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  Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch

Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League

November 4, 2016

Law Enforcement News

‘Non-violent' prisoners parole sooner: What will that mean for street violence?
Voters will have the final say Tuesday on a proposal aimed at giving “non-violent” California prisoners a chance at parole after completing their minimum sentence, a move proponents say will emphasize rehabilitation and reduce prison overcrowding, but that opponents contend will put violent offenders on the streets. Proposition 57 would allow parole consideration for people convicted of “non-violent” felonies after completing the prison term for their primary offense, and authorize prison officials to award inmates sentencing credits for rehabilitation, good behavior or educational achievements. 
My News L.A.

Bullet Hits School Bus Windshield in South Los Angeles; Shooter at Large: LAPD
Police are searching for a shooter who fired at least one shot that hit a mostly empty school bus in South Los Angeles on Thursday morning. The shooting occurred just after 6:30 a.m. in the area of Figueroa Street and Manchester Avenue, in the Vermont Knolls neighborhood of South L.A., according to Los Angeles Police Department Officer Liliana Preciado.
KTLA 5

Man stabbed during fight outside Metro station in Westlake District
One man stabbed another during a fight Thursday outside a Metro station in the Westlake District. The suspect and victim got into an altercation about 4 p.m. outside the station at Seventh and Alvarado streets and one pulled a folding knife and stabbed the other, according to Ramon Montenegro of the Sheriff's Transit Policing Division.
Fox 11

LAPD Investigates ‘White Art' Vandalism in Boyle Heights as Possible Hate Crime Amid Gentrification Fight 
The Los Angeles Police Department is treating three acts of vandalism in the last month targeting art galleries in Boyle Heights, including graffiti at one gallery that attacked "white art,” as possible hate crimes. The probe comes amid a debate in the predominately Latino Eastside neighborhood over the growing art scene there and whether it's part of a gentrification that some activists fear will push working class families out. 
KTLA 5

Felon Faces Life In Prison For Allegedly Stabbing, Shooting Girlfriend To Death; Ramming Vehicle Into Man, Child
Authorities said a 47-year-old felon is  facing life behind bars for the fatal shooting and stabbing of his girlfriend in Pacoima and for using his car as a weapon in another unrelated incident. Michael Jerome Parks, AKA Chicken Mike and/or Michael McTizic, was arraigned Thursday. Officials said Parks pleaded not guilty to one count of murder with allegations that he used a handgun and a knife as deadly weapons.
CBS 2

Suspect In Custody After Federal Officer Involved Shooting In Panorama City, Authorities Say
A suspect was taken into custody Thursday morning after a shooting involving a federal officer at a home in Panorama City, authorities said. Few details were immediately disclosed about the incident. According to the Los Angeles Police Department's Mission Division, the shooting occurred at about 4:30 a.m. at a townhouse in the 14000 block of Terra Bella Street.
ABC 7

Suspect in Fatal Stabbing of 3-Year-Old Girl in DTLA Garment Factory Charged; Details Released About Previous Crime
A man charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of a 3-year-old girl in a downtown Los Angeles garment factory attacked the child as she was going to give her father a cookie, prosecutors announced Thursday. The suspect, 34-year-old Ricardo Augusto Utuy, worked at the clothing factory in the 800 block of McGarry Street with the victim's mother, although authorities said the two had minimal, if any contact.
KTLA 5

UCLA Community, Law Enforcement Leaders Hold Gun Violence Summit On Campus
Student representatives, law enforcement and UCLA officials organized a gun violence summit at the campus Thursday. In June, a popular professor was shot and killed on the campus by a disgruntled graduate student. "We are able to look at this as a real life issue that could confront any of us every day," Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer said. Since the shooting, brainstorming has taken place. From a response perspective, the UCLA police and Los Angeles Police Department said they are satisfied with how quickly hundreds of officers handled the tense situation on a campus packed with thousands of students and faculty.
ABC 7

'Get Out Of My House!' Squatter or fraud victim?
A homeowner in South LA is facing quite a battle. Laurie Horn says in the darkness of night, someone broke into her property and now they won't leave. That someone is Shanell Lathem, but she denies breaking into the house. Lathem says an unknown person rented her the property and she paid $2400 in cash. When the homeowner called the police, Lathem presented a then with a signed lease. Officers then told the owner they wouldn't be able to help her because it's a civil matter.
Fox 11

Man Freed After 23 Years For A Murder He Didn't Commit Tells His Story
November 3, 2016 10:49 PM
A blue sky means more to Bill Richards than most of us will ever understand. Only four months ago, he walked out of a Rancho Cucamonga prison, 23 years after he was convicted of murdering his wife, a crime that now the state Supreme Court says he never committed. “I get out of the house and I keep busy but I don't really have a life,” said Richards, now 67.
KCAL 9

German Shepherd Puppy Gifted to Iraq Veteran With PTSD Taken From His East L.A. Front Yard
Iraq war veteran Francisco Torres was distraught when his 8-month-old German shepherd went missing, and security footage shows an unknown man removing the dog from his front yard in East L.A. TJ, an 8-month-old German shepherd, was given to Torres to help ease his post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Surveillance video from the home near Cesar Chavez Boulevard and Western Avenue shows the dog-napper unlock Torres' front gate and lure the puppy out, her tail wagging, on Monday around 8 p.m.
KTLA 5

New poll finds voters poised to pass Prop. 57 and revamp California's prison parole rules
Gov. Jerry Brown's effort to revise and ultimately loosen state prison parole rules appears to be on its way to passage on Nov. 8, as a new poll finds strong support across a wide swath of California voters. Fifty-seven percent of likely voters in a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times survey backed Brown's Proposition 57, and only 31% were opposed. While earlier polling showed an even wider lead, the proposal has had consistently solid backing throughout the campaign season.
Los Angeles Times

Police find gun believed used in Iowa officers' deaths
A gun found by a search dog in a wooded area is believed to be the weapon used in the fatal ambush shootings of two Iowa police officers, police said Thursday. The weapon was found "where no person probably could have found it," Des Moines police spokesman Sgt. Paul Parizek said during a news conference. He said the weapon was found Wednesday, the same day the officers were shot, but he declined to provide details.
Associated Press

Detroit deputy fights for justice decades after father's murder
It's one of Detroit's oldest unsolved mysteries. A Detroit Police Officer murdered in the line of duty 45 years ago, and the person who killed him still on the loose today. Ulysha Renee Hall was just six months old when her father, Officer Ulysses Brown was killed. Now, she is a Detroit Police Deputy Chief.
ABC WXYZ

Local Government News

Mayor Holds 'Welcome Home Project' Dinner For Former Homeless Veterans
The Garcettis held their annual Thanksgiving reception for formerly homeless veterans at the Mayor's home in Hancock Park on Wednesday. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and the First Lady of Los Angeles Amy Elaine Wakeland held the event at The Getty House, which also featured a "Welcome Home" gathering, where recently housed, formerly homeless veterans built baskets full of household necessities for their peer group. To learn how to donate to the Welcome Home Project,  click here.
ABC 7

Is Your Ticket Valid If Parking Enforcement Doesn't Follow Its Own Rules?
If you don't follow the rules of the road, you will get a ticket. But what happens when parking enforcement doesn't follow its own rules? A Santa Monica man says he didn't deserve a parking citation and doesn't know how to prove it.The I-Team went digging and learned the city of Los Angeles' parking enforcement doesn't have to follow its own policy for a ticket to be legitimate.
NBC 4
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