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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
October 15, 2019 |
Law Enforcement News
Maryland Officer Dies After Being Shot In Parking Garage
A Maryland police officer died Monday after he was found with a gunshot wound in a parking garage that was part of his regular patrol, authorities said. Acting Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones told news reporters that the death of 38-year-old officer Thomas J. Bomba is being treated as a homicide. He added that there was no immediate threat to public safety. Bomba had reported Monday morning that he encountered "disorderly subjects" at a parking garage. Jones said that when fellow officers arrived, they found Bomba suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. Jones said that while the case is being investigated as a homicide, officials have not ruled out other possibilities. He added that there was no immediate threat to public safety.
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Indiana Trooper Dies In Crash While Headed To Help Colleague
An Indiana state trooper has been killed in a car crash while he was headed to help another trooper. Indiana State Police said in a news release that 27-year-old Peter R. Stephan of Lafayette died late Friday after his car struck a utility pole in Tippecanoe County. Police said the crash happened after his car went off the road and rolled on Old State Road 25 while heading toward Americus. Police said they don't know why his car left the road. Police said Stephan was responding to another trooper's request for help. Stephan had worked for Indiana State Police for four years. He's survived by his wife and a 6-month-old daughter. Gov. Eric Holcomb issued a statement saying he and his wife were "heartbroken" to learn of Stephan's death.
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Man In His Mid-30s Killed In Noon-Hour Shooting In Van Nuys
A man in his mid-30s was fatally wounded Monday in a shooting in Van Nuys. Officers responded about 12:25 p.m. to a report of a shooting in the 14600 block of Burbank Boulevard and found the victim down with gunshot wounds, according to Los Angeles Police Department Officer Tony Im. Firefighters pronounced the man dead at the scene, Im said. He was not immediately identified. It's unclear if the shooting was gang-related, according to Im, who said no suspect information was immediately available.
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LAPD Investigating Possible Kidnapping, Asks For Public's Help
Los Angeles police were asking for the public's help in a possible kidnapping investigation of three children from Sylmar. According to police, officers responded to a call in the 13600 block of Fellows Avenue last Wednesday where they found that a possible kidnapping had occurred. Police said nobody has seen the family for five days and that the parents — 28-year-old Esteban Lopez and 29-year-old Liliana Lopez — were persons of interest in the case. Investigators said the two may have taken three children — 9-year-old Jakob Cabrera, 6-year-old Steven Matthew Lopez and 5-year-old Stephana Lopez. Esteban was described as a 5-foot-8 Hispanic male weighing approximately 180 pounds. He has a “Lopez” tattoo on his chest. Liliana was described as a 5-foot-2 Hispanic female weighing approximately 135 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
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Assault Suspects Not Located In Broadway-Manchester Area Smoke Shop After 7-Hour Standoff
A seven-hour long standoff at a Broadway-Manchester neighborhood smoke shop came to an end Monday morning with authorities still searching for five to seven allegedly armed assault suspects. The incident began about 11 p.m. Sunday when two people attempting to repossess a vehicle were assaulted and threatened by a large group of who then apparently barricaded themselves inside the AG7 Smoke Shop in the 9700 block of South Main Street. “We know of at least two suspects that our victims have identified, however our victims did say that there were multiple individuals invovled in this crime,” Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Emada Tingrides said. The victims estimated between five and seven people were involved in the assault. A SWAT team was called to the scene to try and coax the individuals out of the smoke shop, but after about seven hours officials no longer believed the suspects were inside. "At this time we have no idea where they fled to or at which time they did flee," Tingrides said.
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Suspect In Fatal Stabbing At North Hollywood Hostel Charged With Murder
Authorities have arrested a homicide suspect in Studio City who allegedly stabbed and killed a man he got into an argument with earlier this month at a hostel in North Hollywood, police said Monday. William Rivera, 45, was taken into custody Oct. 4 by members of the Los Angeles Police Department and the FBI on suspicion of killing 31-year-old Noel Cabrera, LAPD officials said in a news release. He was found living out his black 2019 Nissan Sentra that authorities think he drove from the scene of a violent encounter two days prior. Investigators believe the suspect and victim had rented separate beds at a hostel on the 6700 block of Tujunga Avenue, and became involved in an argument with each other on Oct. 2, police said. The situation escalated. Rivera allegedly produced a knife and then stabbed Cabrera once in the left leg. Police were notified of the assault and responded at about 7 p.m. that evening. Paramedics transported Cabrera to a hospital, where he ultimately bled to death.
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L.A. Man Arrested, Accused Of Targeting ‘Elderly Woman' In Fillmore With Lottery Scam
A Los Angeles man was arrested on suspicion of trying to scam a woman in Fillmore after she told deputies two other people asked her for money to cash a supposedly winning lottery ticket, authorities said Monday. The victim, who authorities described as an elderly woman, came in to the Bank of the Sierra in Fillmore on Oct. 10 around 2:40 p.m. to withdraw “a large sum of money from her account,” according to a news release from the Ventura County Sheriff's Office. Authorities did not say how much cash was being withdrawn but Nelson Davila Cruz appeared to have “an unusual interest” in the woman and her transaction, sheriff's officials wrote in the release. Bank employees contacted authorities and Cruz was found “scurrying out of the bank” when deputies arrived, sheriff's officials wrote. The woman then told enforcement another man and a woman had asked her for help cashing a winning lottery ticket.
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Suspect Surrenders In Sylmar After Leading CHP On Erratic High-Speed Chase On Southbound 5 Fwy
A suspect was taken into custody after leading the California Highway Patrol on a high-speed, and at times, erratic chase in a white Mercedes-Benz on the southbound 5 Freeway in Santa Clarita Monday morning. The driver, who was wanted for speeding, was cutting through traffic at up to 130 miles per hour. As the driver approached the Sylmar area, he exited the freeway and drove through a residential neighborhood where he stopped and parked. The suspect was seen exiting the Mercedes and lying face down on the ground with his hands behind his back, seemingly complying, before authorities arrived. Once authorities caught up with the suspect, the suspect was taken into custody.
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1 In 4 Female Undergrads Said They Were Sexually Assaulted On Campus. At USC, It's Nearly 1 In 3
One in four female undergraduates at leading campuses across the country say they have been sexually assaulted by force or because they were passed out, asleep or incapacitated by alcohol or drugs and unable to consent, according to a national survey released Tuesday. USC reported higher numbers, with 31% of female undergraduates saying they were sexually assaulted sometime during their college years. In California, Caltech and Stanford also participated in the survey of 181,752 students conducted for the Assn. of American Universities, an organization of the nation's 62 leading public and private research universities. Caltech and Stanford were set to release their statistics on Tuesday. The University of California conducts its own sexual misconduct survey and did not join the AAU effort. The survey by AAU and Westat, a leading social science research firm, represents the nation's largest ever effort to examine college sexual assault and expands on its initial groundbreaking study in 2015. The survey, conducted last spring at 33 public and private campuses, received a 21.9% response rate.
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Public Safety News
Saddleridge Fire 44% Contained After Damaging Or Destroying 75 Structures
Fire crews worked overnight to increase containment of the Saddleridge Fire, which has destroyed dozens of homes in the San Fernando Valley. The fire, which began just after 9 p.m. on Oct. 10, was 44% contained as of Monday evening, the Los Angeles Fire Department stated in an update. The blaze had scorched 8,391 acres, or just over 13 square miles of land, as of the 8 p.m. update. At least 75 structures were damaged or destroyed by the fire, which caused some of its heaviest damage in the Porter Ranch and Granada Hills areas.
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Saddleridge Fire Started Beneath SoCal Edison High-Voltage Transmission Tower: LAFD Investigators
Authorities on Monday confirmed that the Saddleridge Fire started beneath a high-voltage transmission tower in the Sylmar area before spreading to consume thousands of acres. Though it's unclear what sparked the blaze, investigators narrowed down its origin to a small patch under the Southern California Edison-owned power lines, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Fanned by strong Santa Ana winds, the blaze scorched 8,391 acres, or just over 13 square miles of land, damaged or destroyed 75 structures, blanketed neighborhoods with thick smoke and forced the evacuation of thousands of people. One Porter Ranch man died of a heart attack while trying to douse approaching flames with a garden hose, and three firefighters were injured in the fire, including one who suffered a minor eye injury, authorities said. LAFD Chief Ralph M. Terrazas said Friday that investigators were following up on reports that a man witnessed the fire start at the base of a power line in Sylmar.
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Risk Of Busy Wildfire Season Facing Southern California
Last winter's heavy rains allowed Southern California's hills and fields to flourish with fresh growth, but the dried-up post-summer brush has created plenty of wildfire tinder. That means increased potential for more blazes like the Saddleridge fire of recent days. “The grasses die off, add to available fuel and you can have devastating wildfires because of it,” said Capt. Larry Kurtz of the Orange County Fire Authority. While the 2011-2015 drought saw wildfires turning into nearly year-round occurrences, Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Tony Imbrenda said the wet winter has pushed fire risk back to more of a seasonal cycle. But he agreed it sets the stage for more dramatic blazes. “After heavy rains, there's a lot of moisture stored in the brush,” he said. “It gives the brush resistance to fire. But as it dries out, it makes the fire risk greater because there's more of it. “So once the fire season starts, it can be more intense.”
Los Angeles Daily News |
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Local Government News
L.A. Hosts Fear Crackdown On Renting Out Second Homes For Short Stays
P.J. Lennon had a plan for his retirement: To pay his bills, he would rent out the one-bedroom house that sits alongside his home in the Hollywood Hills. He fixed it up with Buddha sculptures and artwork and began advertising it online through Airbnb and VRBO. Travelers paid up to $199 a night to sleep in the hideaway with banana trees and a show-stopping view. He was banking on that money to pay the bills, he said, after a career as an actor, model and photographer. When he dies, Lennon said, “I just want to be carried out of my own home in a pine box.” But he fears he may not be able to remain there under an ordinance that says Angelenos can rent out only their “primary residence” for short stays, not a second home or investment property. Lennon said those rules would eliminate his only source of income, likely forcing him to sell his house and move.
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