An attempted poisoning was thwarted at a San Jose Starbucks. The San Jose police arrested Ramineh Behbehanian, aged 50 after a customer at the Starbucks reported strange behavior. Ramineh was seen removing orange juice bottles from the store shelves and replacing them with ones she carried in her purse. After the customer reported what he saw to [...]
There has been a drunken driving threshold change recommended in Washington this week that would change the legal blood alcohol limit of .08 to .05. In other countries, this lower limit has proven effective in reducing the amount of DUI related deaths. The new limit would be the equivalent of about 1 drink for a [...]
There will be several DUI checkpoints set up throughout Los Angeles County in an attempt to dissuade drunk driving over this Cinco de Mayo weekend. Cinco de Mayo is the day to celebrate the Mexican victory over the French at The Battle of Puebla in 1862. Over the years, it has grown to also encompass [...]
A person was arrested Friday suspected of breaking in to local Santa Clarita Valley schools. Gonzalo Ortiz, a 20 year old Newhall resident and suspected gang member was arrested along with a 17 year old boy, Friday morning and is currently being held on $85,000 bail. However, he is being held on an immigration hold. The charges [...]
For years now, a man has been driving around in a red sedan and exposing himself to a variety of victims. After two years, the LAPD is proud to report a suspect arrested in the Red Car Flasher case. The LAPD was able to zero in on a suspect thanks to the help of composite sketches, [...]
In Castaic Lake, Deputies arrested a Texas couple who possessed four pounds of marijuana in their vehicle. Like so many big busts, it all began with a minor traffic violation when Deputies first stopped the couple after noticing problems with their registration. In accordance with procedure, Deputies obtained identification from the couple and after running it [...]
As far as the Santa Clarita Sheriff's Department is concerned, there is zero-tolerance for distracted drivers. On April 3rd and 16th, Sheriff's Deputies will be cracking down on any and all who are found to be operating hand-held cell phones or other devices while driving. Tickets given out for driving while texting or being otherwise [...]
LOS ANGELES -- MARCH 17, 2013 As many may already know, there are plans for St. Patrick's Day DUI Patrols and Checkpoints in LA County throughout this weekend. St. Patrick's day is certainly a day to celebrate, but with any celebration there are bound to be arrests... But before we get into those details, let's explore a [...]
In Washington, two House Democrats are seeking to decriminalize marijuana and allow individual States to choose how they regulate it. Reps. Earl Blumenaur of Oregon and Jared Soto of Colorado sparked up some interesting conversation when they announced that they would be introducing two new bills to the House in coming weeks. One bill would end the [...]
A Modesto, CA. bail bondsman awaits trial on allegations of holding clients against their will in an effort to extort additional payments from them. As yet, no trial date has been set and Aleo John Pontillo must wait an additional two months to find out if he will stand trial or not. A preliminary hearing [...]
