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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 23, 2016 |
L.A. is a national leader for rising crime
Among the 25 largest American cities, Los Angeles ranked near the top for violent and property crime increases for the first half of 2015, according to recently released data .
The FBI released preliminary crime statistics for January through June of last year. The bureau looked at lawlessness in United States cities with 100,000 or more residents. The results weren't pretty for L.A. For the 25 largest cities, Los Angeles ranked third for increases in both violent and property crime, according to an analysis of the data by the Public Policy Institute of California.
L.A. Weekly
Taking It to the Streets: My War with the Pimps, Johns and Sex Traffickers in the San Fernando Valley
Valley residents know that there's long been a problem with sex trafficking on some of our streets. I grew up in the Valley and have lived here my whole life -- and it's always been around. We know that along Lankershim Blvd and Sepulveda Blvd there are “prostitution tracks.” When I was elected to represent this area on the Los Angeles City Council, I set out to help improve life for the people who live here. I've taken on the task of fighting human trafficking and I'm proud to have the full support of my Council colleagues in taking on this scourge in our community. I've been aggressively working on this issue for more than two years already, but over the past few months we've seen some remarkable benchmarks worth highlighting.
City Watch
Police Seek Public's Help With Silver Lake Road-Rage Stabbing
Police are asking for the public's help tracking down two people suspected in a road-rage stabbing incident that left one man dead and another slashed in the hand Saturday night in Silver Lake. The incident occurred shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday when four people apparently got into some kind of confrontation, possibly related to road rage, in the 3000 block of Griffith Park, Los Angeles police said. One male suspect stabbed a man in his upper torso, and a second female suspect stabbed the second victim in his left hand, police said.
ABC 7
Opening arguments expected in first Black Lives Matter trial in LA
City prosecutors will make their case Tuesday against two Black Lives Matter Los Angeles activists in the first of six criminal cases involving the group that has gone to trial. Activists Luz Flores and Evan Bunch have pleaded not guilty to multiple misdemeanor counts of resisting arrest and battery on a peace officer involving an event last June at the Mount Carmel Recreation Center in South Los Angeles. Bunch was also charged with trespassing in the case, according to court documents. The activists were attempting to speak to the mayor at the June 24 opening of Summer Night Lights, a violence-reduction program, to set a meeting about the group's concerns about the killing of black people at the hands of police, said Attorney Nana Gyamfi, who is representing the defendants.
Los Angeles Daily News
Man Killed in South Bay Drive-By Shooting ID'd as Everardo Cortez
An off-duty LAPD officer who was driving in the area in his personal vehicle witnessed the shooting and was shot at by the suspected shooter. Authorities on Monday identified a man killed in a drive- by shooting in San Pedro. The shooting occurred about 2:15 a.m. Saturday near 12th and Gaffey streets, according to Los Angeles police Officer Mike Lopez. Everardo Cortez, 42, of San Pedro died at the scene, said coroner's Assistant Chief Ed Winter. An off-duty LAPD officer who was driving in the area in his personal vehicle witnessed the shooting and was fired upon by someone believed involved in the crime, but the officer was not injured, police said. The officer followed the suspect's SUV while trying to call 911 from his vehicle and returned fire at one point, but it was unclear if anyone was hit, police said.
Palos Verdes Patch
Woman stabbed in Boyle Heights; police searching for her son
Police were searching for a young man Monday morning, in connection with the stabbing of his mother in Boyle Heights. Officers received a radio call at 12:10 a.m. and found a woman with stab wounds at her home in the 3700 block of Lee Street. The woman was transported to USC Medical Center, where she is in stable condition, said Sgt. Minh Nguyen, with the Los Angeles Police Department's Hollenbeck Station. Officers are searching for a male suspect. Preliminary investigation indicates the suspect is the victim's son, who is in his early 20s, Nguyen said.
Los Angeles Times
Man Arrested In DUI Crash In Lincoln Heights That Left Cousin Dead
A man suspected of driving under the influence crashed into a light post in Lincoln Heights early Monday morning, killing his cousin who was sitting in the front passenger seat, police said. The single-vehicle crash occurred around 3:15 a.m. at N. Broadway and S. Avenue 20 near the on-ramp onto the northbound 5 Freeway. The driver fled on foot before officers arrived, according to police, but later returned. He told police he lived nearby and went to get help not knowing that his cousin was dead, police said. He returned with family members who were then informed the victim had died.
ABC 7
Man Charged With Violating L.A.'s Drone Law Was Making Safety Video, Attorney Says
One of the first people charged with illegally flying drones under a new Los Angeles ordinance did not enter a plea during his arraignment Monday. The Arvel Chappell, 35, is accused of flying a drone near the Los Angeles Police Department's heliport in downtown Dec. 12, forcing a police helicopter coming in for a landing to change course to avoid a collision. According to the City Attorney's Office, Chappell was also flying his drone higher than 400 feet, using it at night and letting it fly within a quarter mile of the heliport without permission. What he did violated new drone law based on the local law, authorities said.
CBS 2
Compton City Council Member's Brothers Shot, One Killed
Two brothers of a Compton city councilman were shot, one of them fatally, Monday afternoon in an apparent gang-related attack on a street in East Los Angeles. The shooting took place just after Noon in the 900 block of South La Verne Avenue, according to Deputy Mike Barraza. Compton City Councilman Isaac Galvan made the announcement that his brothers Dennis and Larry Galvan were shot today on his Facebook page. Larry Galvan was the brother who died, according to the councilman. Galvan wrote on Facebook his brothers were shot in front of his mother's house.
NBC 4
CHP Coordinates Series Of Bone Marrow Drives For Cancer-Stricken Orange County Officer
Keith Meter was a veteran California Highway Patrol officer in what appeared to be great health when he got his first hint that something wasn't right. Meter was attempting to donate bone marrow to an 8-year-old girl — he was contacted that they were a match — but was told his blood levels were too low to meet donor requirements. “I ignored the fact that they told me to go to the doctor,” said Meter, an 18-year CHP veteran. “I felt fine.” But it was the first in a series of events that would lead to his diagnosis with myelodysplastic syndrome, an aggressive form of bone-marrow cancer.
CBS 2
Street racing is a real drag for California cops; Both the participants and bystanders are at risk when the fastest cars compete illegally
Mike McNulty's knees were still trembling from the adrenaline rush. He had just won a 100-mph race on a quarter-mile stretch of De Soto Avenue -- and the thrill of victory was intoxicating. "It's kind of scary, but it's kind of good when you know you're winning," said McNulty, an 18-year-old North Hollywood grocery store clerk who drives a 1989 Mustang GT. Every week across L.A.'s San Fernando Valley, McNulty and other amateur racers gather with their souped-up cars at fast-food parking lots and car washes, where they wager hundreds of dollars and even their car pink slips on speed. The stakes are high -- as high as life and death itself. But McNulty and other street racers insist such risks are easily overshadowed by the thrills and bragging rights bestowed upon the Valley's fastest set of wheels.
IM Tribune
Thousands rally all around US over NY officer's conviction
About 10,000 supporters of a former police officer convicted of fatally shooting an unarmed man in a darkened stairwell rallied in New York in one of several demonstrations held across the country Saturday to protest his conviction. Peter Liang, who has said the shooting was an accident, was convicted of manslaughter this month in the death of Akai Gurley, who was fatally shot in 2014 inside a New York City public housing building. Many of Liang's supporters say he is being scapegoated because of anger over other police shootings in New York and across the country and that he has been treated unfairly because he is Asian-American.
Associated Press
Court Upholds State's Stricter Limits on Parole Hearings
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld California laws approved by voters that set stricter limits on parole hearings and give the governor authority to block parole. The statutes do not violate a constitutional ban against increasing punishments retroactively, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said. At issue in the ruling were Proposition 9, which is also known as Marsy's Law, and Proposition 89. Marsy's Law — approved by voters in 2008 — extended the amount of time a prisoner must wait for another parole hearing after being denied parole. Proposition 89 — passed by voters in 1988 — gives the governor authority to reverse parole decisions for inmates convicted of murder.
Associated Press
South LA To Get $1 Million Towards Cleaner Streets
Fed up with persistently littered streets in South L.A., the city councilman representing the area has put in place a $ 1 million cleanup effort. Councilman Curren Price announced the plan on Tuesday, in partnership with LA Sanitation. “I live right down the street,” he said at a South L.A. press conference. “It's intolerable to see trash and debris and litter in the street … The situation was ignored.” The plan calls for increased efforts to pick up conspicuous garbage commonly found on streets, such as discarded mattresses and used furniture.
CBS 2
Recalls of Los Angeles City Hall politicians are rare
A group of Valley Village residents seeking to recall Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Krekorian may have missed a key filing deadline Monday, according to the Los Angeles City Clerk's office. City Clerk Holly Wolcott said on Monday afternoon that her office hadn't received documents necessary to begin the recall petition process. Petitioners faced a 5 p.m. deadline and Wolcott said it wasn't clear their documents had arrived. While organizers insisted the paperwork was mailed, the back and forth underscored the difficulty of recalls, which require organization and money.“It's tough to do a recall and it's expensive,” said Century City resident Mike Eveloff, push unsuccessfully for a recall of Los Angeles City Councilman Jack Weiss in 2007.
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