California Penal Code 243(e)(1) PC makes it illegal to willfully and unlawfully touch a current or former spouse, cohabitant, fiance, dating partner, or co-parent. It's possible to be charged and convicted of this offense even if there are no physical marks on the victim, or if the victim wasn't harmed in any way. It's one [...]
Early 2017 has seen a spike in the residential burglaries of celebrity homes in and around the Los Angeles area. Dubbed "knock-knock" burglaries, these, and other, home invasions all share some similar traits. A "knock-knock" burglary is pretty simple: thieves will walk up to the door and knock, if nobody appears to be home, they will [...]
The woman sentenced for anti-Trump graffiti received over 100 days in jail. Victoria Jayne Bay, 37, pleaded guilty to one count of felony vandalism for spray painting anti-trump graffiti on the Hall of Justice, the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, the Hall of Records and the county's Central Heating and Refrigeration Plant. The full [...]
