State & Lake

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Admittedly, I am a little surprised O.J. Simpson was convicted of armed robbery, kidnapping with a deadly weapon, and assault to name a few of the 12 counts raised against him.  I had no doubt, however, that he would be convicted on a weapons charge because guns were used.  O.J. Simpson, a former gridiron [...]

I was more than a little amused with myself Friday night when I picked up my old scanner and, just for the fun of it, put batteries in the thing and began listening intently to the crime fighters as they performed their duties across the city.  I heard traffic stops, there was the guy gunning [...]

It appears there was not a shooting.  According to several reports, a 50-year-old Altadena man is being held in the death of his 19-year-old girlfriend who either fell or was pushed from a second-story window.
Jasmine Denson was found in the 2400 block of Lincoln Avenue about 5:30 p.m. Saturday and declared dead at Huntington Memorial [...]

A friend kept calling me this evening, waking me from a delicious sleep, to inquire if I knew anything about the incident on Lincoln Avenue.  I was asleep and hadn’t heard a thing but I did check in with the Altadenablog and found yes indeed, something did happen.  A woman was shot to death at [...]

After the recent arrest of 55-year-old Donald Williams who had a collection of 60 guns in his home, this weekend 19-year-old Michael De La Torre of Pasadena was shot to death in the 100 block of Figueroa Drive in Altadena about 1 a.m. Saturday, June 28. De La Torre was pronounced dead at Huntington Hospital [...]

Ex-convict, Donald Williams, 55, of Altadena was arrested Tuesday after detectives obtained a warrant to search his home on North Fair Oaks Avenue in Altadena.  He was in custody Wednesday after authorities served a search warrant at his home and discovered more than 60 guns - from hunting rifles to a Tec-9 submachine gun (pictured [...]