The Inland Empire Crime Blog

11/3/2008
5 Dead in Long Beach Murders
On Sunday, November 02, 2008, at approximately 8:30 a.m., the Long Beach Police Department responded to the area of Sante Fe Avenue and Wardlow Road near the 405 Freeway regarding a caller that said someone had been murdered.
Long Beach Police Officers and California Highway Patrol Officers searched the area and [...]

Announcement: On October 29, 2008 just past 8:00 a.m. a tragic accident occurred. An 11 year girl was struck and killed by a female driving a Nissin Pathfinder. The victim, Meri Nalbandian, was a sixth grader on her way to Toll Middle School.
Upon being struck, the Glendale Fire Department responded to aid the victim and [...]

Sacramento County Sheriff’s Homicide detectives have arrested two suspects for the October 25, 2008, murder of 28-year-old Ricky Bufford. On October 29, 2008, detectives arrested 21-year-old Sacramento resident Brandon Chatman after he voluntarily met them at the Homicide Bureau for questioning. On October 30, 2008, Homicide detectives arrested 20-year-old Sacramento resident Shawn Jones at the [...]

There will be no City-sponsored venue in the Castro district for Halloween, Friday, October 31.  There will be no official entertainment provided and no street closures are planned.  The San Francisco Police Department will be enforcing a zero-tolerance policy regarding public drinking and any other criminal activity.  Those violating laws prohibiting the consumption of alcohol [...]

The Salinas Police Department, in partnership with Sun Street Center’s P.A.R.T.S. and S.T.E.P.S. programs, (Preventing Alcohol Related Trauma in Salinas and Safe Teens Empowerment Project in Salinas) will be conducting a DUI and Drivers License Checkpoint during the evening hours of Thursday October 30, 2008, at an undisclosed location in the city of Salinas. The [...]

IRVINE, CA (October 29, 2008):  AT 1:20 pm on October 28, 2008, “THE KHAKI BANDIT” entered the Washington Mutual bank located in the 3900 block of Barranca Parkway in Irvine.  He presented a note and demanded money from the teller.  After receiving money he fled the bank possibly into a newer model black Ford Fusion [...]

The Long Beach Police Department is pleased to announce that an arrest has been made in the case of a child predator who had been preying on young children.
On Friday, October 24, 2008, Long Beach Police detectives responded to the City of Torrance in response to a tip from a citizen.  The suspect, identified as [...]

On Monday night officers from the Oakland Police Department responded to a call of a suspicious vehicle in an area that had been burglarized numerous times over the last few weeks. When they arrived on scene, they located the vehicle and attempted to initiate a traffic stop on the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle [...]

*The Orange County District Attorney and Orange County Sheriff’s Department are seeking the public’s help in identifying additional victims
NEWPORT BEACH – A jewelry store owner will be arraigned today on charges of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old female customer while she was shopping for a gift for her mother.
Fereydoun Ghavami, 56, is charged with one felony [...]

On October 26, 2008 at about 5:29 P.M., a Santa Monica Police Traffic Service Officer reported hearing gunshots near Kansas Avenue and Cloverfield Boulevard. Responding police officers located a  17-year-old Hispanic male who was the victim of a gunshot wound at that location.
Further investigation revealed a second victim hiding in an apartment located in the [...]