Theft

2013 Billboard Music Awards: Swift dominates, Bieber deflates

2013-05-20 07:53:00

LAS VEGAS -- On the Billboard stage, there’s not much room for surprises, at least not where the awards are concerned.�This is a ceremony dictated by radio, sales, streaming and fan voting. So it should be�expected that Taylor Swift and Justin...

Superman, a hero with staying power

2013-05-19 00:00:00

My nomination for American hero of the 20th century is someone who lived half his life in disguise and the other half as the world's most recognizable man. He appeared on more radio broadcasts than Ellery Queen and in more movies than Marlon Brando, who...

Oakland police struggle to rebuild — using fewer resources

2013-05-18 18:00:00

OAKLAND — It was a quiet evening by this city's standards, and still the police emergency lines were lighting up. As screams rang out behind her, a caller said her neighbor was being beaten. A woman reported that a front door down the street had...

Stolen-artifacts case has cost much, yielded little, critics say

2013-05-18 22:09:00

When hundreds of federal agents raided four Southern California museums early one January morning in 2008, it set the art world ablaze, suggesting that even amid an international looting scandal, museums had continued to do business with the black...

WikiLeaks film shifts focus after Julian Assange won't share info

2013-05-18 09:28:00

When director Alex Gibney began work on his documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," he thought he would be telling the story of a charismatic, silver-haired free speech advocate named Julian Assange, who had exposed dark corners of...

Ex-Compton fire official charged with arson, theft

2013-05-17 17:56:00

Marcel Melanson was a hero in Compton. The fire battalion chief led teams that raced to help victims of car crashes and street violence. Three years ago, he got national exposure as a star of a BET reality TV program that followed Compton firefighters...

Simpson's ex-lawyer Yale Galanter says O.J. knew about the guns

2013-05-17 11:38:00

LAS VEGAS — The lawyer who unsuccessfully defended O.J. Simpson against armed robbery charges testified Friday his client knew two companions had guns in a 2007 confrontation with memorabilia dealers. Miami attorney Yale Galanter contradicted much...

Former Compton deputy fire chief due in court in arson case

2013-05-17 07:25:00

A former Compton deputy fire chief is scheduled to appear in court Friday to face charges that he stole radio equipment, then lighted a fire to cover up the crime. Marcel Melanson was arrested at his home Wednesday by the Los Angeles County Sheriff&...

L.A. County might cut ties with troubled foster care agency

2013-05-16 13:23:00

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will decide Tuesday whether to cut all ties to a foster care contractor with a history of substantiated misspending and child abuse. Supervisors Gloria Molina and Michael D. Antonovich have proposed...

Cannes 2013: Emma Watson says 'Bling Ring' 'wasn't about stealing'

2013-05-16 15:06:00

CANNES -- Few people can call watching reality TV a professional obligation. But Emma Watson found herself in just that position researching the role of a celebrity-obsessed thief in the fact-based "The Bling Ring." “I had a lot of work to get into...

'Bling Ring' inspiration came from Kardashians, Emma Watson says

2013-05-16 16:00:00

"The Bling Ring" had Emma Watson "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." The "Harry Potter" alum plays a character based on convicted socialite Alexis Neiers in Sofia Coppola's film, which chronicles the shenanigans of those who looted the homes of...

Former Compton firefighter arrested on suspicion of arson

2013-05-16 16:50:00

A former Compton deputy fire chief -- who has also starred on a reality television series -- has been arrested on suspicion of arson and grand theft in connection with a fire that destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of radio equipment in late...

Accused of stealing from his church. Charge: LARC-GRAND THEFT 300 LESS THAN 5K DOLS

2013-05-20 00:00:00

Accused of destroying $400 door to steal $10. Charges: Burglary to an unoccupied structure, petit theft, and criminal mischief.

2013-05-18 00:00:00

David Ray Wooten has been charged with four counts of felony theft and one count of misdemeanor theft.

2013-05-17 09:29:07