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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
May 6, 2016 |
78-Year-Old Woman Found Bludgeoned To Death Inside Lake View Terrace Home
Authorities said a 78-year-old Lake View Terrace woman has been found bludgeoned to death inside her home. The body of Armida Custodio was discovered about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday by officers conducting a welfare check at her home in the 11300 block of Terra Vista Way, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. When Custodio failed to answer the door at the single-family dwelling, police entered and found her unconscious and not breathing. “Further investigation revealed that the elderly female had been deceased for an unspecified amount of time,” according to a police statement. Homicide detectives say the woman suffered fatal blunt-force trauma inside the home.
CBS 2
Man With Gunshot Wounds Crashes Into Tarzana Parking Structure, Dies: LAPD
A man who was found to have two gunshot wounds was pronounced dead after crashing a car into a parking structure in a residential area of Tarzana on Thursday afternoon, police said. Los Angeles police were called the 18600 block of Hatteras Street at 2:15 p.m. after the man crashed into what appeared from aerial video to be the one-story parking structure for a nearby apartment building. The victim got out of the vehicle, which appeared to be a gray Toyota Corolla, and apparently collapsed.
KTLA 5
KCAL9 Talks To Founder Of The #BlackLivesMatter Movement
The movement started after a series of unarmed black males were shot, often fatally, by law enforcement across the country. Police were rarely, if ever, charged. Black Americans across the country will say an already tense relationship with police was further strained after many high profile incidents. The group #BlackLivesMatter has been particularly vocal about achieving justice. So what does she want? She also wanted LAPD Chief Charle Beck to be fired — because she says he's unresponsive. The chief has strong support from the Police Commission and at City Hall and so far she hasn't built any serious movement to oust him. She also wants to do away with lengthy paid administrative leave for officers who shoot people. “Yes, we do think there needs to be the immediate firing of officers who kill family members,” she says. Jerretta Sandoz of the Police Protective League believes that is ludicrous — she says every officer has the right to due process.
KCAL 9
Man Charged With Stabbing 2-Year-Old Girl To Death
A man accused of stabbing a 2-year-old girl to death and trying to kill her pregnant mother made his first court appearance Thursday. Lataz Gray, 22, is charged with one count of murder and two counts of attempted premeditated murder. Investigators say the deadly attack happened during a domestic dispute earlier this week in Jefferson Park. The alleged attack happened Monday around 10 p.m. in the 3500 block of Arlington Avenue, officials said. They say and a 2-year-old girl with a knife. The woman survived, but the girl - who was not Gray's daughter - died at a hospital.
ABC 7
Jury Finds Lonnie Franklin Jr. Guilty in ‘Grim Sleeper' Serial Murders
A Los Angeles jury has convicted a 63-year-old man in landmark, monthslong trial in which he was accused of being the "Grim Sleeper," a serial killer who prosecutors said raped his female victims before shooting or strangling them and dumping their bodies in South L.A. Lonnie Franklin Jr. was charged with 10 counts of murder and one count of attempted murder in the deaths of nine woman and a 15-year-old girl over more than two decades. A verdict from the jury of seven women and five men was read in a courtroom at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in downtown L.A. shortly after 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
KTLA 5
County panel erred in blocking firing of social worker involved in child torture case, judge rules
A Los Angeles County judge ruled Thursday that the county's disciplinary appeals board made a series of errors in its decision to reinstate one of the supervising social workers who failed to remove 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez from his home before he was tortured and killed. Superior Court Judge James Chalfant sent the case back to the county's civil service commission for a new hearing to decide Gregory Merritt's fate. In the meantime, Merritt will once again be terminated and his pay will stop. In April, Los Angeles County prosecutors charged Merritt, Clement and two other social workers who handled portions of the case with felony child abuse and falsifying public records in connection with Gabriel's case.
Los Angeles Times
91 Fwy Standoff With Attempted Murder Suspect Ends After Multi-County Chase
A suspect was taken into custody after a multi-county chase and hours-long standoff with the California Highway Patrol on the 91 Freeway Thursday evening. Officials said the pursuit began on the 91 Freeway heading eastbound near Central Avenue in Compton at about 6:30 p.m. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said the driver was wanted for attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. The suspect, who was in a Mercedes-Benz, hit several cars on the 91 Freeway while trying to weave through stopped traffic. The suspect led authorities from Los Angeles County, through Orange County and into Riverside County.
ABC 7
Were you a victim of woman's ID theft scam? Suspect held on $2M bail
A woman known as a “prolific” identity theft suspect — who allegedly met her victims through various websites — was in custody Thursday, and authorities urged other possible victims to contact them. Maria Christina Johnson, 43, was arrested on April 28 at a hotel in Santa Barbara County, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Kevin Duncan said. Johnson was booked at the sheriff's Malibu/Lost Hills Station on two felony arrest warrants out of Los Angeles County, and she was being held on $2 million bail, Duncan said. The latest case began in the LAPD's jurisdiction, Duncan said.
MyNewsLA.com
OC sheriff investigating its own use of jailhouse informants
Orange County sheriff's officials have assigned an investigative sergeant to monitor how and if jailhouse informants will be used with the Sheriff's consultation after deputies failed to disclose records to the court on the department's inmate informant program. Dozens of notes about logs that tracked interactions with jailhouse informants from 2008 to 2013 were released this week during a court hearing for a double murder case in which an informant was used during the investigation. Originally, officials say, deputies failed to disclose the notes and their superiors didn't know the records existed. Orange County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Mark Stichter said upper command staff was not aware that the notes on inmate informants existed and deputies who kept them say they didn't realize the defense was entitled to the material.
89.3 KPCC
San Bernardino County plans to create a memorial to the terror attack victims
A group created by San Bernardino County is planning a memorial to the victims of the Dec. 2 terror attack that left 14 people dead. A committee of victims' relatives, county workers who witnessed the shooting and others has been meeting regularly to determine a location for the memorial and what form it will take, the committee said in a statement Thursday. The group was assembled by county Supervisor Josie Gonzales. County spokesman David Wert said the names of the other committee members would not be disclosed. "We have discussed a memorial that will serve as a place where all can remember each of those who were taken from us and the beauty they brought into this world. We also want it to recognize the tenacity of our community to persevere and move forward,” the statement said.
Los Angeles Times
California Supreme Court seems likely to allow parole ballot measure to move ahead
The California Supreme Court appeared inclined Thursday to clear the way for a November ballot measure allowing the early release of some prison inmates. The case carries high stakes for the state's criminal justice system and Gov. Jerry Brown's political legacy. It will test Brown's effort to grant parole to perhaps thousands of inmates serving time for nonviolent felonies. But the crux of the legal fight is whether officials properly followed state election law. That law requires amendments to a ballot measure be “reasonably germane” to the purpose of the original measure.
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