Ex-L.A. cop gets life plus 15 years for robbery, kidnapping of teen

A former Los Angeles Police Department officer was sentenced to life plus 15 years in state prison for his role in a kidnapping and robbery case in which a small bitcoin fortune was stolen from a teenager, officials announced Tuesday. The Dec. 28, 2024, incident occurred just after 2:30 a.m. when 38-year-old Eric Halem and [...]