Category: murder

Homeless Henchmen for Hire

Can someone tell Foodnetwork Juan-Carlos Cruz that not having a home does not equate to not having morals or common sense. He attempted to hire three men who are homeless in Santa Monica to kill his wife. His method of payment was a $100 bill that was torn in half. Apparently he would give the other half […]

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Double Murder – a year later

What happened Easter morning in 2009 at The Lamp Lodge in LA’s Skid Row and what does it say about the safety and services for residents there . . . Read the City Journal’s story on the Truth about Policing and Skid Row for an animated accounting of the murder and reasons behind it. Basically […]

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Limo Hit and Run

My mom called me this morning to ask where %th and Los ANgeles street was in downtown Los Angeles. I told her is is about a block from the Central Division of the LAPD, why? Early this morning there was a hit and run. One woman in a 1980’s limo dragged another two blocks and […]

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Skid Row Murder update

Shanana Flores,  Lamont Ward, and, Richard Luna. These are the names of the people who caused the Lamp Lodge Murder at 660 S Stanford Avenue on Easter Sunday. Ryan Vaillancourt wrote a wonderful story on this in the Los Angeles Downtown News. But, they are not the only people responsible. That portion of Skid Row […]

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