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Police Protective League
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the union that represents the
rank and file LAPD officers
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
October 11, 2019 |
Law Enforcement News
4th Teen Sentenced In Death Of Police Officer Struck By Jeep
A teenager convicted of felony murder in the killing of a Maryland police officer struck with a stolen Jeep has been handed a 30-year prison term. The Baltimore Sun reports the 17-year-old was sentenced by a judge in the May 2018 killing of Baltimore County police Officer Amy Caprio on a suburban cul-de-sac. Earlier this month, a judge handed down life sentences with all but 30 years suspended to another 17-year-old and a 19-year-old convicted of felony murder. Dawnta Harris, was a 17-year-old who was tried as an adult and also was convicted of felony murder. Prosecutors say Harris was the driver who slammed the stolen Jeep into Caprio. Her body camera video showed her ordering Harris out of the Jeep before drawing her weapon and screaming, "Stop! Stop!"
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4 Men Armed With Handguns Sought In Fairfax Neighborhood Home-Invasion Robbery
Police are searching for four home-invasion robbers who broke into a residence in the Fairfax neighborhood early Thursday morning. The incident was reported in the 400 block of North Stanley Avenue about 4:15 a.m., Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Lomeli said. The four men were armed with handguns when they entered the home and took cash, jewelry and a passport, Lomeli said. The intruders were said to be between 25 and 30 years old but no descriptions were available. An ambulance was requested but there was no word on any possible injuries. No arrests have been made in the case.
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Suspects Held After Reports Of Shooting Prompt Brief Lockdowns At 2 South L.A. Schools
The Los Angeles Police Department responded to a report of shots fired near two high schools in South Los Angeles on Thursday morning, prompting a brief lockdown. The alert went out about 9:25 a.m., authorities said. The lockdown was lifted about 9:55 a.m. after two suspects were detained. No arrests were made, police said. LAPD officials said there was no evidence of any shooting and information was still being gathered. Both Fremont High School on San Pedro Street and John Hope Continuation High School on Towne Avenue were placed on lockdown for about 30 minutes after the initial report. Los Angeles School Police said the campuses share a location.
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Officials Seeking Possible L.A. Victims Of Man Arrested In Contra Costa County
Investigators from the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office urged Los Angeles area residents to contact them if they were victimized by a man who has been charged with committing lewd acts against boys. Richard Charles Rocha, 37, of Antioch was arrested at his home in May by the Fremont Police Department and has been charged with committing lewd acts against boys under the age of 14 and setting up hidden cameras in public bathrooms. “During the course of the investigation, we learned that Rocha once lived in Southern California, specifically Los Angeles,” Scott Alonso of the Contra Costa County D.A.'s office said in a statement. “Our office believes there may be additional victims in the Los Angeles area,” Alonso said. “Rocha worked for a nonprofit in West Hollywood in the late 2000s and into the 2010s.”
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Former Fugitive Convicted Of Murder In 2008 Shooting Of Handyman In Silver Lake
An ex-fugitive faces up to 50 years to life in prison after a jury convicted him Wednesday of murder for shooting a handyman to death in Silver Lake, cutting off the victim's hand and fleeing the country in a bizarre killing that remains unexplained to this day. The Los Angeles County Superior Court jury deliberated for about three hours before finding Alan Machain, 37, guilty of first-degree murder for the Oct. 8, 2008, killing of 44-year-old Cesar Valenzuela of South Gate, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. The jury also found true the special allegation that he personally used a handgun in the crime. Valenzeula had been hired to perform repairs and maintenance at a triplex in the 1400 block of Silver Lake Boulevard when he was killed, authorities said. “Machain shot Valenzuela at least three times and cut off his left hand inside of the home,” District Attorney's Office spokesman Paul Eakins said in a written statement.
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West Hollywood Man Pleads Not Guilty In Overdose Death Of Rapper Mac Miller
One of three men facing federal charges of providing counterfeit drugs containing fentanyl to Mac Miller two days before the hip-hop performer died of a drug overdose pleaded not guilty Thursday in downtown Los Angeles. Cameron James Pettit, 28, of West Hollywood entered his plea to charges of conspiring to distribute controlled substances resulting in death and distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. Each count carries a mandatory minimum of 20 years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. A second man, Stephen Andrew “Stevie” Walter, 46, of Westwood was also expected for arraignment on the same charges, plus an additional count of being a felon in possession of ammunition.
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High-Profile Political Donor Ed Buck Pleads Not Guilty In Drug Deaths At His Apartment
Political activist and high-profile Democratic donor Ed Buck pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges stemming from the overdose deaths of two men inside his West Hollywood apartment. Buck, 65, remains in federal custody. A federal indictment unsealed earlier this month charged him with providing illegal drugs that caused the overdose deaths of the two men and distribution of drugs to others. Buck appeared to have difficulty hearing during the brief court appearance in downtown Los Angeles. Relatives of the men watched the proceeding. "I'm working with one hearing aid," he told the magistrate judge. A tentative trial date was set for Nov. 26, along with a Nov. 4 motions hearing and Nov. 19 status conference. Buck was initially charged in U.S. District Court with distributing methamphetamine resulting in the overdose death of one of the men, Gemmel Moore, in July 2017.
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California Man Gets 11 Years For Bludgeoning Roommate Found Dead In Apartment Wall 6 Years Later
A California man has been sentenced to 11 years behind bars for bludgeoning to death his former roommate, whose body was discovered hidden in the wall of their apartment nearly six years after she was first reported missing. Randolph Garbutt pleaded guilty last month to one count of felony voluntary manslaughter in connection with the slaying of Raven Campbell, the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office said in a press release. Her remains were uncovered in July 2015 behind the wall of her residence in unincorporated Lomitas, which is in the Los Angeles area. The 31-year-old, who was developmentally disabled, was first reported missing in 2009, the Daily Breeze reported. An anonymous caller contacted the family years later with a tip of where Campbell might be found, prompting authorities to bring cadaver dogs to search the Harbor Hill Housing unit she shared with Garbutt.
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Vanishing Violence: Youth Crime Continues Historic Drop Across US
Youth crime continues to plummet across the country, with arrests of people under age 18 falling for the 13th straight year and reaching lows not seen in at least six decades, new FBI figures show. Two decades after fear of “superpredator” teens spurred a wave of tightened punishment in California and beyond, the landscape is almost unrecognizable. The number of juveniles arrested nationwide declined 11% from 2017 to 2018 alone, compared to a 2% drop for adults. Arrests of young people for violent crimes — rape, robbery, assault and murder — fell 5%, while they actually increased slightly for those 18 and older. The 2018 arrest rate among juveniles — 21.3 per 1,000 youths — is half of what it was in the 1960s and less than one-quarter of what it was in the mid-1990s, at the peak of a youth crime spike, according to an analysis of the FBI data provided to The Chronicle by the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice in San Francisco.
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Public Safety News
L.A. Fire Department Lifts Red Flag Parking Restrictions
The Los Angeles Fire Department has lifted the Red Flag parking restrictions effective immediately. The department says they decided to lift the parking restrictions after an updated evaluation of the weather and wind conditions throughout a large portion of the city. The announcement comes after a Red Flag Warning from the National Weather Service went into effect early Thursday morning and expected to last through Friday afternoon for much of Los Angeles and Ventura counties. The Red Flag Warning was issued due to critical fire weather conditions created by the forecasted gusty Santa Ana winds.
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The Saddleridge Fire Is Closing These Freeways And Roads In Sylmar, Granada Hills, Porter Ranch And Santa Clarita
The massive fire burning in Granada Hills, Porter Ranch and Sylmar has prompted several freeway closures in the area Friday morning. All lanes of the northbound 405 Freeway at the 118 Freeway in Granada Hills were closed about 2:20 a.m. for an unknown duration, and all traffic was diverted off the 405 to the east- and westbound 118, the California Highway Patrol said. The flames also prompted the closure of the northbound 5 Freeway just south of the 210 Freeway in Sylmar and the southbound 5 Freeway at Calgrove Boulevard in Santa Clarita just after midnight. Both directions of the 210 Freeway from the 5 Freeway to the 118 Freeway and the northbound 5 Freeway's truck route in Sylmar were closed due to the fire for an unknown duration, the CHP said.
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Officials Warn Of Measles Risk If You Were At ArcLight And Erewhon On L.A.'s Westside
Los Angeles County officials are warning that residents may have been exposed to measles earlier this month. Health officials have confirmed that a person who spent time at a movie theater and stores on the Westside has been diagnosed with measles. Considered one of the most contagious diseases in the world, measles spreads through coughing and sneezing but can linger in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves the room. It has been a bad year for measles. As of last week, 1,250 people have been diagnosed with measles nationwide, compared to 372 in all of last year. Case numbers appear to have peaked in April this year and have been falling since, according to national data. In Los Angeles County, there have been 18 cases among residents so far, in addition to 11 people who traveled through the county while sick with measles. The majority of those who became sick were not immunized, officials said.
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