The Brief
- Paroled former LAPD detective and convicted rapist Michael Douglas Brambles has been rearrested in Santa Barbara County after cold-case DNA evidence linked him to a 1994 crime.
- Brambles was paroled in 2020 after serving 25 years of a 102-year sentence and now faces new burglary and armed robbery charges in Ventura County.
- He is currently being held on a $2 million bail as authorities urge any potential additional victims to come forward.
VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. – Southern California authorities announced a former Los Angeles Police Department detective and convicted rapist, who was paroled in 2020, was re-arrested in Santa Barbara County.
What we know:
In 1996, former LAPD detective Michael Douglas Brambles was sentenced in Los Angeles County to approximately 102 years in prison for a series of violent robberies and sexual assaults involving at least 14 victims, primarily in the San Fernando Valley. …