LA Drug Crimes Blog
Posted on Feb 18, 2012 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Law enforcement agents in Los Angeles seized more than 130 gallons of the drug PCP this past Wednesday following a month-long investigation. Agents from both the Los Angeles Police Department and the ...
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Posted on Feb 13, 2012 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Former model and reality television star Tess Taylor was arrested for drug possession last month. Taylor starred on "Pretty Wild" on E! in 2010. Taylor had previously checked into a Malibu ...
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Posted on Feb 12, 2012 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Actor Taran Noah Smith was arrested for drug possession earlier this month after local law enforcement agents stopped him for being parked improperly. Smith, who is best known for his work as the ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Law enforcement officials in New York City raided a five-story marijuana farm in the Bronx this past Tuesday. According to reports, the building was in a residential area of the Van Nest neighborhood ...
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Posted on Jan 27, 2012 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Reality television star Amber Portwood has struck a plea deal after being arrested for drugs last month. According to reports, Portwood, who stars on the MTV show "Teen Mom," was arrested in ...
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Posted on Jan 27, 2012 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Actor Armie Hammer was arrested for the possession of marijuana in the same small Texas town where rapper Snoop Dogg and folk singer Willie Nelson were also arrested in the past. Hammer, who is best ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2012 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Actor Gary Dourdan pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace in a Los Angeles court room last week and was fined $100. The actor, who is best known for his work on the television series "CSI: Crime ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2012 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Federal agents seized a large cargo of marijuana from two boats off the coast of Santa Catalina Island earlier this month. Federal agents first spotted the two boats on radar on January 12th. ...
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Posted on Jan 15, 2012 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Federal agents seized 63 pounds of erectile dysfunction drugs at Los Angeles International Aiport last month from a man attempting to enter the United States. The unidentified man was stopped by ...
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Posted on Jan 10, 2012 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Rapper Snoop Dogg was arrested for the possesion of marijuana last weekend after his tour bus was stopped in Texas. The rapper, whose real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr., was stopped by local ...
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Posted on Jan 7, 2012 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Reality television star The Unit is facing charges of drug possession following an arrest by local law enforcement officials in New Jersey last summer. The Unit, whose real name is Jonathan Manfare, ...
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Posted on Dec 29, 2011 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
While socialite Paris Hilton was out shopping the day after Christmas, photographers spotted some suspicious-looking powder all over her vehicle. Hilton, however insists that the powder was actually ...
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Posted on Dec 25, 2011 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Professional football player Jerome Simpson is under investigation after law enforcement officials tracked a large package of marijuana that had been shipped to his house. Simpson, who famously ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2011 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Two men were convicted in a Long Beach Court on 13 felony counts of drug-related crimes today. Joe Grumbine and Joe Byron reportedly owned three marijuana dispensaries in the Long Beach area and were ...
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Posted on Dec 18, 2011 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Professional football player Sam Hurd was arrested on drug-related charges in Chicago last week. Hurd had played the position of receiver for the Dallas Cowboys before being signed to the Chicago ...
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Posted on Dec 17, 2011 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Actor Jermaine "Huggy" Hopkins was arrested in Arizona this past week for purchasing a large quantity of marijuana. In what turned out to be a sting operation set up by local law enforcement ...
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Posted on Dec 16, 2011 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Professional baseball player James Loney was arrested by Los Angeles Police last month after crashing into several cars. Loney, who plays first base for the Los Angeles Dodgers, was driving through a ...
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Posted on Dec 5, 2011 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Brooke Mueller, the most recent ex-wife of actor Charlie Sheen, was arrested over the weekend in Aspen, Colorado. Aspen police responded to calls of an alleged assault on an unnamed female patron at a ...
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Posted on Nov 30, 2011 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Local law enforcement agents discovered a small marijuana farm in Palmdale yesterday while performing a probation compliance check. Detectives working with Operation Safe Streets were checking on ...
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Posted on Nov 29, 2011 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Rapper Lil Boosie was sentenced to prison today for his part in in a drug smuggling conspiracy. The rapper, whose real name is Torrence Hatch, pleaded guilty in a Louisiana court room to conspiring to ...
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Posted on Nov 22, 2011 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
One of the founding members of the famous Pointer Sisters singing group of the 1970s and 80s was arrested by local law enforcement agents for possession of a controlled substance last week in Los ...
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Posted on Nov 17, 2011 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Federal agents for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) earlier this week found nearly $4 million-worth of cocaine at the home of professional boxer Ivan Calderon. Calderon issued a statement on ...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2011 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Federal investigators working with local police officers raided several medical marijuana dispensaries in the western region of Washington State last week. Washington is one of just 16 states, in ...
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Posted on Nov 14, 2011 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Former NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield was arrested earlier this month after local law enforcement agents found methamphetamines while searching his home. Police arrived at Mayfield's North Carolina ...
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Posted on Nov 11, 2011 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
The state of California filed paperwork in late October to sue former R&B singer Dreux Pierre Frederic for the illegal operation of a marijuana dispensary of which he is the part owner. Frederic, ...
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