Police Beat: Mini-bike convoy, SUV collide
by Liz Mullen A collision between a black SUV and two mini-motorcycles on Saturday, March 16 in South Redondo is being investigated by Redondo Beach Police Department officers. The two mini-motorcycles were part of a mini-motorcycle convoy police estimate to have involved as many as 50 riders. The driver of the SUV fled the scene, […]
Lieu secures $963,000 for HBPD hi tech crime center
by Liz Mullen Hermosa Beach Police Department will receive $963,000 in federal funds for what Police Chief Paul LeBaron describes as a Real Time Crime Center. “I have had people actually ask me, ‘Where is it going to be?’” LeBaron said in an interview on Tuesday. The Real Time Crime Center will not be a […]
Suspect in Teddy Campos murder released, investigation on going
by Liz Mullen The man the Redondo Beach Police Department arrested and charged with the murder of Teddy Campos was released on March 8, after being taken to court because the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office declined to charge him. “The case was sent back to law enforcement on March 8 for further investigation,” Venusse […]
Police Beat: MB smash and grabs, hit and run, and van with stolen good
By Liz Mullen Manhattan businesses victims of smash and grabs The Arco Station on Manhattan Beach. Boulevard and the AT&T Store on Sepulveda Boulevard in Manhattan Beach were both hit by smash-and-grab thieves earlier this month. On March 4, at about 5 a.m. Manhattan Beach Police Department officers were called to the Arco Station on […]
Police Beat: Redondo shooting victim remembered
by Liz Mullen Teddy Campos, who was found dead in a stairwell in the Redondo Beach Pier parking structure, had many friends and family who loved him, his brother,”He was a somebody to so many people,” Andrew told Easy Reader. “I don’t like the context that he was a nobody. He was never dirty, he […]
Police Beat: Redondo shooting victim remembered
by Liz Mullen Teddy Campos, who was found dead in a stairwell in the Redondo Beach Pier parking structure, had many friends and family who loved him, his brother sad.” He was a somebody to so many people,” Andrew told Easy Reader. “I don’t like the context that he was a nobody. He was never […]
Police Beat: Motorcycle accident ruling
Motorcycle death ruled an accident The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has ruled that the death of Kyle Brimer, 17, of Hermosa Beach, while he was riding his motorcycle was an accident. Brimer was riding his motorcycle southbound on Pacific Coast Highway in Redondo Beach on Wednesday, Jan. 10 when he was hit by a […]
Driver arrested in 5 car Hermosa collision
by Liz Mullen Arrest made in 5-car collision A Redondo Beach woman was arrested for felony DUI by the Hermosa Beach Police Department, after her car, headed northbound on Aviation Blvd., swerved southbound, causing a five-car collision on Tuesday, Jan. 30. The incident occurred in the 900 block of Aviation and snarled rush hour traffic […]
Police Beat: Hot tub death investigated
by Liz Mullen The Manhattan Beach Police Department is investigating the death of a 67-year-old resident on the same block where a 24-year-old man was found fatally shot in the head. On Friday, Jan. 19, at about 11 a.m., MBPD officers responded to a call about an adult male found unresponsive in a hot tub […]
Easy Reader: Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach
RBPD shooting case settled for $1.7 million by Liz Mullen The City of Redondo Beach paid resident Luke Carlson and his parents $1.75 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged city police officers wrongfully shot Carlson and used excessive force against his parents. In return for the payment, Luke Carlson, his father Jeffrey Carlson and […]
Police Beat: Redondo settles “wrongful shooting” case
by Liz Mullen The City of Redondo Beach has settled a years-long court case that alleged city police officers wrongfully shot resident Luke Carlson three times and used excessive force in apprehending his parents. The amount of the settlement to the plaintiffs in the case, Carlson, his father Jeffrey Carlson. and his mother Jeanne Zimmer, […]
Young man killed News Year’s Day in Manhattan Beach identified
The man shot early New Years’ Day in Manhattan Beach has been identified as Andrei Gianan, 24, of Torrance. Gianan died January 4 from a gunshot to the head,” according to Lt. Omar Camacho, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff’s Department Homicide Department is investigating the death. Manhattan Beach Police found Gianan […]
Police Beat: MB man shot, Apple, HB bike store smash and grabs
by Liz Mullen A shooting, a break-in at the Apple Store in Manhattan Village, and a residential burglary were among the crimes Manhattan Beach Police responded to during the last week of the holiday season. On New Year’s Day Manhattan Police were called to the 1400 block of 11th Street at 1:23 a.m., and found […]
Police beat: Christmas Eve fire, and death
by Liz Mullen The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner had not, as of last week, determined a cause of death for a 49-year-old white man believed to have started a domestic disturbance and a house fire in Hermosa Beach, which kept police and firefighters busy on Christmas Eve day. Hermosa Beach Police Department officers responded […]
Stabbing wounds appear self-inflicted, police say of man who died in Hermosa Beach
by Liz Mullen Jared Minjares, 24, died Monday night, December 18, in Hermosa Beach from what police believe were multiple, self-inflicted stab wounds to the chest, Acting Hermosa Beach Police Captain Mick Gaglia told Easy Reader Tuesday evening. At approximately 6 p.m. Monday, police were dispatched to the Galleria apartments in the 400 block of […]
DA charges RUHS students with guns
by Liz Mullen The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office has filed charges against the two 15-year-old Redondo Union High School students who brought loaded guns to school last week. “LADA reviewed the case and charges were filed,” Venusse Dunn, LACDA spokeswoman told Easy Reader, in an email. “It is not permissible to state what […]