A woman posing as a shady Customs Enforcement Agent has been arrested, and is accused of bilking several undocumented immigrants out of thousands of dollars each under the guise of granting them legal residency. more ›

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 ›

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department busted a ring of bicycle thieves who used Craigslist and Facebook to prey on victims. Detectives held a news conference today to display some of the stolen bikes hoping to find their owners. more ›

Here's one to file away in "Failed Getaways." A man, whose apparent longing to tune in to NBC's Monday night programming caused him to snap and deepen his entertainment desperation, heisted a flat screen television from a restaurant in Santa Monica early Tuesday morning. But instead of making his getaway on the ground, the bandit took to the rooftops with his new tube. more ›

A dude whipped out a gun and tried to steal a plane at the Woodley Airport in Compton last night. It didn't work out too well for him. Troy Daniel Long, a 25-year-old former flight student, went into the airport office around 8 am yesterday and took the keys to the airplane. more ›

The music gods can finally rest. Culver City police have recovered all five vintage guitars belonging to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers that were heisted last week from L.A.'s Soundstage -- the Culver City location where the band has been rehearsing for their upcoming tour. more ›

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' hearts have officially been broken. Five of the band's guitars were heisted from L.A.'s Soundstage in Culver City where the legendary rockers have been rehearsing for their upcoming US tour. more ›

PETA was sad to learn that a statue of the Lorax, Dr. Seuss' emblematic character from the eco-centric tale of the same name, was stolen from his widow's California yard. To help ease her pain, the animal rights' group has just offered Audrey Geisel use of their "crippled chicken statue," which they hope she'll display in the meantime. more ›

Thieves armed with machetes robbed three people in Costa Mesa Tuesday, and police are unsure of the number of bandits. The suspect could be operating solo, but authorities believe two men may be at large. more ›

The two-foot-tall, 300-pound bronze Lorax statue that once stood in the backyard of the late Dr. Seuss' La Jolla mansion has been heisted. The theft occurred over the weekend, but property manager Carl Romero and Dr. Suess' widow, Audrey Geisel, did not discover the absence of their valuable friend until Monday morning during a walk in the garden. more ›

Thanks to Craigslist and a sharp kid, a Buena Park woman has been reunited with her stolen helper parrot. The bird, "Sparkey," was heisted from its cage March 13 or March 14 and was finally returned to its owner over the weekend. more ›

Law enforcement sources say drug addicts and other thieves are turning to an unexpected source for quick money: the laundry aisle of grocery and drug stores. Just last month a man a man in Mission Viejo, apparently high on meth, was caught on tape piling 9 bottles of liquid Tide detergent in his grocery cart and rolling out without paying. more ›

A man who broke into a parked Bentley on Tuesday has eluded police and escaped with a stolen briefcase containing an unknown amount of cash. Witnesses reported a possible fight on the 400 block of West Colorado Street in Glendale after they saw a man kick in the window of a white Bentley around 12:09pm. more ›

Antigua Guatemala restaurant in Harbor City has been run by the Pineda family for 20 years. Recently, the family decided to help raise funds for a friend's funeral. Unfortunately, they helped raise funds for two thieves. more ›

During a SWAT team standoff in Arleta Tuesday night, a young woman stole a police squad car and enjoyed a brief joy ride. Police officers and a SWAT team had barricaded an assault suspect in a home around 7pm when the woman hopped into a patrol car, which was being used by an officer guarding the perimeter of the barricade. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department have announced the arrest of one of their veteran detectives on suspicion of stealing money from a suspect's house. Detective II Ramon Alvarez, who has 25 years with the force and is assigned to Gang and Narcotics Division, was arrested January 27 for violation of Penal Code 487, Grand Theft. more ›

A Burbank couple could finally be reunited with their red 1966 Volkswagen Beetle that was stolen in 1991. However, their reunion comes with a cost. They will have to pay $800 to get their beloved Bug back. more ›

The bandit responsible for a series of fast food restaurant robberies in Los Angeles is still at large as police investigate the recent heists. Between December 9, 2011 and January 7, 2012, a rash of armed fast food thefts occurred in the areas of Highland Park, Lincoln Heights and Cypress Park involving a lone gunman threatening employees with a handgun. more ›

Detectives in Irvine arrested a Burger King cashier yesterday after watching him pocket the change a mentally disabled adult woman gave him for her lunch. The parents of the woman had noticed that day after day their daughter was coming home without any change leftover from lunch. more ›

Some poor tuba players returned to school after a long winter break, only to find that they were victims of tuba thieves that struck again. Tubas have become a popular target for thieves, as banda music's popularity has grown. more ›

Four Riverside and Norco teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of stealing nine goats from a Riverside high school. The animals were heisted from Norte Vista High School's agriculture students. Police were able to recover seven of the nine goats. more ›

A Tustin man accused of stealing a Hummer limousine was arrested on Saturday night after fleeing from the vehicle during a police pursuit. The best part about his arrest was that the suspect was completely naked. more ›

Tubas throughout the Southland are sounding a sad song following the recent string of tuba thefts at local high schools. Bandits have recently struck South Gate High School, Centennial High School in Compton and Huntington Park High School, escaping with thousands of dollars in tubas. more ›

This tale from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is a little Big Brother-esque, and most definitely cautionary, but it does have a happy ending for the owner of some stolen property. A thief was busted when he used a stolen laptop outfitted with a "LoJack for Laptops" kind of software, and it was his very own Facebook profile photo that ultimately was his undoing. more ›

To state the obvious, people love their pets. One Buena Park woman loves her dogs so much that she's offering a $10k reward for their safe return. Between the hours of 10am and noon on Friday, Linda Bush's 8-year-old Yorkshire terrier and three Yorkie pups were stolen from her home on Poinsettia Drive. When Bush entered her home that morning, she was shocked to find that one of her windows had been smashed. more ›

Bandits stormed Fremont Elementary School in Riverside early Saturday morning to steal - not money, children or school lunches - but high-voltage electrical breakers. They escaped with an estimated $50,000 worth of electrical equipment, leaving behind a rather chilly Monday for students and school staffers. more ›

A controversial life-size statue of a former president placed in a Newport Beach park suffered damage after a botched attempt by a thief to remove it from the site, according to Newport Beach Patch. The statue of Ronald Reagan, approved in January, was unveiled last month. more ›

Jason Voorhees showed his face mask today in SoCal. But the "Friday the 13th" mass murderer wasn't participating in Halloween shenanigans, rather a man dressed as him was robbing an Asian food distribution business in Ontario. more ›

Gentlemen, do not date Alana Cosette Hayes. The 27-year-old female arranged the mugging of her boyfriend in hopes of scoring some cash. And better yet, Hayes and her two accomplices are all white supremacist methheads - a classy trio indeed. more ›

Uh oh: A recent theft from a secured building has Los Angeles Police Department officials worried that over 30 weapons will be put to use in the hands of criminals. Those weapons, including "21 MP-5 submachine guns and 12 large caliber handguns," reports the L.A. Times, were stolen from a locked box used by the SWAT unit, following their transfer there on Wednesday. more ›