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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
October 16, 2019 |
Law Enforcement News
Shot LEO Tied Tourniquet Around Leg, Went Back To Scene Of Dispute
The police officers who were first at a domestic dispute call in Dauphin County showed “great bravery” in the incident, the county district attorney says, even after one was shot. Lower Swatara Township Police Chief Jeffrey Vargo said police were called to a domestic dispute on Bentley Lane, a trailer park off of Vine Street near the Middletown line, around midnight. A woman inside was being held against her will, Vargo said. “Almost immediately upon entering the residence, the officers were met with gunfire,” Vargo said. “One officer sustained an injury, he was shot in the leg.” That officer, Timothy Shea, put a tourniquet on himself and went back inside the home “in an act of great bravery,” District Attorney Fran Chardo said. Shea and his partner, Joshua Malott, were able to get the woman out of the house safely, Chardo said.
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16-Year-Old Girl Fatally Stabbed In Exposition Park; 2 Arrested
A 16-year-old girl was fatally stabbed in Exposition Park Monday afternoon, police said. Los Angeles police said the stabbing happened at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Vermont Avenue, and officers responded to the scene at about 1:25 p.m. According to LAPD, the teenager was in a verbal argument with two people, described as a male and a female. The argument turned physical at some point and the teen was stabbed, police said. She was transported to a hospital, where she later died. Police said both suspects were arrested. The victim was not immediately identified.
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High-Speed Chase On Surface Streets Ends In Violent Crash In Downtown LA
A high-speed police pursuit on surface streets came to a crashing end after the vehicle the suspect was driving was clipped by another vehicle at an intersection in downtown Los Angeles Monday night. Los Angeles police were in pursuit when a vehicle clipped the suspect's vehicle at the intersection of W. Olympic Boulevard Grand Avenue shortly before 11:20 p.m. After the initial crash, the suspect's car slammed into another nearby vehicle and spun out. Multiple LAPD vehicles gathered in front of the suspect, who surrendered. Two suspects in the vehicle were arrested. The suspect was going at high speeds on surface streets before the crash. It was not immediately known what the suspects were wanted for.
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LAPD Changing Controversial Program That Uses Data To Predict Where Crimes Will Occur
Los Angeles Police Department leaders announced changes Tuesday to a controversial program that predicts where property crimes could occur throughout the city. The changes come seven months after an inspector general couldn't determine whether the department's predictive-policing program, called PredPol, helped reduce crime. Critics contend the program leads to heavier policing of minority neighborhoods. Chief Michel Moore told a meeting of the L.A. Police Commission that the LAPD needs location-based strategies to target crime and keep residents safe. Moore said the department will adjust programs when needed and that he disagrees with critics who believe the program unfairly targets Latino and black neighborhoods. “The manner of how we use data is informed by the evolution of technology,” Moore said. “We're going to smartly use our precious resources.”
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Naked Man Accused Of Carjacking Arrested After Leading Police On Short Chase In South LA, Police Say
Police said they arrested a man who was only wearing shoes after he allegedly carjacked a person in South Los Angeles early Tuesday morning. Los Angeles police responded to a robbery call at about 1:45 a.m. to the 400 block of Broadway after a person said their keys and car were stolen by a naked suspect. Officers said the suspect took off in that stolen vehicle when they arrived to the scene, prompting a brief chase. The suspect later crashed down the street and was taken into custody. Police believe he was under the influence of drugs.
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Missing Sylmar Woman, Children Found Safe At Mexico Border, Suspect Still At Large
A 29-year-old Sylmar woman and her three children who had not been seen in nearly a week and were feared to have been the victims of a kidnapping were found safe on Tuesday when they crossed into the United States from Mexico. Liliana Lopez, and her children, Jakob Cabrera, 9; Steven Matthew Lopez, 6; and Linda Lopez, 5, crossed into the United States about 1:45 p.m. at the San Ysidro Point of Entry, and they met with Robbery-Homicide Division detectives investigating the case, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Esteban Lopez, 28, the father of at least two of the children, was still being sought by police and is believed to be in Mexico, according to the LAPD. The Los Angeles Police Department launched an investigation after a 29-year-old woman and her three children, ages 9, 6, and 5 were reported missing from their Sylmar home.
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Closing Arguments To Begin In Penalty Phase Of The 'Hollywood Ripper' Trial
Closing arguments are scheduled for Wedensday in the final phase of the trial for the man dubbed the "Hollywood Ripper," who is accused in the grisly stabbing deaths of two Southern California women. Jurors are being asked to recommend whether Michael Gargiulo should be sentenced to death or life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Los Angeles Superior Court jury in Gargiulo's trial heard testimony last week from family members of the two women, along with a woman who survived being stabbed eight times. The panel also heard from Gargiulo's 16- year-old son, who said he didn't want his father to be executed. Closing arguments, originally set for Tuesday, were postponed until Wednesday.
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Former CEO Of Sherman Oaks Firm Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison For $1.3 Billion Fraud Scheme
A Sherman Oaks man has been sentenced by a Florida judge to 25 years in prison for orchestrating a $1.3 billion fraud scheme that stole money from at least 7,000 investors nationwide. Court records show 61-year-old Robert Shapiro was sentenced Tuesday in Miami federal court after previously pleading guilty to mail and wire fraud and tax evasion. Federal prosecutors say Shapiro's Woodbridge Group, which was based in Sherman Oaks, had offices in California, Florida, Tennessee, Colorado and Connecticut. Investors were told Woodbridge, where Shapiro was CEO, held real estate loans paying them high levels of interest. In fact, the real estate was also owned by Shapiro and sometimes didn't exist. It was a Ponzi scheme paying older investors with money from newer ones. Woodbridge employed roughly 130 people, according to federal prosecutors. It ran the Ponzi scheme at least from July 2012 to Dec 2017, when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and defaulted defaulted on obligations to investors.
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Gun Investigators Cautiously Optimistic About New Fingerprint Technology
A decade ago, chemistry professor Paul Kelly was conducting experiments at England's Loughborough University when he noticed his glass beakers were emerging from a vapor-filled chamber with clearly defined fingerprints on them. The quality of the fingerprints was remarkable, and Kelly and his colleagues decided to see if their discovery could have any practical applications. They teamed up with the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence, and began exposing fingerprints on various materials to a chemical vapor, and adjusting the process to improve their results. Kelly's team then licensed the technique to a private company called Foster + Freeman, which built a machine called RECOVER to run the tests. Foster + Freeman started selling it to law enforcement agencies in the United States this year and has delivered machines to about 10 of the country's 400 public labs so far, two sources said. Lab technicians can use the machine to pull fingerprints from shell casings and other metal surfaces, like knives and explosives. It's not as useful on guns themselves because they are often textured or treated to prevent corrosion, which can make it more difficult to retrieve usable prints, one expert said.
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Public Safety News
Fire Breaks Out At Church Near MacArthur Park
Los Angeles firefighters worked to extinguish a blaze that broke out at a one-story vacant church in the 700 block of S. Park View Street near MacArthur Park Tuesday evening. Crews were dispatched to the scene shortly after 5 p.m. Aerial footage from SkyFOX showed moderate smoking coming out of a hole in the rooftop that was created by firefighters for ventilation. It took fire crews approximately 18 minutes to put out the fire, according to Nicholas Prange of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Prange said firefighters began an aggressive interior fire attack, "without relief from vertical ventilation in this case (concrete roof)." No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Temperatures To Fall Thursday In Southern California, But High Winds Renew Wildfire Risks
Temperatures should come down from higher-than-average levels in most of Southern California over the next few days — but windier conditions beginning Thursday, Oct. 17, will keep the risk of fire high through the start of next week. Highs in inland valleys saw double-digit increases from Monday to Tuesday, National Weather Service meteorologists said. Readings were in the upper 80s and low 90s Tuesday, with similar figures expected for Wednesday in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, as well as inland portions of Los Angeles County like the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys, according to the National Weather Service. Meanwhile, temperatures will be slightly colder in coastal areas like Long Beach, Malibu and much of Orange County. Then, on Thursday, a transition from an offshore to an onshore wind pattern will bring cooler weather to most regions, and a return of windy conditions in inland areas.
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Local Government News
City Approves $350 Million For Homeless Housing Via Measure HHH
The final round of loans for permanent supportive housing projects funded through the Proposition HHH housing bond measure was approved by the Los Angeles City Council Tuesday. The ballot measure approved by voters in 2016 provides for up to $1.2 billion in housing bonds for eligible projects aimed at combating homelessness. The council on Tuesday approved about $231 million for 34 permanent supportive housing projects, and another $120 million was slated for projects chosen through the city's Housing Challenge Request for Proposals, with those projects expected to create about 1,000 units. In total, the City Council has approved funding for about 8,600 of the city's goal of 10,000 permanent supportive housing units by 2026.
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Los Angeles City Council Moves Forward With Eviction, Rent Increase Moratoriums
The Los Angeles City Council took a stopgap step Tuesday to stop no-fault evictions and rent increases, following fears that landlords are hiking rent and removing tenants before new state rental rules take effect in January. In a 13 to 0 vote, the council instructed the city attorney to draft an emergency ordinance that would stop landlords from evicting tenants without sufficient cause, such as failure to pay rent. The council also voted unanimously to draft an ordinance that would limit rent increases for the rest of the year and block evictions for failure to pay rent if recent increases were above the coming state cap. The ordinances must still come before the council for a final vote and, given state restrictions, the city would surely face legal pushback if it tried to cap rents on currently uncontrolled units.
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