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A 53 year old former Santa Ana and Stanton cop is accused of taking private investigators and clients for a ride, all while claiming to be an investigator himself. According to the LA Times, the man claimed to be a licensed investigator, gaining clients and contracting with other investigators only to leave the contractors without payment and the clients often without the services they paid for. [Read More...]

This entry was posted on Friday, July 9th, 2010 at 12:50 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

A national report released this week shows incarceration rates for juveniles are falling across the country. California’s juvenile system locked up 10,000 kids in 1996 but only has 1,500 currently incarcerated today. This is a dramatic drop, coinciding with drops in juvenile crimes and a dramatic shift in juvenile justice philosophy. [Read More...]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 at 2:58 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

The California Supreme Court heard a case last week that may have granted some exceptions to the sex offender residential restrictions put in place with Proposition 83, or “Jessica’s Law”. However, they sided with the restrictions, maintaining that anyone released from prison after the enactment of the law are still subject to them. [Read More...]

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 6:32 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

The Sacramento Bee posted an article this week looking at the effect of crime on local religious institutions. While some state that they are victimized at the same rate as other businesses, others think they are targeted because of vulnerability and maybe a perceived passiveness. [Read More...]

This entry was posted on Monday, January 25th, 2010 at 11:30 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.