Tag: felon

Stolen Luxury Cars Worth $2.3 Million Found Stashed in Backyard of Home in Los Angeles San Fernando Valley Images

By Jaimie Ding From Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES—More than 30 stolen luxury vehicles, including BMWs, Aston Martins, Bentleys, Porsches and Jaguars, were being stashed in a Van Nuys backyard, authorities said. The cars, worth a total of $2.3 million, had been “fraudulently purchased” from dealerships in Southern California, according to California Highway Patrol investigators….


Prosecutor: Suspect in Vegas Severed Head Case a Prior Felon

LAS VEGAS—A prosecutor in Las Vegas told a judge Tuesday that a man jailed after police found the severed head and body parts of an acquaintance in the truck he was driving has prior felony and federal criminal convictions dating to the 1980s in states including California, Texas, and Nevada. Eric Holland stood in court…


North Carolina Bill Seeks to Repeal Pistol Permit and Shorten Felons’ Wait to Get Gun Rights Back

North Carolina Republicans have filed a pro-Second Amendment bill that would repeal the state’s handgun permit requirement and reduce the number of years that people convicted of nonviolent crimes must wait before seeking to have their gun rights restored. GOP state Sens. Danny Britt, Jim Perry, and Todd Johnson, sponsored Senate Bill 687 (pdf), which was filed…