
Michele McPhee
Senior Writer at Los Angeles Magazine
Senior Writer @LAMag @WGAW Screenwriter; True Crime Author; Producer; Podcaster; Freelancer @BostonMagazine
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yahoo.com | Michele McPhee
Feds Take Down Crew Who Pulled Off $100 Million Brinks Job - Largest in U.S. history originally appeared on L.A. Mag. Seven men who federal prosecutors say were behind the biggest jewelry heist in U.S. history - a $100 million Brinks truck robbery (Photo by Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images)It was a brazen robbery right out of the classic movie "The Town".
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lamag.com | Michele McPhee
It was a brazen robbery right out of the classic movie "The Town". It was a hot summer day, July 8, 2022, as 36-year-old Jazael Padilla roamed the aisles at the International Gem & Jewelry show that sprawled the San Mateo event center, ogling diamonds, gold and rubies, with a thief's eye, federal prosecutors now allege. Padilla, 36, was not there to shop, he was there to scout.
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lamag.com | Michele McPhee
After two emotionally wrought trials that divided a nation, Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman whose defense team had long argued was the victim of a shoddy police investigation and corrupt cops, was found not guilty of murder Wednesday.
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lamag.com | Michele McPhee
"If we find not guilty on two charges but can't agree on one charge, is it a hung jury on all three charges or just one charge?" That was the question posed by jurors in the controversial retrial of Karen Read, the national-headline-grabbing case underway in Massachusetts, prompting fears that after eight weeks of testimony, jurors could be deadlocked a year after her first trial on second-degree murder charges ended in a hung jury.
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yahoo.com | Michele McPhee
Trump's DHS Wants More Taxpayer Cash for Immigration Raids and 10,000 New ICE Agents originally appeared on L.A. Mag.
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Boston native and a true leader, former BPD Commissioner Ed Davis says

“You’re asking me to warn you of an enforcement action? No, we can’t do that.” “Why not?” “That would be obstruction of justice.” LAPD Chief McDonnell vs. Imelda Padilla at a fiery City Hall hearing. Full story from @michelemcphee: https://t.co/mWZKBTqmAe https://t.co/w4r3a5hJvJ

Well said @SueNBCBoston

You’ll see some secretly recorded videos of me, and ambush live streams, during my Karen Read trial work. I've been covering stories in Greater Boston since 1978 and have lived here continuously since 1961 (except for 90 days). This community is my home - I lived in Canton for

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