Los Angeles police are no strangers to firearms offenses of varying degrees, but it’s probably more unusual for one to lead to a child endangerment charge for parents of a teenager. On Wednesday, February 14, police responded to a 911 call from a 17-year-old male in the Woodland Hills area, where the caller claimed that […]
A man arrested for a string of arson fires and vandalism targeting churches in California was charged with 22 criminal counts. Arson alone is a serious charge, but in most cases, a person charged with arson will also be charged with other criminal counts. In the case of Christian Michael Garcia, 25, setting houses of […]
A former advisor to ex-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was arrested as an alleged “john” during a statewide trafficking crackdown in California. Daniel Pellissier, who served as one of the advisors during Schwarzenegger’s term as California Governor from 2003 to 2011, has been one of the four men arrested on suspicion of human trafficking and soliciting […]
An increasing number of inmates in Los Angeles is using the insanity defense to get out of jail or reduce their sentences. And former Detroit Lions second-round pick Titus Young, who is currently serving a four-year sentence Southern California prison, may have a slight chance to get released. Young claims he had a mental illness […]
As California’s newly legal marijuana industry is booming and weed prices are going down, the more good news is coming for thousands of residents with a prior marijuana-related misdemeanor and felony convictions. Our Los Angeles misdemeanor defense attorney at Okabe & Haushalter has an exciting announcement to make: the city is poised to retroactively apply […]
School shootings are more prevalent in the United States than in any other country of the world. That’s a fact. But what’s also a fact is that not every school shooting is intentional and malicious. In fact, any shooting can be considered accidental due to a manufacturing defect, accidental discharge, poor maintenance of the gun, […]
It’s not unheard of for Los Angeles Police Department to arrest or incorrectly accuse innocent people of a crime in the so-called case of mistaken identity. Whether you’re a witness of a crime that someone else committed or even the victim, being wrongfully accused of a crime is a common issue in Los Angeles and […]
Last fall, 46-year-old Pakistani American, Professor Anila Daulatzai, was forcibly removed from a Southwest Airlines flight and is currently facing criminal charges after enquiring about the presence of dogs on the aircraft, due to an allergy. According to Southwest Airlines, Prof Daulatzai failed to produce a medical certificate confirming life-threating allergies and, as such, could […]
Homicide should never be dismissed as anything less than a tragedy, but it seems even worse when an innocent child has lost their life due to the actions of others. One such child was the three-year-old victim of a shooting in Compton on Saturday January 20. As two men argued in a parking lot on […]
A Chicago resident accused of murdering his former partner and injuring their teenage daughter during a shooting in a mall last weekend has been denied bail at a Cook County courthouse. 49-year-old Honorio Perez is now facing charges of first-degree murder and aggravated battery with a fireman, following the incident at North Riverside Park Mall […]
Its pioneering step to protect sex workers, San Francisco has adopted policies that protect those in the sex industry from being charged with prostitution when they come forward to report violent crimes. Fact: statistically speaking, prostitution is one of the most dangerous jobs in the U.S. where many sex workers face death, physical violence, and […]
A wrongful arrest is the stuff of nightmares, and perhaps even more so when you’re a Deputy Sheriff working to rehabilitate ex-felons. Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Collins worked with former convicts in the Emerging Leader’s Classes, an adult education program designed to help prevent probationers and those on parole from reoffending. Far from […]