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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 12, 2016 |
Senior Brutally Beaten In Downtown Los Angeles Attack Dies
An elderly man who was brutally beaten in broad daylight in downtown Los Angeles earlier in April has died, according to Los Angeles police. Police said 85-year-old Dong Yul Lee was attacked near a Whole Foods on 7th and Olive streets at about 3:40 p.m. on April 3. LaFawn Parker, a 46-year-old transient said to be mentally unstable, punched and kicked the elderly man several times as he was walking down the street, police said. Witnesses said Lee lived in the neighborhood. A security guard from the Whole Foods grocery store across the street witnessed the attacked, pepper sprayed Parker and held him down until police arrived.
ABC 7
Police Arrest Pursuit Suspect Following Standoff At Pacific Palisades Home
Police Monday arrested an armed pursuit suspect who barricaded himself inside of a garage at a Pacific Palisades home for six hours. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the pursuit began along the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica and ended at Earlham Street near Radcliffe Avenue. The suspect crashed his white SUV into a vehicle, fired gunshots at officers and then ran away from the area on foot. The suspect later broke into the garage of a home located in the 400 block of North Lombard Avenue. The family reportedly hid inside of the nursery in the home after they heard the suspect break in. They were freed from the residence with the assistance of police.
CBS 2
Felony Charges Filed Against Burglary Suspects Who Led Police On Chase From Cerritos To South LA
Felony charges were filed Monday against two burglary suspects involved in a bizarre, slow-speed televised chase on freeway and surface streets. Herschel Reynolds, a 20-year-old former Marine Corps driver, and his 19-year-old passenger, Isaiah Young, are facing one count each of first-degree residential burglary and fleeing a pursuing peace officer's vehicle while driving recklessly, both felonies. They are additionally charged with two misdemeanor counts of hit-and-run driving resulting in property damage. A burglary was reported about 1:25 p.m. Thursday in the 12300 block of Charlwood Street in Cerritos, but the suspects fled the location before sheriff's deputies arrived.
KCAL 9
Uncovering information about police misconduct might soon get easier in California
California has some of the strictest laws in the U.S. against publicly releasing information about officer discipline. State Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) says recent high-profile clashes between police departments and the communities they serve show that now is the time to change the rules. Leno has introduced SB 1286, which would unravel some of the protections against releasing officer information. His push for transparency is generally supported by police reform advocates as a way to improve police-community relations. “We can begin to rebuild the critically needed trust between law enforcement and community members,” Leno said. “I don't think it's at all debatable that that trust has come into question.”
Los Angeles Times
Boyle Heights Family, Community Shaken After Violent Attempted Robbery
A Boyle Heights family and neighborhood is shaken by a violent attempted robbery after officers shot and killed a suspect holding an elderly man at knifepoint. A torn window screen and shattered glass show the violence that happened behind an apartment door. "My dad was sitting in the living room when, suddenly, someone came into the house and grabbed him from the back and got a knife," the victim's son, who did not want to be identified, said. Police said a robbery suspect broke into an apartment in the 1400 block of Gabriel Garcia Marquez Street at about 8:30 p.m. on Sunday. When police showed up, the man grabbed the 82-year-old resident inside and held him hostage with a knife to his throat.
ABC 7
Man who convinced woman he was Uber driver now in custody
On Monday, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck and L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke about a ride sharing request gone wrong, and why the victim survived and what led police to the alleged suspect, Dartanyum Smith. "It's such a random occurrence that could happen to anybody," said Beck. Police say a woman's friend called her an Uber around 3 a.m. last Sunday in Westlake. She says when she came out near 8th and Vermont, she was greeted by a man posing as her driver. Police say he drove her more than a mile away to Ingraham street and brutally assaulted her. "She was choked unconscious at least three times, she was brutally sexually assaulted. I just can't say enough about the heroism of this victim and how valiantly she fought," said Beck.
FOX 11
'She Was Happy and Loved Life': Mother of Victim in Montecito Heights Park Killings Speaks Out
The mother of one of the two teens who was found dead at a Montecito Heights park last year spoke out Monday, saying her only child, 19-year-old Gabriela Calzada, was "happy and loved life." The bodies of Calzada and Briana Gallegos, 17, were found by a hiker Oct. 28 at Ernest E. Debs National Park. Two male suspects, ages 18 and 17, are expected to be arraigned Tuesday in connection with the victims' brutal murders. Police said Jose Antonio Echeverria, 18, and Dallas Stone Pineda, 17, knew and specifically sought out the victims in a gang-related attack. "Sometimes I don't want to live," the mother, who did not want to be identified, said in Spanish.
NBC 4
$15K Reward Offered For Arrest In Granada Hills Armored Truck Heist
A $15,000 reward was offered Monday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man who robbed a Brinks armored car in Granada Hills last month. The FBI and Brinks are offering $10,000 and $5,000, respectively, in connection with a robbery that happened at about 11:08 a.m. on March 29 at the Zelzah Town Center in Granada Hills. The guard had been walking back to the truck after collecting money from a CVS store when a man took out a black object resembling a handgun and pointed it at him, according to the FBI.
CBS 2
Citizen Hero on Horseback Honored For Thwarting Purse Thief
It was almost like a fairytale come to life — when Nester Zepeda heard a woman screaming for help after her purse was stolen, he valiantly pursued the thief on horseback, like a real-life knight in shining armor. As he galloped down the streets of Northridge on his tan thoroughbred horse named Palomino, the suspect surrendered the woman's purse. Nester was able to return the purse to the woman with all of its contents intact. Nester, 23, of Reseda, was honored Monday with certificates of appreciation from the Los Angeles Police Department and City Councilman Mitch Englander, but he said he doesn't see himself as a hero.
NBC 4
Prop. 47 Resulting In More Crimes Going Unpunished, Some Charge
New findings are raising additional concerns over Proposition 47, a law designed to cut prison sentences for many nonviolent offenses. “He got out early and he was able to do more crime and we were the victim of that,” said Allesha Jeffries of the man who's accused of stealing her son's specially made bike. Jeffries says it's hard enough caring for her 13-year-old with cerebral palsy, but when his bike was stolen, her heart dropped. She said though when she learned from prosecutors that the suspected thief was a repeat offender released early by Prop. 47, she was livid. Passed by voters in 2014, the proposition reduces some felonies to misdemeanors and limits jail time for many crimes.
CBS 2
Bill adds school threats to penal code
A proposal aimed at deterring criminal threats that cause mass disruption at school or event sites moved forward last week with unanimous support from a key legislative panel. SB 821, according to its author, would close a gap in the state Penal Code by allowing prosecution of those who threaten harm “on any community” even when a specific person is not named in the threat, and even when the threat is not carried out. Current law makes it difficult to prosecute someone who makes a verbal, written or digital threat in which a specific individual is not named as a target, according to the San Diego County District Attorney, whose office is sponsoring the bill.
Cabinet Report
A Day In The Life Of A Mental Health Emergency Responder
Cops don't just enforce the law. They must also find ways to peacefully resolve mental health emergencies. Reporter Bob Moffitt rides along with Sacramento police officer Michelle Lazark. She's part of a team that is trained to respond to the non-stop need for mental health services in the county. The day shift for the Sacramento Police Department's Psychiatric Emergency Response Team has barely started and the calls are already rolling in. Lazark is listening to the radio and making cell phone calls. "Hi, James, this is Officer Michelle Lazark with the Sacramento police department," Lazark leaves a message."I understand you've received some really bad news and I'd like to talk to you. Give me a call. I'd like to help you."
Capital Public Radio
Sacramento prosecutors help force Goldman Sachs to pay $5 billion
The numbers alone are staggering: $13 billion paid out by JPMorgan Chase to atone for its role in the economic meltdown of 2008, and more than $5 billion to be doled out by Goldman Sachs. Hundreds of millions of dollars from those banking giants will flow back to the pension funds of California's state workers and teachers, with millions more directed to help distressed homeowners in Sacramento and 24 other Central Valley counties ravaged by the housing collapse.
Both agreements stem, in large part, from the work of two assistant U.S. attorneys who have spent long hours and weekends poring over tens of millions of financial documents in their offices on the 10th floor of Sacramento's federal courthouse.
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City Government News
LA's Koreatown's about to get even more crowded thanks to new development
By some measures, Koreatown is Los Angeles's most densely-populated neighborhood, with more than 100,000 people squeezed into under three square miles. Now it's going to get more packed. Hundreds of new apartments are coming online in the next few years, as more Angelenos gravitate to the culturally-vibrant, centrally-located neighborhood next to downtown. Council President Herb Wesson, who represents Koreatown, said the area is particularly suited for a development boom because it's already known for being one of the L.A.'s most urban areas. “It's our little piece of New York,” Wesson said. “It's our little piece of Manhattan.”
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County Government News
$28-billion L.A. County budget proposal aims to address homelessness, improve jails
Los Angeles County officials on Monday released a proposed $28.5-billion budget for the next fiscal year -- a plan that would boost overall spending by about 1% but does not spell out how shortfalls in the coroner's office and some other key programs will be solved. In presenting the budget, county Chief Executive Officer Sachi Hamai said leaders are committed to "lifting the quality of life for all of our residents," but are "challenged by the demand for county services that far exceeds the available financing sources." The proposed spending plan is an increase of $282 million from the year before, offset by projected increases in property taxes and other revenues.
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Transportation News
How Metro is campaigning for the next half-cent sales tax for transportation
Looking like a candidate on the stump, Metro CEO Phil Washington took to the podium Thursday night to sell a half-cent sales tax measure that would fuel $120 billion in rail, freeway and bike lane proposals in Los Angeles County for the next 40 years. Washington identified with the room, saying he lives in the San Gabriel Valley and knows all about the traffic jams on the 10, 210, 60, 57, 71 and 605 freeways. Borrowing a phrase from presidential candidate Donald Trump, he added: “You know about the congestion that is out there. It's huge.”
Washington, who surprised even El Monte Mayor Andre Quintero with his appearance at the community meeting, used his catch phrases, calling the ballot measure an “infrastructure inheritance” and comparing it to President Eisenhower's commitment to building the interstate highway system in the 1950s.
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