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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
May 11, 2016 |
Gang Member Arrested in Sex Assault at Lincoln Heights Park Had Just Been Released From Jail: LAPD
A 27-year-old suspected gang member who had just been released from jail has been arrested in the daytime sexual assault of a woman in a park bathroom in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, police said Tuesday. The victim was walking through the park at noon Monday when the attacker approached and tried to talk to her, according to an LAPD news release. She ignored him, but he "suddenly approached her from behind," held a gun to her head and forced her into the park's public restroom, the release stated. He had been released from jail the same day at the assault, police said. "He had been released just after midnight that morning and within 12 hours had victimized another person," LAPD Capt. William Hayes said.
KTLA 5
2 Arrested In Tarzana Fatal Shooting; Motive Likely Drug-Related, Police Say
A man and a woman have been arrested and booked on a charge of murder in the deadly shooting of a man in Tarzana. Joseph Perez-Coronel, 22, and Cindy Catalan, 25, were arrested Monday morning at a motel in San Fernando. The victim, who has been identified as 26-year old Miles Rose, was found lying inside a carport near the Parc Tarzana Condominiums in the 18600 block of Hatteras Street last Thursday afternoon. Police said Rose had been shot at least one time, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. According to investigators, a stolen vehicle was found crashed against a wall. Authorities said Rose lived in the apartment complex.
ABC 7
Man Shot in Leg Near Restaurant In Hollywood
A man was shot in the leg near a Popeyes restaurant in Hollywood early Wednesday morning. Authorities said they received reports of shots fired around 2:30 a.m. near Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. When officers arrived they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg. He was taken to a nearby hospital in an unknown condition. It was unclear if the man was shot by another person or if he shot himself, authorities said. Police were searching for a white car with a broken window to see how or if it connected to the shooting. There were no witnesses at the scene, but police finished canvassing the area by 4:30 a.m.
ABC 7
Man Accused of Da Vinci Apartment Arson Was Angry About Police Killings of African Americans, Witnesses Say
The man charged with burning down the Da Vinci apartment complex and causing $100 million in damages, bragged about the fire at a hotel party a week later and was angry at high-profile police killings of African Americans, a witness testified Tuesday. The testimony came during a preliminary hearing in the arson case against Dawud Abdulwali, who is accused of starting a fire on Dec. 7, 2014, that charred the unfinished, seven-story complex along the 110 Freeway in downtown L.A. . The witness, Popaul Tshimanga, said he and Abdulwali attended a party in a Hollywood hotel a week later. At the event, the witness recalled, Abdulwali ranted about the August 2014 killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed black man, by a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo.
KTLA 5
Activist arrested as tensions flare at L.A. Police Commission meeting
Tensions among local activists and LAPD critics flared at Tuesday's Police Commission meeting, which was briefly shut down as dozens of people were escorted from the room. One person — Melina Abdullah, a Cal State Los Angeles professor affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement — was removed from the room by officers and later arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest, an LAPD spokesman said. As officers removed Abdullah from the room, dozens of activists stood and chanted at the commission, raising fists and cellphones in the air. "Black lives, they matter here!" the group shouted. The room was cleared and the activists moved into the lobby of the LAPD's downtown headquarters, where they called for Abdullah's release and chanted the name of a woman who died earlier this year after she was found unresponsive in an LAPD jail.
Los Angeles Times
3 Arrested On Suspicion Of Human Trafficking Across Los Angeles
Three people were arrested on suspicion of human trafficking Thursday after authorities issued search warrants at five locations across Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force arrested Michael Shaw, 36, of Santa Clarita, Eric Hamwey, 31, of Encino and Ashley Peart, 26, of Santa Clarita. Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies with the Santa Clarita station learned Shaw allegedly trafficked an adult victim for sex and had violently assaulted her when she tried to flee. Authorities said Shaw fled from a location that had issued a call for service before deputies arrived. Task force detectives learned that Hamwey had befriended the victim on Instagram and flew her out to California from Texas for the purpose of commercial adult sex work. Soon after bringing her to the state, Hamwey sold the victim to Shaw.
ABC 7
Woman Accused Of Driving Over Her Boyfriend, Killing Him
Prosecutors have charged a 52-year-old woman with running over her boyfriend with her car and killing him at a motel in La Puente. On Sunday, Sharon Kay Hood and Randolph Morales, 51, were involved in a dispute inside their motel room, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. The fight spilled into the parking lot and at some point Hood got in her car and drove over Morales. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. Hood was arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently being held in lieu of $2 million bail. If convicted as charged, she faces 26 years to life in prison.
CBS 2
Mail Thefts Soar As Thieves Target Mailboxes, Post Office Drop-Offs
Lisa Gaines, a victim of mail thefts, said such crimes are well-planned, well-executed and happen in her Westchester neighborhood all the time. Video footage shot from her neighbor's house showed two men working their way down the street, going from mailbox to mailbox and stealing everything inside. “There's been two people, one in a car and one jogging down the street,” said Gaines. “The person in the car drives ahead, the person behind jogs like he belongs in the neighborhood, empties the mailbox, then throws it into the open window of the car.” The thefts typically occur right after the mail truck delivery, according to Gaines, who said thieves also target post offices.
CBS 2
Teens Assault Pregnant Woman Trying to Induce Miscarriage in Long Beach
Three Long Beach teens were charged with assaulting a pregnant woman, including punching her in the stomach, in an attempt to induce a miscarriage, prosecutors said Tuesday. Seventeen-year-old Angel Contreras and two women were to be arraigned on six felony counts after the trio was charged with beating Contreras' pregnant girlfriend, trying to force her to miscarry. Contreras, along with Claudia Rodriguez, 18, and Candy Patricio, 19, were accused of trying to kidnap the pregnant woman so they could punch her in the stomach, according to Deputy District Attorney Troy Davis.
NBC 4
Laws On Driving While Impaired By Marijuana Questioned In AAA Study
Motorists are being convicted of driving under the influence of marijuana based on arbitrary state standards that have no connection to whether the driver was actually impaired, says a study by the nation's largest auto club. The problem is only growing as more states contemplate legalizing the drug. At least three, and possibly as many as 11 states, will vote this fall on ballot measures to legalize marijuana for medicinal or recreational use, or both. Legislation to legalize the drug has also been introduced in a half dozen states. Currently, six states - Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington - have set specific limits for THC, the chemical in marijuana that makes people high, in drivers' blood.
Associated Press
How Kaiser, Blue Shield will seek to limit opioid overdoses
With research indicating that the risk for fatal overdose dramatically increases when people take higher doses of opioids, two of California's major health players - an HMO and an insurance company - are launching efforts aimed at getting doctors to prescribe the painkillers in smaller amounts. The HMO - Kaiser Permanente of Southern California - is working closely with the doctors who practice at its hospitals to gradually reduce the dosages of opioids they prescribe until they're below a level that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined constitutes a high overdose risk. The insurance company - Blue Shield of California - is using its power as a treatment authorizer to bring the dosage of its network doctors' opioid prescriptions down to the same level targeted by Kaiser.
89.3 KPCC
The Latest: US Appeals Court Hears Maryland Gun-Control Case
A federal appeals court in Virginia spent more than an hour vigorously questioning lawyers about the constitutionality of Maryland's ban on assault weapons and large-capacity gun magazines. Thirteen judges of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in a lawsuit challenging the ban Wednesday. The court typically takes several weeks to rule. A key issue is whether a federal judge who upheld the ban applied the correct legal standard for issues involving constitutional rights. A three-judge panel of the appeals court ruled in February that she did not and sent the case back to the judge for another look using a more rigorous standard. The state appealed that 2-1 decision. Maryland lawmakers passed the sweeping Firearms Safety Act after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut. Gun-rights advocates went along with most of the law but challenged the provision banning 45 assault weapons and the 10-round limit on gun magazines.
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City Government News
LA City Council backs plan to legalize ‘bootleg' apartments
Illegal apartments are easy to find in Los Angeles, as landlords divide up loft spaces to make multiple units or turn storage spaces into tiny studios. Now, Los Angeles City Hall leaders want to legalize those units – called “bootleg” apartments - to help ease the city's housing crisis. Sparking some opposition, the Los Angeles City Council tentatively approved a law Tuesday allowing landlords to gain permits for an illegal apartment unit in return for providing affordable housing for a 55-year period anywhere on the property. Backers said the proposed law would ease L.A.'s housing shortage while encouraging landlords to bring their buildings up to code. Los Angeles City Councilman Felipe Fuentes, who spearheaded the law, called the ordinance a “win-win-win for the city, the tenants, and the property owners.”
Los Angeles Daily News
Two disqualified in Studio City council race to be seated after all
Two winning candidates who were accused of electioneering and nearly booted from the Studio City Neighborhood Council race are now slated to keep their newly won spots on the neighborhood board. At a Monday meeting packed with dozens of people, a panel reversed its earlier decision to disqualify Eric Preven and Patrice Berlin, who had edged out their rivals in the April election. The decision marks the latest turn in the saga over the Studio City council, a bitter fight that is all the more remarkable because of the scant power of the neighborhood group. L.A. has dozens of neighborhood councils that weigh in on local issues, affording them a platform for their views, but the groups cannot block city decisions.
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Homelessness News
L.A. County may seek state's help on 'millionaires tax' for homelessness
Los Angeles County officials are eyeing a new income tax on millionaires to help address the region's growing crisis of homelessness, but one of the county board's three liberal members broke ranks to at least temporarily halt the push. County supervisors were slated to vote Tuesday to lobby for state legislation that would give counties the authority to collect a new tax on personal income over $1 million to pay for housing programs and services to combat homelessness.Supervisor Hilda Solis raised concerns about the methodology of a poll that gauged voters' support for the potential measure and the annual countywide count of homeless people.
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