Law Enforcement

Crime alerts for Hollywood, Fairfax and 14 other L.A. neighborhoods
Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 16 L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database. Seven neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Hollywood was the most unusual, recording 30 reports compared with a weekly average of 12.5 over the last three months. Fairfax topped the list of nine neighborhoods with property crime alerts.
Los Angeles Times

LAPD: Suspected drunk driver crashes into car, sending it into home
One person is dead and two others are injured after a suspected drunk driver slammed into a vehicle then careened into a fence surrounding a home in the 19700 block of Parthenia Street in Northridge Monday night, said Officer Karen Rayner with LAPD. The crash occurred around 9:37 p.m., according to Matt Spence with LA Fire Department. The two injured people were reported to have non-life threatening injuries.
NBC4

Kennedy's junior varsity coach is arrested
Pedro Cruz Trujillo, 24, who was the junior varsity baseball coach at Granada Hills Kennedy, was arrested Monday on suspicion of child endangerment, according to a news release from the LAPD. According to police, Trujillo took a group of six students, ranging in age from 14 to 16, to a Dodgers game at Dodger Stadium on May 18. It is alleged that Trujillo and some of the students in his car smoked marijuana to and from the event.
Los Angeles Times

FBI: 79 rescued in child prostitution sweep
The FBI has announced the results of the latest nationwide sweep of prostitution rings that prey on children. Over a three-day period, FBI agents with state and local police officials "rescued" 79 minors and arrested 104 pimps. Acting Executive Assistant Director Kevin Perkins briefed reporters on this sixth deployment of "Operation Cross Country," describing how child prostitution has evolved from a local crime to a nationwide problem dominated by organized crime groups "with a business strategy" that recruit vulnerable children in social media, chat lines and text messaging.
CBS News

Riverside cop killer Earl Ellis Green sentenced to death
A parolee convicted of murdering a Riverside police officer was sentenced to death on Monday morning. 46-year-old Earl Ellis Green was convicted last month or murdering Officer Ryan Bonamino during a traffic stop in 2010. The jury deliberated for less than five hours before recommending that Green be executed. Prosecutors say Bonaminio tried to pull Green over following a hit-and-run collision on the 60 Freeway in Riverside. Green was allegedly driving a stolen big rig at the time.
KTLA

Supreme Court

Arizona 'show me your papers law' harmful, LAPD chief says
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck on Monday responded to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down much of Arizona's far-reaching immigration law. Although Beck said he supported much of the high court's ruling, he was troubled by the decision to leave intact the portion of the law that requires police officers making lawful stops to determine the immigration status of people they suspect of being in the country illegally.
Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court immigrant decision draws mixed reaction in L.A.
Immigration advocates and attorneys gave a mixed response Monday to the Supreme Court decision that struck down most of Arizona's law targeting illegal immigrants but upheld a clause that allowed police to stop, question and detain immigrants based on their legal status. Most praised the Supreme Court for striking down three of the four provisions of Arizona's SB 1070 but said they believed the upheld "show me your papers" provision would encourage racial profiling.
Los Angeles Times

U.S. Supreme Court rules out mandatory life without parole for juveniles
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday continued to limit how severely states may punish juvenile criminals, saying it is unconstitutional for to mandate life in prison without parole for youth offenders convicted of murder. The 5-4 decision split along ideological lines: The court's four liberals and swing vote Justice Anthony Kennedy joined to order states and the federal government to allow judges and juries to consider a juvenile's age when they hand down sentences for some of the harshest crimes, instead of automatically sending them to prison for life without parole.
Associated Press

Municipal Budgets

Stockton faces end of mediation, weighs bankruptcy
Stockton, the California city with the nation's second-highest foreclosure rate, was negotiating Monday with its creditors in an effort to keep it from becoming the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy. Negotiations were ongoing as officials faced a midnight deadline to reach a deal to restructure millions of dollars of debt under a new state mediation law designed to help municipalities avoid bankruptcy, city spokeswoman Connie Cochran told The Associated Press. Cochran declined to disclose the status of the mediation.
Associated Press

California Budget