Crime

• Pursuit

36 mins ago

Police chase driver suspected of stealing car onto 710 Freeway in Long Beach

by Jeremiah Dobruck    in Crime

Long Beach police were chasing a driver suspected a stealing a vehicle along the 710 Freeway Friday morning, according to authorities.

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Crime

• dui checkpoint

2 hours ago

DUI checkpoint set for Saturday night in LBPD’s north division

by Jeremiah Dobruck    in Crime

Police will run the checkpoint from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Officers will also check drivers to make sure they have a valid license, they said.

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Crime

• hate crime

20 hours ago

‘Its OK 2 B white’ graffiti may be racist, but police say they can’t treat it as a hate crime

by Jeremiah Dobruck    in Crime

It's a well-known white-nationalist slogan, but it doesn't threaten or degrade any specific group protected by California's hate crime law, police said.

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Crime

• hit-and-run collision

22 hours ago

Driver takes off without his car after smashing into house near St. Mary’s

by Jeremiah Dobruck    in Crime

The driver ran into a parked car and then hit the living-room wall of a home before taking off on foot, according to police.

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Crime

• courts

November 14, 2018

Woman ruled insane at time of mother’s killing in Lakewood

by City News Service    in Crime

A woman who pleaded no contest in the May 2014 beating death of her mother in a Lakewood apartment was insane at the time of the crime, a judge ruled today.

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Crime

• indecent exposure

November 14, 2018

Police release sketch of man who flashed 13-year-olds walking home from school

by Valerie Osier    in Crime

Police said the man is white, between 5-foot-8 to 6-feet, weighing approximately 170 to 200 pounds. He is 19 to 25 years old with dark brown hair and a “buzz” haircut, authorities said.

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Crime

• Vandalism

November 14, 2018

City scrubs ‘Its OK 2 B white’ graffiti from wall in East Long Beach

by Jeremiah Dobruck    in Crime

The message has also popped up on college campuses as an attempt to provoke people along racial lines, according to experts.

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Crime

• indecent exposure

November 13, 2018

Police arrest driver accused of masturbating while asking for directions 3 times in a row

by Jeremiah Dobruck    in Crime

Police said they started getting multiple reports about an indecent exposure suspect near 10th and Redondo around 2 p.m. Tuesday.

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Crime

• fraud

November 13, 2018

Man charged with insurance fraud linked to children’s drowning in Port of LA

by City News Service    in Crime

The Hawthorne man drove off a wharf with his family in the car in an attempt to cash in on accidental-death insurance policies, prosecutors allege.

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Crime

• shooting

November 12, 2018

Man seriously injured in Central Long Beach shooting

by City News Service    in Crime

The shooting was reported at 10:40 p.m. Sunday at Atlantic Avenue and Burnett Street, Long Beach police Lt. James Richardson said.

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