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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 21, 2019 |
Law Enforcement News
2 Iowa Deputies Stable After Being Shot Serving Arrest Warrant
Two Iowa sheriff's deputies are in stable condition after being shot while trying to serve an arrest warrant. WHO reports three Guthrie County sheriff's deputies and one Stuart police officer were serving an arrest warrant Thursday night when they reported shots had been fired. Law enforcement negotiated with someone inside the apartment and got him to surrender, but officials would not release if he was either the shooter or the person named in the arrest warrant. Someone inside the apartment was also shot and is now in stable condition, WHO reports. A police officer was treated for gun powder burn and released from the hospital.
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Man Killed In Shooting In North Hills
A man in his early 20s was killed in a shooting in North Hills and the shooter was at large Saturday. The shooting was reported at 7 p.m. Friday in the area of Chase Street and Orion Avenue, according to Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Officer Drake Madison. “Officers determined that witnesses had transported the victim from another location in an attempt to drive the victim to a local hospital and had stopped to render immediate aid,” according to an LAPD news statement. The man was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, Madison said. The death was being investigated as a homicide, Madison said. His name was withheld pending notification of next of kin, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.
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Driver Arrested After Running Away From Pickup Truck Involved In Fatal Crash In Northridge: Police
Authorities arrested Van Nuys woman who ran away after being involved in a two-vehicle crash in Northridge early Sunday that left another Van Nuys woman dead, authorities said. Officers and paramedics responded to the area of 9857 Balboa Boulevard at about 5:20 a.m. to find that a white pickup truck and a silver sedan had crashed, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The driver of the sedan was pronounced dead at the scene, LAPD said. She was identified as 54-year-old Maribel Elizabeth Garcia of Van Nuys, according to Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner Lt. Larry Dietz. Police say the injured pickup truck driver was seen leaving the crash site on foot. "Investigators at scene conducted relentless follow-ups and subsequently located the female suspect," the LAPD said in a written statement. "She has been identified as Barbara (Ann) Vergara, a 54-year-old resident of Van Nuys."
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Police Seeking Hit-and-Run Motorist In Pedestrian Fatality In Hollywood Area
Authorities sought public help to find the hit-and-run motorist responsible for killing a pedestrian Friday in the Hollywood area. The pedestrian, a man about 30 years of age, was injured about 3 a.m. at Highland and Willoughby avenues and died at the scene, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. His name was withheld, pending notification of his relatives. According to police, the man was hit by a white late-model Mercedes C300 or similar vehicle that was northbound on Highland Avenue. No description was available of the motorist. A standing reward of up to $50,000 is available from the city of Los Angeles for information that helps police solve a fatal hit-and-run. Anyone with information on the case was urged to call police at 213-473-0234 or 877-LAPD-247; or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS.
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9 Hurt In Cangoga Park Crash; Sheared Hydrant Causes Roof Collapse At Nearby Shoe Store
Nine people were hurt, including four who were seriously injured, in a chain reaction crash in Canoga Park that also sheared a fire hydrant, which caused the roof of a nearby shoe store to collapse, authorities said. One of the involved drivers was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. The two-vehicle wreck took place shortly before 9 p.m. at Sherman Way and De Soto Avenue, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey. One of them sheared off a fire hydrant, sending a geyser high into the air, and onto a nearby Warehouse Shoe Sale store. The pooling water on top of the building caused the roof to give way. The impact also knocked high-voltage power lines down. Among the injured was a 10-year-old child who was inside the store and suffered a broken leg in the roof collapse, Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Joe McGee said.
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Suspects Sought In North Hills Home Burglaries
Police asked for the public's help this morning in finding three burglary suspects seen on surveillance video breaking into homes in North Hills. The burglaries occurred on Oct. 8 between 7:30 a.m and 3 p.m. in the 11300 block of Darby Avenue, 10900 block of Baton Rogue Avenue, 10300 block of Monogram Avenue and 11600 block of Swinton Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. "The suspects accessed the properties by smashing the rear sliding glass door," the LAPD said in a statement. "Once inside, the suspects removed property and fled in a getaway vehicle." The first suspect was described as a black man, 18 to 25 years old, 5 feet 9 inches to 6 feet tall, weighing 140 to 160 pounds with a goatee. The second suspect is a white or Hispanic man, 18 to 25 years old, 5 feet 9 inches to 6 feet tall, weighing 140 to 160 pounds with a shaved head.
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Former CSUN Student Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison For Rape
A former Cal State Northridge student was sentenced to eight years in state prison for sexually assaulting a woman on the school's campus in January 2018, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced Friday. Davis Moreno-Jaime, 20, was convicted on one count of forcible rape in September after he was arrested in connection with multiple sexual assaults. Authorities said that they believed Moreno-Jaime attacked multiple victims between April 2017 and July 2018 throughout Southern California. “This was not your stereotypical jumping-out-of-the-bushes type of thing,” CSUN Police Chief Anne Glavin said at the time, explaining that Moreno-Jaime knew the victims. The District Attorney's Office was unable to proceed with counts related to a second victim and dismissed them during a preliminary hearing.
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'Hollywood Ripper' Trial: Jury Recommends Death Penalty For Serial Killer Michael Gargiulo
A Los Angeles jury has recommended the death penalty for the man dubbed "The Hollywood Ripper" who was convicted of the killings of two women and the attempted murder of a third. The jury's decision in the case of 43-year-old Michael Gargiulo was read in court Friday afternoon. In August, the same jurors convicted Gargiulo of the killings including the 2001 murder of Ashley Ellerin on a night she was to go out with actor Ashton Kutcher, who testified at the trial. The surviving victim and Gargiulo's teenage son were among those who testified in the penalty phase. Prosecutors also assigned Gargiulo the "Boy Next Door Killer" moniker because he lived near all the victims and watched them.
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California Braces For Deluge Of Child-Sex-Assault Lawsuits Under New Law
Matt Smyth's secret was revealed his senior year of high school with a knock on the front door of his family's home in Fallbrook, Calif. Two plainclothes sheriff's detectives were investigating reports that Smyth's former assistant scoutmaster — the one who'd driven kids to Boy Scout meetings, chaperoned camp-outs and hosted fishing outings on his bucolic property — had molested several boys. To the shock of his parents, Smyth shared that he'd been a victim, too. But the bombshell stayed close to home for decades. Smyth never heard from the investigators again, and he moved on — or tried to. More than 40 years later, Smyth is finally ready for his day in court and a public reckoning. The 55-year-old, who still lives in Fallbrook, is among potentially thousands of Californians who are preparing to file sexual abuse lawsuits under a new state law that allows victims more time to report allegations of abuse and to take legal action.
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Public Safety News
Saddleridge Fire 83% Contained As Red Flag Warning Remains In Place
Containment of the Saddleridge fire rose to 83% Sunday, as a red flag warning remained in place through Sunday evening due to lowering humidity and gusty northerly winds, officials said. The fire engulfed 8,799 acres, or 13.7 square miles, as of Saturday evening, nine days after the blaze in Sylmar erupted. Firefighters continued to battle rugged terrain in order to increase containment lines and address hot spots, according to Saturday evening's multiagency incident report. Tactical patrols remained in place to monitor the area for smoldering debris, officials said. A red flag warning remained in effect until 10 p.m. Sunday for the Los Angeles County, Santa Monica and Ventura County mountains and San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys, Santa Barbara County mountains and south coast, the National Weather Service said.
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Southern California Back On Fire Watch As Dangerous Winds Return; Red Flag Warnings Expanded
Southern California is back on fire watch this weekend amid winds and warm temperatures, with Southern California Edison warning of possible preventive power outages. A small brush fire broke out Saturday morning in the Hollywood Hills off Stanley Hills Drive but was quickly extinguished by firefighters, who said there were no winds at the time. But that is expected to change throughout the region. The National Weather Service issued a red-flag warning for Santa Barbara County's south coast and mountain regions that remains in effect through Sunday night. The Real fire near Goleta started Thursday and burned 420 acres. It is now 50% contained. There, so-called sundowner winds were expected to combine with low humidity and dry brush to increase the threat of wildfires.
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Local Government News
George Gascón was a progressive DA in progressive San Francisco. Why did he make so many enemies?
Gascón made enemies with police groups, who resented that he pushed aggressively to investigate misconduct, as well as liberal activists, who believed he should have charged cops in controversial fatal shootings. And though violent crime fell dramatically under his watch, he became a target of Mayor London Breed's frustration over the city's growing street problems. But many in San Francisco — including many rank-and-file police officers and sheriff's deputies and the mayor — turned against him. Gascón's work as district attorney, they said, contributed to worsening problems on the streets, from open-air drug use to rampant theft. “I think his policy failures and his failing to prosecute crimes is what's largely responsible for what the streets of San Francisco look like today,” said police union President Tony Montoya, who blamed epidemic levels of property crime on statewide propositions supported by Gascón that lowered punishments for some nonviolent offenders.
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