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LAPD Probes Leak of Rihanna Photo
LAPD Probes Leak of Rihanna Photo
Feb 20, 2009 2:26 PM CST

LAPD Probes Leak of Rihanna Photo

Pic resembles confidential domestic violence records

(Newser) - The photo of Rihanna’s bruised face posted on TMZ.com may be police evidence, the Los Angeles Times reports. The LAPD, which is investigating Chris Brown’s alleged beating of the pop singer, said the photo resembles those taken during official domestic violence investigations, which are strictly confidential. "...

Rihanna Helps Cops Build Case Against Abusive Brown

Relationship with Rihanna filled with ongoing violence

(Newser) - Police are trying to beef up the case against Chris Brown and expect to complete their investigation next week, the New York Daily News reports. Rihanna is cooperating, and investigators expect to reinterview both parties before involving the DA's office, which has already asked for more evidence, a source tells...

Jay Z: Chris Brown Is a Dead Man Walking

Attack prompts outrage and rumors, from herpes to jealousy

(Newser) - Glimpses into the crazy world of Rihanna and Chris Brown continue to trickle out. The latest tidbits from their pre-Grammy drama:
  • Jay-Z, who discovered Rihanna, is enraged, says a source. “Chris is a walking dead man.”
  • One rumor claims Rihanna caught herpes from Jay-Z and passed it on
...

Chris Brown Busted in Rihanna Assault Probe

Brown, Rihanna cancel Grammy gigs

(Newser) - Singer Chris Brown surrendered yesterday to Los Angeles police investigating an alleged assault against girlfriend Rihanna, reports E! Online. Both stars canceled their scheduled Grammy performances yesterday. The incident occurred as the pair became involved in a heated argument in a car. Rihanna, 20, suffered bruises to her face in...

'Japanese OJ' Hangs Self in LA Jail Before Murder Trail

Businessman accused in wife's shooting death

(Newser) - A Japanese businessman hanged himself last night in a Los Angeles jail, just hours after arriving in the US to face charges for allegedly planning his wife’s death 27 years ago. Kazuyoshi Miura, 61, was alone in his cell when he "used a piece of his shirt as...

LAPD Hunts Resurfaced Serial Killer
LAPD Hunts Resurfaced Serial Killer
Aug 29, 2008 4:01 AM CDT

LAPD Hunts Resurfaced Serial Killer

'Grim Sleeper' linked to 11 slayings was off cop radar for over a decade

(Newser) - The LAPD is back on the trail of a serial killer linked to at least 11 murders over 23 years, the Los Angeles Times reports. The killer shot dead eight young women he had sexually abused and a man in the mid-1980s—then apparently went dormant for 13 years before...

Lohan Fires Back at Cop's 'Gay' Remark

Star tells police chief her love life is none of the LAPD's business

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan thinks LA's top cop should butt out of her private life, OK! reports. The star, rumored to be in a relationship with DJ Samantha Ronson, said the chief's comments yesterday that the city's paparazzi problem has eased since she "has gone gay" were inappropriate. Lohan made her...

Suicide Kills More LA Cops Than Criminals

Grim nature of job biggest hazard for officers

(Newser) - Cops in Los Angeles are more likely to die by their own hand than from a criminal's bullet, the Los Angeles Times reports. Psychologists trying to improve the LAPD's suicide prevention efforts found that 19 police officers in the city killed themselves between 1998 and 2007, while just seven died...

LA Mourns Slain High School Football Star

19-year-old gang member charged with capital murder

(Newser) - Mourners packed the funeral of a Los Angeles high school football star yesterday as police charged a gang member with capital murder in his death, the LA Times reports. The shooting of 17-year-old Jamiel Shaw only three doors away from his home was the latest in a spate of killings...

Cops Probe Claim Britney Was Drugged

Manager dosed her, mom charges in deposition

(Newser) - As Britney Spears' True Hollywood Story unfolds in real time, the latest dust-up centers on mother Lynne Spears' accusations that her daughter was drugged by former manager Sam Lutfi. The LAPD is working "to determine if laws have been violated" in response to Lynne's deposition claiming that Lutfi told...

Arrest Made in 1981 LA Murder
Arrest Made in 1981 LA Murder
Feb 24, 2008 8:34 AM CST

Arrest Made in 1981 LA Murder

Japanese businessman nabbed in Saipan for ordering hit on wife

(Newser) - The LAPD is holding a Japanese businessman on suspicion of murder in the Los Angeles shooting death of his wife more than a quarter century ago, the AP reports. In the 1981 incident Kazuyoshi Miura was shot in the leg and his wife in the head; she later died. Miura...

LAPD Chief Wants Britney to 'Stay Home'

Top cop slams push for new anti-paparazzi laws

(Newser) - The LA police chief says proposed legislation regulating paparazzi would be unnecessary if celebrities stayed away from photographers rather than the other way around, the Huffington Post reports. “What we need is Britney Spears to stay home instead of traipsing all over town,” William Bratton said on KPCC...

Gang Gun Battle Shuts Down LA Neighborhood

Streets, schools closed after police shootout with drive-by killers

(Newser) - Dozens of streets in Los Angeles were shut down yesterday following a police gun battle with gang members, the Los Angeles Times reports. Schools were locked down and residents ordered to stay in their homes as police searched for suspects in a drive-by shooting that left a man dead from...

Britney Loses Visitation Rights
Britney Loses Visitation Rights
Jan 4, 2008 9:55 PM CST

Britney Loses Visitation Rights

She remains in lockdown as Federline wins sole custody

(Newser) - Britney Spears’ latest meltdown has cost her visitation rights to her two sons, the Los Angeles Times reports. A court commissioner granted her ex, Kevin Federline, sole custody of the boys at an emergency hearing today. His attorneys requested the hearing a day after Spears locked herself in a room...

LAPD Gets Cats to Scare Rats
LAPD Gets Cats to Scare Rats
Dec 29, 2007 1:28 PM CST

LAPD Gets Cats to Scare Rats

Feral felines spook rodents that were running over desks, digging into bags

(Newser) - The LAPD is using six feral felines to shoo away pesky rats and mice from its lots, the Los Angeles Times reports. The mangy, homeless creatures can't be broken in as house pets, so an animal rescue group placed them with the city’s finest to control its rodent problem....

Rodney King Shot While Bicycling
Rodney King Shot While Bicycling
Nov 29, 2007 8:28 PM CST

Rodney King Shot While Bicycling

Man whose beating sparked LA riots has minor injuries

(Newser) - Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by police officers in 1991 led to the LA riots, is recovering from minor wounds after being sprayed with birdshot while on his bicycle, the Los Angeles Times reports. King told police that two people demanded his bike at a street corner in San Bernardino,...

Opulence Duels With Poverty on LA's Skid Row

But amid crackdown on crime, still a daily struggle for survival

(Newser) - While upscale lofts and hotels sprout up near crack houses and homeless shelters, Los Angeles' Skid Row has outstripped most other cities in all the races you don't want to win. LA County has a homeless population of 88,345—roughly twice as much as New York—and the 50...

Oops! She Hit it Again: Britney Drives Over 3rd Foot in a Month

Paparazzo is pop star's latest rollover victim

(Newser) - Britney Spears caught another photographer flat-footed last night, the Los Angeles Times reports, driving over a paparazzo's paw as she left a Beverly Hills hotel. It's the third such incident in the past month—another photographer and a sheriff's deputy were previous victims—and the LAPD has told Spears she...

LAPD Scraps Muslim Mapping Program
LAPD Scraps Muslim Mapping Program
Nov 15, 2007 6:22 AM CST

LAPD Scraps Muslim Mapping Program

Mayor rips 'counterproductive' police plan

(Newser) - Following a frenzy of controversy, the Los Angeles police department is scrapping its much-criticized plan to "map" Muslim communities. The department had hoped to pinpoint isolated Muslim communities in an attempt to identify problem hot spots. Critics said the plan was a form of religious profiling, and that it...

LAPD Plan to Map Muslims Raises Furor
LAPD Plan
to Map Muslims Raises Furor
Nov 10, 2007 12:55 PM CST

LAPD Plan to Map Muslims Raises Furor

Police say they need data to reach out; critics call it religious profiling

(Newser) - A plan by the LAPD to map Muslim communities in the city is drawing flak from civil libertarians and others who say it smacks of religious profiling, the LA Times reports. Police officials, though, defend the plan as a way to help them reach out to Muslims through social services....

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