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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 10, 2016 |
Court Rules 2nd Amendment Gives No Right To Carry Concealed Weapons In Public
A federal appeals court says people do not have a right to carry concealed weapons in public under the 2nd Amendment. An 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the ruling Thursday. The panel says law enforcement officials can require applicants for a Concealed Carry Weapons permit (CCW) to show they are in immediate danger or otherwise have a good reason for a permit beyond self-defense. The decision overturned a 2014 ruling by a smaller 9th Circuit panel, which fueled a surge in applications and inquiries for permits to carry concealed guns.
CBS/Associated Press
Is Los Angeles Prepared To Stop Terror Attack Like One In Paris?
It took just 20 minutes for terrorists to kill 130 in Paris last November. Nine terrorists coordinated that sophisticated operation at three locations: a soccer stadium, a concert venue and open-air restaurants. Is Los Angeles ready for that kind of coordinated attack Law enforcement leaders from LA recently traveled to Paris to talk to their French counterparts and investigate the November attacks. Thursday at USC, they shared what they learned and said there are lessons for law enforcement and the public.
CBS 2
Former Los Angeles Teacher's Assistant Arrested For Alleged Sexual Battery
A former teacher's assistant at a Los Angeles school was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery. Now, detectives are asking for the public's help to find additional victims. Pil Mendez was arrested on Wednesday on one count of sexual battery and three counts of molesting or annoying a child. The 34-year-old used to be a teacher's assistant at Miguel Contreras Learning Complex. In November 2015, a female student reported that Mendez inappropriately touched her and made sexual comments to her on multiple occasions. During the investigation, more students came forward with the same story. Mendez is being held on $50,000 bail.
ABC 7
All-Clear After LAPD Station Evacuated Due to Suspicious Package in Glassell Park
The all-clear was given Thursday after a suspicious package promoted the evacuation of a Los Angeles Police Department station in the Glassell Park area, officials said. A bomb squad cleared the scene at San Fernando Road and Fierro Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPD's Northeast Division station at 3352 North San Fernando Road was evacuated during the investigation. It was not immediately disclosed what the package was.
NBC 4
Pastor killer insists ‘not guilty' of gardener robberies
A man convicted in 2006 of voluntary manslaughter for a 70-year-old pastor's shooting death outside his Inglewood church pleaded not guilty Thursday to a series of armed robberies of gardeners in South Los Angeles and Inglewood. Aaron Deon Seymour, 34, of Los Angeles is facing four counts of second- degree robbery with a gun use allegation, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. Prosecutors said Seymour pulled a gun on four residential gardeners between May 12 and May 18 and robbed them collectively of more than $800 in cash. Seymour was found guilty in August 2006 for voluntary manslaughter for the April 27, 2005, death of Charlie Williams, who was shot once in the upper right thigh in an alley outside Christian Unity Missionary Baptist Church.
MyNewsLA.com
Police Hope Public Can Help Lead Them To Stolen Bike Suspect
Police in Brentwood are hoping police can lead them to a bike thief. Officials said the theft was captured on surveillance video. CBS2's Brittney Hopper said police are eager to catch the man before he strikes again. Neighbors who watched the video told her the man doesn't live in their building, and they didn't recognize him. The man was also caught on security video checking unlocked cars. Triathlete Joy Di Palma says the man stole her bike. “I'm scared now in my own home to see this guy brazenly walking through the hallways trying to get into open doors and into cars. It's creepy,” Di Palma said.
CBS 2
Body of East LA College basketball player found in back seat of car in Monterey Park
An East Los Angeles College basketball player who had been with friends celebrating his birthday was found fatally shot in the back seat of a car in Monterey Park today. Monterey Park police officers investigating a report of gunfire found the victim's body about 5 a.m. in the back seat of a locked vehicle in the 800 block of West El Repetto Drive, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff' Department. Authorities withheld the name of the man, pending notification of his relatives, however, various media reports identified him as Saieed Ivey, a freshman guard at East Los Angeles College.
FOX 11
4 Sought in ‘Sophisticated' Burglary Ring That Targeted Affluent SoCal Homes
Six people have been arrested and four more are being sought in connection with at least several dozen burglaries committed by a “very sophisticated” theft ring based out of South Los Angeles, the Sheriff's Department said Thursday. The case began in March 2015 with a string of residential burglaries in Claremont, sheriff's Lt. Chuck Calderaro said at a news conference. The 12-detective burglary-robbery task force with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department took over the case, linking the crimes to others in the region, including in Ventura County.
KTLA 5
Mobile-home armed Norwalk standoff suspect faces justice
Jury selection began Thursday for the trial of a man charged with five counts of attempted murder stemming from a 2014 standoff with federal marshals in Norwalk. Jason Edwin Devore, 39, of La Habra, also faces 16 counts of robbery and a gun allegation. Co-defendant George Contreras, 21, of Los Angeles, pleaded no contest earlier to one count of second-degree robbery and two counts of assault on a police officer. Contreras was immediately sentenced to 12 years and 4 months in prison, according to a court clerk. All other charges against Contreras, including five counts of attempted murder, were dismissed following his plea.
MyNewsLA.com
Brock Turner case fallout: Prospective jurors refuse to serve under judge
At least 10 prospective jurors who oppose Judge Aaron Persky's decision to spare former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner prison for a sex crime refused this week to serve on a jury in an unrelated case he is handling. "I can't be here, I'm so upset," one juror told the judge while the lawyers were picking the jury in the misdemeanor receiving stolen property case, according to multiple sources. Another prospective juror stood up and said, "I can't believe what you did," referring to the six-month county jail sentence Persky handed to Turner, who was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious intoxicated woman last year outside a Stanford University fraternity party.
Mercury News
Judge: Transgender California Inmates Must Get Female-Oriented Items
California prison officials must let transgender inmates have more female-oriented commissary items including nightgowns, robes, sandals, scarves and necklaces as part of a settlement that will make California the first state to pay for an inmate's sex reassignment surgery, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Aside from providing the surgery for 56-year-old Shiloh Quine, the state agreed in August to provide some items to transgender inmates such as Quine who are housed in men's prisons. The proposed policy doesn't go far enough, ruled U.S. Magistrate Judge Nandor Vadas. He said transgender inmates housed in men's prisons should have many of the same items as are provided to female inmates.
Associated Press
Will California stop police from taking people's property without a criminal conviction?
Almost a year after California lawmakers rejected legislation that would restrict police departments' ability to take cars, cash, homes and other property from suspected criminals without a conviction, the bill's author is trying again as similar efforts succeed across the country. The practice, known as civil asset forfeiture, gained currency during the height of the drug war in the 1980s as a way for law enforcement to financially cripple drug lords and fund anti-narcotics operations. But advocates for reforming the laws say too often police officers ensnare innocent residents who are poor and have few resources to ensure their property is returned.
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City Government News
DWP contractor facing 12 felonies in alleged $1 million solar scam
A contractor accused of stealing nearly $1 million from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is facing a dozen felony counts. Oscar James Edwards, 48, is scheduled to be arraigned today on four counts each of grand theft and embezzlement, three counts of money laundering and one count of perjury. Prosecutors said the LADWP contracted with Edwards, who owned Computer Systems Integration Corp., to provide solar inverters from a Colorado company in 2014. The inverters were delivered to the utility, which paid Edwards about $970,000, but Edwards never turned that cash over to the Colorado company, prosecutors allege.
Los Angeles Daily News
Wesson announces new funding for Tom Bradley FamilySource Center
This week, Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson announced earmarked resources for the Tom Bradley FamilySource Center (FSC) located in the heart of Council District 10. The $250,000 earmark in this year's budget keeps the FSC from having to close its doors. The new resources will be allocated towards the center's operations and personnel needs. FSCs are located in high-need areas of the city and provide a continuum of core services designed to assist low-income families become more self-sufficient. “The needs of our community are too important and must be supported with financial resources,” Wesson proclaimed. L.A. Watts Times |
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State Government News
Brown, lawmakers agree on California spending plan
Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders reached an agreement Thursday on a state budget that expands funding for subsidized child care and eliminates a controversial welfare policy that restricts cash assistance for nearly 130,000 children. The deal also includes $400 million for housing construction to help people with low income struggling with rapidly rising rent. But it's contingent on lawmakers approving a contentious proposal by Brown to speed up development in some neighborhoods, and most of the details remain unresolved.
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