Marchers stage rally in Hollywood to show support for law enforcement officers
She joined a dozen other participants who marched from the Los Angeles Police Department's Hollywood station to the CNN building along Sunset Boulevard, urging motorists to “Honk your horn, show your support” for all law enforcement officers. So far this year, 68 police officers have been killed in the U.S., according to Mark Cronin, who serves on the board of directors for the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union representing 9,800 members. "One is too many," said the 23-year LAPD veteran. "The majority of the public is very caring, but some of our guys feel very beaten right now."
Los Angeles Times
Brothers 9, 14, Go Missing From Winnetka
Police asked for the public's help to find two young brothers who went missing from their home in Winnetka. Mason Mayes, 14, and Sebastian Merino, 9, went to bed at their home in the 19900 block of Roscoe Boulevard about midnight and when the family checked on them at 8 a.m. they were missing, according to Los Angeles police.
NBC 4
2 Men Hospitalized After Gunman Opens Fire In Highland Park
Police Monday searched fora gunman who opened fire on two men in Highland Park. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the shooting unfolded around 2:40 a.m. in the 200 block of E. Ave 38. Upon their arrival, paramedics transported two adult men to a hospital for treatment of apparent gunshot wounds.
CBS 2
1 Dead, ‘Multiple' Others Wounded In Wild Shootout, Large Fight In South LA
Authorities said at least one person was killed and “multiple” others wounded in a shooting in South Los Angeles Sunday. Officials said shots rang out around 4:30 p.m. near West 59th Street and South Figueroa Street, according to Officer Bob Bermudez with the LAPD's 77th Street Station. One unidentified person was pronounced dead at the scene, Bermudez said.
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LA's Most Wanted: Murder of Charles Bell
This week's edition of LA's Most Wanted looks at the 2014 murder of Charles Bell. 33-year-old Bell was shot to death in the parking lot of a Denny's diner in Long Beach in the early morning of March 23, 2014. Police are looking for the man who pulled the trigger as well as two people who were with him. Bell's son, who is autistic, had never put a sentence together prior to the murder, but after Bell was killed, family members say the son said "I miss my dad."
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New Video Shows Sex-Assault Prowler Trying to Enter Echo Park Apartment
New surveillance video was released Thursday showing a suspected sexual predator hopping over a gate into an Echo Park apartment complex. Authorities have been asking for the public's help to find a man who broke into two women's apartments in Los Angeles and assaulted them before taking off Monday night . In the surveillance video, the man is seen hopping over a gate. But unlike the previous incidents, in this new one the man is unable to get into anyone's apartment.
ABC 7
Wrongly Convicted Inmate Speaks Out On $10m Settlement With LA County
A wrongly convicted inmate who spent 20 years in prison is speaking out about a $10.1 million settlement, an historic sum in the state of California. "For too long I was marginalized as a murderer," Franky Carrillo said at a news conference at Loyola Marymount University, which aided his legal battle. The settlement followed a lawsuit that blamed then-detective Craig Ditsch and members of an internal Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department "gang" known as the Lynwood Vikings, including the man who would become undersheriff, Paul Tanaka.
ABC 7
Indicted on New Charges, Ex-Sheriff Lee Baca Now Faces up to 20 Years in Prison If Convicted
Ending a week that began with former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca withdrawing his guilty plea in a federal corruption case, he was indicted Friday on allegations he obstructed justice and lied to federal investigators. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the new charges in a news release after a federal grand jury decision. Baca, 74, of San Marino is charged with one count of conspiracy to obstruct a federal grand jury investigation, one count of obstruction of justice, and one count of making false statements.
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Decorated Army Veteran Comes Home to Mortgage-Free House
Army Staff Sgt. Oskar Zepeda came home from nine tours of duty to a mortgage free house. It's the kind of reception every military hero deserves, especially one coming home for the first time. Zepeda served three tours in Iraq and six in Afghanistan. On Friday, he was back with his wife and two kids in Perris, seeing the house they've always dreamed of owning.
NBC 4
Is Prop. 47 working? Depends whom you ask
The premise behind the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, or Proposition 47, overwhelmingly approved by California voters in November 2014, was simple: Reduce the penalties for non-serious, nonviolent offenses such as drug possession and minor theft and pass along the savings from less-crowded prisons and jails to programs that would reduce recidivism and crime and help victims.
The Press-Telegram
30-plus drug citations equal zero felonies, thanks to Prop. 47
Redlands police officers know Frankie Alvino Capetillo by sight. They should: They've cited and released him on the spot almost three dozen times, almost all for alleged drug offenses, since Proposition 47 passed on Nov. 4, 2014. The law reduced many drug and theft offenses that once could have been charged as felonies — bringing longer jail or prison sentences — to misdemeanors that could bring sentences of at most a year in jail but in practice are weeks or days.
The Long Beach Press Telegram
California bill would make testifying in court easier for young victims of human trafficking
As California lawmakers aim to curb the illegal trade of sex and labor before adjourning the legislative session at the end of August, at least one bill seeks to protect such young, vulnerable victims at the center of human trafficking cases in court. The legislation by Assemblyman Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) would allow minors ages 15 or younger to testify through closed-circuit televisions outside the courtroom, where they can share their painful and often traumatic experiences away from the presence of the jury and the defendant.
Los Angeles Times
Gun group sues over suppressed blog post that gave addresses
A pro-gun group has filed a federal lawsuit against the California Legislature's lawyer, saying she violated the group's First Amendment rights by suppressing a blog post that listed the home addresses and telephone numbers of 40 lawmakers. The Firearms Policy Coalition, a gun rights group that is funding the suit against Legislative Counsel Diane Boyer-Vine, issued a statement Friday that accuses state officials of using an “unusual and unconstitutional” law to censor what its chief says is legitimate free speech, which is covered under the First Amendment.
San Francisco Chronicle
NYPD arms cops on the beat to combat rampaging shooters
At a time when the New York Police Department is encouraging beat cops to be more approachable to law-abiding citizens, it's also equipping them to do combat with rampaging shooters. The mass shootings in Orlando, Dallas and elsewhere have prompted the nation's largest police department to accelerate a $7.5 million program to distribute heavy-duty body armor to uniformed patrol officers who might have to respond.
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