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Producer for Disney's 'Lone Ranger' fined over crew member's death
State regulators have fined a producer of the upcoming Walt Disney Studios movie “The Lone Ranger” more than $60,000, citing numerous safety violations in connection with a crew member who died at a movie ranch in Acton. A 48-year-old diver...
Tags: Fines, Richard Verrier, Health and Safety at Work, The Lone Ranger (movie)
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Volunteer for Burbank school board candidate fined for alleged rival sign theft
A volunteer working for Steve Ferguson’s campaign for a seat on the Burbank Unified school board was fined $950 after pleading no contest this week to charges that he stole signs belonging to a rival candidate, officials said. The volunteer, Scott...Tags: Theft, Fines, Trinidad and Tobago, Elections, Google+
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Man sentenced to 30 months for flashing laser at private plane, Pasadena police helicopter
A North Hollywood man who aimed a commercial-grade laser at a private airplane and a Pasadena police helicopter was sentenced Monday to 30 months in federal prison. Adam Gardenhire, 19, pleaded guilty in October to one count of aiming the beam of a...Tags: FBI, Justice System, Federal Aviation Administration, Trials, Judges
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Convicted pimp's lawsuit against Burbank PD is tossed out
Calling the complaint “frivolous and malicious,” a federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed against the Burbank Police Department in which a convicted pimp claimed false imprisonment and racial profiling stemming from charges filed against...
Tags: Laws, Prisons, Social Issues, Theft, Credit and Debt
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Convicted pimp accuses police of racial profiling and false imprisonment
A convicted pimp has filed a $2.9-million lawsuit against the Burbank Police Department and the city claiming false imprisonment and racial profiling stemming from charges filed against him more than two years ago that were eventually dismissed. In...Tags: Prisons, Laws, Social Issues, Theft, Prosecution
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Officers issue fewer parking tickets, revenues decline
Parking ticket revenues for the city took a dive last year — dropping roughly $500,000 to just under $2 million — as police are issuing fewer citations. It’s a trend officials attribute to increased vigilance among drivers to dodge...
Tags: Fines, Auto Trends, Google Inc.
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Eight people arrested in alleged car insurance fraud scheme
Eight people from Glendale and Burbank were arrested on suspicion of insurance fraud after allegedly staging two car accidents and reporting fraudulent vandalism that, taken together, swindled multiple insurers out of $82,000, officials announced Monday....Tags: Google+, Insurance
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Year in Review: City manager Mike Flad leaves, Burbank sees first homicide in 3 years, Rebecca Mieliwocki recognized by Obama
A massive manhunt for a missing FBI agent, the surprise departure of the city’s chief executive, a National Teacher of the Year, tragic suicide and long-sought closure for the family of a murdered Burbank police officer. The year 2012 was full of...
Tags: Prisons, Suicide, Economy, Business and Finance, Electronics, Justice System
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Year in Review: A year of tragedy and triumph
A massive manhunt for a missing FBI agent, the surprise departure of the city's chief executive, a National Teacher of the Year, tragic suicide and long-sought closure for the family of a murdered Burbank police officer. The year 2012 was full of...
Tags: Prisons, Suicide, Economy, Business and Finance, Electronics, Justice System
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Campaign treasurer agrees to eight-year sentence
Former campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee agreed Tuesday with a recommendation by federal prosecutors that she be sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing $7 million from as many as 50 political clients, including U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Such...Tags: Patrick McGreevy, Theft, Justice System, Los Angeles Times, Judges
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Prosecutors seek 97-month prison term for Burbank accountant
Federal prosecutors have recommended that former campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee be sentenced to 97 months in prison after she pleaded guilty to five counts of mail fraud involving the theft of more than $7 million in political funds from 50 clients,...Tags: Patrick McGreevy, Laura Richardson, Prisons, Theft, Prosecution
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San Fernando Valley roundup: Driver pleads not guilty in electrocution deaths of Good Samaritans, Pacoima man sentenced in San Fernando Valley robbery spree
Good morning, readers. Today is Tuesday, November 20. Arman Samsonian, 19, pleaded not guilty to charges related to the death of two women, who were electrocuted as they tried to help after Samsonian crashed into a fire hydrant and light pole in Valley...
Tags: Theft, Trials, Washington, DC
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