Anthony Pellicano Indicted

Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano was convicted Thursday on federal racketeering charges for digging up dirt for his well-heeled clients to use in lawsuits, divorces and contract disputes against the rich and famous.

Pellicano, 64, was accused of wiretapping stars such as Sylvester Stallone. He also allegedly ran the names of others, such as Gary Shandling and Kevin Nealon, through law enforcement databases to help clients in legal and other disputes.

Pellicano was convicted of racketeering and racketeering conspiracy counts. Verdicts on dozens of other counts were still being announced in court.

The indictment charging Pellicano and his supporting cast in February 2006 had Hollywood buzzing with speculation about who might be snared in the investigation and what secrets might be revealed.

Fourteen people were charged and seven, including film director John McTiernan and former Hollywood Records president Robert Pfeifer, have pleaded guilty to charges including perjury and conspiracy.

But the biggest power brokers with links to the private eye, such as famed entertainment attorney Bert Fields, Paramount studio head Brad Grey and one-time superagent Michael Ovitz, insisted they didn’t know about Pellicano’s methods and weren’t charged.

Pellicano starred in the real-time court drama as a tough-talking gumshoe who valued loyalty and secrecy as necessary virtues in his profession.

He also acted as his own attorney but called only one witness and rarely raised objections when prosecutors questioned his alleged victims.

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Mel Gibson completes DUI punishment

The actor pleaded no contest to his famous DUI when he used anti-Semitic language and was given three years of probation.

After attending AA and court-mandated DUI meetings, he has been given the ‘all clear’ by the Malibu courts.  The Judge stated, “You’re well on your way to success.”

Gibson will remain on probation for 18 more months but is no longer required to check in with the court for progress reports.

San Diego DUI Turns Deadly

A Chevy Blazer slams into a palm tree and the end result is a woman was dies.  Arrested is a man who just four months ago plead guilty to DUI.

Danny Calvin Ruiz, 35, was being held on $1 million bail after the Dana Point wreck. Orange County Superior Court records show Ruiz apparently has a long history with the law: In 1991, he pleaded guilty to robbery and car theft and was sentenced to two years in state prison. In 1995, he was convicted of carjacking and sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was also found to be a habitual criminal.

In November 2007, Ruiz was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor driving under the influence and of driving with a blood-alcohol limit above the state’s legal limit of .08. In that case, he pleaded guilty in January and was sentenced to five days in jail, ordered to pay a $390 fine, ordered to participate in a three-month “first offender alcohol program,” a Mothers Against Drunk Driving victim’s impact panel and placed on three years probation.

But he was arrested again on Saturday, after a truck jumped the curb and hit a tree while heading west on Camino de Estrella, just east of the San Diego Freeway in Dana Point. Ruiz and his passenger, identified as Andrea Gerdon, 33, of Anaheim, were both pinned in the vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Ruiz suffered moderate to serious injuries and was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange. He was placed under arrest for suspicion of drunken driving, authorities said.

Transportation officials on Monday worked to replace the signal controller on Estrella near the freeway. Stoplights blinked red, while stop signs had been placed in the street. A small memorial of candles was placed at the base of the palm tree the Blazer struck before flipping over.

Roscoe Parrish Picked up in Miami Beach

Roscoe Parrish was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence over the weekend in Miami Beach.

Parrish was stopped at 4:30 a.m. on Saturday.

The Miami native was driving his 2005 Bentley when he was pulled over while driving on MacArthur Causeway.

Parrish was taken into custody at Miami-Dade County jail and released later Saturday on $1,000 bond.

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CSI’s Warrick Pulled Over to Prevent DUI - Yeah.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation star Gary Dourdan has been charged with three felony counts of drug possession, Reuters reports. The 41-year-old actor, born Robert Gary Durdin, was charged Wednesday (May 7th) with possession of heroin, cocaine and ecstasy stemming from an April 28th arrest in Palm Springs, California. Police found him asleep in the driver’s seat of a car shortly before dawn, just hours after he attended the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in nearby Indio. Police say the car was parked on the wrong side of the road and Dourdan appeared disoriented and “possibly under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.” A search of the car turned up the three drugs plus various prescription medications and drug paraphernalia.

Dourdan was booked and jailed for about five hours, then released on $5,000 bail. A Riverside County District Attorney’s spokesperson said that under the state’s Proposition 36, the actor will likely avoid jail time if he successfully completes a drug-diversion program should he be convicted. Dourdan is due for arraignment May 28th.

In an email to a friend at Access Hollywood that leaked over the weekend, Dourdan said he’d pulled over to “prevent a DUI.” He also insisted, “The luggage carrying whatever they found was not mine and my tests have been coming back negative.”

Dourdan has portrayed forensics investigator Warwick Brown since CSI signed on eight years ago. He recently announced he was not renewing his contract with the hit CBS drama. His last appearance on CSI airs May 15th.