Even a decade ago, federal and state criminal cases involving sex trafficking seemed few and far between.  However, in the last few years, as a federal criminal defense attorney, in Southern California, and as a female sex crimes attorney,...
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As a criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles, who handles a majority of sex crimes cases, I have seen lots of different scenarios involving allegations of child pornography but this is a relatively uncommon one: Letha Mae Montemayor ,a 52-year...
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As a criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles who has handled a lot of child abuse, murder, and violent crimes cases, this story leaped out at me because it just seems terribly sad.  First of all, we know that the accused is only 21-years-...
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As a sex crimes defense attorney in Los Angeles, I tend to pay attention to all news stories that involve perceived public outrage over changes in the laws involving these sensitive type of sexually-related cases.   Interestingly enou...
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On Thursday November 7 San Diego county police released the photo and description of a man. The individual in question is a wanted fugitive. Reports referred to the man as Jaime Margarito Reyes. Reyes, age 21, has two outstanding felony war...
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Investigators are looking into a theft at a San Diego school that erased two years of fundraising to purchase computer technology for students. Parents at River Glen School have spent the last two years writing grant applications and sponsoring...
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According to news reports, a man has been convicted of pimping a girl in Fresno. These reports show that Maurice Hunt was sentenced on Monday October 28 for pimping a 13-year-old girl in the city. The case has apparently been going on for quite...
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Officers from the New Port Beach police department filed a bulletin with an alert service in regards to a residential burglary. The crime took place on the 2700 block of Harbor View drive. It would have happened sometime between 6:15 and 8:00 P...
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A man involved in acts of vandalism and inciting a riot at an Orange County surfboarding event plead guilty on October 31. Riots occurred at the U.S. Open of Surfing on July 28. Acts of vandalism and other serious property crimes happened at th...
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A man was arrested on Tuesday October 29 for apparently raping his wife. Police reports show that Francisco Ortiz Martinez, age 53, grabbed his wife against her will. They were in their Phoenix home on August 25. At around 3:00 PM Martinez ...
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