Blog Posts in September, 2010
Posted on Sep 22, 2010 By admin
The El Centro Regional Medical Center in Imperial County, California, has agreed to pay the United States $2.2 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that it defrauded Medicare. The government ...
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Posted on Sep 16, 2010 By admin
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation to put some sex offenders in prison for life at a bittersweet ceremony for family and friends of a 17-year-girl who was killed after being ...
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Posted on Sep 11, 2010 By admin
Two Latino gang members were convicted of first-degree murder in a hate-crime trial involving the deaths of a 14-year-old black girl and a potential witness in the Harbor Gateway area of Los Angeles. ...
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Posted on Sep 8, 2010 By admin
A man suspected of being an international serial rapist is in custody in Orange County after being extradited from Austria following a DNA match through INTERPOL. The defendant was featured on the ...
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Posted on Sep 6, 2010 By admin
The Los Angeles County sheriff has escalated his war of words against California medical marijuana dispensaries, saying as many as 97 percent operate as criminal enterprises. Some of the pot shops get ...
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Posted on Sep 4, 2010 By admin
A Los Angeles physician was arrested for prescribing Vicodin pain medication to homeless people who didn't need the drugs. Dr. Zhiwei Lin is set to be arraigned on five counts of illegally prescribing ...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2010 By Jerry Kastler
A Long Beach, California homeless man was found guilty of 22 counts including attempted murder, kidnapping and mayhem. He stabbed, slashed or strangled six women from February to May 2008; all of the ...
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