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Culver City Police have advised the public that ELIZABETH BARISH-FOUND has been located. She disappeared Mondayand was last seen in the 4100 block of Jackson Avenue, Culver City. She is Height: 5'5" tall | her Weight is 140lbs, with Hazel Eyes and Brown Hair. Police have not released any information on her condition. The Culver City Observer will post additional information as it becomes available....
Authorities have located the body of a male who went swimming with two friends at Dockweiler State Beach in Los Angeles in the middle of the night and apparently drowned. lifeguards Los Angeles County Fire Depardments were called to the beach, located just south of Playa del Rey, around 1 a.m. Wednesday after the victim's friends called 9-1-1 to say he went under a wave and failed to resurface, according to the authorities. Lifeguards were assisted by boats and helicopters as they searched for...
A Ventura County man was sentenced yesterday to 140 months in federal prison for soliciting on social media platforms sexually explicit photos from an individual he thought was a 14-year-old girl. Thomas Kern Gissell, 29, of Moorpark, was sentenced by United States District Judge John F. Walter, who also placed Gissell on 20 years of supervised release when Gissell eventually is released from prison and ordered him to pay $5,100 in special assessments and $27,000 in restitution. Gissell pleaded...
While the California Highway Patrol works today to clear protestors from the Golden Gate Bridge on highway 101 in San Francisco the Culver City Police continues to work with federal and regional partners in monitoring the conflict in the Middle East. As a proactive measure you may see increased police presence at our religious sites. There are no known credible threats to our community at this time. We will continue working closely with our religious leaders and community to ensure the safety...
A Beverly Hills man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for causing investors more than $18 million in losses – while he was completing a sentence in a prior criminal case – by duping them with false claims about his companies that purportedly invested in hemp farms and cannabis-infused retail products as well as a sham bottling business. Mark Roy Anderson, 69, pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud. According to his plea agreement, Anderson engaged in two separate schemes that...
Authorities pieced together a series of tragic events that unfolded early on the morning of March 8, culminating in a homicide, a fatal traffic collision, and the discovery of two young children on the 405 Freeway, according to an LAPD press release. The Los Angeles Police Department's (LAPD) Topanga Division patrol officers responded to a call for a homicide investigation in the 6200 block of Variel Avenue in Woodland Hills around 7:35 a.m. on April 8, 2024. Operations Valley Bureau (OVB) homic...
The FBI is offering a reward for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the person or group responsible for an attack on an electrical substation in Torrance, California, in 2023. On August 20, 2023, an unknown suspect or group attempted to destroy and cause a system failure of a Southern California Edison electrical substation by shooting one of the transformers and turning off various circuit breakers. The Southern California Edison substation is located at 21760 Madrona Avenue in Torrance, California. No one...
A federal grand jury today returned a four-count indictment against a father, his sister, and his son for an alleged kidnapping scheme in which the father pretended to act as an intermediary between the victim hostage's family and the hostage takers while his son and sister crossed the border into the United States to collect the ransom money. The following defendants – all from Rosarito, Mexico – are charged with one count of conspiracy to commit hostage taking and one count of conspiracy to...
A woman seen on a widely circulated video throwing a brick through a vehicle's windshield - and who allegedly vandalized a number of other vehicles in Los Angeles Culver City, Burbank and Santa Monica - has been arrested, police said Thursday. Lisa Jones, 30, was taken into custody on Wednesday, and was booked on suspicion of felony vandalism, the Los Angeles Police Department reported. She was being held without bail. One of the crimes occurred on March 28 at about 5 p.m. in the 2000 block of C...
The FBI is offering a reward for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the person or group responsible for an attack on an electrical substation in Torrance, California, in 2023. On August 20, 2023, an unknown suspect or group attempted to destroy and cause a system failure of a Southern California Edison electrical substation by shooting one of the transformers and turning off various circuit breakers. The Southern California Edison substation is located at 21760 Madrona Avenue in Torrance, California. No one...
Last night April 2, Culver City Police Officers responded to a call for service of a man seeming to be experiencing a mental health crisis, throwing items out of a room and causing a disturbance at a local motel. Officers quickly arrived and saw that the room door was ajar and that a nude adult male was inside yelling obscenities and bleeding from his hands and feet. At one point, the man exited the room and began walking toward the Officers with his fists clenched as if he was going to attack...
Tuesday morning, March 26 Culver City Officers responded to a call of a possible residential burglary in progress. A quick thinking citizen noticed a suspect enter a garage and immediately called CCPD. Officers quickly responded and located the individual described in the call. When the suspect saw the Officers, he tossed a box he had taken from the victim's residence. The burglary suspect was arrested, the victim's items were returned, and a stolen firearm and ammunition were recovered. A...
The FBI is offering a reward for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the person or group responsible for an attack on an electrical substation in Torrance, California, in 2023. On August 20, 2023, an unknown suspect or group attempted to destroy and cause a system failure of a Southern California Edison electrical substation by shooting one of the transformers and turning off various circuit breakers. The Southern California Edison substation is located at 21760...
To address the public health crisis of gun violence, the Los Angeles County Office of Violence Prevention, housed in the Department of Public Health, has made 60,000 gun safety locks available to the public; free, no questions asked. Free gun safety locks will initially be available at six County medical facilities: · Harbor-UCLA Medical Center · High Desert Regional Health Center · Los Angeles General Medical Center · Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center · Olive View-UCLA Medical Center · Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center La...
The Culver City Police Department invites the community to join a Community Meeting tonight to discuss the 2023 Racial Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) Report: 📍 Mike Balkman Council Chambers9770 Culver Boulevard, Culver City. 🗓️ Thursday, April 4th ⏰ 6:30 pm Persons unable to attend in person will have the option to attend virtually via Webex. The Webex link will be available on the Culver City Police Department’s website under “Events” on April 4th, 2024. To view the 2023 RIPA Report and for more information, please visit the Culver City Pol...
Police Tuesday are exploring possible connections between an infant girl who was found dead and a young girl who was found suffering from moderate injuries on the northbound San Diego (405) Freeway in the Culver City area and authorities said their discovery may be tied to a Woodland Hills homicide and a Redondo Beach fatal car crash. The California Highway Patrol responded around 4:30 a.m. Monday to the northbound 405 Freeway near the Sepulveda Boulevard/Howard Hughes Parkway exit, and they fou...
Thirteen members or associates of the Mexican Mafia prison gang were charged by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office for their alleged roles in a narcotic smuggling operation and violent assault that took place within Los Angeles County jail system. Two of the defendants charged were arrested on March 14, and one was arrested on March 15. Eight defendants charged were already incarcerated on unrelated charges. Two individuals are being sought by members of the Los Angeles County She...
A body was found Wednesday morning by searchers looking for a missing swimmer in the ocean near Playa del Rey. He went swimming with friend in the middle of the night and drowned. Rescue personnel from the Los Angeles County Fire Department and the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the 8100 block of Vista Del Mar shortly after 1 a.m. Lifeguard rescue boats also joined the search, and the U.S. Coast Guard was notified. Lifeguards urge the public to avoid swimming at night when lifeguards...
A California man was sentenced in U.S. District Court here today to 51 months in prison for embezzling more than $10.2 million from his employer and violating orders of the Court in a related civil lawsuit against him. Brinson Caleb Silver, 43, of Culver City, California, used his position as a high-level executive to create a scheme involving shell companies, inflated contracts and a stolen identity. Silver pleaded guilty in November 2023 to one count each of wire fraud and contempt of court....
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department would like to warn the public of phone call scammers Impersonating L.A. County Deputies using spoofing apps that show their number on the victim's caller ID as the Sheriff's office or local police agencies. Los Angeles County continues to receive reports from residents receiving phone calls from scammers claiming to be a Sheriff's office Sergeant, Lieutenant or personnel asking for payment for missing grand jury duty subpoena. The scammers will then ask...
Late Saturday evening, Officers received a radio call of a non-injury traffic collision. When they arrived, Officers observed that one of the parties involved in the collision displayed signs of being under the influence of alcohol. After an investigation at the scene, the driver was arrested for suspicion of operating a vehicle under the influence. A few hours later, just before 4 am, Officers received a radio call of a traffic hazard at the intersection of Sepulveda Boulevard and Culver...
A woman from the San Fernando Valley was arrested by federal authorities Wednesday for her alleged actions during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the United States Capitol. Kayla Reifschneider, 27, of Northridge, was arrested in Los Angeles and charged with a criminal complaint filed in Washington D.C. She faces felony charges for obstructing an official proceeding and several misdemeanor charges related to her alleged actions that day, which were described by the United States Department of Justice...
Over the weekend, Officers responded to multiple calls for service regarding vehicles racing up and down Washington Boulevard in the area of the Costco shopping center. A crowd was forming and there were vehicles driving recklessly. Responding officers found 200-300 people gathered and based on the size of the crowd, neighboring agencies responded to assist. Officers were able to de-escalate this attempted sideshow event without any confrontation. The crowd began to disburse when officers were...
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón today announced that nearly 200 organized retail theft cases involving adult and juvenile defendants have been filed by the office. These cases were filed through the efforts of the regional organized retail task forces which is comprised of regional law enforcement agencies and the District Attorney's Office partnering together to prosecute these crimes. "Organized retail theft is not a victimless crime, it harms our community's sense of...
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has announced charges against two additional individuals, 18-year-old Joseivan Mendoza and 17-year-old Deair Fleming Delerence, for their involvement in separate shootings during a multi-city crime spree that killed six people, including a 14-year-old boy, in November 2023 and February 2024. "Last week, our office charged two men in the murders of four innocent people, including a child," District Attorney Gascón said. "This week, we have c...
