A 44-year-old man who got into an argument over a coffee at Starbucks in Burbank on Saturday ended up with a black eye, police said. The Huntington Park man was approached at around 11:30 a.m. after he allegedly picked up the wrong drink at the pick-up counter, said Burbank Police Lt. Eddie Ruiz The man [...]

  A masseuse who was called to a Courtyard Marriott hotel room in Burbank on Sunday  took a client’s iPad and Macbook Pro while he was in the restroom, police said. The client, a 24-year-old man from Florida, reported his Apple gear missing not long after letting the masseuse into his room at the hotel in the [...]

  Even with less man power, crime is down in Burbank, even as officers respond to more calls for service, and in a quicker fashion, officials reported Tuesday.   “We’re trending very well,” said Interim Police Chief Scott LaChasse. “Sometimes it’s not the numerics — how many you’ve got — it’s how smart you are [...]

If someone who is arrested has poor credit or low net worth, many bail bond companies will request a co-signer before posting bail. A co-signer assumes some of the financial responsibility for the bail amount. This means the co-signer needs a solid credit history or something like a home for collateral. If the defendant flees [...]

  An article from ehow.com on the difference between what is bail and what is a bond    After an arrest, a judge usually sets a bail order. A bail order is an amount of property that must be paid or pledged to the court before the suspect is released from police custody. The amount [...]

  A woman was found dead on Saturday after her pickup truck shot about 50 feet off the northbound Golden State (5) Freeway into an area full of brush and trees near the Glendale- Los Angeles border. The accident happened around 9:30 a.m., causing a traffic jam for hours around the 5 and Ventura (134) [...]

  The Burbank Police announced two teenagers were arrested Thursday on suspicion of trailing UPS delivery trucks and stealing packages from the front porches of homes in Burbank. Police were called to Kenneth and Delaware roads at around 2:45 p.m. after a caller saw a Volkswagen Jetta following a UPS truck. The authorities found the [...]

  Three teens were arrested Saturday after supposedly breaking into a Burbank home, stealing stereo equipment from two elderly residents and later trying to break into a second home, according to Burbank police.   The suspects – June Davis, 18, Chadney Delaney, 18, and a 17-year-old who was not identified because she’s a minor – [...]

  City Unknowingly Paid Tagger to Erase His Own Work A man suspected of tagging over 100 public areas in Burbank with graffiti since September, worked for a company the city pays to remove graffiti. The tagger, Enrique Medrano, was arrested last Thursday on suspicion of burglary, vandalism and forgery. He was released on $20,000 [...]

  Two Burbank City Council members voiced concerns about a provision in the city’s new nepotism policy that bans relatives of many City Hall executives and those serving on the dais from being municipal employees. The new rules affect relatives of the city manager, executives in the city manager’s office, management service director and City [...]

  Burbank Police Search for Starbucks Robber Police are looking to the public for help in finding a man who reportedly flashed a handgun while robbing a Starbucks last week in the 300 block of Pass Avenue. The suspect is described as a male, black, 5 feet 10 inches tall with an athletic build, and [...]

  City Unknowingly Paid Tagger to Erase His Own Work A man suspected of tagging over 100 public areas in Burbank with graffiti since September, worked for a company the city pays to remove graffiti. The tagger, Enrique Medrano, was arrested last Thursday on suspicion of burglary, vandalism and forgery. He was released on $20,000 [...]

  The Burbank Police announced two teenagers were arrested Thursday on suspicion of trailing UPS delivery trucks and stealing packages from the front porches of homes in Burbank. Police were called to Kenneth and Delaware roads at around 2:45 p.m. after a caller saw a Volkswagen Jetta following a UPS truck. The authorities found the [...]

  Police Say 16-Year-Old’s Rape Call Was False On Wednesday, Deputy Joshua Dubin of the sheriff’s Santa Clarita Station said a call from a 16- year-old girl who claimed she was raped turned out to be false. Deputies responded to the call made by the girl on Tuesday at about 6 p.m. when she told [...]

  Autopsy Proves Local Man Shot Himself Coroner’s officials confirmed that an autopsy done Wednesday on the body of a man found dead on the porch of the home he rented in Valencia had proven that he killed himself. A spokesman for the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner stated that Bret Thomas Mardock, died [...]

  On October, 31, a crash that took place on the side of an Antelope Valley Freeway transition road in Santa Clarita when a van collided into a parked construction truck.  Four people suffered minor injuries. According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash on the northbound freeway south of Sand Canyon Road was reported [...]

SCVNEWS is reporting that Santa Clarita City Council members are asking Los Angeles County court officials to restore court services locally citing cost, convenience and a decision to delay construction on a new Santa Clarita Valley courthouse indefinitely. However, court officials feel that residents need to get use to fewer services in the coming year, [...]

  A man accused of killing his neighbor after engaging in a seven-year feud was found guilty of first-degree murder. Lennie Paul Tracey was found guilty in the shotgun shooting death of Anthony Davis. The court clerk said the jury retuned to the San Fernando Superior Court with the verdict at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. The [...]

  Deputies Find Pot Growing “Extraction” Lab after Explosion The Sheriff’s Department stated on Thursday that an apartment that was the source of an explosion in Canyon Country and responsible for uprooting two neighboring families was being used as a “marijuana grow house and a THC extraction laboratory.” The blast occurred at 2:45 p.m. the [...]

  Authorities Seeking Man Who Assaulted an Elderly Women The LA Times is reporting that authorities in Santa Clarita are asking for the public’s help in finding a man they claim brutally attacked an elderly passenger on a bus while at the Valencia transit center. There has been a felony arrest warrant issued for the [...]

  In an article by The Santa Clarita Valley Signal, Sheriff’s will run a DUI/ Drivers License checkpoint on November 16, 2012, at a unrelieved location that will be within city limits between the hours of 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. These are placed in areas that have the greatest potential to deter drunk and drugged driving [...]

  Canyon High thief still on the Loose Local sheriff’s deputies are still on the lookout for the burglar who broke into Canyon High School and made off with $600 in cafeteria sales money plus keys to a 7-UP vending machine no longer in use. After reviewing surveillance footage, deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley [...]

  A warning has been issued by the sheriff’s Santa Clarita Valley Station about two scams that have been increasingly reported in the area. According to Deputy Joshua Dubin, one scam involved a victim receiving a call from someone who was claiming to be a deputy. He tells the victim that one of their family [...]

    Brothers suspected of commercial burglaries arrested, Santa Clarita Two brothers who are suspected in a series of commercial burglaries in the Santa Clarita Valley were arrested early this month by a sheriff’s deputy who saw them in a vehicle that was backed into a parking space in front of a business. In a [...]

  Residents of Santa Clarita, Burbank and Northridge arrested in real – estate scam Three people have been arrested and charged with defrauding the Bank of America by convincing the bank that it had improperly foreclosed on a house which has cost the bank and a title company $1.5 million. Saliya “Sal” DeSilva, 49, of [...]

    John Edward Smith was released from Los Angeles County jail after spending 19 years behinds bars for a murder he did not commit. “I had good days and bad days, I stayed hopeful and that’s all I could do,” he said while outside the downtown jail. “I’m not bitter at all, because that [...]

  The bail bonds process in not an easy process to go through alone. There are many cases that show how complex it can be. In the case of People v. Western Insurance  Co. a defendant failed to appear in court and was found in India by the surety, or bondsman responsible for the defendant. [...]

As election day approaches, Los Angeles county’s Defense Attorney  candidates battle head to head during debates regarding topics such as funding, realignment, overcrowding of Los Angeles jails, the death penalty, and tax increases. The two finalists, Alan Jackson and Jackie Lacey, have been at each other’s heels since the post-primary debate in August.   The [...]

My best friend’s brother was arrested a few months ago for a DUI in the Los Angeles area. He had been driving home from a friend’s house when he was pulled over for a broken tail light. The officer apparently noticed the scent of alcohol and ran a test to check his blood alcohol level [...]

On September 14, Sheriff Baca spoke on behalf of the LA County Jail regarding the critical report issued by the Citizens’ Commission on Jail Violence. According to the sheriff, the investigators neglected to cover a few initiatives being taken by jail managers and deputies in their reports. He held a meeting with over 100 inmates [...]

Protesters arrested outside L.A. county jail Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Times reported the arrest of six individuals outside L.A. county jail as they protested immigration and law enforcement policies. One was accused of battery against a firefighter while the others were charged with failing to disperse. The activists argued that Sherriff Lee Baca’s policies [...]

Computer Software May Help Reduce Over Crowdedness in LA County Jails   Los Angeles County Jails are filling up fast and the LA County Sheriff’s Department is feeling the pressure to fix the problem. The overcrowding is a result of the “realignment plan” signed in 2011 in which the responsibility for criminal incarceration had been [...]

  A bail bond is a guarantee to the court that the defendant will appear in every court appearance as the court orders. Failure to appear in court will result in arrest warrants and the forfeiture of the bail. You can get a Bail bond by calling our toll free number at 1-855-227-5500 and one [...]

The Truth About the Bail Bond Industry: What Everyone Should Know   The biggest challenge that the bail bond industry faces in today’s marketplace is the lack of understanding of the industry amongst the general public. Couple this lack of understanding with the misperception and negative image of the industry, which has been perpetuated by the media [...]

  A bail bond is a guarantee to the court that the defendant will appear in every court appearance as the court orders. Failure to appear in court will result in arrest warrants and the forfeiture of the bail. You can get a Bail bond by calling our toll free number at 1-855-227-5500 and one [...]

LAPD is offering a $50,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for Raul Lopez’s murder. Raul Lopez was killed at his place of business in the 15500 block of Ventura Blvd on June 29, 2012 around 11:00 pm. An argument ensued between Lopez and another male and he shot [...]

  Bail for Scott Schenter was reduced from $1.5 million to $100,00. by a Los Angeles Superior court judge, Mr Schenter was accused of falsifying documents and lowering property values by $172 million dollars on expensive homes and businesses. Schenter said he did this to lower property values so in re6turn the owners would pay [...]

Abuse in Los Angeles County Men’s Central Jail has grown so rampant that Sheriff Lee Baca has talked of closing its doors, or at least shutting down parts of the facility. The latest case involved not an inmate, but a visitor who was caught with a mobile phone. Cell phones are contraband in the jailhouse, [...]

New legislation in California has caused jails throughout Los Angeles and other areas to take on an influx of detainees, creating problems in an already overcrowded system. In a rearrangement of inmate assignment, thousands of criminals are now remaining in local jail cells instead of prison, where they would have ended up before the recent [...]

Are we playing into the stereotype? Are politicians crooked individuals? Recently the City of Glendale has been rocked with a sensational story plucked out of a Hollywood movie script. It has all the components for a successful summer blockbuster, only in this version the facts and story hit closer to home and redefine what we [...]