PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY —Community members can drop off their unwanted and expired prescription drugs at the Santa Monica Police Department on Oct. 29, as part of an effort to reduce pill abuse and public health problems.
NOMA — Police are trying to track down who spray-painted roughly a dozen red swastikas on the walls of homes, businesses and parking structures in and around an affluent section of Santa Monica over the weekend.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Two Arizona men are under arrest and face attempted murder charges for the brutal beating of a Santa Monica resident while he was working out on Santa Monica Boulevard last month, authorities said Saturday.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — The Santa Monica Fire Department and Firefighters Local 1109 are putting their traditional navy blue uniforms aside and wearing pink in October in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month.
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.
BOSTON — A newspaper’s revelation that the tipster who led the FBI to notorious gangster James "Whitey" Bulger is a former Miss Iceland is raising concerns about her safety and whether the leak might discourage people from coming forward in other high-profile cases.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — While California may have had the highest number of anti-Semitic attacks in 2010 with 297, Santa Monica police reported only two last year, according to hate crimes data released this week by Anti-Defamation League and the SMPD.
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.
CITYWIDE — Most criminals caught in Santa Monica hail from outside of city borders, according to statistics released by the police department. Santa Monica police recently created a graph depicting the total number of arrests by year from Jan.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — A 17-year-old student in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District was being held in a juvenile detention facility Wednesday after being booked on four counts of robbery, police said.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Santa Monica Police Chief Tim Jackman is stepping down from his post as the city’s top cop. Jackman, 52, who was appointed chief in December 2006, informed his command staff Tuesday that he would be retiring at the end of the year, but would remain on the job as interim chie
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.
