Long Beach crime

Detectives Seek Suspect Involved in Multiple Robberies

  The Long Beach Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a robbery suspect wanted in connection with three armed robberies to businesses occurring in the southeast area of Long Beach since Thursday night. In each of the incidents the suspect enters the business and demands cash, while showing a handgun.  Once [...]

LBPD Crime Stats Show Drop in Murders to Record Low

Murders in Long Beach continue to drop and are the lowest on record since the Long Beach Police Department began recording statistics. There were 25 murders in the year 2011, a 19.4% decrease from 2010, which had 31 murders. The 2011 murder statistics surpassed the lowest number on record, which was as recorded in 1969 [...]

Neighborhood Resource Center Hosts Community Watch Workshop Wednesday

On Wednesday, January 25, 2012, from 6:00 to 7:30 to p.m., the Neighborhood Resource Center will be hosting a workshop for Long Beach residents to learn about the Long Beach Police Department’s Community Watch Program at the Neighborhood Resource Center located at 425 Atlantic Avenue.

LBPD South Patrol Division to Host Leadership Forum

On Thursday, January 26, 2012, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., the Long Beach Police Department’s South Patrol Division will be hosting a leadership forum, which will be held in the Long Beach Police Department’s Community Room, located at 400 West Broadway, Long Beach. South Division Commander John Benedetti and his staff will be on hand [...]

Two Suspects Arrested For Quintuple Murder at Long Beach Homeless Camp

Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe released a statement following the arrest of two men involved in the murder of five people, four of whom were homeless, in the City of Long Beach at a homeless encampment on November 2, 2008: “I am proud of the diligent investigation conducted by the Long Beach Police Department, [...]

Sen. Ted W. Lieu Named Among 12 Lawmakers Nationwide Worth Watching

For the second consecutive year, Sen. Ted W. Lieu of Torrance was named by a national government-policy publication as one of the nation’s top ‘legislators to watch.’ “At a time when politicians are about as popular as a sewage treatment plant being built next to your house, it may seem like poor taste to assemble [...]

Knabe Calls for Aggressive Prevention to Stop Child Sex Trafficking in L.A. County

At Tuesday’s Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Meeting, Supervisor Don Knabe commemorated National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.  “While we often think of child sex trafficking as a problem in other countries, it’s happening right here in our backyard to girls as young as 11 and 12,” said Knabe. Data from the County’s Probation Department [...]

Detectives Seeking Information on Saturday Night Murder

On Saturday, January 7, 2012, at approximately 10:39 PM, Long Beach Police Officers responded to the intersection of Long Beach Boulevard and 68th Street regarding a 911 report of a shooting. Two male adult victims were standing on the sidewalk at the northeast corner of Long Beach Boulevard and 68th Street. A gray sedan approached the [...]

Information Sought in Murder Investigation

On Saturday, November 26, 2011, at approximately 5:31 p.m., officers from the Long Beach Police Department were dispatched to a shooting that had occurred in the 5500 block of Ackerfield Avenue, that resulted in the death of an adult male. When officers arrived on the scene, they found a male who had sustained a gunshot [...]

Citizen’s Call Leads to Arrest of Auto Burglary Suspects

On Wednesday, Novermber 16, 2011, at approximately 4:00 a.m., officers from the Long Beach Police Department were dispatched to the area of 2nd Street and Glendora Avenue in response to a call reporting suspicious activity around parked vehicles. Thanks to this call from an alert resident, and good police work, multiple arrests were made and [...]

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