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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 21, 2016 |
Police Arrest Man Who Evaded Officers, Prompted Shooting: LAPD
Authorities arrested a man after he evaded an attempt to arrest him, prompting a search involving officers and police dogs Wednesday in the Westlake area of Los Angeles, police said. Police found the man inside someone's home after they set up a perimeter, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Authorities did not immediately say why officers tried to stop the man. The search effort included an officer firing at the man near the intersection of Occidental Boulevard and Hyans Street around 11:05 p.m. Wednesday, said Sgt. Melvin Gamble of Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart Division.
NBC 4
Suspected Killer Caught After Manhunt in Lincoln Heights: LAPD
A man suspected of homicide was apprehended after a manhunt that brought out multiple LAPD units, search dogs, and a helicopter Wednesday night in Lincoln Heights. According to the LAPD, the man was caught around 12:15 a.m. with the help of its K9 unit. Police began searching for the man near Lincoln Park at Broadway and Lincoln Park Avenue at 8 p.m. "He's not a murderer! I don't know why they're searching for him. He's nothing like they're saying," a woman, who didn't wish to be identified, said. The woman said she is the man's girlfriend and he was not dangerous at all. Authorities said he may have been armed, and when they spotted him in Ramona Gardens, he took off running.
NBC4
North Hollywood shooting near Target could be due to ‘love triangle'
One man was shot and seriously wounded in North Hollywood and the man who shot him remained at large this morning, police said. The shooting took place in the 11000 block of Hamlin Street — near the Target store on Victory Boulevard — about 9:10 p.m. Wednesday, said Lt. Francisca Wheeling, watch commander at the Los Angeles Police Department's North Hollywood Division. “The victim, a man in his 50s, was shot in the back and seriously wounded in some kind of domestic violence incident,” Wheeling said. “The suspect, who is also a man in his 50s, remains at large this morning.” Wheeling said it may have involved a “love triangle.” The suspect's name and description were not immediately available, she added.
Los Angeles Daily News
Man shot to death on 125th Street in South LA
Sheriff's homicide detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a man this morning. Sheriff's Sgt. Burton Brink said officers were gathering evidence at the scene in the 1700 block of 125th Street in the South Los Angeles area, where the man's body was found. Investigators said they believe the shooting happened about 2 a.m. today, but they withheld other information about the case. Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. Anonymous tips can be submitted at (800) 222-8477 or online at http://lacrimestoppers.org.
Los Angeles Daily News
LAPD captain ‘convinced' he was unjustly denied promotions
A Los Angeles police captain testified Wednesday he was denied promotions for objecting to what he says is Chief Charlie Beck's belief that all officers sent to Board of Rights hearings should be fired. “I'm convinced of that,” Capt. Byford “Peter” Whittingham told a Los Angeles Superior Court jury hearing trial of his lawsuit against the city. Whittingham said Beck was present when Deputy Chief Mark Perez told a meeting of captains that officers referred to Board of Rights hearings were sent there with the expectation that they would be fired. He said the remark caused many captains in the audience to look around the room, roll their eyes and whisper to each other.
MyNewsLA.com
Councilman seeks review of LAPD body camera plan, but prolonged delay is averted
Amid mounting concerns over delays in putting body cameras on thousands of Los Angeles police officers, a City Council member formally asked Wednesday for several reviews to determine whether the Police Department selected the best product at the best price. Councilman Mitch Englander's motion took a step back from his call last week for the LAPD to restart the vendor selection process and accept new bids. Instead, Englander's motion calls for the Police Department and other city agencies to look at other large contracts for cameras by departments around the country to determine whether the LAPD used the best process to select its camera vendor. The motion also seeks a review of the body camera market as well as an analysis of how much the cameras could save the city in costly police-related litigation or investigations of complaints against officers.
Los Angeles Times
Search Underway For Missing UCLA Graduate Student
A search is underway for a missing University of California, Los Angeles graduate student. Alison Wu is a student at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. She was last seen by her roommate on April 10. She is believed to be with a male friend. Family and friends identify him as Scott Helton. Wu's family members said she appeared to leave on her own, but they are concerned because they have not heard from her. If you have any information about Wu's whereabouts, you're asked to call police at 310-825-1491.
ABC 7
Police Ask for Help in Identifying Man Suspected of Indecent Exposure in Sherman Oaks
Police detectives on Wednesday continued to ask for the public's help in identifying a man suspected of indecent exposure in Sherman Oaks. The incident occurred about 6 p.m. April 14, when the suspect was seen in the 15000 block of Moorpark Street, according to a statement released Tuesday by the Los Angeles Police Department. Residents reported that the suspect exposed himself and masturbated in a public area, the news release said. The man is described as white, about 5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing approximately 150 pounds, with a tattoo on his left arm. A photo provided by police shows the suspect standing on a sidewalk in front of a home, shirtless, wearing tights and a hat.
KTLA 5
Gunfight killer hunted
Homicide detectives were searching Wednesday for the gunman who shot and killed one man and critically wounded a woman during a gunfight in front of a restaurant in unincorporated Bassett, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reported. The shooting occurred just after 9 p.m. Tuesday in the 13100 block of East Valley Boulevard, near the intersection with San Angelo Avenue, according to deputies Mike Barraza and Trina Schrader. One man was shot in the chest and died at the scene, Schrader said. His name was withheld pending family notification. The woman suffered a gunshot to her lower body and was critically wounded.
MyNewsLA.com
2 Former Social Workers, Supervisors To Be Arraigned In Death Of Palmdale Boy
Two former Los Angeles County social workers and their supervisors will be arraigned Thursday on charges stemming from the death of an 8-year-old Palmdale boy. According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, social workers Stefanie Rodriguez, 31, and Patricia Clement, 65, and supervisors Kevin Bom, 36, and Gregory Merritt, 60, have each been charged with one felony count each of child abuse and falsifying public records. The four defendants were released on bond earlier this month after their initial court appearance.
CBS 2
Half-Mile Tunnel Found On US-Mexico Border, Cocaine Seized
U.S. authorities said Wednesday that they discovered a cross-border tunnel that ran a half-mile from a Tijuana house equipped with a large elevator to a lot in San Diego that was advertised as a wooden pallet business, resulting in seizures of more than a ton of cocaine and seven tons of marijuana. It was the 13th sophisticated secret passage found along California's border with Mexico since 2006, including three on the same short street in San Diego that runs parallel to a border fence with a densely populated residential area on the Mexican side. The unusually narrow tunnel was only about three feet wide, equipped with a rail system, lighting andventilation. The tunnel was unusual because it was used for cocaine, not just marijuana, said Laura Duffy, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California.
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Homeless measures take center stage in Mayor Garcetti's 2016 budget proposal
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Wednesday released his proposed budget for the final year of his first term, pushing for significant boosts to anti-homelessness programs as part of a 2% increase in overall spending. Homelessness, an issue whose political importance far outweighs the relatively small share of city dollars it consumes, will probably receive the most attention as the mayor and City Council hash out the final budget in the weeks ahead. The debate could be intensified by Garcetti's novel approach to finding money to tackle the problem, which relies on at least one revenue source that does not yet exist and on offering up a number of prominent city properties for sale or development as low-income housing projects. Mark Ryavec, president of the Venice Stakeholders Assn., said that although residents of the neighborhoods surrounding some of the properties may be amenable to their sale, they could balk at new projects to house the homeless. “These are phony numbers,” Ryavec said. “The mayor and the council continue to try to make the public think they're doing something about this when they're doing almost nothing.”
Los Angeles Times
LA housing officials suggest policies to discourage evictions
Los Angeles housing officials are urging the City Council to institute tighter renter protections they hope will slow the use of a state law that lets landlords to remove units from the rental market and evict the tenants inhabiting them. The city's housing department issued a report Wednesday showing no-fault evictions allowed under the state's Ellis Act is growing, leaving displaced tenants scrambling for housing in one of the least affordable cities in the country. "It began to rise again in approximately 2013 and tripled between 2013 and 2014" after plunging during the recession, said Anna Ortega of the L.A. Housing and Community Development department. The Ellis Act lets landlords evict tenants if they want to put up a new building or convert apartments to condominiums. They invoked the law to take nearly 1,100 units off the market in 2015 alone.
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