Dorothee Burkhart, the fugitive from Germany and mother of accused serial arsonist Harry Burkhart, is closer to being extradited to face criminal proceedings in her homeland. Today, prosecutors filed the formal extradition package, which includes 17 charges levied against the elder Burkhart in Germany. more ›

Dorothee Burkhart, the mother of suspected spree arsonist Harry Burkhart, is "wanted in Germany on 19 counts of fraud, most stemming from allegations that she bilked apartment renters out of security deposits," reports City News Service. more ›

Dorothee Burkhart, the mother of Harry Burkhart, the 24-year-old suspected arsonist who set cars and carports ablaze all over Los Angeles on a 4-day spree, is due in court this afternoon for a detention hearing. more ›

33-year-old Ninderjit Singh was arrested on Friday at his home in San Jacinto, a community in Riverside County, after being a fugitive from his native Canada for several years. Singh is wanted for the 1999 murder of then-18-year-old Poonam Randhawa in Vancouver, British Columbia, explains CBS2. The suspect had previously been featured on the popular television show "America's Most Wanted." more ›

Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, a German-born man who has adopted many different identities, including that of Clark Rockefeller, imaginary member of the famed moneyed family, is back in Los Angeles to face charges for the 1985 murder of a San Marino man. more ›

CNN calls 50-year-old Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter "a cultured poseur," who adapted the identity of a wealthy member of the iconic Rockefeller family, and has now been charged in Los Angeles for his role in the 1985 murder of a San Marino couple John and Linda Sohus. Gerhartsreiter, however, is only being charged with one count of murder, because the body of Linda Sohus has never been recovered. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department have released details about a second arrest made in the murder of an elderly Venice woman that went unsolved for 33 years. The murder case of 80-year-old Alice Lewis, found dead in her home on December 18, 1975, was re-opened in 2009, following the submission of biological evidence for testing via methods not yet available during the original investigation. more ›

Former "Survivor" producer Bruce Beresford-Redman has been arrested today by the United States Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force and the FBI. Having left Mexico against the government's wishes following the death of his wife, Monica, while the couple was vacationing, Beresford-Redman had been living in his home in Rancho Palos Verdes, and continued to deny involvement in her death. Mexican authorities had initiated the extradition process back in June; currently Beresford-Redman is being booked into federal detention in Downtown. more ›

Swiss authorities today announced that director Roman Polanski will not be extradited to Los Angeles to face charges for having sex with a 13-year-old girl and will no long be under house arrest, according to the New York Times. more ›

Authorities in Mexcio have officially begun the extradition process that seeks removal of reality television producer Bruce Beresford-Redman from Los Angeles to be brought to trial across the border, reports LA Now. The extensive process was initiated earlier this month, though the formal request was issued yesterday. more ›

Officials in Quintana Roo, Mexico, have initiated the extradition process in the case of the slain Los Angeles resident and restaurant owner Monica Beresford-Redman, according to the LA Times. The suspect is her husband, reality television producer Bruce Beresford-Redman, who left Mexico against orders during the investigation of his wife's April murder. more ›

He has been considered both a suspect and a "person of interest" in the murder of his wife Monica, but now reality television producer Bruce Beresford-Redman is likely to be charged with the crime tomorrow by authorities in Mexico, according to KTLA. Although his passport had been confiscated and he was asked to remain in Mexico, Beresford-Redman went off the grid for about a week, only to turn up in Los Angeles to try to wrangle custody of his children. Monica Beresford-Redman was found dead in a gutter near the hotel where the couple had been staying on vacation on April 8. Mexican authorities must bring the accused to their country via extradition, a process Beresford-Redman's attorney says they will fight. A private memorial for Monica is being held today. more ›

Despite a U.S. judge's ruling that director Roman Polanski cannot be sentenced in absentia, his extradition from Switzerland could take up to a year, reports the LA Times: "After an extradition decision by the Swiss justice ministry, Mr. Polanski has the possibility of appealing to the Federal Criminal Court and then the Federal Supreme Court," a Swiss justice ministry official said. "It's hard to say how long [an appeal] would take, but it could be from several months to a year." Polanski was found guilty of having sex with a 13-year-old girl. more ›

Director Roman Polanski remains under house arrest in a Swiss town, having already pledged to fight his extradition to the United States to face sentencing in a 32-year-old case. Today, however, lawyers are scheduled to meet here in Los Angeles to continue discussing what "future legal moves that could resolve the marathon prosecution," according to the Daily News. This type of meeting is called a "status conference" and will be heard by Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza. more ›

Here in Los Angeles, the County DA's office has long-hoped to bring director Roman Polanski back to face the sentencing he evaded by fleeing the country back in 1978, however the Swiss government indicated today that they "won't begin the extradition process [...] until sometime next year," reports LA Now. more ›

Director Roman Polanski is now confined to a chalet in a Swiss resort town, having posted the $4.5 million bail to release him from prison, but the next steps in his criminal case remain undetermined. Yesterday in Los Angeles the wish to have the original charges against him of sexual misconduct dropped was discussed in court, as the lawyer representing his victim, Samantha Geimer, presented arguments in favor of dropping the 32-year-old case, according to an AP report published on CBS2.com. 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 ›

E-mails obtained by the LA Times indicate that director Roman Polanski is likely to be extradited to the U.S. to face sentencing in his thirty-year-old child sex case. “While the Swiss officials cannot speak for the judge, the extradition will likely be ordered based upon the facts submitted in our papers,” read an e-mail between two employees in the district attorney's office from two weeks ago. That package may have also included information about judicial misconduct, as alleged by Polanski ad his lawyers and requested by Swiss officials. more ›

Director Roman Polanski may be sitting in a Zurich jail cell facing extradition to the United States, but that's not stopping him from finishing his film, The Ghost. He is giving instructions so that the film will be finished by February when it will premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. more ›

Yesterday, Swiss officials refused to grant a bail request for the release of notorious film director Roman Polanski, who has been detained there since late last month following his arrest in Zurich on a thirty-year-old warrant from Los Angeles County. Feeling the flee-friendly and famed French citizen was a flight-risk, the Swiss are not bowing to pressure from members of foreign governments or cinema power-players to let the septuagenarian go. more ›

Director Roman Polanski remains confined in a Swiss prison following his arrest this weekend while traveling to Zurich to receive a prestigious award for his film career. The 76-year-old Polish-born French citizen has been in exile in Europe since fleeing Los Angeles following his conviction in the rape case that found him guilty of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl. more ›

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