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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
April 6, 2016 |
North Hills Man Accused Of Killing Gay Son Also Being Investigated For Wife's Murder
The man accused of killing his gay son is also being investigated for the murder of his wife. Shehada Khalil Issa, 69, has been charged with fatally shooting his son, Amir, outside their North Hills home last week. Shehada Issa told police he shot his son in self-defense after he discovered the body of his wife, 68-year-old Rabihah Issa. But on Tuesday, LAPD said detectives are investigating whether Shehada Issa may have killed his wife the day before he allegedly killed his son.
ABC 7
Man Pleads Not Guilty in Violent Van Nuys Beauty Salon Rape
Authorities said a man who posed as a customer at a beauty salon and then dragged a worker to the back has been charged with a slew of felonies in the shocking sexual assault in Van Nuys. Enrique Orozco, 30, faces charges of rape, attempted sodomy, forcible oral copulation, kidnapping to commit rape and assault with intent to commit a felony, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. He faces a maximum sentence of 50 years to life in a state prison. He pleaded not guilty Tuesday. The caught-on-camera attack occurred March 29 as the victim was closing the beauty salon on Vanowen Street.
NBC 4
Father Who Allegedly Left Baby In Car Outside Strip Club Was Reportedly Angry At Halted Lap Dance
A man was charged with leaving his 9-month-old daughter in a car while he went into a strip club, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday. Auwin Dargin, 24, pleaded not guilty to one count of child abuse Monday. He is scheduled to return to court on May 3. Prosecutors say Dargin left his baby girl in the car for about an hour while going into the Synn Gentleman's Club at 8314 Sepulveda Blvd. in North Hills at about 2 p.m. on March 9. The crying baby was found alive in the car by employees of the club and a neighboring business, who rescued her and confronted Dargin as he stepped outside of the club, District Attorney's officials said.
CBS 2
Body Discovered on Side of 110 Freeway
A body was found on the side of the 110 Freeway Tuesday, causing a major backup for commuters, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed. The body was discovered on the side of the southbound 110 Freeway just north of Vernon Avenue at 1:25 p.m. LAPD confirmed it was a female body. Authorities didn't shut down the freeway, but traffic was backed up to the 10 Freeway. "A citizen observed what they thought was a body in the bushes on the embankment and they contacted the California Highway Patrol," Andy Neiman of the Los Angeles Police Department said.
NBC 4
LAPD Pursues Driver of Possible Stolen Car in South Los Angeles
Los Angeles police were in pursuit of a possible stolen car in South Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, police said. Officers were following the driver on surface streets in the Watts area, video from Sky5 showed. The driver had repeatedly crossed over into oncoming traffic and avoided at least one spike strip during the chase. At one point, the car stopped on a residential street and the driver bailed out of the vehicle. He was immediately taken into custody.
KTLA 5
Manhunt for Compton mini-mall shooter who killed 2, injured 1
A search was continuing Tuesday for the person who shot three men, killing two of them, outside a mini-mall in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County bordering Compton. The shootings occurred about 5:15 p.m. Monday in the 13000 block of South Avalon Boulevard, according to the sheriff's department. Two men died at the scene. They were identified by the coroner's office as Eric Bellard, 37, and Lionzeal Williams, 52. Their hometowns were unknown. A third man who was found wounded several blocks away was hospitalized in stable condition.
MyNewsLA.com
Jury Begins Deliberations In Trial Of Former LA Undersheriff Paul Tanaka
A prosecutor told a federal jury Tuesday that the conspiracy case against the former second-in-command at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department seemed like a movie script, and “you get to write the end of the story.” Ex-Undersheriff Paul Tanaka's attorney countered that he should be acquitted because he was merely following his then-boss' orders and did not instigate any illegal activity. With that exchange fresh in their minds, jurors began deliberations Tuesday afternoon, on the ninth day of trial. Deliberations are expected to resume Wednesday morning.
KCAL 9
Advocates and attorneys debate best approach to juvenile defense in L.A. County
Advocates, former juvenile offenders and attorneys who represent children accused of crimes agree that Los Angeles County's system for providing juveniles with legal defense is flawed, but disagree -- sometimes vehemently -- about the best way to fix it. Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to commission a report on options for overhauling the way juveniles are defended. Those options could include changing the pay structure for the private attorneys who are contracted to represent some juveniles; transferring the duties to the county's alternate public defender's office; or combining the public defender and alternate public defender into a single office with a division responsible for handling conflicts.
Los Angeles Times
California lawmakers propose new oral swab field test for drivers high on pot
With medical marijuana in widespread use and a ballot measure planned to legalize recreational pot in California, state officials Tuesday proposed using new technology to catch the increasing number of motorists who are driving while high. Legislation would allow law enforcement officers to use oral swab tests to strengthen cases when there is probable cause that a driver is impaired and the driver has failed sobriety field tests. A hand-held electronic device would test for the presence of marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines and pain medications, including opiates, on the swab, according to Republican Sen. Bob Huff of San Dimas, who authored the bill.
Los Angeles Times
California lawmaker wants to allow supervised heroin use
A lawmaker wants to allow California addicts to use heroin, crack and other drugs at supervised facilities to cut down on overdoses, joining several U.S. cities considering establishing the nation's first legal drug-injection sites. The proposal introduced Tuesday comes as San Francisco, Seattle, New York City and Ithaca, New York, weigh ordinances to set up the facilities, citing the success of a site operating in Canada since 2003. But law enforcement has opposed the move in California, saying it will worsen addiction. And lawmakers seemed reluctant to support it, postponing a committee vote. Though federal authorities have taken a hands-off approach to states' legalization of marijuana, it's not clear how they would respond to facilities permitting users to shoot up hard drugs.
Associated Press
How spy probe into leaked C-17 intel wound up as an L.A. child pornography prosecution
FBI agents investigating a potential data leak at Boeing obtained a secret warrant to search the home computers of a company manager in California for evidence they hoped would connect him to Chinese economic espionage. Instead, they say, they found something else entirely: graphic child pornography. With that discovery two years ago, an investigation that began with sensational but ultimately unproven allegations of espionage veered into an unrelated child pornography prosecution that won Keith Gartenlaub's conviction in December. Now, the Los Angeles case is testing a defendant's ability to access information about himself that had been presented to the nation's secretive intelligence court, which issued the warrant that let agents scour his computers.
Associated Press
Regional News
Southern California Could Face Summer Power Outages Due to Gas Leak
Parts of Southern California might face 14 days of electrical power disruptions due to unavailable natural gas after a monthslong leak at a storage facility in the San Fernando Valley, leaders from key energy agencies said Tuesday. The blowout crippled a major energy supply for the region and required a partial shutdown. The storage field has not operated at full capacity since the leak was discovered in October, and the chairman of the California Energy Commission said Tuesday that the partial shutdown could lead to power cuts for up to 14 days as demand skyrockets during the heat of summer.
NBC 4
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Many L.A. County residents worry about going hungry or becoming homeless, survey finds
Los Angeles County residents feel generally lukewarm about their quality of life, and nearly one-third of them live with anxiety about going hungry or becoming homeless, a new UCLA survey found. Among some groups, including Latinos, renters and people making less than $30,000 a year, the percentages worrying about food and shelter were much higher. The survey was commissioned by UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs and conducted last month by phone and online in English and Spanish by public opinion research firm Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates.
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Pension News
Judge upholds order to repeal Measure B
After four years of litigation and millions of dollars to fight Measure B, a judge on Tuesday denied a legal attempt to stop the city from repealing the pension reform initiative voters approved in 2012. During Tuesday's swift hearing, the judge also upheld an order from last month to accept a request from the San Jose Police Officers' Association and the city to overturn the measure on a "procedural defect" -- that the city didn't fully bargain with labor unions before placing the initiative on the ballot. That was the city's strategy to overturn Measure B and replace it with a negotiated settlement with its unions.
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