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  • Pistol Packing Mama: Fight between homeless couple over a stroller, ends in gunfire and criminal charges.

    SMPD PIO|May 21, 2021

    5/17: A fight between a homeless couple over a stroller, ended in gunfire and criminal charges for one woman. Just after noon, Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) Officers responded to a shooting in the alley of the 2400 block of Ocean Park Blvd. Witnesses told them that the victim was in the alleyway pushing a stroller filled with personal property, when a vehicle drove past him. That vehicle suddenly reversed and hit the victim's stroller causing all the items to fall out and scatter onto...

  • SMPD Arrest Man Who Allegedly Tried to Kill His Girlfriend with a Knife

    SMPD and Observer Staff|May 13, 2021

    May 10, 2021 - The Santa Monica Police Department successfully apprehended a suspect wanted for attempted murder after he fled on foot Sunday evening. At approximately 8:44 pm, the police responded to a call of an Attempted Murder, involving a knife, in the 1900 block of Cloverfield Blvd. This is near the 10 Freeway, about two blocks away from Virginia Park. The victim reported that her boyfriend, identified as Jeremy Gonzalez, a 29-year old Hispanic male, attempted to stab her with a large...

  • See Something, Say Something Results in Illegal Firearm Arrest

    SMPD and Observer Staff|May 12, 2021

    On May 8, 2021 at approximately 3:00 AM, Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) Officers responded to the 900 block of Georgina Avenue regarding a report of suspicious behavior involving two individuals. The reporting person believed they were prowling. Upon the officers' arrival, they witnessed the described vehicle leaving the area at a high rate of speed. The vehicle failed to obey several traffic signs and continued to be reckless until officers were able to stop it a short distance away....

  • Lexis Arrested for Stealing Jewelry With a Chrysler

    SMPD|Feb 6, 2018

    2/7/2018: The Santa Monica PD says it has filed charges against a 23 year old Long Beach woman, for armed robbery of a jewelry store on Montana Avenue Lexis Monee Willis allegedly came to L’Oliphant Jewelry Store around 4 PM on January 5th. She posed as a customer, selecting 2 diamond rings from the display case. When the clerk was distracted, Willis ran out of the store with $12,000 in diamond rings, police say. Willis “ran towards the alley and entered the passenger side of a newer model gre...