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  • ** FILE ** Michael Kim of Columbia, Md., prepares for his first airsoft game. Many participants have military experience or are in law enforcement and play to keep their skills sharp. (The Washington Times)

    California police train with airsoft guns amid shortage

    A nationwide ammunition shortage has prompted many California police departments to find alternatives to using live firearms in training exercises, CBS San Francisco reports.


  • **FILE** Chris Brown looks on alongside his attorney Mark Geragos at Los Angeles County Superior Court in Los Angeles on Aug. 25, 2009, during his sentencing for assaulting his girlfriend Rihanna. (Associated Press)

    After prosecutors slam 'sloppy' Richmond PD, judge orders new records in Chris Brown case

    A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday ordered additional records to prove that Chris Brown actually completed a community service sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty in the 2009 beating of then-girlfriend Rihanna. The order comes after Los Angeles County prosecutors slammed the Richmond Police Department for “at best sloppy documentation and at worst fraudulent reporting” in monitoring and substantiating Brown’s compliance.


  • Chris Brown returns to court for probation issues

    With the woman he assaulted throwing him a kiss, Chris Brown walked into court Wednesday to face allegations he failed to complete his community labor sentence for Rihanna's 2009 beating.


  • Prosecutors move to revoke Chris Brown's probation

    Prosecutors have asked a judge to revoke Chris Brown's probation, saying there is no credible evidence he completed his community service sentence for beating Rihanna, and citing several other incidents that they say point to anger management issues.


  • **FILE** Chris Brown looks on alongside his attorney Mark Geragos at Los Angeles County Superior Court in Los Angeles on Aug. 25, 2009, during his sentencing for assaulting his girlfriend Rihanna. (Associated Press)

    Chris Brown: Prosecutors move to revoke singer's probation

    Prosecutors have asked a judge to revoke Chris Brown's probation, saying there is no credible evidence he completed his community service sentence for beating Rihanna, and citing several other incidents that they say point to anger management issues.


  • Brown's attorney calls DA's report scurrilous

    Chris Brown's attorney says a motion seeking to revoke the singer's probation is shameful and he intends to seek sanctions against prosecutors because it is defamatory.


  • Prosecutor wants redo on Chris Brown sentence

    There is no credible evidence that Chris Brown completed the community service he was required to do in the beating of Rihanna, and he should be forced to repeat six months of manual labor in Los Angeles, prosecutors told a judge Tuesday.


  • Report: Brown threatened to shoot Ocean in fight

    An investigator's report states Frank Ocean told investigators that Chris Brown threatened to shoot him during a fight over a parking space last month.


  • Sweat Log: How Chris Brown spent community labor

    After Chris Brown pleaded guilty to beating then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009, a judge ordered the R&B singer to do six-months' worth of what was described as "community labor." The singer was allowed to perform the service in his home state of Virginia under the supervision of Richmond's police chief, who this week submitted documents to a Los Angeles judge indicating that Brown had finished his service.


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