LOS ANGELES—Three men face murder and robbery charges and a fourth faces a robbery charge in connection with a spate of follow-home robberies that have plagued the city in recent weeks, police said Dec. 24. A Los Angeles Police Department task force on follow-home robberies, with assistance from a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) SWAT unit and Beverly…

LOS ANGELES—Police are ramping up efforts to crush an escalating wave of violent crime in the Los Angeles area targeting popular shopping districts, wealthy residents, and celebrities. A spate of “follow-home” robbers turned deadly this week, resulting in the murder of a 23-year-old man outside of a restaurant on Sunset Boulevard Nov. 23. The Los…

HOLLYWOOD—Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore announced Nov. 23 that his department will create a task force to investigate “follow-home robberies.” The announcement comes after a man was shot and killed outside the Bossa Nova Restaurant, in the 7100 block of Sunset Boulevard, at 2:10 a.m. in what Moore said is believed to be tied…

HOLLYWOOD—A 23-year-old man was shot and killed Nov. 23 in Hollywood in what Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said was another in a series of “follow-home robberies.” Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) Hollywood Station responded at 2:10 a.m. to 7181 Sunset Blvd. outside the Bossa Nova Restaurant on multiple calls of…