Los Angeles Magazine

1 week ago | 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.

1 week ago | 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.

1 week ago | 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.

1 week ago | lamag.com | Michele McPhee

A motion filed by Karen Read's defense team to amend the verdict slip in her second trial on murder charges as jurors begin their first full day of deliberations in the death of Boston police officer John O'Keefe was denied Monday.

1 week ago | lamag.com | Michele McPhee

Angelenos across the city will take to the streets Saturday, an opportunity, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell said, for Los Angeles to "support passionate civic engagement" while remaining peaceful. "Violence and destruction do not make your voice louder, they distract from your cause," McDonnell, who is the son of Irish immigrants, said Saturday morning, flanked by Mayor Karen Bass and other city leaders.