Former LAPD officer gets life sentence for kidnapping teen in $350,000 bitcoin robbery: report

Former LAPD officer Eric Halem was sentenced to life plus 15 years in state prison on Tuesday for his role in the December 2024 armed robbery of a 17-year-old in Koreatown, who was robbed of a hard drive containing $350,000 worth of bitcoin.Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mildred Escobedo im…