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The Peoria Journal Store has an update on the trio snagged in that huge cocaine ring bust.
Previously:
Former Gardena High School football coach Brandon Pettway was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for one count of marijuana possession for sale or transport.
Pettway, 26, had previously pleaded no contest to the count to Torrance Superior Court Judge Laura Ellison after he failed to reach a deal with prosecutors.
After the brief sentencing hearing, a line of Pettway's supporters hugged him good-bye and wished him well before he was handcuffed and taken into custody.
Pettway was arrested last April following an investigation into drug sales activity on 134th Place in Gardena, police previously said.
A search of Pettway's home in the 2100 block of 134th Place yielded drugs and a firearm.
Inglewood police Officer Jeffrey LaGreek has been honored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving for his achievements in enforcing DUI laws.LaGreek made 52 DUI arrests in 2008, more than any other officer on the
force, Inglewood police Lt. Mike McBride said.
LaGreek is a member of the South Bay's DUI task force, known as "Avoid the 100." He is an expert in DUI investigations and regularly conducts DUI training for other officers.
Inglewood made 235 DUI arrests in 2008, a 64 percent increase from the year before.
From the District Attorney's Office:
LOS ANGELES - Rap artist Coolio, whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey, was charged today with possession of cocaine base and battery.
Ivey, 45 (dob 8-1-63), was arrested March 6 at Los Angeles International World Airport after authorities searched his luggage and allegedly found cocaine. At one point, Ivey allegedly grabbed a screener's arm to prevent the search.
He is charged in case SA070577 with one felony count of possession of cocaine base, one misdemeanor count of battery and one misdemeanor count of possession of a smoking device. He was released on bail.
He is scheduled to be arraigned April 3 at LAX Superior Court, Dept. 144. If convicted, he faces up to three years state prison.
Police in three jurisdictions will conduct sobriety and driver's license checkpoints Friday night. Here they are:
- Redondo Beach: 7:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. Saturday on Artesia Boulevard at Aviation Way.
- Carson: 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. Saturday on Main Street south of Torrance Boulevard, and on Avalon Boulevard north of Carson Street.
- Gardena: 7:30 p.m. to 4 a.m. Saturday in the eastbound lanes of El Segundo Boulevard at Halldale Avenue.
The checkpoints are funded through grants from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Marina del Rey earlier today.From City News Service:
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Unannounced searches of Los Angeles County probationers and their homes netted about 100 weapons and $245,000 in illegal drugs and resulted in 132 arrests in the month of December, Supervisor Michael Antonovich announced today.
The DISARM Program -- Developing Increased Safety through Arms Reduction Management -- is aimed at keeping probationers from committing new crimes by subjecting them to spot checks.
Since its inception in February 2000, the program has resulted in 10,446 arrests and the seizure of 4,856 weapons and more than $306 million in illegal drugs.
Ten percent of probationers in the program have been found in violation of the terms of their probation, Antonovich said.
The supervisor pushed for the program's creation in the wake of an attack carried out by white supremacist parolee Buford Furrow, who shot and wounded five people at a Jewish daycare center in Granada Hills before killing a Filipino-American mail carrier on Aug. 10, 1999
An officer who was checking out a report of possible drug activity in the park drove through at 12:15 a.m. Jan. 13.
He found two guys in separate cars. One of the guys agreed to allow the officer to check his trunk. Well, inside it contained Ecstasy and Psilocybin (mushrooms).
The driver was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance for sales.
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Larry Altman has covered crime in the South Bay since 1990. He's seen it all - the missing model who turned up dead in the desert, the wives found dead in trunks, the high-school coaches who get a little too close to their players. He drives his young colleagues nuts with his "I remember when" stories. He welcomes your tips and observations about the present, and you can mix in a little Lakers basketball talk if you like.
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