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Actor Ryan O'Neal's brood is once again making headlines for troubles with the law.

Griffin O'Neal was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic battery on New Year's Eve and spent the first day of 2012 in jail, according to U-T San Diego.

Sheriff's deputies responded to his San Diego home after receiving reports of a drunken disturbance at the residence from a family member. Deputies determined O'Neal was being aggressive towards his wife and arrested him, according to sheriff's spokeswoman Melissa Aquino.

Along with the tradition of door-busting sale prices on Black Friday is the less-wanted custom of body-busting violence that accompanies the search for the best deal. Battles rage on in the aisles as consumers push, shove, and attack others for the coveted discounts. These contests of will may end in victory, but they also often end in arrests.

This year, Black Friday violence was epitomized by an alleged pepper spray attack at a Porter Ranch Walmart by an unknown assailant trying to buy a video game console. Despite the violent nature of the woman's shopping tactic, it may be difficult to charge her with a crime, reports the Los Angeles Times.

We love the holiday season: the cheer, the smiling faces, the brightly wrapped packages tied up with string. But we know it's not always merry and bright, especially when it comes to Black Friday.

From grumpy shoppers to would-be thieves, there are Grinches out there ready to make your holiday a not-so-jolly one. Lucky for you, we have some Black Friday safety tips to help you get through the busiest shopping day of the year with you and your packages intact.

Former Los Angeles Dodger and World Series MVP Manny Ramirez was arrested for battery on Monday night after an alleged domestic dispute with his wife, reports the Associated Press.

Ramirez’s wife reported he slapped her face after an argument, causing her to hit her head on their bed’s headboard, according to a police report. The 39-year-old was arrested at their South Florida home soon after the domestic dispute.

Ramirez has denied hitting his wife although she had injuries consistent with her report, such as swelling in the left side of her face and a contusion on the back of her head. However, his wife did not seek medical treatment.

Mess with Cleveland, and Cleveland messes back — apparently.

Matthew Fox may have been a tortured hero on ABC’s wildly-popular series “Lost,” but he was the villain early Sunday morning according to private bus driver Heather Bormann. The actor is accused of assault after Bormann alleged he “started wailing” on her in a Cleveland, Ohio neighborhood, reports KTLA 5.

Bormann stated she was sitting in the bus she was driving for a private bachelor party Saturday in Cleveland when the actor approached her at around 1:30 a.m. Fox reportedly tried to enter the bus, but Bormann refused to let him on. That’s when the actor started to fight back, and Bormann showed just how feisty Cleveland residents can be.

Usually, it's the girls going wild in Joe Francis' videos, not the other way around.

The "Girls Gone Wild" creator Francis was charged with assault and several other misdemeanors on Tuesday, reports the Los Angeles Times. The charges stem from a physical altercation with three women in his Hollywood home in January.

Francis allegedly picked up the female victims at a Hollywood club and took them to his residence under false pretenses. The women claim they entered the limo believing they were being taken to their car, but his bodyguard reportedly impersonated a law enforcement officer, refusing to let the women out of the limo.

Los Angeles police arrested 36-year-old Natasha Hubbar for aggravated assault after she attacked an innocent bystander’s baby in order to reportedly eat the baby’s arm. The Los Angeles Times reported that the alleged baby-eater is also suspected of attacking others in the Toy District.

The incident, involving Adriana Miranda and her 4-month-old son Alexander, allegedly occurred without warning, with Hubbard unbelting the infant and grabbing the child by the leg before his mother and aunt could react.

Horrified witnesses also reported that Hubbard swung the child over her head and slammed him into a metal rail of a nearby truck.

Embattled Los Angeles police arrested three new suspects - Louie Sanchez, Dorene Sanchez and Marvin Norwood - in connection with the brutal beating of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow after exonerating previously-suspected Giovanni Ramirez, reported the Los Angeles Times.

The two men were each charged with three felonies - mayhem, assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, and battery with serious bodily injury. Sanchez was also charged with two misdemeanor counts of battery for a previous altercation that occurred the same day. Dorene Sanchez was arrested on suspicion of being an accessory after the fact to a felony, according to the Times' examination of police records.

Los Angeles residents may be taking the lyrics of an infamous N.W.A. song about the police, once dubbed a "sonic Molotov cocktail," a little too seriously. Although violent crime in Los Angeles continues to follow a decade-long decline, assaults on police officers by suspects using deadly weapons rose more than 50% in the past half-year, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Nearly every type of criminal offense, from robberies and rapes to burglaries and thefts, has experienced a decline. Only the percentage of assaults on police officers rose, with 104 incidents occurring in the first half of the current year alone. Last year, there were only 68 attacks total.

Seventeen-year-old Michael Jason Wilson will be spending the next year in jail for aggravated assault after tensions over the Internet between him and a classmate spilled into reality, resulting in his "Facebook stabbing" of the victim in Laguna Beach, in March.

Wilson, whose name was released because he was charged as an adult, was accused of stabbing his victim, identified as Julian C., in the stomach with a 12-inch carving knife and injuring two others on March 11, 2011, according to the Los Angeles Times.