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Police Protective League
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the union that represents the
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
September 20, 2017 |
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Law Enforcement News
Judge Won't Overturn Conviction In 2005 Slaying Of Rhone Island Police Officer
A federal judge says he won't overturn the 2006 murder conviction of a man found guilty of killing a Rhode Island police officer with the cop's service weapon at police headquarters. The Providence Journal reports that U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell Jr. dismissed the lawsuit on Monday filed by 39-year-old Esteban Carpio seeking a new trial in the 2005 killing of Providence police detective Sgt. James Allen.
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2 Injured In East Hollywood Shooting: LAPD
Two people were injured in a East Hollywood shooting early Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The incident was reported about 5 a.m. near the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue and Clinton Street, Officer Rosario Herrera told KTLA. A male and a female were struck by gunfire and taken to local hospitals in unknown condition. The shooter, described as a male, has not been caught and the investigation is ongoing.
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Elderly Woman Forced Into Closet During Home Invasion In Faircrest Heights
Investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department Wilshire Division were on the scene just before midnight after the elderly woman called 911 from inside her home. Neighbors said the homeowner lives alone. The residence is located on the 1900 block of Searns Drive in Faircrest Heights. According to police, two masked men armed with guns walked in through the front door which was left unlocked.
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Dog Shot By LAPD Sergeant After 3 People Are Injured In Pico-Union Canine Attacks
A call about a vicious dog in Pico-Union Tuesday morning ended in three people injured by dog bites and one dog shot by a Los Angeles police officer trying to control the animals, authorities said. A police sergeant responded to a call about vicious animals attacking schoolchildren at about 10:45 a.m. and found the dogs near Toberman and 20th streets, Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Michael Mabie said.
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Watts Residents, LA Police Commission Discuss Neighborhood Safety, Crime Rates
The Watts community has struggled with crime and drugs in and out of the street, and on Wednesday night, residents had an important discussion with Los Angeles police. Inside the Markham Middle School Auditorium was a presentation about different neighborhoods and crime decreases. It led to feedback and interruptions from the audience. One Watts resident stood up to those who interrupted the discussion. The man instructed the crowd to respect the LAPD presentation.
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Culver City Man Sentenced For Sexually Abusing 15-Year-Old Girl With Autism During 3-Week Period At His Home
A Culver City man who sexually abused a 15-year-old girl with autism over a three-week period, during which she was kept inside his home, was sentenced to 24 years in state prison on Tuesday, the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office said. Samuel Duran, 36, kept the teenage girl — who police said was diagnosed with autism — inside his home and sexually abused her for weeks during the spring of 2015, prosecutors said.
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Are LA's Homeless Transients Getting More Aggressive?
When you talk to people around Chatsworth you hear about how transients are becoming more aggressive. How there are homeless who walk into stores and walk out with things they didn't buy. In some extreme cases store owners are made to feel terrorized. A case in point. On Saturday, a flower shop owner - we'll just call her Diana - was working in her store when she heard noise at her front window. It was an aggressive woman believed to be a local homeless transient by the store owner.
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Killer Of West Hills Resident And Fox Executive Gavin Smith Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison
A San Fernando Valley drug dealer was sentenced Tuesday to 11 years in prison for killing a 20th Century Fox distribution executive who was having an on-again, off-again affair with the defendant's estranged wife. John Lenzie Creech, 45, was convicted July 3 of voluntary manslaughter for the May 2012 beating death of Gavin Smith, whose remains were found 2 1/2 years later in a shallow grave in the Angeles National Forest in the Antelope Valley.
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When Will A Judge Decide Whether Robert Durst Should Stand Trial In His L.A. Murder Case?
New York real estate scion Robert Durst could learn as soon as Wednesday when a Los Angeles judge will hold a hearing to decide whether there is enough evidence for him to face trial for murder. Durst, who is charged with murdering his best friend in 2000, is scheduled to have a preliminary hearing in mid-October — an opportunity for a judge to say whether there's enough evidence for the case to go to trial.
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Man Removed From Sex Offender Registry Arrested On Suspicion Of Possessing Child Porn, Police Say
A San Diego man who was removed from the state's sex offender registry three years ago was arrested Monday after he photographed young girls in bathing suits at a Fontana birthday party and later was found to possess child pornography, police said. Police responded to a home on Boxwood Court in Fontana on Sunday evening after receiving reports that Joseph Welsh, 47, had taken several photographs of female children at a family gathering.
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Gun Groups Fight California Bills They Say Will Drive Up Cost Of Firearms
California significantly tightened its firearms restrictions last year when it enacted a broad package of bills regulating ammunition sales, expanding the state's prohibition on assault weapons and banning the possession of high-capacity magazines. Those laws are currently being challenged in court by gun rights groups. Nothing so sweeping passed this legislative session.
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California's Attorney General Asks Senate For More Tools To Fight Online Sex Trafficking
California Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra pleaded with a U.S. Senate committee on Tuesday to change a decades-old Internet freedom law in order to give states more power to go after online sex traffickers. “We're losing the fight against sex trafficking, which means we're losing our children,” Becerra said. Some in Silicon Valley have pushed back on the idea for years, saying that it would be a disaster for a free and open Internet to change the 1996 Communications Decency Act so websites can be held liable by states and victims if criminal material is posted on their sites.
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Texas Officer Dies From Off-Duty Crash Injuries
An officer has died from injuries he sustained in an off-duty crash 10 days ago. Officer Elias “Sonny” Martinez was escorting an oversized load on the freeway when a crash occurred, KTRK reported. He was attempting to avoid a collision when his motorcycle struck the back of one of the trucks, leaving him with severe injuries, ODMP reported. Martinez was airlifted to the hospital where he later died from his injuries.
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Public Safety News
LA County Declares Its Own Hepatitis A Outbreak; 10 Infected Include Homeless
Public health officials declared a hepatitis A outbreak in Los Angeles County Tuesday, saying there are now 10 people infected, two of whom are homeless and contracted the potentially fatal liver disease locally. The two newer cases can't be traced to San Diego County, where the infectious disease has affected 421 people, mostly among those who are homeless, said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, LA County Public Health Director during a report to the Board of Supervisors at their weekly meeting. Los Angeles Daily News |
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Local Government News
LA Sixth Street Bridge Park Moving Forward: 12 Acres, $29 Million
Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar introduced a motion Tuesday to secure $2 million from the Adelante Eastside Community Redevelopment Agency funds for the new Sixth Street Bridge Park. The 12-acre public park will sit below the new $482 million Sixth Street Bridge connecting Boyle Heights and downtown Los Angeles' Arts District that is scheduled to open in late 2020.
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