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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 30, 2016 |
Two Dead in North Hills Home
Crime scene investigators spent the day Tuesday searching for clues about what led to the deaths of two people at a home in a quiet North Hills neighborhood. Neighbor Joanna Davila and her mother-in-law heard at least three gunshots just before 9 a.m. "She said she heard one shot and walked out to check what it was and heard screaming," Davila said. "And then heard two shots and came back in." An older couple live at the home with their adult son in the 15000 block of Rayen Street. Investigators say an elderly woman was found dead in the bathroom and the body of a young man was discovered outside in the front yard.
NBC 4
Armored-Car Employee Robbed In Broad Daylight In Granada Hills
A man robbed an armored car employee at gunpoint in the middle of a crowded shopping center in Granada Hills Tuesday and fled on foot with a bag of money, police said. A Brink's employee was walking toward his truck around 11 a.m. after picking up money from a CVS pharmacy when an armed man confronted him and ordered him to drop the bag, police said. The suspect also forced the employee to turn over his own gun - all in view of shoppers at the shopping center located at Chatsworth Street and Zelzah Avenue.
ABC 7
1 Hospitalized With Possible Gunshot Wound After Burglary at Encino Home
One person was hospitalized with a possible gunshot wound after a burglary at a home in a gated community in Encino on Tuesday, police said. Someone called police just after 12:30 p.m. from the 5000 block of White Oak Avenue, saying he'd been shot, according to Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Officer Michael Ludwig. Officers arrived and found one victim with a possible gunshot wound, but investigators were not sure if the person was the homeowner. A gunman was last seen fleeing on foot. He was described by Ludwig as a white man wearing a baseball hat and a gray shirt.
KTLA 5
Man Arrested After Standoff at Lake in Hollenbeck Park
Police arrested a man suspected of robbing a woman and jumping into a lake starting a standoff with officers, authorities said. A woman walked into a police station just after 9:45 p.m. to report she was the victim of an armed robbery near East 6th Street and South Louis Street in Boyle Heights, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The victim showed officers to the last known location of the suspected robber and police were able to locate the man. Officers tried to make contact with the man who then fled on foot, police said.
NBC 4
Parolee charged in 7-Eleven stabbings, eligible for death penalty
A parolee was charged Tuesday in connection with the stabbings outside a 7-Eleven store in Valley Village that left the general manager dead and his co-worker significant other critically wounded. Hasaan Blunt, 42, who police believe is homeless, was charged with felony murder, felony attempted murder, two felony counts of second degree robbery and three misdemeanor counts of vandalism under $400 for slashing tires of three vehicles prior to the robbery and murder, said Ricardo Santiago of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office. Blunt was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday but it was continued until April 28 at the Van Nuys Courthouse, he said.
Los Angeles Daily News
More Than 2 Dozen Car Burglaries Reported Within 5-Block Radius Of Westwood Building Since January, Police Say
Authorities hope the public will take a close look at two people who they say may be responsible for a string of car burglaries in West Los Angeles. “It was horrible. The worst part is they weren't even scared. That's what bothered me,” said a burglary victim identified only as Tiffani. Security video caught the pair allegedly rummaging through her car last week. Tiffani says she had just gotten home and was trying to lock her car remotely from an app but wasn't able to. “I said, ‘OK, maybe it's a WiFi glitch.' I tried locking it again. And it said, ‘Error.' I couldn't lock it because they were in my car,” she said.
KCAL 9
Crash Involving Fire Engine Triggers Outage in Valley Village Area; Four Firefighter Seriously Injured
A crash involving a fire engine injured four firefighters and triggered a power outage in the Valley Village area early Wednesday morning, authorities said. The crash was reported around 1:55 a.m. in the 13700 block of W. Burbank Boulevard near Woodman Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. One firefighter was transported to a hospital in serious condition. The crash downed a live power line which triggered a small fire at a nearby liquor store and caused a power outage affecting about 530 customers.
NBC 4
Cause Of Fiery Crash In Exposition Park Unknown Though Speed Believed To Play Role
A day after a fiery crash in Exposition Park left seven people injured, police were still working to determine the cause. Police said a speeding Mercedes Benz burst into flames Monday night after it crashed into the side of the bus in the 1600 block of West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Seconds later, police say, a speeding Dodge Challenger clipped the back-end of the bus, but the impact didn't result in flames.
CBS 2
‘We Were Just Trying to Help,' Say Officers Who Rescued People From Burning Car in South L.A.
Two officers who worked alongside a good Samaritan to pull people out from a burning car following a crash in South L.A. said on Tuesday that once adrenaline kicked in, their only goal was to help the trapped victims. Seven people were injured, two critically, after at least two cars and a Metro bus with only a driver on board crashed near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Western Avenue in the Vermont Square neighborhood Monday around 6:30 p.m.
KTLA 5
Tapes show deputies' paranoia over FBI jail probe
Prosecutors in the criminal trial of the once second- highest law enforcement official in Los Angeles County Tuesday played recordings revealing a climate of paranoia among sheriff's deputies when they discovered that the FBI had launched a probe of the jail system. Ex-Undersheriff Paul Tanaka “managed” an August 2011 plan to thwart the jails investigation, partly by approving a scheme to “hide” an inmate- turned-informer from officials wanting him to testify before a grand jury, prosecutors allege.
MyNewsLA.com
Gov. Brown evokes threat of inmate prison release to push for ballot measure on parole
Evoking the threat of court-ordered prison releases, Gov. Jerry Brown this week appealed for help in collecting signatures to get his parole initiative on the November ballot. In an email blitz to political supporters, the governor said that "even after significant improvements, the state does not have a durable plan to deal with prison overcrowding” and faces the prospect of a forced release of thousands of inmates. Brown is proposing an overhaul of the parole eligibility rules only for inmates sentenced in nonviolent crimes. Felons who earned enough good behavior credits or participated in education programs could be considered for early release by parole boards empowered to set aside sentencing enhancements tacked on for factors like repeat offenses.
Los Angeles Times
Apple wants the FBI to reveal how it hacked the San Bernardino killer's iPhone
Apple Inc. refused to give the FBI software the agency desperately wanted. Now Apple is the one that needs the FBI's assistance. The FBI announced Monday that it managed to unlock an iPhone 5c belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters without the help of Apple. And the agency has shown no interest in telling Apple how it skirted the phone's security features, leaving the tech giant guessing about a vulnerability that could compromise millions of devices. "One way or another, Apple needs to figure out the details," said Justin Olsson, product counsel at security software maker AVG Technologies. "The responsible thing for the government to do is privately disclose the vulnerability to Apple so they can continue hardening security on their devices."
Los Angeles Times
Gun shop owner credited with foiling possible mass shooting
Plans for a possible mass shooting may have been foiled, thanks to an alert gun shop owner in Ohio. John Downs makes his living selling guns, but he may have saved lives by turning down a customer, reports CBS News correspondent Adriana Diaz. "He kind of had his finger on the trigger like he was going to, you know, use it," Downs said. Last Monday, 25-year-old James Howard withdrew from his classes at Ohio University and allegedly assaulted an assistant hockey coach. Then he drove 30 minutes to Downs's Bait & Guns store. Although Howard had passed a background check, Downs refused to sell him a rifle.
CBS News
L.A. City Council Approves Stricter Standards For Fixing Newer Buildings Damaged By Major Quakes
The Los Angeles City Council approved stricter standards Tuesday for repairing newer buildings damaged by major earthquakes or other disasters. The city had required that damaged buildings built after 2011 only needed to be fixed to meet at least 75 percent of the code requirements. Under the new rules, repairs must meet 100 percent of the codes. Mayor Eric Garcetti said the measure is the last to be adopted as part of his earthquake-preparedness plan, which was created with the input of seismologist Lucy Jones of the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Treading a fine line, L.A. council considers ordinance to boost homeless sweeps
For nearly a year, Los Angeles has wrestled with how to curtail a sharp spike in street encampments while respecting homeless people's rights to hang on to personal property. Faced with the most unsheltered people in the country, and ratty shantytowns from the Cahuenga Pass to the harbor, the city in June rewrote a municipal ordinance — 56.11 — authorizing aggressive encampment sweeps. It later approved an ambitious, $2-billion plan to end homelessness in the next 10 years. But as concerns surfaced about potential lawsuits and federal condemnation of criminalization, officials suspended enforcement while they debated softening some provisions. On Wednesday, the City Council plans to take up the proposed changes.
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