MALIBU — Authorities have confirmed that the son of Pepperdine University president Andrew K. Benton was the last known person to see 25-year-old graphic designer Katie Wilkins alive.
PICO BLVD — Santa Monica police were forced to close down a small portion of Pico Boulevard Thursday afternoon after a man, possibly on drugs, began throwing chunks of concrete at passing cars from the roof of a beauty salon.
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.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Police are asking for the public’s help in catching a man believed to be responsible for a series of sexual batteries that have taken place since January on the east end of the city.
LAX — A man accused of attempting to rob a bank in Santa Monica was indicted by a federal grand jury last week on eight counts of bank robbery and attempted bank robbery, according to a release by the FBI.
MALIBU — As the June 1 start date to the Malibu Lagoon Restoration Project gets closer, several new groups have spoken out in opposition to the plan to use bulldozers to reshape the stagnant lagoon’s channels in order to stimulate better water flow.
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.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — For the month of May the Santa Monica Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement Unit will be on the lookout for driver’s who are speeding on city streets.
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.
MAIN STREET — How heavy is a 50-inch plasma television? Apparently not heavy enough to deter a man from breaking into a restaurant on Main Street and carrying the television to a nearby rooftop.
DOWNTOWN — A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ordered two Arizona men to stand trial for the attempted murder of a Santa Monica resident who was brutally beaten while working out on Santa Monica Boulevard.
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.
