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Police Chief: overhaul in progress
Twenty months into the job as police chief, Burbank’s top cop continues working to modernize a department besieged by lawsuits and investigations into misconduct and excessive use of force by the FBI and Los Angeles County sheriff's department....Tags: Justice and Rights, File Sharing, Police Investigations, FBI, Civil Rights
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Man who allegedly shot two officers outside Kmart pleads not guilty
The man accused of stealing from a Kmart in Burbank and then shooting and wounding two police officers while handcuffed and being taken to a patrol car pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges this week. Jamie Warren Willard, 30, of Gresham, Ore.,...Tags: Judges, Lawyers, Prisons, Crimes, Witnesses
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Squirrel vs. Burbank, Round 2
A judge this week ruled in favor of a man who filed a claim against the city of Burbank for another incident in which a squirrel chewed on aluminum wiring, causing a power surge that damaged electrical equipment. Following a hearing on Wednesday in the...Tags: Judges, Government, Public Officials, Politics, Electricity Production and Distribution
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Burbank bird man pleads not guilty
A 59-year-old Burbank business owner pleaded not guilty Friday to creating a nuisance and potential danger for aircraft at Bob Hope Airport by feeding hundreds of pigeons near the runway. Charles Douglas appeared in the Los Angeles County Superior...Tags: Lawyers, Bob Hope, Southwest Airlines Co., Trials
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Brancato hearing pushed back again
A 70-year-old Burbank man accused of beating his wife to death appeared in court Wednesday in a wheelchair after suffering from a fractured shoulder and back spasms while in jail, his attorney said. Joseph Brancato faces murder charges after allegedly...Tags: Judges, Lawyers, Prisons, Court Preliminary, Murder
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Q&A: Amy Albano, Burbank's first female city attorney
Amy Albano was sworn in this week as Burbank’s first female city attorney, replacing Dennis Barlow, who retired after 14 years.
Albano joined Thousand Oaks in 2005 as city attorney after spending 14 years in the City Attorney’s Office at...Tags: Lawyers, Litigation, Trials
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Decision on former Burbank officer's case put on hold
A federal judge who was scheduled to make a final decision Thursday in a case involving a former Burbank police officer’s claims of discrimination and retaliatory firing instead put the matter on hold until Dec. 5.
Last week, U.S. District Court...Tags: Judges, Lawyers, File Sharing
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Federal officials begin major crackdown on marijuana operations
Federal prosecutors on Friday launched a significant crackdown on commercial marijuana operations, announcing legal action against several marijuana operations as part of a new statewide enforcement effort.
According to a statement, the action focused...Tags: Lawyers, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Drug Trafficking, Prosecution, Health Treatments
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Willard hearing is rescheduled
A pre-trial hearing scheduled this week for the man accused of the attempted murder of two police officers outside a Kmart last year has been moved to Oct. 14. Jamie Warren Willard, 31, of Gresham, Ore., who allegedly used an officer’s gun to shoot...Tags: Judges, Lawyers, Court Preliminary, Trials
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Following verdict, LaChasse calls for cohesion in police department
With the first of a slew of lawsuits filed by current and former police officers against the city now concluded, Interim Police Chief Scott LaChasse this week acknowledged that a few in the ranks were not pleased with attempts to diversify the department....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Trials
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Jury awards former deputy police chief $1.3M
A jury this week sided with former Deputy Police Chief William Taylor to the tune of nearly $1.3 million, siding with his claims that he was fired in retaliation for refusing to sign off on the terminations of minority officers. In his 2009 lawsuit,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Theft, Lawyers, Witnesses, Sex Crimes
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Arguments in gay marriage legal battle presented to appeals court
A federal judge’s failure to disclose whether he intended to marry his long-term, same-sex partner before presiding over the Proposition 8 case amounts to misconduct that requires the removal of his ruling against the 2008 ballot measure, lawyers...Tags: Judges, Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians, Los Angeles Times, Same-Sex Marriage
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