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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
June 6, 2016 |
Man Suspected of Firing Shots at LAPD Officers in Custody A gunman suspected of opening fire on two off-duty Los Angeles police officers in Norwalk was taken into custody early Sunday morning, officials said. Two off-duty LAPD officers were making a u-turn at the intersection of Ferin Avenue and Crossdale after their shift when a man stepped out of a house and fired shots at the officers' car, according to the Los Angele County Sheriff's Department. The officers then flagged down LASD deputies around 12:30 a.m. The officers were not struck by the gunfire and the shooter ran back inside the home.
NBC 4
L.A. Sheriff's Deputy Injured in Motorcycle Crash on 710 Freeway in South Gate; SigAlert Issued A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy who was riding a motorcycle was injured in a crash on the 710 Freeway, which prompted a SigAlert in South Gate Monday morning. The crash occurred just before 5:30 a.m. and forced the closure of three lanes on the southbound side of the freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol's traffic incident log. The deputy was transported to a local hospital following the collision, said spokesman Ramon Montenegro with the Sheriff's Department.
KTLA 5
LA County Deputy Injured After Crash Traps Her In Patrol Car
Los Angeles County authorities say a sheriff's deputy and another driver are hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash left the deputy trapped in her patrol car for more than a half hour. Sgt. Hank Ortega says the deputy was responding to a routine call without lights or siren late Sunday morning when her car was broadsided at an intersection near Norwalk. Ortega says the patrol car ended up wrapped around a utility pole and it took firefighters nearly 40 minutes to extricate the deputy. She was rushed to a hospital after complaining of leg pain. The conditions of the deputy and the other driver were not immediately known.
Associated Press
LA's Most Wanted: Possible reward offered in the death of Tyrone Howell A substantial reward is available for information that identifies and convicts the killers of Tyrone Howell. On Friday, April 21, 2006, two African-American men in a white Chevrolet Tahoe murdered Howell on West 60th Street at Normandie Avenue. LAPD detectives assigned to the Criminal Gang Homicide Group are particularly interested in interviewing two young African-American women who talked with Howell earlier that night at the 76 gas station on Western Avenue at 58th Street. They were in a champagne colored Tahoe.
FOX 11
Filmmakers Documented Murder Investigations In South Los Angeles
A new documentary on the festival circuit takes an unflinching look at what it's like to live in South Los Angeles. The filmmakers behind "South Bureau Homicide" spent a year in the community, looking at how residents work with the Los Angeles Police Department's homicide investigators. They also had access to murder scenes and interviews with the detectives who investigate them. "You witness quite a lot of pain in a very intimate way," said Mike Cooley, the film's co-director. "We were at real murder scenes where real peoples' lives were lost. And you see how the officers have to set that aside and get right to their investigations."
ABC 7
Handgun, cans of gasoline found in UCLA gunman's car
UCLA gunman Mainak Sarkar's car was located Friday in Culver City and investigators found a handgun and several gasoline cans in its trunk, but the containers were only thought to have been used for refueling the vehicle during the suspect's trip to Los Angeles from Minnesota. Someone riding a bicycle about 1:50 p.m. on Washington Place, just west of Sawtelle Boulevard, recognized the parked vehicle from media reports and called the Los Angeles Police Department's Pacific Station, said Los Angeles Police Department Chief of Detectives Matt Blake. Investigators had been looking for the silver-gray Nissan Sentra, registered in Sarkar's home state of Minnesota, since he fatally shot one of his former professors, William S. Klug, then himself, in a campus office shortly before 10 a.m. Wednesday.
City News Service
2 Inmates Returned To State Custody After Separate Walk Aways
Two inmates who walked away from state facilities in separate incidents are both back in custody, officials said Friday.from the Pilot Rock Conservation Camp #15 in Crestline, San Bernardino County on Tuesday. He was taken back into custody Friday around 2 a.m. in Visalia, state officials said.Ellebracht was serving a three-year sentence for possession of a controlled substance and was due to be released on Aug. 8. His escape will now be considered by the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office for potential prosecution.
ABC 7
Swastika Spray-Painted on SUV in Hancock Park Reported as Hate Crime Neighbors in a Hancock Park neighborhood were shocked and disgusted as they gathered around an SUV Friday, discovering a spray-painted swastika on the vehicle in the predominantly Orthodox Jewish neighborhood. But some weren't just calling it vandalism they were calling it a hate crime. "Living in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood, it's scary," Alison Graham said. Graham said the entire ordeal began when her husband and daughter awoke Friday to a small crowd gathered around the SUV at 124 South Mansfield at 6 a.m. With the crudely painted swastika staring back at them, the owner of the SUV called police.
NBC 4
Reward offered for hit-and-run driver who killed motorcyclist in Arleta
A collision between a car and a 29-year-old motorcylist on a street in Arleta left the rider dead and police searching Sunday for the motorist who fled the scene after the crash. It took place at the intersection of Devonshire Street and Arleta Avenue at 3:10 a.m. Saturday, according to police. A black and white 2009 Suzuki motorcycle was eastbound on Devonshire Street turning onto southbound Arleta Avenue when it collided with an unknown vehicle, police said. The motorcyclist, identified as Steven Joseph Vega of Sylmar, was ejected from the motorcycle, which continued southbound and stopped on the northeast corner of Arleta Avenue and Fillmore Street, police said.
MyNewsLA.com
Dog-killer hunt heats up: $25,000 reward in beating death of 10-pound pooch The hunt for a dog killer heated up Friday as outraged Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Koretz announced rewards totaling $25,000 are being offered to help lead authorities to the minivan driver who beat the 10-pound pooch to death in Boyle Heights. The Los Angeles City Council approved a $10,000 reward, and Koretz, who made the initial reward motion, said his council office will offer another $2,500. These amounts match rewards announced this week by others. The groups People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Social Compassion in Legislation and Davey's Voice a Santa Barbara-based anti-animal cruelty organization this week said it has put up $10,000. The groups also said Geezer Butler, a Black Sabbath band member, offered $2,500 after learning about the incident on social media.
City News Service
1 Killed, 4 Injured In Multi-Vehicle Crash In Mid-Wilshire Area
Police Monday investigated a multi-vehicle traffic collision that killed one person and injured four others in the Mid-Wilshire area. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers were sent shortly after 1:00 a.m. to the 4900 block of West San Vicente Boulevard for report of a traffic collision Upon their arrival, authorities learned three vehicles collided into each other near La Brea Avenue.
CBS 2
Alleged Burglars Charged in Break-in and Ensuing Pursuit That Ended in Fatal Crash in City of Industry Three suspected burglars accused of triggering a fatal car crash while trying to evade sheriff's deputies in the City of Industry were charged Friday with multiple felonies. The alleged getaway driver, 35-year-old Anthony Marcel Quisenberry, was charged with murder, first-degree residential burglary and assault upon a peace officer, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. Quisenberry has several previous convictions, including first-degree residential burglary in 2000 and 2005, identity theft in 2003 and conspiracy to commit a crime in 2005, according to charging documents.
KTLA 5
Charter groups bridle at LAUSD's order to 'wand' students to detect weapons
The box of hand-held metal detectors arrived out of the blue and without an explanation in December. Principal Kristin Botello shoved them in a closet and carried on with her work at her South Los Angeles charter school. Botello later learned the box came with a mandate that requires Animo Jackie Robinson High School to conduct random daily searches of its students with the wands. Los Angeles Unified School District officials say the policy protects students from classmates who might be carrying weapons. The charter school and its parent organization, Green Dot Public Schools, have refused to comply with the requirement, arguing that random searches will undermine the safety that comes from strong pupil-educator relationships.
Los Angeles Times
Man Posing as Officer Sought in Sexual Assault of Prostitutes in OC: Police
Police are seeking the public's help to identify a man accused of posing as an undercover police officer and sexually assaulting prostitutes in Santa Ana over a five-month span. One of the assaults dates back to August and two additional assaults happened in January, according to the Santa Ana Police Department. Police said the three assaults occurred on Harbor Boulevard near Hazard Avenue, and each involved victims who admitted to being prostitutes. In each case, the attacker approached the victim and claimed to be an undercover officer. After coaxing the victims into his vehicle, the man then drove them to secluded locations where he sexually assaulted them, according to police.
NBC 4
Prosecutors release moving 12-page statement from woman raped by former Stanford swimmer
Prosecutors have released the compelling statement read aloud in court by the rape victim of a former Stanford University swimmer whose six-month jail sentence has been decried as a paltry punishment. The 12-page, single-spaced letter went viral on Friday after the victim gave it to the media. Candid and graphic, it offers specific details about her experience after the January 2015 night Brock Turner was seen assaulting an unconscious, half-naked woman behind a dumpster near a fraternity house. She describes the first time she came across an in-depth article about what had happened.
Los Angeles Times
US cities see unexplained rise in violent crimes this year
Violent crimes from homicides and rapes to robberies have been on the rise in many major U.S. cities, yet experts can't point to a single reason why and the jump isn't enough to suggest there's a trend. Still, it is stumping law enforcement officials, who are seeking a way to combat the problem. It's being reported on at local levels, but in my view, it's not getting the attention at the national level it deserves, FBI Director James Comey said recently. I don't know what the answer is, but holy cow, do we have a problem. Americans have grown accustomed to low crime rates since a peak in the 1990s. But law enforcement started seeing a spike last year that has continued unabated. What's unusual, however, is that it's not happening everywhere. Chicago and Los Angeles are seeing homicides on the rise, but other places like Miami and Oakland are not.
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Public Safety News
Evacuation Orders Lifted In Calabasas Fire Area
Fire officials are lifting the evacuation orders Sunday evening in the areas affected by the Calabasas Old Fire. The fire is considered 80 percent contained as of Sunday afternoon, Los Angeles County Fire Department officials said. The Old Fire did not damage any homes or cause any injuries to firefighters on Sunday, officials said. It burned through 516 acres and damaged some access bridges, outbuilding sheds. The flames also fully destroyed the main office building for the Mountain Restoration Trust, but no one was injured.
ABC 7
Huge Reward Offered For Information Leading To Missing Student Pilot
A large reward was offered Friday night in the mysterious disappearance of a student pilot who went missing a week ago tomorrow. The mystery continues into what happened to a student pilot and his flight instructor after their single-engine Cessna 172 airplane disappeared over the coast of Catalina Island on a flight to Van Nuys Airport. The U.S. Coast Guard Search suspended its search at 8 p.m. Monday after more than 16 hours of searching, according to the Coast Guard. Jason Glazier, 52, of Encino, and student pilot Edmond Haronian, 50, of Woodland Hills, flew from Van Nuys Airport to Catalina Island around 1:00 p.m. Saturday, according to the sheriff's department.
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City Government News
L.A. council backs $198.5 million in financial aid for downtown hotel project
The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to back a $198.5-million financial aid package for a high-profile downtown hotel project that has been in the works for more than a decade. On a 12-0 vote, the council agreed to provide a combination of subsidies and loans to Related Cos., which is seeking to build two towers one 38 stories, the other 16 across from Walt Disney Concert Hall. The council's proposal would allow Related to keep nearly half of the $396.9 million in tax revenue that would be generated for the city by the project over 25 years. That money would normally flow into the general fund, which pays for police, firefighters and other city services.
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State Government News
California Assembly Moves To Tax Marijuana Growers
California lawmakers are moving to levy taxes on medical marijuana growers after hammering out pot regulations last year. The Assembly voted 60-12 to pass AB2243 Thursday. The bill authorizes charges of $9.25 per ounce of marijuana flowers, $2.75 per ounce of pot leaves and $1.25 per ounce of immature pot plants. Legislative analysts estimate the taxes would raise $77 million annually for local police and environmental cleanup.
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