Probation

A 21-year-old Burbank man faces identity theft charges this week after police found a re-encoded credit card in his home during a probation search. Gaik Panosian, who is on probation for identity theft, was arrested Tuesday after a Special Enforcement Detail officer recognized him near Doran Street and Concord as someone who detectives were looking for, Glendale police said. In February, detectives conducted a probation compliance search at Panosian's apartment and found a re-encoded credit card, police said.

Individuals on probation whose homes were searched Wednesday all were found to be complying with state and local laws, police said. Together with the Los Angeles County Probation Department, officers searched six homes in the city to check if residents on probation were abiding with regulations set forth in their convictions, said Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz. In Burbank, all three individuals on probation whose homes were searched by police were also in compliance, Sgt. Darin Ryburn said.

Rapper Tone Loc -- famous for his song "Wild Thing" -- was sentenced Monday to three years of probation and one year of anger management counseling after he pleaded no contest to possession of an assault weapon and domestic violence charges. Loc, whose legal name is Anthony Smith, was also sentenced to one day in jail and ordered to complete 30 days of community service, according to Los Angeles County district attorney's office. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Patrick Hegarty sentenced Smith, 45, in Burbank after the rapper pleaded no contest to one count each of possessing an unregistered assault weapon -- a Colt AR-15 Sporter -- and corporal injury to a spouse.

Darleene Barrientos A former Glendale Police officer accused of attacking a woman at a bar won't face jail time but will have to perform 200 hours of community service, undergo a year of counseling and be on probation for three years. Jason Don Price, 28, pleaded no contest to one count of false imprisonment Wednesday. He was sentenced that day to three years of probation, the community service and domestic-violence counseling. Price was also ordered to not carry any weapons during his probation, said Sandi Gibbons, the spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.

GLENDALE — A 22-year-old Glendale woman was sentenced to six months in a halfway house and community service Monday for posing as an American Red Cross volunteer and pocketing money under the guise of helping Hurricane Katrina victims, wire reports said. U.S. District Court Judge George King sentenced Gina Liz Nicholas to a term in the halfway house, after which she will remain on probation for 30 months, pay a $1,000 fine and get psychological therapy, reports said. She will perform 20 hours of community service every week, the judge ordered.

Actor Haley Joel Osment, perhaps best known for his performance in the film "The Sixth Sense," has received three years probation and must seek alcohol rehabilitation for a July 20 vehicle accident in La Cañada Flintridge. In the early morning hours of July 20, Osment apparently lost control of his 1995 Saturn vehicle and collided with a brick pillar on Flintridge Avenue, according to a Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Station report. He was transported to Huntington Hospital by a Los Angeles County Fire Department ambulance.

Irwin Trester had practiced law even though he failed bar exam four times in the late 1960s.GLENDALE -- A 62-year-old Glendale man accused of practicing law without a state license and charging clients for unlawful services was sentenced to three years probation Wednesday, officials said. Irwin Trester, who pleaded no contest last month to a misdemeanor charge of practicing without a license and three felony counts of grand theft by false pretenses, was also ordered to pay $9,000 in restitution fines and perform 100 hours of community service, said Jane Robison, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office.

Paul M. Anderson GLENDALE -- A Glendale man will spend six months in jail for failing to pay $20,190 to a business partner he attacked during a dispute at a Van Nuys restaurant they owned, the Los Angeles city attorney's office announced. L.A. Superior Court Judge Suzanne Person sentenced Pornthep Tingsuk, 40, to six months in prison for violating his probation, according to a news release from L.A. City Atty. Jim Hahn. Tingsuk was on probation since his March 1999 conviction for battery against his business partner.

Paul M. Anderson GLENDALE -- Oscar F. Lafarga caught a break Friday. A judge cleared him of violating his probation on a Glendale theft charge because the Los Angeles police officer who testified against him in a separate cocaine case admitted to authorities he lied. When Judge Terry Green dismissed the charges against Lafarga Friday he became the latest in a long line of people caught up in the ongoing LAPD corruption probe. Lafarga was arrested in Glendale in 1995 and ultimately pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property.

Paul M. Anderson LOS ANGELES -- The fate of a 19-year-old Glendale man accused of fatally shooting his best friend in a struggle over a gun may rest largely on the recommendation of a state prison warden, psychologist and social worker. Artiom Badalyan faces up to 12 years in prison for his part in the fatal shooting of Avetis "Avo" Demirchyan in September 1998. He pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in October. L.A. Superior Court Judge Victor Person was scheduled to sentence Badalyan on Monday, but Person said he was troubled by an incomplete probation report and wanted more information about Badalyan before making his decision.

As the investigation into a 10-year-old Northridge girl's kidnapping and sexual assault continued, an L.A. County supervisor criticized the so-called realignment program which transfers authority of some felons from state prisons to county jails. The circumstances of Tobias Dustin Summers' July 2012 release from custody were not clear. Police said Saturday that the 30-year-old had a criminal history dating back to 2002 that includes charges of kidnapping, robbery, explosives possession and petty theft.

A 20-year-old gang member was arrested Thursday after a compliance search of his Tujunga home yielded a Taser, which violates his probation. Alejandro Cisneros was taken into custody at his home on Samoa Avenue in Tujunga on suspicion of violating terms of his post-release community supervision, which forbids him from having any weapons, including a Taser, said Glendale Police Det. Jeffrey Davis. “He's about the business,” Davis said, adding that Cisneros was convicted of transporting drugs while in jail on another charge.

Individuals on probation whose homes were searched Wednesday all were found to be complying with state and local laws, police said. Together with the Los Angeles County Probation Department, officers searched six homes in the city to check if residents on probation were abiding with regulations set forth in their convictions, said Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz. In Burbank, all three individuals on probation whose homes were searched by police were also in compliance, Sgt. Darin Ryburn said.

A 21-year-old Burbank man faces identity theft charges this week after police found a re-encoded credit card in his home during a probation search. Gaik Panosian, who is on probation for identity theft, was arrested Tuesday after a Special Enforcement Detail officer recognized him near Doran Street and Concord as someone who detectives were looking for, Glendale police said. In February, detectives conducted a probation compliance search at Panosian's apartment and found a re-encoded credit card, police said.

The following were taken from daily booking reports from the Glendale Police Department. AREA 1 400 block of Pioneer Drive Matthew Kertz, 26, was arrested March 5 on suspicion of vandalism. West Chevy Chase Drive and San Fernando Road Jose Lopez, 46, was arrested March 5 on an outstanding warrant for failing to appear in court or pay a fine. 700 block of Salem Street Anthony Capa, 27, was arrested March 6 on suspicion of violating a restraining order.

Rapper Tone Loc -- famous for his song "Wild Thing" -- was sentenced Monday to three years of probation and one year of anger management counseling after he pleaded no contest to possession of an assault weapon and domestic violence charges. Loc, whose legal name is Anthony Smith, was also sentenced to one day in jail and ordered to complete 30 days of community service, according to Los Angeles County district attorney's office. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Patrick Hegarty sentenced Smith, 45, in Burbank after the rapper pleaded no contest to one count each of possessing an unregistered assault weapon -- a Colt AR-15 Sporter -- and corporal injury to a spouse.

A 21-year-old Tujunga woman pleaded no contest Friday to striking and killing an 80-year-old Glendale man with her car last year while she was texting, officials said. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Patrick Hegarty ordered Ani Voskanian to serve three years formal probation, 300 hours of community service and to develop a lecture program for junior and high school students on the dangers of texting while driving, officials said. Voskanian - who pleaded to a felony manslaughter charge for killing Misak Ranjbar - will not be allowed to possess a cell phone while inside a vehicle, officials said.

Marcos Costa, the driver in the fatal 2009 runaway truck collision off the Angeles Crest Highway, could end up on probation after a jury on Friday found him not guilty of second-degree murder.  The jury did convict Costa of involuntary manslaughter, gross vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving for the April 2009 crash in which his big rig, having lost its brakes during the steep Crest descent, slammed into a car containing Palmdale resident...

The 48-year-old woman who police say struck and killed a bicyclist in 2008 was sentenced Tuesday to three years of probation for vehicular manslaughter. Naira Margaryan of Glendale was sentenced in Los Angeles County Superior Court after pleading no contest in the hit-and-run death of Gerardo Ramos, a 51-year-old immigrant from Mexico who left his family behind after securing a U.S. work visa. She will also have to complete more than 700 hours of community service on a restricted driver's license, said Glendale Police Det. Ashraf Mankarios.

GLENDALE — Nancy Salas, the former UCLA student who sparked a massive police search in May after faking her own disappearance, was sentenced Friday to three years of probation and 100 hours of community service. Salas, 22, appeared before Merced County Superior Court Judge Glenn Ritchey and changed her not-guilty plea to no contest to a misdemeanor charge of providing a false report to police, said her attorney, Jeffrey Tenenbaum. Ritchey sentenced her to unsupervised probation and community service, which she will be allowed to complete in Glendale.