Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
DOWNTOWN, L.A. — The president of a now-defunct Huntington Beach financial company was sentenced to 37 months in prison and ordered to pay nearly $4 million in restitution for stealing money from Santa Monica and 23 other cities that was going to be used to improve low-income housing, prosecutors sa
SM BEACH — A simulated grenade found Friday afternoon just north of the Santa Monica Pier prompted police to evacuate the area. The discovery was made at 2:50 p.m. in the 1200 block of the beach, police said.
WILSHIRE BLVD — Chefs, like any artist, are continually searching for inspiration. For his latest menu, Drago Ristorante’s Evan Gotanda didn’t have to look very hard.
SM BEACH — Police are evacuating the 1200 block of the beach after receiving a report of suspicious packages. SMPD Lt. Jay Trisler said the call came in around 4 p.
Crime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
DOWNTOWN L.A. — A pair of imprisoned gang members has been found guilty of murdering two brothers who were gunned down more than a decade ago while visiting their cousin’s clothing store on Lincoln Boulevard.
SUNSET PARK — Santa Monica police shot and killed a homeless man who was attempting to murder his ex-girlfriend, stabbing her repeatedly in the chest with a knife before two officers climbed through an apartment window and fired several shots, authorities said Wednesday.
CITYWIDE — Doormen at some of Santa Monica’s most luxurious hotels are continuing to pressure cab drivers to pay them bribes or “cookies” in exchange for more lucrative fares, a long-standing practice that is now illegal under City Hall’s new taxi franchise system, according to interviews with drive
DOWNTOWN — The former director of a small private school here that was forced to file for bankruptcy in November used school funds to pay personal expenses and put her husband and son on the payroll even though it was unclear what services they provided, according to a lawsuit filed last week.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — There are no longer unprocessed rape kits in the possession of the Santa Monica Police Department after detectives sent 470 to the crime lab over the last 13 months for processing to see if any critical DNA evidence can be collected, law enforcement officials said this week.
BROADWAY — An explosion near a Santa Monica Jewish center prompted police to evacuate about 100 people Thursday morning, but investigators determined the blast was the result of an apparent underground mechanical failure and not a pipe bomb as had been initially feared.
