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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
January 28, 2016 |
No Charges for LAPD Officers Who Shot Delivery Women During Christopher Dorner Manhunt
Eight Los Angeles Police Department officers who mistakenly opened fire on two newspaper delivery women during a manhunt for rogue ex-LAPD Officer Christopher Dorner will not face charges, prosecutors announced Wednesday. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said in a letter it found "insufficient admissible evidence" to prove the officers acted unreasonably. On Feb. 7, 2013, Margie Carranza and her mother Emma Hernandez, then 71, were delivering newspapers before dawn in Torrance, where officers were posted on protective duty armed with shotguns and handguns.
NBC 4
1 Person Taken To Hospital After Shooting In Pacoima
One person was taken to an area hospital following a shooting in Pacoima Wednesday morning. Police responded to the scene near Van Nuys Boulevard and Borden Avenue around 8:30 a.m. following a call about an assault with a deadly weapon. Details surrounding what happened were not clear, but medics took one person to the hospital with gunshot injuries. No arrests were made. A suspect description was not immediately released. The shooting occurred approximately four blocks away from Discovery Charter Preparatory School, which was not affected by the incident.
ABC 7
No Motive Known 5 Months After Fatal Shooting Of Former Army Paratrooper In South LA
The family of a man killed in South Los Angeles hope the public will provide leads in the case nearly five months after the fatal shooting. Todd Britt's family says he loved his dog Thor and was walking him on Sept. 16 when he died. “Seeing him being lowered into the casket and them closing the casket, that hurt me so much,” said Terrell Britt, the victim's son. Britt's son and brother-in-law say he was loved by everyone. He was a former Army paratrooper and an addiction therapist with the VA. They say he had no enemies.
CBS 2
Murder Preliminary Hearing Begins For Ex-LAPD Officer, Retired Marine
The preliminary hearing for a Los Angeles police officer who officials said killed a man in March of 2015 then fled to Mexico began on Wednesday. Henry Solis stood in shackles in a Downtown Los Angeles courtroom as prosecutors called witnesses to the stand in hopes of trying him for the murder of 23-year-old Salome "Junior" Rodriguez. At the time, Solis had been with the Los Angeles Police Department for nine months after serving as a U.S. Marine. After Rodriguez's death, officials said Solis fled to Mexico and was a fugitive for two months before being captured.
ABC 7
O.C. Jail Escapee Was Ordered to Be Deported in 1998 but Remained in US
Bac Duong, one of three Orange County jail prisoners who escaped last week, was ordered deported 16 years ago but continued to live in the country, federal officials said. Duong entered the United States from Vietnam legally in 1991, but in 1998 he was ordered deported by an immigration judge, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement. The agency would not reveal the reason for his deportation. He could not be returned to his home country in part because of a 2008 pact under which Vietnam agreed to provide documents to repatriate its citizens who had entered the U.S. after 1995 — four years too late for Duong.
KTLA 5
'It's Every Sheriff's Nightmare': 5 Arrested as Deputies Continue Search for Escaped Inmates, Sheriff Says
Three inmates who escaped from a Southern California jail are still missing, though authorities have made five arrests as part of the investigation, Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens said Wednesday afternoon. Jonathan Tieu, 20, Bac Duong, 43, and Hossein Nayeri, 37, were awaiting trials for unrelated violent crimes when they vanished Jan. 22 from a Santa Ana jail dormitory they shared with about 65 other men at the Orange County Men's Central Jail. Their disappearance wasn't discovered until about 15 hours later. "It's every sheriff's nightmare.
NBC 4
Gov. Brown's Initiative to Reduce Prison Population Would Free Nonviolent Felons Earlier
Gov. Jerry Brown's latest attempt to reduce the state prison population is a ballot initiative unveiled Wednesday that aims to free certain felons earlier and have fewer juveniles tried as adults. If California voters approve it in November, the measure would increase sentencing credits for inmates who complete rehabilitation programs, the Democratic governor said. The proposal would also allow nonviolent felons to seek parole after they have completed their base sentences and require judges instead of prosecutors to decide if juveniles should be tried in adult court.
NBC 4
Ferguson Police Agree To Overhaul Policies, Training
The Ferguson Police Department has agreed to overhaul its policies, training and practices as part of a sweeping deal with the Justice Department following the 2014 fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown. The recommendations, detailed in a 131-page proposed consent decree released Wednesday, are meant to correct problems identified in a scathing Justice Department report last year that identified unconstitutional and discriminatory practices across the city police force and municipal court system.
Associated Press
New Mexico bill adding officers to hate crimes law advances
A proposal to add law enforcement officers as a protected class to New Mexico's hate crimes law has cleared its first hurdle. The bill pushed by House Republicans passed 4-3 in the House Safety and Civil Affairs Committee on Tuesday as law enforcement agencies came out to support it. The proposal introduced by Rep. Nate Gentry, an Albuquerque Republican, is one of a number of proposed justice system reforms for this legislative session in response to a string of high-profile crimes in the Albuquerque area. His bill comes as law enforcement advocates say outrage over officer-involved shootings and officers' use of force has sparked anti-police rhetoric in the U.S.
Police One/Associated Press
Former Obama campaign official says he will challenge Eric Garcetti in 2017
A longtime Democratic operative who played important roles in the first Obama presidential campaign and the Clinton White House said Tuesday that he plans to run against Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti in 2017. Mitchell Schwartz, 55, said he plans to take out papers for his campaign in the coming weeks. A political strategist who directed Barack Obama's 2008 campaign in California and served as communications director for the State Department under President Clinton, Schwartz would be the first challenger with a significant political resume to enter the 2017 mayoral race.
Los Angeles Times
LA City Officials Warn Of Impending 40-Hour 101 Freeway Closure East Of Downtown
Could Carmageddon be upon us again? Los Angeles city officials are urging motorists to prepare for a 40-hour closure of the Hollywood (101) Freeway east of downtown Los Angeles that starts Feb. 5 at 10 p.m. and ends Feb. 7 at 2 p.m. “My main priorities are keeping Angelenos safe and doing everything possible to minimize inconveniences or confusion that may be caused by the closure,” Mayor Eric Garcetti said in a statement. The closure will affect a 2.5-mile section of US Route 101 from the 10/101 split to the 5/10/101 interchange just east of downtown Los Angeles.
CBS Radio
LA Councilman calls for answers on DWP security gaps
After the revelation that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power left 9/11-era security gaps unfixed, a city councilman on Tuesday called for utility officials to address the vulnerabilities. Councilman Felipe Fuentes introduced a motion for DWP officials to explain to the council what they were doing to improve security at the nation's largest municipal electricity utility. If sophisticated attackers gained access to one of the critical facilities under review, they could potentially cause a power outage experts say.
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Combing the streets with L.A.'s homeless counters
The walk began shortly after 9 p.m. at the busy Starbucks in East Los Angeles. Omar Romero, 32, and his 18-year-old brother, Benjamin, crossed 3rd Street and walked the length of a Pomona Freeway onramp peering into the night for any signs of homeless camps. By the light of passing cars below, Benjamin spotted a disheveled comforter on the embankment. The brothers crept cautiously closer. There was nothing but the blanket. “It looks like it's been there for a while,” Omar concluded. They didn't count it.
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