You recently got arrested for lewd conduct in Southern California. Perhaps you were the hapless victim of a police sting operation at a men’s room. Perhaps you face a battery of charges, including other Los Angeles sex crime counts. In any event, you are almost certainly intimidated by your legal…
Eighteen men were arrested last week on Los Angeles lewd conduct charges, after officers cracked down on activity going on in a Manhattan Beach restroom. Local lifeguards had noticed men entering the bathroom and remaining inside for a long amount of time. They alerted police that they suspected the public…
Getting arrested for lewd conduct in Los Angeles can be a harrowing experience. Yes, getting arrested for any crime in Southern California is scary. You face the specter of jail time, massive fees and fines, insurance related problems, professional reputation issues, logistical headaches, and on and on. But lewd conduct…
It’s been called one of the most disturbing and high profile cases of Los Angeles lewd conduct in history: 61-year-old Mark Berndt allegedly blindfolded children and then “spoon-fed his semen to them” at his elementary school classroom in Miramonte. Last month, Berndt pled not guilty to 23 counts of Los…
53-year-old Kevin Michael Sianez was walloped with a 63 charge criminal count last week, including charges of an array of Southern California white collar crimes. Sianez worked for the Stanton Police Department between 1979 and 1986 and operated, more recently, as an unlicensed private investigator. He stands accused of a…
In April of this year the Los Angeles Police Department arrested Los Angeles sex crimes suspect and Choreographer Alex Da Silva. Da Silva, 41, who has been featured on “So You Think You Can Dance”. The previous arrest resulted in no charges by the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office. The…
As we see the beginning of a new President and Vice President for the United States, we will most likely see a new beginning for criminal prosecutions for Los Angeles DUIs and Southern California criminal law. Already the new administration has claimed that there will be a clamp down on…
In a shift from a decade ago, violent crime in Los Angeles has declined for 6 straight years. Police in this Southern California city are thankful in the decrease. Others worry that the decline will reversed due to the failing economy. Los Angeles homicides decreased about 5% from the previous…
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has admitted to the County Board of Supervisors that they have failed to test over 5,600 rape kits with evidence of sexual assaults and other crimes. However, those same officials also state that they are not sure of the total number of kits that…
The Los Angeles City Council has just concluded hearings on the huge back log of untested rape kits held by the LAPD as part of sexual crimes evidence that the force has collected. These public hearings were all over the local television stations as victims of sex crimes and their…