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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
September 20, 2019 |
Law Enforcement News
Tennessee Officials: 1 Deputy Shot, Another Injured While Serving Arrest Warrant
A suspect was fatally shot and two deputies were injured as a law enforcement gang unit served an arrest warrant Wednesday in Memphis, Tennessee, authorities said. Shelby County sheriff's deputies were inside a home when gunfire erupted at about 3:30 p.m., sheriff's spokesman Anthony Buckner told reporters. One deputy wearing a bulletproof vest was shot five or six times in the leg and upper body and taken to a Memphis hospital in critical condition, authorities said. The deputy was sitting up and talking and seemed to be in good spirits, Shelby County Chief Deputy Scott Wright told reporters outside Regional One Hospital. "He's lucky to be alive," Wright said. The sheriff's office said later on Twitter that the wounded deputy was upgraded to non-critical condition. The other deputy was believed to have been bitten by a dog, Wright said. He was released from the hospital later Wednesday, the sheriff's office said on Twitter. The armed person who opened fire was shot dead, authorities said.
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LAPD Seeks Suspect In Fatal Shooting Of 57-Year-Old Man In San Pedro
The Los Angeles Police Department asked for the public's help Wednesday solving a deadly shooting in San Pedro the night before. Eric Guillory, 57, was found suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest while lying in the courtyard of the Rancho San Pedro Housing Development after police were called to the scene Tuesday night, according to LAPD. Officers responded to the complex located at 275 W. First St. around 11:30 p.m. Paramedics also responded to the scene but Guillory died from his injures, police said. Authorities said people who live at the housing complex gave conflicting information about the suspect vehicle and did not give a description of the shooter. According to LAPD, detectives have no leads about a possible suspect. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Maffei or Officer Tiffin at 310-726-7882 or 310-726-7884. During non-business hours or on weekends, police can be reached at 877-527-3247.
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San Pedro Resident Shoots, Kills Burglary Suspect Inside Home, LAPD Says
A resident shot and killed a burglary suspect Thursday morning inside a home in San Pedro, authorities said. The incident was reported about 7:45 a.m. at a house in the 2800 block of South Carolina Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The homeowner told police the suspect tried to enter his home through the front door. The suspect then went around the side of the home and entered through a window. The homeowner says when the man moved toward him, he fired at the suspect. The unidentified intruder was pronounced dead at the scene, an LAPD spokesperson said. Yellow police tape cordoned off the driveway of a two-story house at the scene, and police detectives were seen speaking with neighbors.
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Vandalism At Northridge Temple Investigated As Possibly Anti-Semitic Hate Crime
Police were investigating a message scrawled on the property of a Jewish temple in Northridge as a possibly hate-motivated case of vandalism, authorities said Thursday, Sept. 19. The incident was reported Wednesday morning at Temple Ahavat Shalom, 18200 Rinaldi Pl., and may have happened the previous evening, Los Angeles police Officer Rosario Cervantes said. No one had been arrested in this case as of Thursday evening, LAPD Sgt. Ray Diaz said. Two detectives were sent to the temple Wednesday to investigate, and are looking into the matter as a possible hate crime. The Anti-Defamation League called the message left at the Northridge house of worship “blatantly anti-Semitic,” in a tweet posted Wednesday. It was not immediately clear if it is related to other instances of vandalism in the San Fernando Valley or elsewhere in Southern California, Diaz said.
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Authorities Believe They Could Be Coming Closer To Solving Killing Of Musician Kevin Harris
Ten years after aspiring musician Kevin Harris was murdered, his family is still desperately hoping for help from the public so they can prosecute their son's killer. It's a cold case they hope can be solved. Maybe someone feels guilty. Maybe someone wants revenge. Maybe somebody wants to make a death bed confession. Maybe somebody just wants to do the right thing. Whatever the reason, Kevin Harris Jr's family, the Inglewood police, and the FBI need help. Kevin was gunned down on 118th Place on September 20, 2009, as he sat in his car outside a home-based music studio. He was an aspiring rapper, a DJ, a songwriter. His mother told me today, ''Everybody loved Kevin...he didn't have an enemy in the world. " "Squeaky clean'' is how one FBI agent working the case put it. It's what makes the particular murder so frustrating and painful. Mom and Dad just want to know why? Why would someone do that to Kevin? So do investigators.
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North Hollywood Man Arrested Accused Of Embezzling Thousands Of Dollars
A North Hollywood man was arrested on Sept. 12 on embezzlement charges while he was an employee at PennyMac Loan Services, a mortgage company out of Moorpark. Investigators with the Ventura County Sheriff's Office say 40-year-old Joe Rodriguez create a "very elaborate embezzlement scheme." The Sheriff's Office says Rodriguez altered the payroll earnings for several employees and stole the marked-up earnings, which totaled several thousand dollars each month, all while he worked int he Human Resources Division. Authorities say it wasn't until after Rodriguez was let go from the company for unrelated reasons that PennyMac management discovered the embezzlement. The scheme continued for over two years until the day Rodriguez was fired from the company, according to authorities.
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Democratic Donor Ed Buck Paid At Least 10 Men To Use Drugs For His Own Pleasure, Prosecutors Say
In political circles, Ed Buck was best known as a wealthy donor who championed animal rights and LGBTQ causes, dumping more than half a million dollars into the coffers of Democratic candidates running for school boards, Senate seats and spots on the West Hollywood City Council. In West Hollywood's Plummer Park, less than a mile from Buck's home, homeless men in desperate circumstances had a much simpler frame of reference for the 65-year-old. They called him “Dr. Kevorkian.” A 22-page federal criminal complaint unsealed Thursday painted a depraved picture of how Buck earned his grim sobriquet. Ten men told investigators that Buck had paid them to use drugs and dress up in skimpy underwear for his own sexual pleasure. Several of the men claimed they lost consciousness after Buck served them a drink, and some said they woke up to the sight of him injecting drugs into their arms against their will, according to the complaint.
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Defendants From San Fernando Valley And Orange County Accused Of Billing Taxpayers $7 Million In Bogus Medi-Cal Claims
Prosecutors have accused four people from the San Fernando Valley and a doctor from Seal Beach who worked at a clinic in Los Angeles of creating fake medical records and running a $7 million scheme to defraud Medi-Cal. Hilda Haroutunian, 60, of Sun Valley, owned and operated Los Angeles Community Clinic, 1830 W Olympic Blvd. She has been indicted along with four other people who worked at the business. Haroutunian and Dr. Keyvan Amirikhorheh, 59, of Seal Beach; Lorraine Watson, 56, of Valley Village; Noem Sarkisyan, 63, of North Hollywood, as well as Edmond Sarkisyan, 40 of North Hollywood, face allegations of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Prosecutors accused them of creating fake patient names, charts and prescriptions. They then allegedly billed Medi-Cal's Family Planning Access Care and Treatment (PACT) program for office visits that never happened and services for patients who did not exists, officials said in the indictment.
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Public Safety News
‘Stop Vaping Now': L.A. County Officials Report More Cases Of Lung Illnesses Linked To E-Cigs
Los Angeles County officials on Thursday issued a stern warning against e-cigarettes as they announced more cases of pulmonary illnesses less than two weeks after reporting the first vaping-related death in the county. “STOP VAPING NOW!” the county's Department of Public Health said in a statement. Officials said as of Thursday, the agency has received a total of 16 reports of serious pulmonary injury associated with vaping. That's four more cases since Sept. 6. “Nationally, there continue to be reports of people showing up in emergency departments with similar symptoms such as coughing, difficulty breathing, fever, and may have vomiting and diarrhea,” the news release from the county said. The patient whose death was reported earlier this month was using a cannabis product, L.A. County Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis said. Davis described him as an older adult who had chronic underlying health conditions, but officials believe vaping was a “probable potential cause of death.”
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Local Government News
City Council Report Will Seek Out Landlords Who Keep Homes Vacant
In an attempt to penalize landlords who keep units empty in the face of a growing housing crisis, the Los Angeles City Council Wednesday ordered the preparation of a report on the number of vacant residences in the city. City Councilman Mike Bonin made a motion in June calling for the report, along with Councilmen Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Paul Koretz and David Ryu. The action is an attempt to find housing that could be used for low-income or supportive housing. "No bed in this city should be empty when people are being forced to sleep on pavement,'' Bonin said. "Empty home penalties encourage landlords to keep people housed, and they help raise needed funds to create more affordable housing. This is an important tool for addressing one of the root causes of homelessness in Los Angeles, and it is a step we desperately need to take.'' The city council voted 11-0 in favor of obtaining a report.
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LA Gearing Up To Spend $336M To Build 2,998 Apartments For Homeless Residents
Los Angeles lawmakers are queuing up $335.8 million to help build nearly 3,000 affordable apartments across the city for homeless Angelenos—including contested plans for the first homeless housing in the northwest San Fernando Valley. The money will come from Measure HHH, a $1.2 billion bond that voters approved in 2016 to build 10,000 units of permanent supportive housing. The Los Angeles City Council's homelessness and poverty committee voted Wednesday evening to commit the money to developers of 38 affordable projects, with a combined 2,998 units. The vast majority will be permanent supportive housing, meaning they will come with on-site services. The “criticism and frustration” that it's taking a while to build Measure HHH housing is warranted, said Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell, who chairs the committee. “Let's get these going,” he said.
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