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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 27, 2016 |
Slain Phoenix officer remembered as 'larger than life'
A Phoenix police officer who was shot and killed in the line of duty was remembered Thursday as a devoted family man whose imposing build was only overshadowed by his propensity to help others. Mourners packed a church in the Phoenix suburb of Peoria as colleagues and friends recalled how 34-year-old Officer David Glasser was a warrior who was not afraid to go after the bad guy. Glasser died May 19, a day after being shot by a burglary suspect who was then killed by police. Glasser was wounded while responding to a man's call about his son stealing guns from him. Glasser and his partner went to the home and parked behind a car in the driveway without knowing an armed man was inside, police say. He opened fire when the officers got out of their car, and police shot back, killing 19-year-old Israel Santos-Banos.
Associated Press
West Hills Man, 75, Arrested In Hit-And-Run Crash That Injured Female CHP Officer
A 75-year-old man from West Hills was in custody Thursday morning after California Highway Patrol officials say he hit an officer as she directed traffic around an accident scene, then fled. Prashant Amin was driving a 2013 Cadillac XTS on Topanga Canyon just north of Pacific Coast Highway at about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday when a 39-year-old CHP officer was investigating a non-injury traffic crash, according to a CHP accident report. The officer, identified only as Officer Flores, was struck by the Cadillac as it drove north on Topanga Canyon Boulevard, according to the CHP. Following the crash, the driver allegedly fled the scene but was later spotted a few miles from the crash scene and arrested by CHP officers.
KCAL 9
Possible carjacking follows crash on 5 Freeway near 170
California Highway Patrol officers this morning are investigating a possible carjacking on the southbound 170 Freeway, just north of Sheldon Avenue, near the junction of the 170 and the 5 Freeway. The alleged carjacking followed a two-vehicle crash on the 5 Freeway at Osborne Street, according to the CHP. The CHP investigation is still underway, but all lanes have been reopened, says CHP Officer Tony Polizz.
Los Angeles Daily News
PETA Offers $5k Reward To Find Minivan Driver Who Brutally Beat Dog To Death
PETA is offering a reward of up to $5,000 in an effort to catch a driver in a minivan who brutally beat a small dog to death in Los Angeles. A witness saw the horrific incident unfold on May 14. A small dog jumped out of a minivan along the 1600 block of East First Street around 1:30 p.m. The driver chased after the dog, got of the car, punched the small terrier mix and slammed it against the sidewalk repeatedly until the animal died, the witness said. The witness was able to snap a photo of the minivan. PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the culprit. The suspect was described as a white male, between 50 and 60 years old, weighing around 280 pounds, between 6 feet and 6 feet 2 inches tall, with balding, gray hair.
ABC 7
YouTube Prankster Faces Charge for Climbing Hollywood Sign
A YouTube prankster faces charges and could be ordered to pay restitution after climbing the Hollywood sign. Vitaly Zdorrovetskiy climbed the sign at 6 p.m. on Wednesday and unfurled a banner reading, "I'm back." When the banner flew away, he climbed to the ground, then climbed back up the sign and down again before he was arrested on suspicion of trespassing in a fire zone, according to Senior Ranger Patrick Joyce of the Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation.
NBC 4
Before the Grim Sleeper serial killings in South L.A., a gang rape in Germany
17-year-old girl was standing alone at a station in Germany awaiting her train ride home when a car pulled up alongside her. One of three men in the vehicle asked the teenager a question before forcing her into the car, holding a blade firmly against her throat. “Kill you,” she recalled the men telling her. It would be the start of an ordeal that would torment her for decades and lead her on Thursday to a downtown Los Angeles courtroom, where she recounted the attack on that night in Stuttgart in 1974. Among her three assailants was Lonnie David Franklin Jr., then a U.S. Army private stationed in Germany, prosecutors allege.
Los Angeles Times
Undercover police stings targeting gay men endure, despite fierce criticism
In Los Angeles, Long Beach and other areas where undercover lewd conduct stings endure, police defend them as an important tool for catching people who are violating the law and for deterring others from trying to have sex in parks and other public areas used by families and children. Gay-rights activists do not condone public sex but have long condemned the busts as a form of entrapment, saying they unfairly single out gay men, with sometimes devastating consequences. The issue has been debated for decades. But in recent years, critics of the stings have gained traction as public attitudes about homosexuality and gay rights have shifted.
Los Angeles Times
Pain-pill profits allegedly hidden from feds, doc arrested
A Los Angeles-area doctor who's one of the most active prescribers of narcotic painkillers in the state was arrested Thursday on federal “structuring” charges that allege he made hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash deposits designed to circumvent federal reporting requirements. Dr. Washington Bryan II allegedly made more than $400,000 in cash deposits between October 2011 and January 2013 — depositing less than $10,000 each time into four separate accounts for the purpose of preventing banks from reporting the deposits to the federal government, according to a 29-count indictment filed in Los Angeles. Banks are required to report every cash transaction of more than $10,000.
MyNewsLA.com
Man gets 26 years in Craigslist killing of dad
A man who pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the killing of a father who took his teenage son to buy a cellphone advertised online was sentenced Thursday to 26 years in state prison. Markell Thomas, 20, also pleaded guilty to two robbery charges and testified in the trial of Ryan Roth, with whom he had been charged in the Oct. 19, 2013, shooting death of Rene Balbuena, 41. Jurors acquitted Roth in September of Balbuena's killing and the attempted murder of Balbuena's 15-year-old son, along with robbery counts stemming from the encounter. Roth's attorney, Anthony Willoughby, contended that Thomas was trying to “deflect the blame” from himself, though prosecutors said Roth was the gunman.
City News Service
Standoff Between Pursuit Driver and Police Ends With a Swig of Beer
A driver locked in a standoff with police after a pursuit into Seal Beach Thursday morning took a long swig of his beer, then surrendered. The low-speed chase of the stolen Mazda began in Westminster and ended in a standoff on Pacific Coast Highway just south of Seal Beach Boulevard. Officers had at some point flattened two of the fleeing SUV's tires by using a spike strip. As the driver dangled his arms out of the window and yelled at officers, a female passenger got out of the SUV and was arrested.
NBC 4
Accomplice Of Executed ‘Freeway Killer' Slain In Prison
An accomplice of the so-called Freeway Killer who terrorized Southern California 36 years ago has been killed in prison, officials said Thursday. Gregory Miley, 54, was attacked by another inmate in a Mule Creek State Prison exercise yard Monday evening, said state corrections department spokesman Joe Orlando. He was sent back to his cell after an examination at the prison's medical facility, but became unconscious about 90 minutes later. Orlando said Miley died at an outside hospital Wednesday afternoon after he was taken off life support.
Associated Press
Southland lottery thieves finally behind bars
Two suspects in a rash of lottery ticket thefts at Southland stores were behind bars Thursday, Garden Grove police reported. Daniel Soto, 35, and Emmanuel Quintero, 33, both of Compton, were arrested in connection with at least two break-ins in Garden Grove and may be connected with other similar burglaries in Downey, Maywood and Whittier, according to Garden Grove police. Police were seeking Juan Carlos Meza, 35, of Wilmington, and Augustin Gutierrez, 22, of Carson, were still at-large, police said. The most recent break-in was 2:50 a.m. Tuesday at Shop and Go Liquor, 13682 Euclid St., according to Garden Grove police Lt. Bob Bogue.
MyNewsLA.com
Targeting cops now a hate crime in Louisiana
Louisiana has become the first state in the nation to expand its hate-crime laws to protect police, firefighters and emergency medical crews. Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, whose family includes four generations of sheriffs, signed the law on Thursday. He said it protects "men and women who put their lives on the line every day." "Coming from a family of law enforcement officers, I have great respect for the work that they do and the risks they take to ensure our safety," Edwards said. Prosecutors can now seek stronger penalties when first responders are intentionally targeted because of their professions. That's a departure from the other more essential characteristics hate crime laws protect, such as a victim's race, religion or gender.
Associated Press
FBI chief talks filming cops, community policing at civil rights conference
Working to protect Americans' civil rights is in some ways more difficult today because of an assumption that advances mean the fight for equality has been settled, FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday. Comey was a guest speaker at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute's conference on civil rights and law enforcement themed "Race and Law Enforcement: It's More than Just Black and White." The discussion comes amid national scrutiny of the fraught relationship between law enforcement and minorities, and the program ended with a heckler in the church's balcony lambasting the event as "a farce." Comey gave examples of ways law enforcement and citizens can build stronger relationships and later touched on remarks he made about the potential impact of citizens recording real or perceived police misconduct.
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City Government News
Radar software glitch causes temporary 'ground stop' at LAX
A day before the holiday weekend getaway begins, a computer glitch turned LAX into a parking lot. A computer software problem resulted in a ground stop of all flights at Los Angeles International Airport for a time Thursday before technicians were able to resolve the issue, authorities said. There were 145 delays and seven cancelations, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The glitch grounded all flights around 7:30 a.m. and only lasted about an hour, but the ripple effect continued into the afternoon.
FOX 11
LA To Resume Installing Speed Bumps 7 Years After Program Was Cut
City transportation officials said Thursday they now have the funding to construct several dozen speed humps in the upcoming year, which would mark the return of a popular program discontinued amid budget cuts in 2009. Since the city halted its “citywide speed hump program” — originally set up in 1994 — requests have continued to pour in, with more than 800 requests made between July 2013 and this March, city officials said. The fiscal 2016-17 budget approved by the City Council this month includes $540,000 to resume speed bump construction, but did not contain funding for the staffing needed to oversee the projects, transportation officials told the Los Angeles City Council's Transportation Committee today.
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County Government News
Report: Fewer Parks Lead to Worse Health In L.A. County
Residents of Los Angeles County communities with limited park space might be more prone to health problems including heart disease, strokes, diabetes and childhood obesity, according to a report released Thursday by the Los Angeles County Public Health Department. L.A. County is “park poor” compared to other regions in the country, according to the “Parks and Public Health in Los Angeles County: A Cities and Communities Report.” The county has a higher rate of the health problems mentioned above as well as financial issues than comparable regions with more parks.
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