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Aug 22 2:42 pm
  • crime

Judge declares mistrial for Long Beach man accused in deadly day spa explosion

Kelly Puente

Federal prosecutors on Monday said they will retry the case against Stephen Beal, who is accused of delivering a bomb to his ex-girlfriend in Orange County.

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Jul 28 2:53 pm
  • crime

Man serving 39-year sentence to be freed after officer who testified against him is charged with lying

Kelly Puente

Miguel Vargas was convicted in 2011 of assault on a peace officer based on the testimony of LBPD Officer Dedier Reyes, who has since been charged with perjury and filing a false police report in an unrelated arrest.

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May 18 6:00 am
  • crime

Preschool employee ID’d by vigilante group targeting sexual predators has yet to be charged

Kelly Puente

Experts and a source within the District Attorney’s office said officials may be wary of prosecuting cases connected to online vigilante groups due to a myriad of legal concerns.

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May 6 3:43 pm
  • crime

Man convicted of assaulting LBPD officer seeks release from prison

Kelly Puente

The fallout from an LBPD officer being charged with lying on a police report has spread to a new case where his credibility is now in question.

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Mar 22 2022 1:15 pm
  • courts

Man sentenced to 2 years in prison for crash that killed security guard

City News Service

A Riverside County man who crashed an SUV into a security station last year at Long Beach’s Century Villages at Cabrillo housing community, killing a guard, was sentenced today to two years in state prison after apologizing to the victim’s family.

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Feb 4 2022 3:30 pm
  • crime

Community rallies in support of Frank’s Liquor owner as she recovers from being stabbed on the job

Christian May-Suzuki

Long Beach police are still on the lookout for a man who stabbed the owner of a liquor store near Downtown over the weekend. But in the meantime, the local community has rallied in support of the victim.

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Jan 31 2022 4:56 pm
  • crime

Downtown chocolate shop burglarized before busy Valentine’s Day season

Kelly Puente

Romeo Chocolates, a small business that specializes micro-batch chocolates on Pine Avenue, was burglarized Monday.

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Jan 17 2022 10:03 am
  • crime

Police investigating fatal shooting at bar in Westside neighborhood

Kelly Puente

A customer shot and killed an employee at a bar called the Crow’s Nest in the Westside neighborhood late Sunday, police said. 

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Jan 14 2022 3:57 pm
  • crime

Transient who threw flammable liquid into car pleads guilty to murder

City News Service

aymond Sean Clark, now 47, is facing 25 years to life in state prison in connection with his plea to one count each of first-degree murder and arson causing great bodily injury, according to Ricardo Santiago with the LosAngeles County District Attorney’s Office.  

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Dec 24 2021 2:49 pm
  • crime

Police arrest 3 men they say may be linked to string of Park Estates burglaries

Brandon Richardson

Detectives are working to determine if the men are connected to a string of burglaries in the affluent neighborhood that stretch back to at least June of this year.

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