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Category: Crime


Alert Police Blotter: 9/18/17-9/22/17

September 22, 2017

September 22, 2017

By Tim Broughton   Life is a Carousel. On Tuesday, September 12, at 3:22 p.m. officers of the Santa Monica...

Police Continue to Investigate Santa Monica Pier Bomb Threats

September 13, 2017

September 13, 2017

Police yesterday continued to investigated a bomb threat that prompted the evacuation of the Santa Monica Pier on the 16th...

Heinous Killers Like Mansons Should Never Go Free

September 11, 2017

September 11, 2017

By Tom Elias   Buried in the back pages of newspapers and not even making it onto many television and...

Beachbody to Pay $3.6 Million in Consumer Protection Case

September 1, 2017

September 1, 2017

Beachbody, one of the world’s largest sellers of exercise videos, supplements, and weight-loss programs, has agreed to change its website...

Santa Monica Police Department to Conduct DUI Checkpoint September 1st

August 31, 2017

August 31, 2017

The Santa Monica Police Department will be conducting a Driving Under the Influence (DUI) / Driver’s License Checkpoint. The operation...

Brentwood School Teacher Arrested on Suspicion of Statutory Rape

August 26, 2017

August 26, 2017

A 45-year-old biology teacher at Brentwood School was arrested Aug. 18 for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old student at...

Fatal Collision Occurs on the PCH

August 23, 2017

August 23, 2017

Earlier this morning at approximately 5:10 a.m., the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) responded to a radio call for service...

California Judge Refuses to End Roman Polanski Sexual Assault Case After 40 Years

August 21, 2017

August 21, 2017

A Los Angeles judge on Friday denied the impassioned plea of Roman Polanski’s victim to end a four-decade-old sexual assault...

California #1 State in Home Theft for the Month of August

August 21, 2017

August 21, 2017

California is the number 1 state in home thefts in all of the United States, and the month of August...

Murder Charges Filed Following Santa Monica Shooting

August 9, 2017

August 9, 2017

On August 4, 2017 at about 6:28 p.m. the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) received numerous 9-1-1 calls regarding a...