City Attorney David Hunt Faces DUI Charges
David Hunt, Newport Beach’s former city attorney, is facing misdemeanor drunk driving charges in connection with a collision, which occurred back in September. According to The Newport Beach Patch, the 54-year-old Hunt was arrested on Sept. 30 after he crashed his vehicle into a parked car on Ford Road in…
LA Dodger James Loney’s DUI Won’t Cost Him Professionally
According to a December 9, 2011 news report in USA Today, Los Angeles Dodger James Loney won’t face professional consequences for his November accident that may have been alcohol-related. California Highway Patrol officials say that on November 14, 2011, Loney was involved in a car accident on the 101 Freeway…