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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
October 18, 2019 |
Law Enforcement News
Man Sentenced To 5 Centuries In Prison For Shooting LAPD Swat Officer In Helmet, Wounding K-9 During Shootouts
A Los Angeles gang member received a prison sentence of more than five-and-a-half centuries Thursday for shooting a Los Angeles Police Department SWAT officer, who was saved by his helmet, and wounding a police K-9 during a series of shootouts in 2017, authorities said. Jose Afredo Rauda, 36, was convicted earlier this month of 12 counts of attempted murder on a peace officer, 19 counts of assault with a firearm on a peace officer, four counts of assault with a firearm, one count of assault on a police animal, shooting at an occupied vehicle and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. He returned to Los Angeles County Superior Court for sentencing on Thursday, where he received a prison term of 553 years and 8 months to life, prosecutors said in a written statement.
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CHP Officer Injured During Pursuit In West San Fernando Valley; 2 In Custody
A California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer was injured during a pursuit in the west San Fernando Valley Thursday and two people are in custody following an extensive search. About 1:25 p.m, the California Highway Patrol initiated a pursuit with a man wanted for assaulting one of their officers with a deadly weapon. The driver stopped, got out of the vehicle he was driving and jumped over a fence into an apartment complex along the 9400 block of Baird Road in Northridge. About 4 p.m., CHP officials told KTLA the assault suspect, as well as another person who was in the car, were in custody after an extensive search. Authorities did not elaborate on the original assault that the driver was wanted on suspicion of. At one point, a responding CHP officer was injured in a Granada Hills crash and was down on the roadway near the intersection of Lindley Avenue and Devonshire Street. The officer's motorcycle appeared to be badly damaged as the officer was being treated on the ground.
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Video: Georgia Officer Attacked By Machete-Wielding Suspect
Athens police on Wednesday released body camera footage of an Oct. 5 incident in which an officer shot a man who appeared to lunge at him with a machete. The officer encountered the North Carolina man while responding to a domestic violence call at University Gardens Apartments on Baxter Drive, authorities said previously. In the video, the officer, identified as Roger Williams, approaches 28-year-old Salvador Salazar and tells the man to take his hands out of his pockets. One of the man's hands can be seen in the video, but the other appears to be holding something in the pocket. Salazar then walks away from the officer, who follows him through the parking lot in the apartment complex. The officer tells the man repeatedly to stop, but the man continues walking away, the video shows. About 40 seconds into the interaction, the man spins around and appears to lunge at the officer with a large blade.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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One Killed In Shooting In Downtown Los Angeles
A man in his 30s was killed in a shooting in an upscale downtown Los Angeles apartment building and the shooter was at large Friday morning. Police responded about 6:50 p.m. Thursday to a report of a shooting in the 700 block of West Ninth Street, near Flower Street, where the victim was located in an elevator in the lobby of the building and pronounced dead, the Los Angeles Police Department said. The victim's name not immediately available, nor was any suspect information, police said. Multiple broadcast reports identified the building as the Watermarke Tower, located at 705 W. Ninth St. Monthly rents at the Watermarke range from about $2,800 to more than $14,600, according to the building's website. Some residents who were evacuated from their apartments during the police investigation were allowed back in after midnight.
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Motorist Arrested In Fatal Hit-And-Run In South LA
A motorist allegedly responsible for the hit-and-run death of a pedestrian in South Los Angeles has been arrested, authorities said Wednesday. Jorge Hernandez Pena was arrested in the death of Wardell Nelson, 61, who was fatally injured while crossing Manchester Boulevard at Figueroa Street at about 3:40 a.m. on Oct. 6, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Detectives planned a news conference later Wednesday at the LAPD South Traffic Division offices to discuss the case. After Nelson was struck by the hit-and-run vehicle, he was hit by a second vehicle, whose driver remained at the scene, police said. “Jorge Hernandez Pena fled the scene, failing to stop and render aid after striking the pedestrian,” an LAPD statement said.
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LAPD Detectives Identify Third Victim Of Sexual Assault Suspect Who Posed As Driver
Detectives say they have discovered evidence of another victim linked to a suspect arrested for posing as a driver in order to sexually assault women coming out of nightclubs. Dayvid Sherman, 48, was arrested Oct. 3 in connection with at least two sexual assault cases. The first happened in October 2018, after police say Sherman approached the intoxicated victim outside a West Hollywood nightclub and offered her a ride at a lower fare than rideshare services. She lost consciousness during the ride and later woke up in the back seat of the vehicle being sexually assaulted by the suspect. A second incident involved a different woman who went to the same nightclub in September 2019. She left the club alone and intoxicated, and told police that even though she had lapses of awareness, she recalled being in the suspect's vehicle. She also lost consciousness and woke up to being sexually assaulted. The third assault may have occurred in the early hours of Jan. 16, 2019, according to an updated statement from the LAPD released Thursday. Detectives believe there may be many more unidentified victims.
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Two Suspects Caught On Camera Burglarizing SpcaLA Adoption Center
Two men were caught on camera burglarizing a spcaLA pet adoption center. The incident happened on October 9th just before 11 p.m. at their location on W. Jefferson Blvd. near South La Brea Ave. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles (spcaLA) has released surveillance video… hoping the public can help in identifying the suspects. In a statement, the spcaLA says the two suspect, both men in their 20's, gained entry into a courtyard and then broke through a secured opening in the roof and got into the pet adoption center. The security alarm was activated and the suspects left the center… only to return two hours later, officials with spcaLA say. The second time the suspects entered the building the alarm failed to go off, allowing them to freely explore, officials say. In the video the suspects can be seen removing a steel locked safe from the area. According to spcaLA President Madeline Bernstein no animals were harmed.
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'Hollywood Ripper' Trial: Jury Deciding Penalty After Convicting Serial Killer Michael Gargiulo
A jury is now weighing the penalty for Michael Gargiulo, the so called "Hollywood Ripper," who was convicted of murdering two women and attempting to murder a third victim. Jurors were instructed to disregard the fact that executions are currently on hold in California due to a moratorium imposed by the governor. The prosecution portrayed the 43-year-old repairman as a psychopath who posed as a nice guy. "He doesn't give a damn about anyone. That is Michael Gargiulo," said prosecutor Garrett Dameron. Prosecutors urged the death penalty, pointing to his series of choices to brutalize his victims. Gargiulo was married, had a family, and knew the difference between right and wrong as demonstrated by his techniques to hide evidence. The father of two ingratiated himself to young women who lived nearby, then returned with a knife to kill and mutilate them.
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Detectives Across US Grill Serial Killer, Close Cold Cases
Keep him talking, don't interrupt him and, no matter what, don't ask why he killed his victims. Those were the instructions Texas Ranger James Holland gave to the dozens of homicide detectives around the country when they got their moment with Samuel Little, hoping to solve decades-old cold cases and bring back answers to desperate families from the man the FBI identified this month as the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history. Little ultimately spilled forth with chilling confessions, claiming he killed 93 women in all between 1970 and 2005 and smilingly recounting the details with startling clarity. But to get what they needed, detectives had to employ a certain amount of psychology, some of which made them uncomfortable, such as laughing along with him or putting up with his flirting.
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Public Safety News
Earthquake: 3.7 Quake Rattles Los Angeles Area
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake rattled parts of the Los Angeles area early Friday. The quake hit at 12:19 a.m. in Compton near the corner of Compton Boulevard and Alameda Street. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the temblor was felt from Orange County to the San Fernando Valley. The USGS calculated that light shaking was felt in Compton, Lynwood, Gardena, Willowbrook, Lakewood and northern Long Beach. Weaker shaking was likely felt throughout the Los Angeles Basin and the San Gabriel Valley. Homes in Burbank and Rowland Heights shuddered. The quake had an epicenter about two miles from a mapped strand of the Newport-Inglewood fault, which was responsible for the deadly 1933 Long Beach earthquake. That earthquake, estimated to be magnitude 6.4, caused 120 deaths, including 52 in Long Beach and 17 in Compton.
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Uber Brings Text-To-911 App Feature To LA County, But It Won't Work In These Two Cities
Ride-hailing service Uber will debut a text-to-911 feature on its phone app Thursday in Los Angeles County, Minnesota and Indiana, allowing riders and drivers to quickly and discreetly contact law enforcement in the event of an emergency. Uber added an emergency 911 call button in the app last year. The update will expand the feature to include texting for help. But the feature won't work in two Los Angeles County cities. According to Uber, text-to-911 is supported in jurisdictions across Los Angeles County with the exception of Bell and Bell Gardens. “In an emergency, every second counts,” Sachin Kansal, Uber's head of safety products, said in a statement. “This new addition to the app will allow Uber users to reach out to 911 in situations where they may not be able to make a phone call.”
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Local Government News
North Hollywood Metro Station District Would Add Up To 1,500 Housing Units Under Planned Revamp
A transit facility and a mixed-use district with retail, office and 1,250 to 1,500 units of housing are planned for a major development around Metro's North Hollywood station. Metro has been working with a developer to transform about 15 acres around the transit hub, where the Red Line light rail and the Orange Line buses meet. The project, known as District NoHo, has been in the works since 2015. Renderings and maps were recently released as part of a routine motion by the developer to extend its contract with Metro. The developer is currently working to obtain land-use approval from the city of Los Angeles, and is asking Metro officials for about 18 more months to get that done.
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Metro L.A. Rail To Long Beach To Reopen Soon But Won't Be Called The Blue Line
The oldest light-rail line in Los Angeles County will reopen next month with a new look and a new name. Portions of the 22-mile Blue Line have been closed since the end of January, when the Metropolitan Transportation Authority began a $350-million renovation. When the train between Long Beach and downtown L.A. reopens Nov. 2, it will be called the A Line — the first of Metro's rail routes to be rechristened under a naming policy approved last year. With eight major bus and rail projects scheduled to open over the next decade, Metro officials said they were rapidly running out of colors that looked distinct. For example, on a sun-bleached transit map, lines that are pink and red, or lime and green, could be easily confused.
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