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Hearing Set for Ex-School Cop Convicted in Shooting Hoax
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) -- A post-sentencing hearing is scheduled Wednesday for the former LAPD campus police officer who staged his own shooting. Jeffrey Stenroos, 31, has already paid the L.A. City Council $309,000 in restitution for the bizarre...Tags: Prisons, Stranger Than Fiction, Justice System, Punishment, Juvenile Delinquency
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LB Woman Gets Probation in Abandoned Baby Hoax
KTLA NewsLONG BEACH, Calif. (KTLA) -- A woman accused of lying to police about finding an abandoned newborn at a gas station has been sentenced to three years of probation. Sonia Hernandez, 52, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of filing a false police...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Trials, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Stranger Than Fiction, Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Forgery Suspect Wanted for Cashing Bogus Checks
KTLA NewsPALMDALE, Calif. (KTLA) -- Sheriff's investigators are searching for a forgery suspect operating in the Antelope Valley area. The unidentified woman is accused of manufacturing fraudulent checks and cashing them at local banks. Investigators say the...Tags: Human Interest, Palmdale, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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Caregiver Accused of Stealing $287,000 from 81-Year-Old Victim
KTLA NewsSEAL BEACH -- Detectives arrested a 31-year-old caregiver Friday morning on charges of grand theft, forgery and elder abuse. Marisa Robles was taken into custody on an outstanding warrant related to the theft of over $287,000 from an elderly victim who...Tags: Trials, Human Interest, Crimes, International Travel, Theft
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911 Hoax Sends Norwalk Deputies Scrambling
KTLA NewsNORWALK -- The emergency 911 call to the L.A. County Sheriff's Norwalk office sounded real -- a man told the dispatcher he shot a woman on the spot. Gunshots could be heard in the background. But, the frantic call was a hoax and authorities say they're...Tags: Human Interest, Disasters and Accidents, Assault, Stranger Than Fiction, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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Judge Throws Out Conviction in Deadly MySpace Hoax
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES -- In a stunning move, a federal judge has tentatively decided to reverse a jury's verdicts and acquit a Missouri woman who had been convicted of computer fraud charges stemming from an Internet hoax that prompted a teenage girl to commit...Tags: Trials, Entertainment, Los Angeles, Suicide, Stranger Than Fiction
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Rumors Spread of Major L.A. Quake
KTLA NewsPASADENA -- Officials at Caltech in Pasadena say internet rumors of an impending earthquake in the Los Angeles area are not true. The rumors, which spread like wildfire via text message and Twitter, triggered a deluge of calls to Caltech, the U.S....Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Los Angeles, Earthquakes, Fires, Stranger Than Fiction
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'Friendly Forger' Arrested in Huge Credit Card Scam
VAN NUYS -- A Valencia man, dubbed the 'friendly forger', is under arrest in one of the biggest credit card scams in San Fernando Valley history. Police say 44 year old William Spencer Hart was so nice, he was almost a pleasure to arrest him. But,...Tags: Police Arrests, Los Angeles Police Department, Wells Fargo & Co., Entertainment, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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"Balloon Boy" Dad Reports to Jail
Associated PressFORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The Colorado man who admitted orchestrating the balloon boy hoax reported to jail Monday to begin a 90-day jail sentence. Richard Heene pleaded guilty to attempting to influence a public servant after the Oct. 15 saga that...Tags: Trials, Mayumi Iizuka, Falcon Heene, Prisons, Entertainment
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Johnny Depp Victim of Internet Hoax
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES -- A publicist says Johnny Depp is still very much alive after being the subject of an online hoax. Robin Baum, who represents the 46-year-old actor, said Monday that Internet reports of Depp's death over the weekend in France were a horrible...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Stranger Than Fiction, George Clooney, Crimes, Brad Pitt
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COURT: Teen pleads guilty to grand theft, forgery
An Aberdeen teenager who forged 60 checks has been given a chance to keep two felony charges from his record. Taylor Q. Hauge, 18, pleaded guilty to grand theft by deception and forgery. Lori Ehlers, chief deputy state's attorney, said that, between...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Heroin, Trials, Prisons, Crimes
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Victim of an alleged "Warrior Eli" hoax receives apology
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsWarrior Eli's cancer fighting saga grabbed the attention of many caring people. His online supporters followed his fight with cancer and his mother's death like a virtual soap opera. Donna Jantzen of Mulvane was one them. She sent a homemade...Tags: Cancer, Stranger Than Fiction
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