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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p> <b>Crime in California</b> refers to <a href="/wiki/Crime" title="Crime">crime</a> occurring within the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. The principal source of <a href="/wiki/Law" title="Law">law</a> for California criminal procedure is the <a href="/wiki/California_Penal_Code" title="California Penal Code">California Penal Code</a>. </p><p>California has a lower murder rate than the US average.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="State_statistics">State statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crime_in_California&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: State statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2019, there were 1,096,668 crimes reported in <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> including 1,679 murders, 14,720 rapes and 915,197 property crimes.<sup id="cite_ref-ca2019_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ca2019-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 9">: 9 </span></sup> In 2019, there were 1,012,441 arrests of adults and 43,181 arrests of juveniles in California.<sup id="cite_ref-ca2019_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ca2019-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 20">: 20 </span></sup> </p><p>In 2014, 1,697 people were victims of homicides. 30% of homicides were gang-related, 28% were due to an unspecified argument, 9% were domestic, and 7% were robbery related. The rest were unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017 the violent crime rate in California rose 1.5% and was 14th highest of the 50 states.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; margin-right:60px"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="12">Number of crimes per 100,000 persons in 2004 (crime rates)<sup id="cite_ref-US_Census_Bureau,_median_household_income_by_state_2004_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US_Census_Bureau,_median_household_income_by_state_2004-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Violent crime rates </th> <th colspan="6">Property crime rates </th> <th rowspan="2">Total </th> <th rowspan="2">Rank </th></tr> <tr> <th>Population </th> <th>Violent crime </th> <th>Homicide </th> <th>Rape </th> <th>Robbery </th> <th>Serious assault </th> <th>Property crime </th> <th>Burglary </th> <th>Larceny </th> <th>Motor vehicle theft </th></tr> <tr> <td>35,893,799 </td> <td>551.8 </td> <td>6.7 </td> <td>26.8 </td> <td>172.1 </td> <td>346.3 </td> <td>3,419.0 </td> <td>685.1 </td> <td>2,030.1 </td> <td>703.8 </td> <td>11,970.8 </td> <td>26 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Population</th> <th>Index</th> <th>Violent</th> <th>Property</th> <th>Murder</th> <th>Rape<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Robbery</th> <th>Aggravated <br />assault</th> <th>Burglary</th> <th>Larceny<br />theft</th> <th>Vehicle<br />theft </th></tr> <tr> <td>1960</td> <td>15,717,204</td> <td>546,069</td> <td>37,558</td> <td>508,511</td> <td>616</td> <td>2,859</td> <td>18,796</td> <td>18,796</td> <td>143,102 </td> <td>311,956 </td> <td>53,453 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970</td> <td>19,953,134</td> <td>1,264,854</td> <td>94,741</td> <td>1,170,113</td> <td>1,376</td> <td>7,005</td> <td>45,083</td> <td>45,083</td> <td>349,788 </td> <td>682,811 </td> <td>137,514 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980</td> <td>23,532,680</td> <td>1,264,854</td> <td>210,290</td> <td>1,633,042</td> <td>3,411</td> <td>13,693</td> <td>102,766</td> <td>102,766</td> <td>545,138 </td> <td>913,070 </td> <td>174,834 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990</td> <td>29,760,021</td> <td>1,965,237</td> <td>311,051</td> <td>1,654,186</td> <td>3,553</td> <td>12,688</td> <td>182,602</td> <td>182,602</td> <td>400,392 </td> <td>951,580 </td> <td>302,214 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td>33,871,648</td> <td>1,266,714</td> <td>210,531</td> <td>1,056,183</td> <td>2,079</td> <td>9,785</td> <td>60,249</td> <td>138,418</td> <td>222,293 </td> <td>651,855 </td> <td>182,035 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td>37,338,198 </td> <td>1,146,072 </td> <td>164,133 </td> <td>981,939 </td> <td>1,809 </td> <td>8,331 </td> <td>58,116 </td> <td>95,877 </td> <td>228,857 </td> <td>600,558 </td> <td>152,524 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td>39,250,017 </td> <td>1,176,866 </td> <td>174,796 </td> <td>1,002,070 </td> <td>1,930 </td> <td>10,149 </td> <td>54,789 </td> <td>104,375 </td> <td>188,304 </td> <td>637,010 </td> <td>176,756 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td>39,613,045 </td> <td>1,173,972 </td> <td>178,553 </td> <td>986,769 </td> <td>1,829 </td> <td>14,724 </td> <td>56,609 </td> <td>105,391 </td> <td>176,638 </td> <td>641,804 </td> <td>168,327 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td>39,825,181 </td> <td>1,126,387 </td> <td>176,866 </td> <td>940,998 </td> <td>1,739 </td> <td>15,500 </td> <td>54,312 </td> <td>105,315 </td> <td>164,540 </td> <td>621,288 </td> <td>155,170 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td>39,959,095 </td> <td>1,096,668 </td> <td>173,205 </td> <td>915,197 </td> <td>1,679 </td> <td>14,720 </td> <td>52,050 </td> <td>104,756 </td> <td>151,596 </td> <td>622,869 </td> <td>140,732 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="By_location">By location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crime_in_California&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: By location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Los_Angeles">Los Angeles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crime_in_California&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Los Angeles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Los_Angeles" title="Crime in Los Angeles">Crime in Los Angeles</a></div> <p>In 2010, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> reported 293 homicides.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2010 number corresponds to a rate of 7.6 per 100,000 population. Murders in Los Angeles have decreased since the peak year of 1993, when the homicide rate was 21.1 (per 100,000 population).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_procedure">Legal procedure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crime_in_California&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Legal procedure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Criminal_procedure_in_California" title="Criminal procedure in California">Criminal procedure in California</a></div> <p>As one of the fifty states of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> follows <a href="/wiki/Common_law" title="Common law">common law</a> <a href="/wiki/Criminal_procedure" title="Criminal procedure">criminal procedure</a>. The principal source of <a href="/wiki/Law" title="Law">law</a> for California criminal procedure is the <a href="/wiki/California_Penal_Code" title="California Penal Code">California Penal Code</a>, Part 2, "Of Criminal Procedure." </p><p>Every year in California, approximately 150 thousand <a href="/wiki/Violent_crimes" class="mw-redirect" title="Violent crimes">violent crimes</a> and 1 million <a href="/wiki/Property_crimes" class="mw-redirect" title="Property crimes">property crimes</a> are committed.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With a population of about <a href="/wiki/California#Population" title="California">40 million people</a>, approximately 1.2 million arrests are made every year in California.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/California_superior_courts" title="California superior courts">California superior courts</a> hear about 270,000 <a href="/wiki/Felony" title="Felony">felony</a> cases, 900,000 <a href="/wiki/Misdemeanor" title="Misdemeanor">misdemeanor</a> cases, and 5 million <a href="/wiki/Infraction" class="mw-redirect" title="Infraction">infraction</a> cases every year.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are currently 130,000 people in state prisons<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 70,000 people in county jails.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of these, there are 746 people who have been sentenced to death.<sup id="cite_ref-Maloy_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maloy-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Policing">Policing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crime_in_California&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Policing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_California" title="List of law enforcement agencies in California">List of law enforcement agencies in California</a></div> <p>In 2018, California had 531 state and local law enforcement agencies. Those agencies employed a total of 130,451 staff. Of the total staff, 79,038 were sworn officers (defined as those with general arrest powers).<sup id="cite_ref-bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Police_ratio">Police ratio</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crime_in_California&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Police ratio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2018, California had 200 police officers per 100,000 residents.<sup id="cite_ref-bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Capital_punishment_laws">Capital punishment laws</h3><span 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Eurasian criminal networks specialize in <a href="/wiki/White-collar_crime" title="White-collar crime">white-collar crime</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fraud" title="Fraud">fraud</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prostitution" title="Prostitution">prostitution</a> and <a href="/wiki/Human_trafficking" title="Human trafficking">human trafficking</a>. Crime cells from Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe impact public safety and the state's economy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gangs">Gangs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crime_in_California&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Gangs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_California_street_gangs" title="List of California street gangs">List of California street gangs</a></div> <p>Gangs in California are classified into three categories: criminal street gangs, <a href="/wiki/Prison_gang" title="Prison gang">prison gangs</a>, and outlaw <a href="/wiki/Motorcycle_gang" class="mw-redirect" title="Motorcycle gang">motorcycle gangs</a>. Gang operations usually include "assault, auto theft, drive-by shooting, illegal drug and narcotic manufacturing, drug and narcotic trafficking, forgery, fraud, home invasion robbery, identity theft, murder, weapons trafficking, witness intimidation, and violence against law enforcement." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Terrorism">Terrorism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crime_in_California&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Terrorism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Domestic_terrorism_in_the_United_States" title="Domestic terrorism in the United States">Domestic criminal extremists</a> include various racial supremacy groups. International terrorists include <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">Al-Qaeda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mujahedin-e-Khalq" class="mw-redirect" title="Mujahedin-e-Khalq">Mujahedin-e-Khalq</a> (MEK), and <a href="/wiki/Jamaat_ul-Fuqra" title="Jamaat ul-Fuqra">Jamaat ul-Fuqra</a> (JUF). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_incidents">Notable incidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crime_in_California&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notable incidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This is a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Dynamic_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">dynamic list</a> and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Crime_in_California" title="Special:EditPage/Crime in California">adding missing items</a> with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col div-col-small" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>1846–73: <a href="/wiki/California_genocide" title="California genocide">California genocide</a>—non-Natives killed between 9,492 and 16,094 California Natives</li> <li>1856–57: The <a href="/wiki/Flores_Daniel_Gang" title="Flores Daniel Gang">Flores Daniel Gang</a>. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Flores_(outlaw)" title="Juan Flores (outlaw)">Juan Flores</a>—hanged for <a href="/wiki/Murder" title="Murder">murder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pancho_Daniel" title="Pancho Daniel">Pancho Daniel</a>—<a href="/wiki/Lynching" title="Lynching">lynched</a> by a citizen mob</li></ul></li> <li>1899: <a href="/wiki/J._Ellis_Rodley" title="J. Ellis Rodley">J. Ellis Rodley</a>—convicted of <a href="/wiki/Perjury" title="Perjury">perjury</a>; sentenced to 12 years in prison</li> <li>1905–08: <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_graft_trials" title="San Francisco graft trials">San Francisco graft trials</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abe_Ruef" title="Abe Ruef">Abe Ruef</a>—the only person convicted as part of the graft trials; pleaded guilty to bribery and sentenced to 14 years in prison</li></ul></li> <li>1946: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Alcatraz" title="Battle of Alcatraz">Battle of Alcatraz</a></li> <li>1947: <a href="/wiki/Black_Dahlia" title="Black Dahlia">Black Dahlia</a> murder</li> <li>1965: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1965_Highway_101_sniper_attack" title="1965 Highway 101 sniper attack">1965 Highway 101 sniper attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watts_riots" title="Watts riots">Watts riots</a></li></ul></li> <li>1968–69: <a href="/wiki/Zodiac_Killer" title="Zodiac Killer">Zodiac Killer</a> murders five known victims</li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Robert_F._Kennedy" title="Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy">Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy</a></li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Tate%E2%80%93LaBianca_murders" title="Tate–LaBianca murders">Tate–LaBianca murders</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Newhall_incident" title="Newhall incident">Newhall incident</a></li> <li>1971–83: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Kraft" title="Randy Kraft">Randy Kraft</a> sentenced to death for 16 counts of murder; suspected of killing as many as 61 people</li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/United_California_Bank_burglary" title="United California Bank burglary">United California Bank burglary</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/1974_Los_Angeles_International_Airport_bombing" title="1974 Los Angeles International Airport bombing">1974 Los Angeles International Airport bombing</a></li> <li>1975: Assassination attempts of Gerald Ford <a href="/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Gerald_Ford_in_Sacramento" title="Attempted assassination of Gerald Ford in Sacramento">in Sacramento</a> and <a href="/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Gerald_Ford_in_San_Francisco" title="Attempted assassination of Gerald Ford in San Francisco">in San Francisco</a></li> <li>1976: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/California_State_University,_Fullerton,_massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="California State University, Fullerton, massacre">California State University, Fullerton, massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Elementary_School_shooting_(San_Diego)" title="Cleveland Elementary School shooting (San Diego)">Cleveland Elementary School shooting (San Diego)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gypsy_Hill_killings" title="Gypsy Hill killings">Gypsy Hill killings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_J._Hinshaw" title="Andrew J. Hinshaw">Andrew J. Hinshaw</a>—indicted on charges of <a href="/wiki/Bribery" title="Bribery">bribery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Embezzlement" title="Embezzlement">embezzlement</a> and misappropriation of public funds while serving as <a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_California" title="Orange County, California">Orange County</a> assessor. Convicted of bribery and sentenced to two concurrent 1‐to‐14 years terms in prison</li></ul></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Colleen_Stan" title="Kidnapping of Colleen Stan">Kidnapping of Colleen Stan</a></li> <li>1977–78: <a href="/wiki/Hillside_Strangler" title="Hillside Strangler">Hillside Strangler</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Moscone%E2%80%93Milk_assassinations" title="Moscone–Milk assassinations">Moscone–Milk assassinations</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Wonderland_murders" title="Wonderland murders">Wonderland murders</a></li> <li>1984: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Kirsten_Costas" title="Murder of Kirsten Costas">Murder of Kirsten Costas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Ysidro_McDonald%27s_massacre" title="San Ysidro McDonald's massacre">San Ysidro McDonald's massacre</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_San_Francisco_fireworks_disaster" title="1986 San Francisco fireworks disaster">1986 San Francisco fireworks disaster</a></li> <li>1986–88: <a href="/wiki/BRISPEC_sting_operation" title="BRISPEC sting operation">Bribery and Special Interest (BRISPEC) sting operation</a>—led to the conviction and imprisonment of 12 public officials in the <a href="/wiki/California_State_Legislature" title="California State Legislature">California State Legislature</a>. Elected officials convicted were: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_B._Carpenter" title="Paul B. Carpenter">Paul Carpenter</a>: sentenced to seven years for <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy" title="Conspiracy">conspiracy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mail_and_wire_fraud" title="Mail and wire fraud">mail fraud</a> and <a href="/wiki/Obstruction_of_justice_in_the_United_States" title="Obstruction of justice in the United States">obstruction of justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Hill_(American_politician)" title="Frank Hill (American politician)">Frank Hill</a>: sentenced to 46 months for <a href="/wiki/Extortion" title="Extortion">extortion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Money_laundering" title="Money laundering">money laundering</a> and <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy" title="Conspiracy">conspiracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Montoya" title="Joseph B. Montoya">Joseph B. Montoya</a>: served five years for extortion, money laundering, and <a href="/wiki/Racketeering" title="Racketeering">racketeering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Nolan" title="Pat Nolan">Pat Nolan</a>: sentenced to 33 months for racketeering</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Robbins" title="Alan Robbins">Alan Robbins</a>: sentenced to five years for racketeering and <a href="/wiki/Tax_evasion" title="Tax evasion">income tax evasion</a></li></ul></li> <li>1987: Hijacking of <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Southwest_Airlines_Flight_1771" title="Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771">Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Montecalvo_case" title="Dan Montecalvo case">Dan Montecalvo case</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Elementary_School_shooting_(Stockton)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Elementary School shooting (Stockton)">Cleveland Elementary School shooting (Stockton)</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Latasha_Harlins" title="Killing of Latasha Harlins">Killing of Latasha Harlins</a></li> <li>1992: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots" title="1992 Los Angeles riots">1992 Los Angeles riots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindhurst_High_School_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="Lindhurst High School shooting">Lindhurst High School shooting</a></li></ul></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/101_California_Street_shooting" title="101 California Street shooting">101 California Street shooting</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson_murder_case" class="mw-redirect" title="O. J. Simpson murder case">O. J. Simpson murder case</a></li> <li>1995: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1995_San_Diego_tank_rampage" title="1995 San Diego tank rampage">1995 San Diego tank rampage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_R._Tucker_III" title="Walter R. Tucker III">Walter R. Tucker III</a>—convicted on seven counts of <a href="/wiki/Extortion" title="Extortion">extortion</a> and two counts of <a href="/wiki/Tax_evasion" title="Tax evasion">tax evasion</a>; sentenced to 27 months in prison</li></ul></li> <li>1996: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Han_twins_murder_conspiracy" class="mw-redirect" title="Han twins murder conspiracy">Han twins murder conspiracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_San_Diego_State_University_shooting" title="1996 San Diego State University shooting">1996 San Diego State University shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyle_and_Erik_Menendez" title="Lyle and Erik Menendez">Lyle and Erik Menendez</a>—sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering their parents</li></ul></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/North_Hollywood_shootout" title="North Hollywood shootout">North Hollywood shootout</a></li> <li>1997–98: <a href="/wiki/Rampart_scandal" title="Rampart scandal">Rampart scandal</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Jewish_Community_Center_shooting" title="Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting">Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting</a></li> <li>2001: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001_Isla_Vista_killings" title="2001 Isla Vista killings">2001 Isla Vista killings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Nevada_County_shootings" title="2001 Nevada County shootings">2001 Nevada County shootings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santana_High_School_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="Santana High School shooting">Santana High School shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevenson_Ranch_shootout" title="Stevenson Ranch shootout">Stevenson Ranch shootout</a></li></ul></li> <li>2002: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2002_Los_Angeles_International_Airport_shooting" title="2002 Los Angeles International Airport shooting">2002 Los Angeles International Airport shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Laci_Peterson" title="Murder of Laci Peterson">Murder of Laci Peterson</a></li></ul></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Shooting_of_Deandre_Brunston" title="Shooting of Deandre Brunston">Shooting of Deandre Brunston</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Albert_T._Robles" title="Albert T. Robles">Albert T. Robles</a>—convicted of 30 counts of bribery, money laundering, and depriving the electorate; sentenced to 10 years and ordered to pay $639,000 restitution</li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Duke_Cunningham" title="Duke Cunningham">Randall Harold Cunningham</a>—pleaded guilty to tax evasion, conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud and wire fraud; sentenced to 100 months. Conditionally pardoned in 2021</li> <li>2006: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Goleta_postal_facility_shootings" title="Goleta postal facility shootings">Goleta postal facility shootings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Richards_(California_politician)" title="Paul Richards (California politician)">Paul Richards</a>—sentenced to 16 years in federal prison on bribery and kickback charges</li></ul></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Jew#Criminal_activity,_conviction_and_sentencing" title="Ed Jew">Ed Jew</a>—found guilty of extortion, bribery, and perjury</li> <li>2009: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2009_shootings_of_Oakland_police_officers" title="2009 shootings of Oakland police officers">2009 shootings of Oakland police officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shooting_of_Oscar_Grant" class="mw-redirect" title="Shooting of Oscar Grant">Shooting of Oscar Grant</a></li></ul></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Lydia_Schatz" title="Murder of Lydia Schatz">Murder of Lydia Schatz</a></li> <li>2011 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Seal_Beach_shooting" title="2011 Seal Beach shooting">2011 Seal Beach shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_California_Edison_shooting" title="Southern California Edison shooting">Southern California Edison shooting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Los_Angeles_arson_attacks" title="2011–12 Los Angeles arson attacks">2011–12 Los Angeles arson attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Anaheim,_California_police_shooting_and_protests" title="2012 Anaheim, California police shooting and protests">2012 Anaheim, California police shooting and protests</a></li> <li>2013: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2013_Los_Angeles_International_Airport_shooting" title="2013 Los Angeles International Airport shooting">2013 Los Angeles International Airport shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_shooting_of_Santa_Cruz_police_officers" title="2013 shooting of Santa Cruz police officers">2013 shooting of Santa Cruz police officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Hannah_Anderson" title="Kidnapping of Hannah Anderson">Kidnapping of Hannah Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Dorner_shootings_and_manhunt" title="Christopher Dorner shootings and manhunt">Christopher Dorner shootings and manhunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Filner" title="Bob Filner">Bob Filner</a>—pleaded guilty to charges of <a href="/wiki/False_imprisonment" title="False imprisonment">false imprisonment</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battery_(crime)" title="Battery (crime)">battery</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>2013–14: <a href="/wiki/Interstate_80_rapist" title="Interstate 80 rapist">Interstate 80 rapist</a></li> <li>2014: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leland_Yee#Arrest_and_conviction_on_corruption_charges_and_arms_trafficking" title="Leland Yee">Leland Yee</a>—corruption and arms trafficking</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Isla_Vista_killings" title="2014 Isla Vista killings">2014 Isla Vista killings</a></li></ul></li> <li>2015: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2015_San_Bernardino_attack" title="2015 San Bernardino attack">2015 San Bernardino attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shooting_of_Kate_Steinle" class="mw-redirect" title="Shooting of Kate Steinle">Shooting of Kate Steinle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Muller" title="Matthew Muller">Matthew Muller</a> sentenced to 31 and 40 years in prison after pleading guilty and <a href="/wiki/Nolo_contendere" title="Nolo contendere">no contest</a> to charges of <a href="/wiki/Kidnapping" title="Kidnapping">kidnapping</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burglary" title="Burglary">burglary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rape" title="Rape">forcible rape</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battery_(crime)" title="Battery (crime)">battery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assault" title="Assault">assault</a>, and <a href="/wiki/False_imprisonment" title="False imprisonment">false imprisonment</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Orange_County_Men%27s_Central_Jail_escape" title="Orange County Men's Central Jail escape">Orange County Men's Central Jail escape</a></li> <li>2017: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_North_Park_Elementary_School_shooting" title="2017 North Park Elementary School shooting">2017 North Park Elementary School shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Fresno_shootings" title="2017 Fresno shootings">2017 Fresno shootings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rancho_Tehama_shootings" title="Rancho Tehama shootings">Rancho Tehama shootings</a></li></ul></li> <li>2017-19: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Buck" title="Ed Buck">Ed Buck</a>—sentenced to 30 years in prison on 9 federal counts including providing fatal doses of methamphetamine to two men</li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Thousand_Oaks_shooting" title="Thousand Oaks shooting">Thousand Oaks shooting</a></li> <li>2019: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gilroy_Garlic_Festival_shooting" title="Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting">Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poway_synagogue_shooting" title="Poway synagogue shooting">Poway synagogue shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Saugus_High_School_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 Saugus High School shooting">2019 Saugus High School shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orinda_shooting" title="Orinda shooting">Orinda shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Fresno_shooting" title="2019 Fresno shooting">2019 Fresno shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamalpais_High_School#Sexual_abuse_scandal" title="Tamalpais High School">Normandie Burgos</a>—sentenced to 255 years in prison on 60 counts of child molestation, including forcible sodomy and lewd conduct upon minors</li></ul></li> <li>2020–24: <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Department_of_Public_Works_corruption_scandal" title="San Francisco Department of Public Works corruption scandal">San Francisco Department of Public Works corruption scandal</a></li> <li>2020: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Levandowski#Criminal_conviction_and_pardon" title="Anthony Levandowski">Anthony Levandowski</a>—pleaded guilty to one count of trade secret theft. Pardoned in 2020.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Huizar" title="José Huizar">José Huizar</a>—pleaded guilty to charges of <a href="/wiki/Racketeering" title="Racketeering">racketeering</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tax_evasion" title="Tax evasion">tax evasion</a>; sentenced to 13 years in prison and ordered to pay $443,905 in restitution to the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">City of Los Angeles</a> and $38,792 in restitution to the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service" title="Internal Revenue Service">Internal Revenue Service</a></li></ul></li> <li>2021: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Orange,_California_office_shooting" title="2021 Orange, California office shooting">2021 Orange, California office shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_San_Jose_shooting" title="2021 San Jose shooting">2021 San Jose shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Englander" title="Mitchell Englander">Mitchell Englander</a>—sentenced to 14 months in prison, three years of supervised release and a $15,000 fine after pleading guilty to falsifying material facts during interviews with federal investigators who were conducting a <a href="/wiki/Corruption" title="Corruption">corruption</a> probe at <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_City_Council" title="Los Angeles City Council">Los Angeles City Council</a></li></ul></li> <li>2022: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Brink%27s_theft" title="2022 Brink's theft">2022 Brink's theft</a>—$8.7–100 million worth of jewelry stolen from the back of a <a href="/wiki/Brink%27s" title="Brink's">Brink's</a> truck parked at a <a href="/wiki/Truck_stop" title="Truck stop">truck stop</a> off I-5 near <a href="/wiki/Lebec,_California" title="Lebec, California">Lebec</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Holmes" title="Elizabeth Holmes">Elizabeth Holmes</a>—found guilty of three counts of wire fraud, and one of conspiracy to commit wire fraud</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunny_Balwani" title="Sunny Balwani">Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani</a>—found guilty of nine counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Avenatti" title="Michael Avenatti">Michael Avenatti</a>—sentenced to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $11 million in restitution for embezzlement and fraud</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Brianna_Kupfer" title="Murder of Brianna Kupfer">Murder of Brianna Kupfer</a></li></ul></li> <li>2023: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2023_Monterey_Park_shooting" title="2023 Monterey Park shooting">2023 Monterey Park shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Half_Moon_Bay_shootings" title="2023 Half Moon Bay shootings">2023 Half Moon Bay shootings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Sidhu" title="Harry Sidhu">Harry Sidhu</a>—pleaded guilty to one count of <a href="/wiki/Obstruction_of_justice_in_the_United_States" title="Obstruction of justice in the United States">obstruction of justice</a>, one count of <a href="/wiki/Mail_and_wire_fraud" title="Mail and wire fraud">wire fraud</a>, and two counts of making false statements to the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">Federal Aviation Administration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organized_retail_crime#Notable_cases" title="Organized retail crime">Michelle and Kenneth Mack</a>—sentenced to five years in prison for <a href="/wiki/Organized_retail_crime" title="Organized retail crime">organized retail theft</a> and <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy" title="Conspiracy">conspiracy</a> to commit organized retail theft</li></ul></li> <li>2024: <ul><li>Irma Olguin Jr. and Jake Soberal, co-founders and co-CEOs of <a href="/wiki/Bitwise_Industries" title="Bitwise Industries">Bitwise Industries</a> plead guilty to <a href="/wiki/Mail_and_wire_fraud" title="Mail and wire fraud">wire fraud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnolia_School_District_(California)#Embezzlement_case" title="Magnolia School District (California)">Jorge Armando Contreras</a>—sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for <a href="/wiki/Embezzlement" title="Embezzlement">embezzlement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fat_Leonard_scandal" title="Fat Leonard scandal">Leonard Glenn Francis ("Fat Leonard")</a>—sentenced to 15 years in prison for bribery, fraud, and failure to appear in court</li> <li>Ex-Congressman <a href="/wiki/TJ_Cox" title="TJ Cox">TJ Cox</a> pleaded guilty to two fraud counts and agreed to pay up to $3.5 million in restitution</li></ul></li> <li>2025: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Misch" title="David Misch">David Misch</a>—sentenced to two 25-year terms in prison for the murders of <a href="/wiki/David_Misch#Michelle_Xavier_and_Jennifer_Duey" title="David Misch">Michelle Xavier and Jennifer Duey</a>; following an earlier life sentence for the murder of <a href="/wiki/David_Misch#Murder_of_Margaret_Ball" title="David Misch">Margaret Ball</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ippei_Mizuhara" title="Ippei Mizuhara">Ippei Mizuhara</a>—sentenced to 57 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $17 million in restitution to <a href="/wiki/Shohei_Ohtani" title="Shohei Ohtani">Shohei Ohtani</a> after pleading guilty to <a href="/wiki/Bank_fraud" title="Bank fraud">bank fraud</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tax_return" title="Tax return">submitting a false tax return</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crime_in_California&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/California_locations_by_crime_rate" title="California locations by crime rate">California locations by crime rate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_crime_family" title="San Francisco crime family">San Francisco crime family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_crime_family" title="San Jose crime family">San Jose crime family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_crime_family" title="Los Angeles crime family">Los Angeles crime family</a></li></ul> <p><b>General:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States" title="Crime in the United States">Crime in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criminal_Procedure_in_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Criminal Procedure in California">Criminal Procedure in California</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crime_in_California&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In 2014, the crime of "forcible rape" was changed to "rape." 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title="Colusa County, California">Colusa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_California" title="Contra Costa County, California">Contra Costa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Norte_County,_California" title="Del Norte County, California">Del Norte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Dorado_County,_California" title="El Dorado County, California">El Dorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fresno_County,_California" title="Fresno County, California">Fresno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_County,_California" title="Glenn County, California">Glenn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humboldt_County,_California" title="Humboldt County, California">Humboldt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_County,_California" title="Imperial County, California">Imperial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inyo_County,_California" title="Inyo County, California">Inyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kern_County,_California" title="Kern County, California">Kern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings_County,_California" title="Kings County, California">Kings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_California" title="Lake County, California">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lassen_County,_California" title="Lassen County, California">Lassen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California" title="Los Angeles County, California">Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madera_County,_California" title="Madera County, California">Madera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marin_County,_California" title="Marin County, California">Marin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariposa_County,_California" title="Mariposa County, California">Mariposa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mendocino_County,_California" title="Mendocino County, California">Mendocino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merced_County,_California" title="Merced County, California">Merced</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modoc_County,_California" title="Modoc County, California">Modoc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mono_County,_California" title="Mono County, 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