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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 16, 2016 |
Obama to Honor LAPD Cop for Fiery Rescue On 405
A Los Angeles cop who put his life on the line to pull a driver from a fiery wreck on the 405 Freeway is being honored with the Medal of Valor from President Obama. Officer Donald Thompson, a bomb technician with the LAPD remembers Christmas 2013 like it was yesterday. A driver going north on the 405 experienced a medical emergency and slammed his vehicle into the center divider. The vehicle exploded into flames. Thompson, who was on his way to work, acted quickly, scaling two freeway dividers to get to the unconscious driver, who was seat-belted inside "I could just feel the heat increasing and increasing," Thompson said. "My exposed skin was just feeling it, everything was happening so fast. I thought this might be the moment that I might pass away."
ABC 7
2 Officers Injured, 1 Suspect Dead In Boyle Heights Shootout
A Los Angeles police officer is recovering Sunday from a gunshot wound to the shoulder he suffered in an officer-involved-shooting in Boyle Heights that left a second officer injured and a suspected gang member dead. The shooting occurred at 8:30 p.m. Friday in the 3400 block of Lee Street, near the intersection of 7th and Lorena streets. Two gang officers were trying to stop a fleeing man who then produced a gun. A shootout ensued. The alleged gang member was killed. He was identified Sunday as Robert Mark Diaz, 28. He was homeless, according to the coroner's office. A Hollenbeck Division gang officer was shot and rushed to County-USC Medical Center. A second officer suffered a back strain.
CBS 2
Armed South Los Angeles Barricade Suspect Turns Himself In
An armed suspect who allegedly pointed a rifle at a woman and barricaded himself inside a South Los Angeles home early Monday has turned himself in, authorities said. Police say the man pointed a rifle at a woman around 12:55 a.m. and dashed back inside a home near Budlong Avenue and 60th Place, prompting evacuations and a SWAT team response. Authorities say a handful of homes were evacuated as SWAT officials attempted to coax the suspect out of the residence. They were able to get the man out around 6:15 a.m., using flash-bang grenades. Police were seen escorting the man out of the house in handcuffs. His name was not immediately released. No injuries were reported. The investigation was ongoing, authorities said.
ABC 7
Murder in Panorama City
Gunfire rang out on the streets of Panorama City early Sunday morning, leaving a man, possibly between the age of 25 to 30 years old, dead as police tried to find the killer. Officers dispatched at 3 a.m. to the 8500 block of Langdon Avenue on an “assault with a deadly weapon, shooting” call found the shooting victim, said Officer Mike Lopez of the LAPD‘s Media Relations Section. Arriving paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene, Lopez said. The shooting death may be gang related, he said. Few details about the murder were available as officers began their investigation.
City News Service
LAPD Officers Dance In #RunningManChallenge Video
Police officers are dancing in the streets of Los Angeles – and it's all captured on video. The LAPD responded to the “#RunningManChallenge” with a video of several officers in uniform dancing to the 90s hit song “My Boo” by Ghost Town DJ's against several distinctly L.A. backdrops, including Dodger Stadium and the downtown skyline. At one point in the video, LAPD Officer Deon Joseph calls out the Sheriff's Department to try their hand at the Running Man dance. “This is for law enforcement, our families and communities around the world,” the officer says. “Sheriffs, it's on you…we're calling you out.”
CBS 2
Chase Standoff Shuts Down 110 Freeway
A police pursuit that ended in a bizarre standoff on the northbound 110 shut down lanes on both sides of the freeway Saturday night. The standoff began when the driver stopped facing southbound on northbound lanes near the Martin Luther King Jr. exit in the Exposition Park area. Drivers stuck behind the the 38-year-old suspect's car were instructed to leave their vehicles on the freeway as the standoff continued at 10:50 p.m. The Los Angeles Police Department's Newton Division said they began pursuing the driver as a DUI suspect. He was traveling at 20 mph at times, police said.
NBC 4
Car Crashes Into LAPD Cruiser In Exposition Park; Officer Injured
A police officer was hospitalized Monday for treatment of injuries sustained in a traffic collision that took place in Exposition Park. Just before 2:00 a.m., a Los Angeles police officer reported she had been involved in a traffic collision in the area of Exposition Boulevard and Figueroa Street, just outside the University of Southern California campus. Paramedics transported the officer to a hospital for treatment of minor to moderate injuries. A preliminary investigation revealed the officer was passing through the intersection when another vehicle ran a red light and hit her patrol car. The other driver did not sustain injuries in the crash. No DUI is suspected, police said.
CBS 2
Police Seek Suspects In Home Invasion Robbery At Hollywood Hills Residence Owned By Former ‘Real Housewife' Joanna Krupa
At least one man was injured and a woman may also have been hurt in a home invasion robbery by a pair of armed and masked suspects at a house in the Hollywood Hills, apparently owned by model and former “Real Housewife of Miami” star Joanna Krupa, according to police and a witness. The break-in at the nearly 5,000 square foot home, valued at more than $4 million and located on the 2600 block of Astral Drive, occurred around 3 a.m., according to a desk officer at the Los Angeles police's Hollywood Division. One man suffered lacerations to his head and was treated at the scene, according to the Hollywood Division desk officer, who said he didn't know whether there were other people hurt in the robbery.
KCAL 9
Toddler Found Alone in Car After Panorama City Crash; Mother Arrested: LAPD
A mother was arrested after a 2-year-old child was found alone inside a car that crashed into a fire hydrant early Saturday morning in Panorama City, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The solo-vehicle crash occurred about 1:15 a.m. in the area of Van Nuys Boulevard and Nordhoff Street around 1:15 a.m., a desk officer with LAPD's Valley Traffic Division said. When police arrived, they found the driver had fled on foot, leaving the toddler alone inside the vehicle as water gushed over the vehicle, according to police. The youngster was taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure, the officer said.
KTLA 5
Motorcyclist Killed in Hit-and-Run Crash in South LA
A motorcyclist was killed in a hit-and-run collision in South Los Angeles on Saturday night, police said. The crash occurred just after 9:30 p.m. near the intersection of 52nd Street and Vermont Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Police said a man riding a motorcycle was found unresponsive after the driver of a car had apparently struck him and left the scene. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
NBC 4
Tagging Suspects Caught On Camera Amid Growing Graffiti Problem in South LA
Gang members going around South Los Angeles and tagging buildings is becoming a major problem. The most recent incident was caught on camera, and residents said they are frustrated. Video shows a brazen crime in broad daylight as a suspected gang member tags a fence. Angry residents living near Vernon and McKinley avenues, many of whom were too afraid to go on camera, said the graffiti is a growing concern as residential buildings, commercial structures and public schools are all being targeted. Neighbors said over the last three weeks, gang activity and tagging increased significantly. They added that as soon as they paint over the graffiti, it is back in a matter of hours.
ABC 7
L.A. city attorney shuts down second pot delivery service
The Los Angeles city attorney's office Friday announced another legal victory in its fight to stop companies from delivering marijuana. City prosecutors have shut down the Los Angeles operations of Speed Weed, a popular pot delivery company that served 25,000 customers across the Southland. Cosmic Mind, the company that operates Speed Weed, has entered into a judicially enforced agreement to cease operating in Los Angeles next month, according to the city attorney's office. It's the second pot delivery service forced to close in the city. Prosecutors sued to shut down Nestdrop, a smartphone medical marijuana delivery app in 2014. The Nestdrop injunction was affirmed by an appeals court in March.
Los Angeles Times
Sex-trafficking survivor helps others identify victims
That summer between 8th and 9th grade, Holly Gibbs met a man at a local mall. She was shy and insecure. He was kind and complimentary. “He said I was pretty enough to be a model,” Gibbs said. “He said things that made me feel really good about myself.” Two weeks of words and promises were enough for Gibbs to be swayed into leaving her South?Jersey home with him. But within a couple of hours of running away, Gibbs was forced into prostitution in the casinos of Atlantic City. She was 14. It can happen in a flash. A teenager from a bad home or a little bit of insecurity meets a man who says he'll always love her, care for, give her all she needs. Days later, she's working on the circuit, on the well-known prostitution tracks of Fresno, Los?Angeles, Compton, Anaheim, and the city of San?Bernardino, another victim of sex trafficking.
Los Angeles Daily News
2 Men Shot To Death Within Hours Of Each Other In Compton
Authorities were investigating two shootings that broke out in Compton within hours of each other Saturday night. Around 5:21 p.m., Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department homicide detectives responded to the 400 block of Caldwell Street on reports of a shooting. Detectives found a victim suffering from gunshot wounds, who was transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. Witnesses said the man was riding a bicycle along Caldwell Street when an unknown suspect shot him several times in the torso, according to authorities. In the 1000 block of S. Nestor Avenue, homicide detectives found another shooting victim around 7:38 p.m. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
ABC 7
Foster child says he was held in L.A. County juvenile hall for a month without charges
A Los Angeles County foster youth says he was held for a month without charges in a county juvenile hall and his social worker did not respond to calls seeking help. Eric Usher, 17, filed a claim in October against the county and his social worker and former probation officer, alleging false imprisonment and civil rights violations. Usher said in an interview that he has been in the foster care system, run by the county Department of Children and Family Services, since he was 8. He says he was living in a group home on Aug. 29, 2014, when he was arrested for fighting and taken to Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey.
Los Angeles Times
California Ballot Measure Blamed For Shoplifting Jump
Perry Lutz says his struggle to survive as a small businessman became a lot harder after California voters reduced theft penalties 1½ years ago. About a half-dozen times this year, shoplifters have stolen expensive drones or another of the remote-controlled toys he sells in HobbyTown USA, a small shop in Rocklin, northeast of Sacramento. "It's just pretty much open season," Lutz said. "They'll pick the $800 unit and just grab it and run out the door." Anything below $950 keeps the crime a misdemeanor - and likely means the thieves face no pursuit and no punishment, say retailers and law enforcement officials. Large retailers including Safeway, Target, Rite Aid and CVS pharmacies say shoplifting increased at least 15 percent, and in some cases, doubled since voters approved Proposition 47 and ended the possibility of charging shoplifting as a felony with the potential for a prison sentence.
Associated Press
Quantico Graduates Discuss Realities of Being FBI Agents
Many viewers watched the shocking season finale of ABC's hit show "Quantico" Sunday night, but do you ever wonder what it's really like to join the FBI? Young, ambitious and attractive FBI hopefuls took center stage in the show. Much of the action and drama took place at the FBI's 20-week training academy in Quantico, Virginia. Dramatic scenes such as car chases and gunfights are often how Americans perceive a day in the life of a law enforcement agent. Eyewitness News spoke with two real-life Quantico graduates to see how close those depictions really are.
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City Government News
LA Moves to Require Farmers Markets to Accept EBT
The Los Angeles City Council took a step toward requiring farmers markets in the city to accept food stamps as payment. The council voted on Friday to request that the City Attorney's Office draft an ordinance that would require farmers market operators on public and private property to incorporate the state's CalFresh-issued Electronic Benefit Transfer cards as a payment method. The ordinance was proposed by council members Nury Martinez and Jose Huizar and is aimed at bringing more fresh fruits and vegetables to "food deserts,'' areas with no major supermarkets or other plentiful sources of fresh foods.
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Homelessness News
Hundreds march in Hollywood demanding action on city's homeless crisis
Hundreds of demonstrators marched down Hollywood Boulevard on Saturday evening demanding that Mayor Eric Garcetti declare a state of emergency and spend $100 million to alleviate the city's homelessness crisis. Watched over by about two dozen LAPD officers on foot and bikes, lines of protesters walked past the historic Pantages Theatre with signs accusing the mayor of breaking a pledge to address the crisis swiftly and forcefully. "Hey, Garcetti, keep your word! Keep our homeless off the curb!" demonstrators chanted as they crossed Hollywood and Vine.
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