California Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog


Covers news and events dealing with criminal defense in California.

Author: Douglas Slain is a solo practitioner in Oakland, Calif.

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Recent Posts from California Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog


  • Orange County Men Use Fake Warrant to Rob Bank

    Last week, four Orange County men and one Nevada man walked into a Nevada Wells Fargo bank, handed the bank manager a fake warrant and said that they had the authority to walk into the…

  • Glendora Woman Arrested For Theft Off of FedEx Truck

    Julieta Pimentel was arrested today for stealing items off of a FedEx truck parked outside of a Wendy's restaurant in Glendora in September. Pimentel apparently stole items such as designer purses, luggage and clothing and…

  • Orange County EMT Convicted of Raping Patient

    Jesse Karim Pena was convicted of raping a female patient in the Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo in February. The patient was heavily intoxicated and could not resist Pena's advances. She later reported the incident…

  • California Man Sentenced for Murder of National Guardsman

    Fabian Cayetano Urrea has been sentenced to 50 years to life in prison for the murder of a National Guardsman. Jorge Estrada had been serving time in Iraq while his wife, Diana Estrada, was having…

  • Huntington Beach Surf Legend Arrested For Drug & Gun Possession

    Joey Roy Hawkins, a former long boarder and surf champion, was arrested last week on suspicion of being under the influence of methamphetamine and possessing a loaded gun while sitting in his car near a…

  • Head of Boys & Girls Club in Tustin Guilty of Theft

    Clifford Polston, the former head of the Boys and Girls Club of Tustin for 30 years, pleaded guilty to stealing around $114,000 from the Club, taking over $6,000 in unauthorized car allowances and creating a…

  • Garden Grove Woman Charged For Lying to Cops

    Lori Christina Armstrong was charged with a misdemeanor count of falsely reporting a crime to officers. Last month, Armstrong claimed that she had been kidnapped from a bus stop in Santa Ana after the suspects…

  • Boxer Mike Tyson Charged With Battery For Fight in Los Angeles

    On Wednesday of this week, Mike Tyson was at LAX airport and was being followed by paparazzi. He exchanged words with one of the photographers, Tony Echevarria. The two men got into an altercation and…

  • Mission Viejo Man Convicted For Having Naked Picture of Niece

    Arthur Leroy Shoot was returning home from a trip to the Philippines in September of 2008, when custom officials at Los Angeles International Airport decided to search his luggage. While searching through Shoot's phone, officials…

  • Copper Stolen From Lake Forest Power Station

    Last weekend, over $10,000 of copper cable was stolen from two Southern California Edison power stations. The thieves stole over 1,000 feet of the cables that were being used to ground towers at substations. Edison…