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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
February 3, 2016 |
Panel: LAPD Justified In Fatal Shooting Of Homeless Man In Skid Row
Los Angeles police officers were justified when they fatally shot a homeless black man in Skid Row six times, including twice in the chest, a civilian oversight panel said Tuesday.
The Los Angeles Police Commission issued the finding in the shooting of Charly "Africa" Keunang after discussing it in a closed-door meeting. The commission found that one of the officer's tactics violated policy, but it did not explain how. The decision led to outcries from about a dozen activists in the room who have criticized the shooting and repeatedly called on police to release body-camera footage that captured it. Afterward, the group held hands and prayed outside police headquarters.
ABC 7
Here's Where L.A.'S Biggest Crime Increases Are Happening
Crime is on the increase in Los Angeles. Violent crime was up 20.2 percent and and all crime was up 12.6 percent when 2015 is compared with 2014, according to Los Angeles Police Department data. Why is anyone's guess. Here are the five LAPD areas with the highest crime increases, according to department data: West Valley. LAPD's West Valley Division includes all or part of Encino, Tarzana, Lake Balboa, Northridge and Reseda. It experienced an 18.4 percent increase in violent crime when comparing late January with the same time in 2015. Robbery was up 27.8 percent.
LA Weekly
Police Crash During Pursuit, Officers Sent to Hospital
During a high-speed pursuit of a stolen car, officers were in a violent wreck with at least two other vehicles, and were sent to the hospital Tuesday. "I'm lucky I'm alive," Mike Rivera, who was driving an SUV involved in the crash, said. The pursuit began in the Jefferson Park area at 9 p.m. when a report of a stolen Honda came in. Two officers in a patrol car went to aid in the chase and ended up crashing into a Pathfinder SUV at Exposition and Crenshaw Boulevards. The impact of the crash caused the patrol car to spin around and hit a Chrysler coming through the intersection.
NBC 4
Pursuit Ends With Man Punching Officer in the Face
A shirtless 18-year-old man in sweatpants led police on a chase before punching an officer in the face in West Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Police Department said Tuesday. "It seems like he was under the influence of some kind of drug, and his reasoning is beyond us at this time," Capt. Howard Leslie of the LAPD said. Officers began chasing the man, wanted on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, in an SUV at 2 p.m. in the 1700 block of Ogden Street. Officers said they received a report of a man, wearing no shirt and sweatpants, brandishing a handgun, and a slow pursuit began.
NBC 4
Man who allegedly posed as L.A. priest for years arrested, accused of defrauding churchgoers
Erwin Mena called himself “Padre” and celebrated Masses, confessions and baptisms, police say, but he was not your typical man of the cloth. He was a con man posing as a priest, swindling churchgoers out of several thousands of dollars, police allege in court documents. Officers arrested Mena, 59, Tuesday in Elysian Park on suspicion of grand theft. LAPD Det. Gary Guevara alleged in court documents that Mena sold parishioners bogus trips to see Pope Francis last year in Philadelphia and New York.
Los Angeles Times
Mother Killed, Daughter, 5, Injured in Boyle Heights Hit-and-Run; $50,000 Reward Offered
A $50,000 reward was offered Tuesday for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the person responsible for a hit-and-run that killed a young mother and badly injured her 5-year-old daughter in Boyle Heights, according to police. Korina Campos parked her 1998 Honda Civic on Boyle Avenue, near Whittier Boulevard, around 1:50 p.m. Saturday, when the incident occurred, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Campos, 27, took her 5-year-old daughter out of the backseat when they were struck, Detective Felix Padilla said. The collision caused the mother to be “launched,” and she was pronounced dead 30 minutes later at LAC+USC Medical Center.
KTLA 5
District Attorney files criminal charges against SoCalGas over leak near Porter Ranch
Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey has filed criminal charges against Southern California Gas Co. for failing to immediately report the natural gas leak at its Aliso Canyon facility to proper authorities, her office announced Tuesday. “It is important that Southern California Gas Co. be held responsible for its criminal actions,” Lacey said in a written statement. “We will do everything we can as prosecutors to help ensure that the Aliso Canyon facility is brought into compliance. I believe we can best serve our community using the sanctions available through a criminal conviction to prevent similar public health threats in the future.”
Los Angeles Daily News
Manhunt is underway for a murder suspect mistakenly freed from L.A. County custody
The witness looked straight ahead and remained silent. Steven Lawrence Wright's refusal to testify in the murder trial of two gang members earned him a five-day sentence for contempt of court. But that defiance also proved to be his ticket to freedom, at least for now. Wright, who was in jail on a murder charge and pending sentencing for attempted murder, was mistakenly released Saturday from custody after serving the contempt sentence. Wright, 37, is now the subject of a manhunt as urgent as the one touched off last month by the escape of three inmates from an Orange County jail.
Los Angeles Times
2 LA County Sheriff's Deputies Convicted Of Jail Beating Cover-Up
Two L.A. County sheriff's deputies have been convicted of trying to cover up the beating of a handcuffed inmate at the Los Angeles County jail. A federal jury convicted Joey Aguiar and Mariano Ramirez on Tuesday of falsifying reports. But the panel acquitted them of conspiracy to violate civil rights and deadlocked on another charge. The deputies could now face up to 20 years in prison. Prosecutors said that in 2009 the deputies choked, struck, kicked and pepper-sprayed handcuffed inmate Bret Phillips and then wrote reports indicating he attacked them.
CBS 2
Federal, state, local SF officials beef up Super Bowl security
From ticket scalpers to terrorism, football's biggest game always presents challenges large and small for law enforcement officials. Their task is made more difficult by the location of Super Bowl 50, some 45 miles from downtown San Francisco, and a number of events throughout the sprawling Bay Area in the run up to the game in Santa Clara on Sunday."The challenge of this event is that it is really two separate, but related events many miles apart," said FBI counterterrorism agent John Lightfoot, who is in charge of the agency's Super Bowl detail. "That means we need more resources than previous games."
Associated Press
Councilman Calls For Investigation Into ‘Abnormally High' SoCal Gas Bills
L.A. City Councilman Mitch Englander submitted a resolution to the city council on Tuesday calling on regulators to investigate rate increases experienced by Southern California Gas Co. customers in the wake of the massive Aliso Canyon natural gas leak. Englander is asking the California Public Utilities Commission, which is already probing the Porter Ranch gas leak, to look into the possibility that bills are spiking in connection with the leak. “This bill-spiking comes at a time when SoCalGas is experiencing a major disaster at its Aliso Canyon facility,” Englander said. “I am simply not buying that these two incidents are not related. It appears that the entire Los Angeles basin is now feeling the effects of the Aliso Canyon gas leak.
CBS 2
L.A. leaders want someone overseeing oil operations in the city full time
Los Angeles, a metropolis studded with hundreds of active oil and gas wells, is supposed to have someone who handles a long list of duties tied to petroleum, according to city codes. Yet for decades, no one has held the job full time. That vacuum has troubled some environmental and neighborhood activists, who argue that without an active, involved petroleum administrator, the slew of government agencies involved in regulating oil and gas have failed to coordinate to protect neighbors.
Los Angeles Times
LADWP security gaps draw L.A. City Council scrutiny
Concerned about physical attacks and other dangers to the nation's largest municipal electricity utility, Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Koretz in 2014 asked the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to report back on security risks at the department. Responding with a five-page brief, DWP General Manager Marcie Edwards cited patrols at the facilities, and the utility's alarm and video systems. The report, released March 2015, highlighted no security concerns at the department. Now, Edwards' report is under scrutiny amid revelations of major security gaps at the utility. That scrutiny came to light on Tuesday at L.A. City Hall, where Koretz, disappointed over the conflicting reports, questioned the lack of details in the Edwards report.
Los Angeles Daily News
City Council OKs Airport Ban On Cab Drivers Who Refuse Customers Based On Race
The Los Angeles City Council has approved a policy banning cabdrivers from the airport for refusing to accept black customers. City News Service says the council on Tuesday tightened rules that punish cabbies who refuse fares because of prejudice. The new rules call for immediate, permanent revocation of a driver's permit to operate at Los Angeles International Airport if the cabbie refuses service based on prejudice against a race, nationality, religion, age, disability, sex or gender identity.
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