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The LAPD Van Nuys Division is welcoming a new Captain. Captain Paul Snell has been a part of the Los Angeles Police Department for 27 years.

Described as a “tough cop and a class act” by some of his colleagues, Capt. Snell has served in various departments within the LAPD, including traffic and vice, as well as working patrol for the Newton Community as a lieutenant. He worked as assistant to former Chief William Bratton for three and a half years and has also worked for the Inspector General. His last assignment was with the Criminal Gang Homicide Division.

Capt. Snell is a family man, being a father of four and grandfather to seven children. A graduate of Occidental College, Snell attended the same school as President Obama. Throughout his time as an officer of the LAPD, Snell has encountered many other notable people as well, such as Sir Elton John, John Read more »

Edwin Sunmin Lee, 39, retired from the Los Angeles Police Department in April 2005 after he confessed to a felony charge for filing a false police report.  (Not sure how he got his bail license, because you’re supposed to have a clean record.)

Surprise! – now he is allegedly in trouble once more.  The Hacienda Heights area ex-cop-turned-bail-bondsman has plead not guilty to charges that he illegally solicited bail from inmates in local jails.  County District Attorney’s officials have accused Lee of no less than six felony counts.  The incidents that led to his arrest supposedly took place at the Van Nuys jail on or about July 27, 2008 and Feb. 10, 2009.

Ironically, Lee does not have to be bailed out of jail himself (good thing, because Read more »

The grandson of the late President Ronald Reagan, Cameron Michael Reagan, 31 was arrested on Thursday morning  for misdemeanor resisting arrest and obstructing an officer.

According to a family member, he accidently tripped off a silent alarm in his own home which sent the Los Angeles Police Department to his location.

When the LAPD arrived on the scene, Cameron asked who they were. When they responded “who are you?” Cameron reached for his I.D.  That’s when officers reportedly tackled and arrested him believing he may be going for a gun.

In an interview with CNN Read more »

The 40-year-old Sparks was arrested by detectives from the Van Nuys Division on a felony warrant and several counts. Sparks was booked into the Van Nuys jail on a $590,000 bail. The popular TV show dance judge has been the subject of an ongoing investigation. The Los Angeles Police Department is seeking more victims and further information about the case from the public.

Melvin Shane Sparks, the highly lauded choreographer Read more »