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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
November 9, 2018 |
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Law Enforcement News
Sergeant Killed In Thousand Oaks Mass Shooting Honored During Procession
A Ventura County sergeant killed while responding to a mass shooting at a Thousand Oaks bar was honored during a procession Thursday morning. Sgt. Ron Helus was one of 13 people, including the gunman, who died in a shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. Helus' body was transported via motorcade from Los Robles Hospital to the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office. Aerial video from Sky5 showed streets and overpasses lined with people, some waving American flags, in honor of Helus. At one point, a firetruck could be seen parked on an overpass with crew members standing on top and saluting as the procession passed on the freeway below.
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Pepperdine Students, LAPD Officers Among Those At Thousand Oaks Bar Shooting
A Pepperdine University student was identified Thursday as one of 13 people who died in an overnight shooting at a Thousand Oaks nightclub crowded with patrons, including 16 students from the Malibu college and three off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officers. Alaina Housley, a niece of former Fox News correspondent Adam Housley and his wife, actress Tamera Mowry-Housley, was from Napa and was a freshman at Pepperdine. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti wrote on Twitter that three off-duty LAPD officers were at the bar “but are thankfully uninjured.” “They assisted in evacuation & treatment on-scene,” Garcetti wrote. “City flags will be at half-mast today in honor of victims, including @VENTURASHERIFF Sgt. Ron Helus who died a hero.”
MyNewsLA.com |
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Tennessee Man Gets Life In Prison For Officer's Killing
A man convicted of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a police officer in Tennessee was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee read the sentence for 41-year-old Tremaine Wilbourn after a jury recommended the punishment. Prosecutors had sought the death penalty. The same jury found Wilbourn guilty of first-degree murder, carjacking and weapons charges in the August 2015 killing of Officer Sean Bolton in Memphis. Bolton is one of four police officers to be fatally shot in Memphis since July 2011.
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Texas Deputy Shot In Head Faces Long Recovery
A Fayette County sheriff's deputy who was shot in the face last week while trying to arrest a wanted felon is getting better, but faces a long road to recovery and possible blindness, authorities said Monday. Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek said in a statement Monday that Deputy Calvin "CJ" Lehmann, a 32-year-old single father of three girls, lost his left eye as a result of a shotgun blast to the face, and that doctors were still trying to save his right eye. Korenek said Lehmann is scheduled for surgery later this week.
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Man Accused In Series Of Fatal Beatings In L.A., Santa Monica Charged With New Crimes
A man accused of bludgeoning four men to death and injuring at least eight other people during a week-long wave of attacks and robberies in Los Angeles and Santa Monica in September now faces new charges, prosecutors announced Thursday. Ramon Alberto Escobar, 47, now faces four counts of murder, eight counts of attempted murder and four counts of robbery after a criminal complaint against him was amended, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said in a written statement. Escobar is accused of using a baseball bat or other blunt object in the attacks, which primarily targeted homeless people.
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He Raped German Tourist In Hollywood: 240 Years To Life In Prison
One of two men convicted of raping a German tourist in Hollywood in 2016 was sentenced Thursday to 240 years to life in state prison. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy imposed the sentence on Kenneth Mack, 29, who was found guilty in July of two counts of forcible rape in concert involving the Dec. 5, 2016, attack on the tourist, along with an unrelated rape and robbery during a separate attack July 31, 2016. Mack — who had two prior convictions for carjacking — was also convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and second-degree robbery for separate crimes involving two other victims in November 2016.
MyNewsLA.com
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L.A. Man Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Investors
A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty Thursday to his role in a scheme to fleece online investors out of $8.3 million in the United States and across the world. Jason B. Scharf, 37, of Valley Village pleaded guilty in downtown Los Angeles to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, with sentencing set for Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. As part of his plea, Scharf admitted that from February 2013 through December 2015, he oversaw the day-to-day operations of the website Citrades as the company's CEO, and that he and co-conspirators used lies and false promises to induce investors to purchase binary options, prosecutors said.
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‘Do Whatever It Takes To Survive:' San Bernardino Sheriff's Dept. Offers Active Shooter Training
In Wake Of Thousand Oaks Tragedy It's a sobering fact: mass shootings are no longer a rare tragedy. For years, law enforcement agencies and first-responders have trained for active shooter situations. But it wasn't until the 2015 attack at San Bernardino's Inland Regional Center that deputies realized the public also needed to know what to do in a worst case scenario. “Most people have never been around a truly violent situation, so they're not going to know how to react. So that's why you need to do this type of training,” San Bernardino County Sheriff's Deputy Justin Lane explained.
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High-Capacity Magazines, Like The One Used By The California Mass Shooter, Are Deadly And Easily
Available he high-capacity ammunition magazine used to fatally shoot at least 12 people at a bar in California on Wednesday night would have been outlawed under a state ban. But a federal judge blocked it from taking effect. In June 2017, Judge Roger Benitez of the Southern District of California issued an injunction preventing the state from enforcing a ban on the possession of any magazine with the capacity of more than 10 rounds. The order arrived just two days before the ban was to take effect and resulted from a lawsuit brought by gun owners in San Diego County and the California Rifle & Pistol Association, an affiliate of the National Rifle Association.
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Public Safety News
Woolsey Fire Jumps 101 Freeway In Agoura Hills; See Maps Of The Evacuation Areas In LA City And County
A brush fire driven by 50 to 60 mph wind gusts that broke out in Ventura County west of Chatsworth and is zero percent contained jumped the 101 Freeway near Chesebro Road in Agoura Hills Friday morning and was burning on the south side of the freeway in areas that were evacuated hours earlier. The California Highway Patrol is shutting down a four-mile stretch of the Ventura Freeway from Las Virgenes Road to Kanan Road. The Woolsey Fire broke out about 2:25 p.m. Thursday, pushed by strong Santa Ana winds which prevented fire commanders from ordering aerial assaults in the early morning hours, although some flights began at 5:30 a.m. as the wind died down. It is expected to pick up after sunrise until 10 tonight.
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Local Government News
L.A. City Attorney Announces Filing In Support Of Flores Case Plaintiffs
Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer Thursday announced the filing of a multi-city brief in support of an injunction to prevent the Trump administration from implementing new rules that would result in longer detentions and different regulations of care for immigrant children at the southwest border. Feuer announced that the cities of Los Angeles and Chicago were joined by 17 cities and counties in filing the amicus brief supporting the plaintiffs in the so-called Flores case, which was lodged in Los Angeles federal court.
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