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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
LA Police Protective League
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
April 18, 2016 |
20-year-old beaten and stabbed to death near Sylmar High
Authorities today sought public help to find the killers of a young man who was beaten and stabbed near Sylmar High School. The crime occurred about 3 p.m. Thursday at Dronfield Avenue and Astoria Street, the Los Angeles Police Department reported. Saul Rodriguez, 20, of Sylmar died at a hospital, police said. Officers sent to the scene on a report of an assault found Rodriguez suffering from several stab wounds, police said. “The investigation revealed that Mr. Rodriguez was confronted by several suspects while he was walking on the sidewalk,” a police statement said. “The suspects beat and stabbed Rodriguez before they ran away from the location into a (waiting) vehicle.”
Los Angeles Daily News
2 LAPD officers injured in rollover crash in San Fernando Valley
Two Los Angeles police officers and another man were injured early Sunday in a traffic collision in the San Fernando Valley that also damaged four parked cars, authorities said. The collision was reported about 2:30 a.m. on Sepulveda Boulevard near Plummer Street in North Hills, according to LAPD Officer J. Rice of the Valley Traffic Division. Police believe a driver struck an LAPD sport utility vehicle and the parked cars, and at some point the man's car flipped on its side. Police did not provide a precise timeline of the crash.
Los Angeles Times
Three Teen Boys Shot in Pico-Union Area
Three teens, all believed to be 15 to 17 years old, were shot in the Pico-Union area of central Los Angeles Saturday night, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed. "I said 'I heard a shot' jokingly, and then we heard three more," Nick Dotson, a resident who lives nearby, said. "And then we kind of freaked out." The shooting occurred at the intersection of 11th and S. Alvarado streets at 9:30 p.m. Investigators said a man walked up to the boys, asked, "what's up?" and opened fire. Police said the three boys were apparently "tagging" a wall when shots were fired. The boys were expected to survive after suffering gunshot wounds to their legs.
NBC 4
Three People Shot, Wounded in South Los Angeles
Three people were shot and wounded in South Los Angeles Friday night, police said. The victims were shot while sitting in an SUV around 8:45 p.m. in the area of Florence and Normandie Avenues, said Officer Drake Madison of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section. Police said the three male victims were 18 to 20 years old. None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening. Police said the victims were not cooperating with investigators. The shooting was under investigation.
NBC 4
City Puts LAPD's Plan to Equip Officers With Body Cameras on Hold
A $58 million plan to equip nearly every Los Angeles police officer with body cameras by the end of the year has been delayed by concerns over the cost. Mayor Eric Garcetti had pledged to have the cameras on thousands of officers by the end of 2016. But the Los Angeles Times reports that the department doesn't expect to outfit 7,000 officers until the fall of 2017 at the earliest. Councilman Mitch Englander says he now wants the department to start the bidding process over, saying it's more important to get the program right, "not just do it quickly." Another issue with the current camera plan, acording to LA City Councilman Mike Bonin, is that it will use too many police officers to set up and monitor the video footage.
NBC 4
Hunt for assailants who attacked four in separate South LA shootings
Los Angeles Police detectives were searching Saturday for the shooters who gunned down four people in three separate shootings in South Los Angeles. Two victims were shot about 3:40 p.m. Friday, in the area of 82nd Street and Western Avenue, according to the LAPD. Their ages, genders and conditions were not yet disclosed. In one incident, police were looking for a man in his 30s or 40s who was armed with a handgun and last seen leaving the area in a gray four-door vehicle, headed west on 83rd Street, according to police. About the same time, a man suffered a non-life-threatening graze wound when a suspect drove past him in the 7900 block of South Normandie Avenue and fired a shot, according to LAPD Officer Drake Madison. No suspect or vehicle description was available.
MyNewsLA.com
Los Angeles Joins Debate on Force After Police Killing of Homeless Man
And now, as the district attorney, Jackie Lacey, considers whether to bring charges against an officer who shot a homeless man last year, the atmosphere in Los Angeles demonstrates the growing pressure that prosecutors now face to move aggressively against officers who kill civilians. The union that represents rank-and-file Los Angeles police officers stressed the importance of evaluating each case on its own merit, regardless of the national uproar. “We believe officers are entitled to an influence-free process that is based strictly on the facts and circumstances,” said Jerretta Sandoz, vice president of the union, the Los Angeles Police Protective League.
New York Times
1-Year-Old Found Safe And Sound, Teen Mom Still Missing
Police said Friday that a 1-year-old boy has been found but his mother, a 15-year-old, is still missing. The baby, Damir Amos, has been reunited with his family. Alexus Alize Amos is still missing. Police on Friday initially reported both mother and son had been found. The teen and her son had last been seen Thursday at about 2 p.m. in the 300 block of West 73rd Street. Family members say the two went to visit a friend and had not contacted their family, causing extreme concern for their well-being, according to Los Angeles police.
CBS 2
Vigil Held For Los Angeles Murder Victim As Search For Killer Continues
An emotional vigil was held for a woman who was gunned down inside a Los Angeles apartment Tuesday morning as the search for her killer continues. Lauren Olguin, 32, was shot to death during a domestic dispute at a friend's apartment in the 500 block of Virgil Avenue, police said. "I was told she was autopsied today. I was also told she was three months pregnant, so the news just keeps getting...I don't think it's hit me quite yet," said Jerilyn Olguin, the victim's mother. Family members say Olguin was killed in front of a half-dozen witnesses.
ABC 7
Deaths from powerful opiate fentanyl rise in Los Angeles County
There are signs that deaths connected to fentanyl, a powerful painkiller tied to a string of fatal overdoses in Northern California, are on the rise in the Los Angeles area, law enforcement and health officials said this week. The drug, an opiate used on patients after surgery that's up to 100 times stronger than morphine, is appearing now more than ever in overdoses in California as a prescription drug abuse epidemic evolves nationwide. Deadly in small doses, drug dealers and producers are using the opiate to either spike doses of heroin for greater potency at a cheaper cost or as a counterfeit for another drug like Norco, according to Sacramento County health officials.
Los Angeles Times
USC Virtual-Reality Program Helping Treat Vets With PTSD
A new virtual-reality program developed at USC is allowing veterans to relive the trauma of war, in an effort to help them recover. The experience puts the veteran in a virtual world that includes VR glasses, a vibrating chair and even the smells of war like diesel and burning rubber. The idea is to live through the trauma again, but this time in a safe environment with a counselor talking them through the incident. The technology called Bravemind was developed by Dr. Skip Rizzo at the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies. "Essentially my goal is to drag psychology kicking and screaming into the 21st century," Rizzo said.
ABC 7
Target Of Spy Probe Asks For New Trial In Child Porn Case
A Boeing manager convicted of possessing child pornography uncovered during an unrelated investigation into Chinese espionage is asking a judge to throw out the guilty verdict and grant him a new trial. The judge, Christina Snyder, is expected to rule Monday on Keith Gartenlaub's request. If she declines, she's expected to sentence him on the child pornography charges. Prosecutors are asking that he get 10 years in prison. Gartenlaub, 47, said there's no evidence he was aware of the child pornography or had ever accessed the images found on his computer. He also argues that the warrant to search his computers was based on false allegations of a crime for which he's never been charged - espionage.
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City Government News
L.A. releases addresses of 13,500 apartments and condos likely to need earthquake retrofitting
Neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley, Hollywood and the Westside will feel the biggest impact from Los Angeles' new law requiring the retrofitting of wood-frame apartment buildings to better withstand a major earthquake, according to a Times data analysis. City inspectors spent about two years developing a list of 13,500 so-called soft-story buildings that will probably need seismic strengthening. These apartments, which feature flimsy first floors that often serve as parking spaces, became popular after World War II as Los Angeles was spreading north into the Valley and west toward the ocean.
Los Angeles Times
L.A. City Council votes to stop doing business with North Carolina and Mississippi over LGBT laws
I n the wake of controversial North Carolina and Mississippi laws that critics say discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, the Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to refrain from conducting business with the two states. City Council members voted 12 to 0 to stop doing business with the states, including participating in any conventions or other business that requires city resources. Councilman Mike Bonin, who wrote the resolution, said the laws in North Carolina and Mississippi would create a "climate of intolerance and a climate of violence" in those two states.
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Los Angeles Authorities Must Give Transients 24-Hour Notice Before Seizing Property
The streets of Skid Row are home for some who have tents and carts on the sidewalks, and now the city of Los Angeles can no longer take homeless people's property. "It just reaffirms what the city of Los Angeles should know, that homeless people, houseless people do have constitutional protections," said Pete White of the Los Angeles Community Action Network. A federal judge issued an injunction that stops the city from taking property without giving transients at least 24-hour notice and property that's confiscated has to be stored and accessible, but some doubt that can be done.
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