SANTA BARBARA- A man accused of raping and beating a fellow student at UC Santa Barbara in February 2014, will face trial on charges of forcible rape, torture and great bodily injury. The decision that there was enough evidence to try Daniel Chen, 21, was made by Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Pauline Maxwell on […]
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Grim Sleeper Serial Killer Sentenced to Death
LOS ANGELES – On August 10, 2016, Lonnie Franklin Jr., 63, AKA the Grim Sleeper, the man who preyed on vulnerable young women for two decades, killing nine and a teenage girl, was sentenced to death. The sentence was handed down after more than 15 family members of victims addressed the court and talked about […]
Inside California DOJ’s DNA Lab in Richmond
RICHMOND – If you ever want to meet a group of serious and successful crime fighters and crime solvers, walk into the California Department of Justice(DOJ), Bureau of Forensics Jan Bashinski DNA Laboratory in Richmond and introduce yourself to any one of the criminalists there. “These are public safety employees. They may not carry guns, they […]
