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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
March 18, 2016 |
Man Convicted of Attempted Murder of Police Officers, Rape of Child Hostage During Inglewood Standoff
A 47-year-old Inglewood man was convicted Thursday of nine counts of premeditated attempted murder of police officers and the kidnapping and rape of a 14-year-old girl during a nine-hour standoff in 2013. Jurors also found Christopher Warsaw guilty of nine counts of assault on a peace officer with a semiautomatic firearm, two counts of false imprisonment of a hostage and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. Officers with the Inglewood Police Department were called to the 10700 block of Fifth Avenue on Nov. 27, 2013, after neighbors reported seeing Warsaw dragging his girlfriend's screaming 14-year-old daughter into a home, the release stated.
KTLA 5
Elementary Student Arrested After Allegedly Stabbing Boy in Boyle Heights
A student was arrested Thursday after he allegedly stabbed a classmate at an elementary school in Boyle Heights on Thursday, officials said. Police responded around 10 a.m. to a reported stabbing at Bridge Street School, according to the Los Angeles school police. The victim was transported to a hospital and his condition was unknown. Joe Flores said he witnessed the boy, who was arrested at the school, being escorted off the campus by police. A School police said the accused attacker was booked on a charge of attempted murder, but the charge could be downgraded to assault with a deadly weapon. The boy could appear in court Friday. School administrators sent a letter to parents explaining there was incident that occurred where "one student injured another student."
NBC 4
Man Shot In Car In South Los Angeles; Investigation Underway
An investigation is underway after a man was shot while in a car in South Los Angeles Thursday morning, police said. A woman told police she heard shots fired around 8:30 a.m. in the area of 53rd Street and Normandie Avenue. She then discovered that her boyfriend, who was in a car at the time, was shot. Investigators said four shots were fired - one struck the victim. His condition was not immediately known. Police described the possible suspect vehicle as a Toyota. The shooting was under investigation.
ABC 7
$4.8M In Marijuana Plants Seized From 3 Canoga Park Warehouses
Los Angeles police narcotics investigators say they've arrested seven people and seized millions of dollars worth of marijuana from a major grow operation in Canoga Park. Acting on a tip from local community members who suspected marijuana cultivation in the area, warrants were served March 9 at three warehouses in the 8500 block of Canoga Avenue in Canoga Park. Investigators found more than 10,000 marijuana plants in various stages of growth, LAPD officials said. More than $7,000 in cash and nearly 2,400 pounds of marijuana, which included live plants and dried flowers with an approximate wholesale value of $4.8 million, were seized, along with over 300 pounds of THC-infused liquids, chocolates and hard candy, police said.
CBS 2
Hit-And-Run Driver Sought For Possibly Causing School Bus Crash In Watts
A search is underway for the driver who may have caused a wreck between another car and a school bus in Watts Thursday morning. When first responders arrived at the scene on the 1500 block of 103rd Street around 7:30 a.m., they found the bus and a heavily damaged car. According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, two people in the car were transported to local hospitals in critical condition. Most of the kids are OK. A 12-year-old girl suffered a minor injury and was transported to an area hospital. Witnesses said the car was clipped by another vehicle, and that's what caused the accident. Investigators are looking for that third vehicle, reportedly red in color, and the driver.
ABC 7
Arrest Made in Rolling Hills Robberies
A man wanted in connection with a string of burglaries in ultra-exclusive and gated Rolling Hills has been arrested, police said Thursday. Charles Eugene Vaca, 62, was arrested near 162nd and Van Ness streets om Gardena Thursday afternoon. A $1,050,000 warrant had been issued for his arrest. A professional photographer said he helped track down the robbery suspect after seeing a report about the robberies in NBC4. He called police after recognizing a man who matched the description of the suspect seated in a sport utility vehicle in the Gardena area, then shot video of the arrest. The Lomita Station said Vaca was linked to a series of home burglaries, and his DNA was found at two homes. Deputies said Vaca, who sometimes goes by the alias "Ryan Baca," is a transient who travels from Harbor City to Palos Verdes Estates.
NBC 4
Man Killed In LA High-Rise Fall Not Supposed To Be Above 3rd Floor, Officials Say
An electrician who plunged to his death Thursday while working on a Los Angeles skyscraper was not supposed to be above the third floor and had removed his hardhat before falling 53 floors, construction company officials said. The man, who was in his second day on the project, fell some 800 feet from the unfinished Wilshire Grand Center around noon and either hit the back edge of a passing car or struck nearby. Once finished, the building will be the tallest in the West It happened at one of the busiest times of day at one of the busiest intersections in downtown Los Angeles, when the streets were thronged with people.
ABC 7
Informational Hearing To Be Held On San Bernardino Shooting Massacre
Assemblyman Freddie Rodriguez will hold an informational hearing Friday on the San Bernardino shooting massacre. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. at the San Bernardino County Government Center. The subject of the hearing has been titled “The San Bernardino Shooting: Lessons Learned.” “Tragedy struck our community and the emergency responders from throughout the Inland Empire performed heroically,” Rodriguez said. “Reviewing the emergency response after a major incident such as this is important. I want to hear directly from the first responders to find out what went well, what could have been done better and how we can improve emergency preparedness across the state.” On Dec. 2, 2015, Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, opened fire at the Inland Regional Center killing 14 people and injuring 22 others.
CBS 2
FBI: IS group inspired Calif. student in stabbings
A California college student who went on a stabbing rampage that wounded four people before he was shot down by a campus police officer was inspired by the Islamic State group but acted alone, the FBI said Thursday. Faisal Mohammad, 18, appears to have become self-radicalized, drawing motivation from terrorist propaganda that he found online before launching the Nov. 4 attack at the University of California, Merced, authorities said. "Every indication is that Mohammad acted on his own," Gina Swankie, a spokeswoman for the FBI's Sacramento field office, said in a statement. "It may never be possible to definitively determine why he chose to attack people on the U.C. Merced Campus."
Associated Press
Paris attacks suspect "likely" escaped, again
One of the main suspects in the Nov. 13, 2015 terror attacks on Paris, Salah Abdeslam, likely escaped capture in a raid on an apartment in Brussels earlier this week. Abdeslam, whose brother was one of the suicide bombers in the carnage that left 130 people dead in the French capital, may have slipped through the fingers of European law enforcement at least twice now since the attack. "According to our information, it is more than likely that he is one of the two individuals who escaped during the shootout," Belgium's public broadcaster RTBF reported. One suspect was killed in the Tuesday raid in the Forest neighborhood of Brussels, but police said soon after that two other people who escaped the operation were the subject of a manhunt.
CBS NEWS
Garcetti-affiliated nonprofit raises $14.6 million in first year
A Nonprofit created by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to advance civic initiatives raised $14.6 million in its first full year of operation, less than a third of which it has spent, according to tax records filed recently with the federal government. The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles, which Garcetti modeled on a similar nonprofit established by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, submitted its tax return last week for the fiscal year ended that ended in June. The tax return, along with the fund's annual report, show an enviable first year of fundraising for a startup organization in a region where competition for philanthropic dollars can be fierce.
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles city controller corrects audit of airport contracting
The Los Angeles city controller's office has corrected a recent audit that found millions of dollars in competitive contracts awarded by the city's airport department received only one or two bids. The office did not change its finding that 30% of the solicitations received one bidder and 28% had only two, despite a city policy requiring three bidders per competitive contract. But the total value of the contracts examined was $104 million for good and services last year, not $593 million as originally stated in the report released to the public March 7. Construction and professional service contracts, they added, were mistakenly included in the amount. The controller's office blamed the error on Los Angeles World Airports, which provided the $593-million figure that was relied on by the audit team. Using that number, the value of the contracts in question were $356 million.
Los Angeles Times
City of LA wants fingerprinting for Uber, Lyft drivers, but it's in state hands
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and several City Council members want to require Uber and Lyft to fingerprint their drivers just as taxi companies do, they announced Thursday. Authority to do that, however, is held by the California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates the ride-hailing services. Up to now, the PUC hasn't required fingerprinting with checks against the national FBI criminal database. Uber and Lyft must conduct background checks, but they do them based on Social Security numbers, which can be falsified, rather than fingerprints. Several ride-hailing companies voluntarily fingerprint their drivers – the ones that transport children without their parents.
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LA City Council To Vote On Revisions To Homeless Encampments Ban
The Los Angeles City Council will vote Friday on proposed revisions to a law that bans transients from setting up homeless encampments and storing property in public areas. The current law, which was adopted last summerprohibits transients from setting up tents and other living spaces between the hours of 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. Under the proposed revisions, if the city is unable to provide adequate storage space nearby, or offer subsidized transportation to astorage area, homeless individuals would be allowed to store a 60-gallon bin worth of belongings — including deconstructed tents, bedding, clothes, food, medicine, documents and other personal items — on a sidewalk.
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