A Parks and Recreation employee and his accomplice have been busted for stealing gas from a City of Los Angeles fueling station. The arrests were made after what the Los Angeles Police Department says was a lengthy investigation. more ›

A 45-year-old Chatsworth resident was charged today with murder for the beating death of his elderly father. Sun Chang, 78, was found dead around midday Sunday, and his son, Jun Hyuk Chang, told officers he killed his father with a hammer. more ›

Suspected serial arsonist Harry Burkhart was in court today for arraignment on 100 criminal counts stemming from his alleged role in 49 arson fires that were set in Los Angeles during four nights in December and January. more ›

The LA Times has obtained a list of the names of those who were arrested during the raid of Occupy LA. The names, ages, races, hometowns and occupations of arrestees are published as a searchable database. more ›

As far as Lindsay Lohan goes, one thing has been confirmed today: she's not yet broke. After being harangued by Judge Stephanie Sautner in court today, hauled off in handcuffs and assigned to do community service at the morgue, TMZ reports that Lohan posted $100,000 bail. more ›

Milton Bradley, a onetime Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder, is out on bail today following his arrest Tuesday on suspicion of felony battery. The 33-year-old ballplayer who is no stranger to law enforcement, was arrested at about 2 p.m. yesterday at his home in the 5300 block of Oak Park Avenue in Encino. more ›

Actor Tom Sizemore, star of "Saving Private Ryan" and "Black Hawk Down," was arrested Tuesday morning in L.A. Though the 49-year-old troubled actor has a dark history of substance abuse and domestic violence arrests, Sizemore did not have drugs on him at the time of his arrest. more ›

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputies have announced they made an arrest last night in the fatal stabbing of a 59-year-old North Hollywood man aboard a Red Line subway train in Hollywood. 33-year-old Gene Sim, described by the LASD in a news release as "a transient" was found in Buena Park and taken into custody without incident. more ›

Louie Sanchez and Marvin Norwood, the two men accused of beating Giants fan Bryan Stow outside Dodger Stadium, were arraigned today, with both entering pleas of "not guilty" on multiple charges, reports L.A. Now. Reports indicate the men were not revealing any emotion while in the courtroom this morning. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department announced today they have made two arrests in the fatal hit and run that took the life of a high school senior out riding his bike in Canoga Park this April. more ›

If you have large ears and rob banks, it's only fitting your FBI nickname will be the "All Ears Bandit." However, today the Bureau is announcing the arrest of a man they believe is the large-eared perp. 25-year-old Stepan Dovlatyan was taken into custody at his home in Los Angeles on August 1st. more ›

Redmond O'Neal, the 26-year-old son of actors Ryan O'Neal and the late Farrah Fawcett, was arrested last night in Santa Monica after he allegedly ran a red light. Officers say a search of his car uncovered heroin, according to KTLA. This is not the first time the young Mister O'Neal has found himself in a tangle of substance abuse and the law. more ›

An attorney for jailed Bryan Stow beating suspect Louie Sanchez is expected to ask a judge today to lower his client's bail from its current $500,000. Gilbert Quinones, Sanche'z lawyer, told reporters last week that his client "doesn't seem like the type of individual who would do this," in reference to the near-fatal beating given to Stow outside Dodger Stadium on March 31, according to the Daily Breeze. more ›

Officers in San Bernardino scored what has gone down at the biggest drug seizure in the department's history following a brief standoff with an armed man Monday. Authorities were sent to a home to investigate a report of a man shooting a gun in the yard, according to KTLA. more ›

As Louie Sanchez and Marvin Norwood remain behind bars, awaiting their now-postponed arraignment, more details about the pair's alleged attack on Giants fan Bryan Stow are coming to light. more ›

It should come as absolutely no surprise that Olajide Oluwaseun Noibi, the Nigerian man who flew from New York to Los Angeles last week on a stolen boarding pass with only a college ID, has been denied bail and is considered a flight risk. more ›

Early Tuesday morning, singer Christina Aguilera was taken into custody by Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Deputies in West Hollywood following a traffic stop . The LASD say that the driver, Aguilera's boyfriend Matthew Rutler, was pulled over at 2:45 a.m. in the 1100 block of Clark Street on suspicion of drunk driving. Rutler was determined to be driving while under the influence of alcohol and arrested. more ›

The South Gate man accused of killing his 9-month-old daughter has been returned to Los Angeles after he fled to Mexico, where he was ultimately detained, according to the Daily News. 20-year-old Jose Tulio Deras allegedly fought with his wife, then fatally harmed his infant daughter, whose death came as a result of "blunt force trauma injuries." more ›

Remember Imperial Stars? You know, the jerks whose "save the children" stunt shut down the 101 Freeway in Hollywood for hours in mid-October? Today the OC hip-hop rockers were in court: "Christopher Roy Wright, 32, David Paul Hale, 30, and Keith R. Yackey, 32, are charged with one felony count of conspiracy, two misdemeanor counts of resisting, obstructing or delaying Los Angeles police and California Highway Patrol officers, and one misdemeanor count each of creating a public nuisance and false imprisonment," says the Daily News. more ›

The City of Bell's mayor, Oscar Hernandez, was released from Los Angeles County Jail at around 2:30 this morning, reports abc7. Hernandez posted a $250,000 bond in order to be released. Hernandez was among the "Bell 8" arrested on September 21st on charges of corruption. The current and former city employees have been trickling out of custody as they post bail; one condition, however... more ›

Lindsay Lohan spent less than a day in jail after being sent there Friday by a Beverly Hills judge for failing a drug test. The 24-year-old actress was set free late last night after posting $300,000 bail, according to KTLA. more ›

Sometime after Sunday's MTV Movie Awards, the SCRAM bracelet strapped to Lindsay Lohan's leg generated an alarm report to law enforcement officials that there had been a violation, TMZ is reporting. more ›

Director Roman Polanski is expected to be released on bail from a Swiss prison, and will be living in an Alpine chalet equipped with extensive security mechanisms, reports LA Now. The 76-year-old French citizen has been held in Switzerland since his arrest in late September on a warrant from Los Angeles associated with a 1977 rape case. more ›

Cyrus Yazdani, 24, who is known on the streets as Buket, was arrested after videos of him allegedly tagging around Los Angeles were posted on YouTube. Los Angeles County Sheriff's had been looking for him for awhile and finally caught up with the by-day Las Vegas convention planner/by-night alleged prolific street tagger with a criminal record (see videos here of him on a freeway bridge and tagging a bus in downtown during the middle of a busy day). more ›