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Los Angeles
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 29 |
Law Enforcement News
Critically Injured New York LEO Wakes From Coma
An NYPD officer who was smashed in the head with a chair in a wild Brooklyn nail salon melee emerged from his medically-induced coma, police sources said Sunday. Officer Lesly Lafontant, 53, was taken off a respirator and is breathing on his own. He remained in Brookdale University Medical Center Sunday. Lafontant was hurt in an chaotic encounter Friday night that ended with the officer fatally shooting his attacker. The melee unfolded at the Goldmine Nail Salon in Brownsville, where Dewayne Hawkes, 26, asked a worker to use the bathroom. When the employee refused, Hawkes walked into the salon's kitchen, locked the door behind him and relieved himself on the floor, police said. Other workers flagged down police, and as officers tried to arrest Hawkes, T-shirt vendor Kwesi Ashun, 33, came into the store and slammed a metal chair into Lafontant's head, cops said. Lafontant fired six times, killing Ashun.
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George Gascon, Former San Francisco DA And LAPD Assistant Chief, Challenging Jackie Lacey For LA County DA
George Gascon, the former district attorney for the city and county of San Francisco and a former assistant chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, confirmed on Monday, Oct. 28 that he will challenge Jackie Lacey for Los Angeles County District Attorney. With the Twin Towers jail serving as a backdrop, Gascon told reporters that Los Angeles County places more emphasis on incarcerating people than it does on providing affordable housing. Former LAPD Chief Charlie Beck announced his support of Gascon's candidacy. But the Los Angeles Police Protective League Board of Directors issued a statement blasting Gascon, accusing him of creating “a statewide ‘Get Out of Jail Free' program named Proposition 47.” “Once voters take a look at Gascon's dangerous record as District Attorney of San Francisco, they'll be frightened. From his first year in 2011 through 2018, burglaries increased over 20% compared to a 30% statewide decline, larceny increased over 60% in San Francisco yet only rose 4% statewide and thefts from motor vehicles skyrocketed 130%, more than 10 times the statewide increase,” the LAPPL statement says.
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Man Wounded In Shooting In Mid-Wilshire Area
A man in his 40s was wounded on Friday in a shooting in the Mid-Wilshire area of Los Angeles. The shooting was reported at about 2:30 p.m. in the area of Pico Boulevard and Burnside Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The man was taken to a hospital, said LAPD Officer Drake Madison. His condition was not immediately available. A green Porsche was seen leaving the location, but no suspect descriptions were released.
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North Hollywood Shooting Involved Armenian Gang Allegedly Extorting Grocery Store Owner, LAPD Says
A shootout at a North Hollywood shopping center is believed to be connected to an Armenian gang accused of extorting a business owner, police say. Los Angeles police officers responded to reports of shots fired near the Royal Fresh Market at 12811 Sherman Way around 8:10 a.m. Monday. The owner said his employees notified him about a group tagging the side of the building with an explicit message reportedly demanding payment, police said. At some point, a shootout between the owner, who was armed, and at least one gunman ensued. One suspect was taken to a local hospital and was in police custody. Police were still looking for three others. The suspect vehicle was only described as a light-colored Audi. The extortion, which police say involves at least six figures, has been ongoing for at least a couple of weeks.
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San Pedro Man Sentenced For Murder Of Pregnant Newlywed
A San Pedro man was sentenced Monday to 15 years to life in state prison for the 1980 murder of a pregnant 20-year-old Wilmington woman whose body was discovered on a beach in Palos Verdes Estates. Robert Yniguez, 67, pleaded no contest last month to second-degree murder for the killing of Teresa Broudreaux, a newlywed who was the mother of a 4-year-old girl. Sheriff's investigators determined that the victim had an argument with her husband the night before, walked to her sister's home and was never seen alive again after leaving her sister's residence. Yniguez was arrested about two years ago, after being linked to the crime through DNA evidence.
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Venice Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Fentanyl To 19-Year-Old Who Died Of Overdose
A Venice man who sold fentanyl to a 19-year-old who suffered a fatal overdose last year pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge Monday, authorities said. Julian Miles Mayers-Johnson, 32, admitted to selling one half-gram of the powerful synthetic opioid on Oct. 19, 2018, to a man who was residing at a sober living home in the nearby West L.A. neighborhood of Beverlywood, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in California. He sold the drug to the man just outside a fast food restaurant in Venice three days before the 19-year-old overdosed, according to prosecutors. A day later, he died. Law enforcement officials said Mayers-Johnson was the dealer after doing a search of the victim's cell phone, according to court filings. He was arrested on April 17.
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Jury Begins Hearing Case Against Man Charged In Silver Lake Cold Case Murder
A prosecutor told jurors Monday that DNA evidence links a man to the rape and murder of a woman in her Silver Lake apartment nearly four decades ago, while the defendant's attorney said his client was never inside the woman's residence and did not commit the crime. Harold Anthony Parkinson, 60, is charged with the August 1980 killing of Stephanie Sommers, who was bludgeoned in the head with an eight-pound weight and was stabbed 16 times. The murder charge includes the special circumstance allegation of murder during the commission of a rape. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office opted not to seek the death penalty against Parkinson, who could face life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted of the 36-year-old woman's slaying.
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L.A. Man Convicted Of Abusing Puppy Is Banned From Owning Animals For 10 Years
A Los Angeles man who was convicted of abusing his 3-month old Doberman puppy in 2016 was prohibited by a judge from owning animals for 10 years, officials announced Friday. Eljin Jermaul Holt, 28, was also placed on three years of probation, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney. Holt pleaded no contest to one felony count and one misdemeanor count of cruelty to an animal on Sept. 18, 2017. Prosecutors said he dragged and yanked his dog Indie, causing the dog to bleed. “Under the terms of a plea agreement, the felony plea was withdrawn and the charge was dismissed yesterday after the defendant completed the required 60 days of community labor and an animal cruelty prevention class” the DA officials said in a news release Friday. Holt is also not allowed to possess or have access to animals during the 10 year period.
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Ex-USPS Supervisor Sentenced To 11 Years For Robbing Mail Trucks In L.A.
A former U.S. Postal Service supervisor was sentenced Monday to 11 years behind bars for participating in two armed robberies and one theft of USPS trucks carrying cash — heists that caused nearly a quarter million dollars in losses and significant trauma to one of its victims who later took his own life. William Crosby IV, 33, of Inglewood was also ordered by U.S. District Judge S. James Otero to pay $238,457 in restitution. Crosby — who worked at both the Dockweiler and Wagner post office branches — pleaded guilty in July to robbery of United States property and use of a gun in a crime of violence. Crosby admitted participating in the armed robbery of a USPS truck driver who was forced to stop on a Harbor (110) Freeway off-ramp on March 1, 2018. He also admitted involvement in the Feb. 1, 2018, armed robbery of a Postal Service driver, as well as the burglary of a Postal Service truck on Aug. 1, 2017.
MyNewsLA.com |
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Public Safety News
Crews Continue To Battle Stubborn 618-Acre Getty Fire As Evacuation Orders Remain
Firefighters continued Tuesday to battle a wildfire which broke out on the west side of the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass and has so far scorched 618 acres and destroyed several homes, with mandatory evacuation orders still in place for thousands of people. The Getty Fire was reported just after 1:30 a.m. Monday by a witness who called California Highway Patrol and reported seeing flames on a hillside close to the 405 Freeway near the Getty Center museum, along with a possible power line on fire, according to the CHP. As of late Monday night, it was only 5 percent contained. So far, at least eight homes have been destroyed and another six damaged. Driven by strong Santa Ana winds coming out of the Northeast, the fire quickly spread west. Mandatory evacuations were initially issued for an area containing 10,000 structures, but were later downgraded slightly.
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Fire Risk ‘Critical' As Season's Strongest Santa Ana Winds Arrive Tuesday Night
Powerful gusts that stoked wildfires in Los Angeles County and whipped through parts of Southern California at 60 mph slowed down briefly Monday, but were forecast to return with greater strength the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 29. Winds reached 68 mph at Pleasants Peak in the Santa Ana Mountains separating Orange and Riverside counties on Monday, the National Weather Service reported. However, the weather system that also brought 60 mph gusts Monday morning to the Cajon Pass and northern portions of Los Angeles County had weakened dramatically by the early afternoon. A brief period of onshore winds was forecast to bring sub-freezing temperatures into the Antelope Valley overnight, along with patchy clouds along the coast early Tuesday morning.
Los Angeles Daily News |
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Local Government News
LAX Bans Uber, Lyft And Taxi Pickups At The Curb. See How The New System Works
The days of stepping into an Uber, Lyft or taxi curbside at Los Angeles International Airport are over. Starting Tuesday at 3 a.m., travelers leaving LAX will be required to board a shuttle or walk to a waiting area east of Terminal 1 to hire a car. The changes were announced this month as part of LAX's effort to manage congestion in the terminal area of the nation's second-busiest airport, which will grow worse as the airport continues a $14-billion modernization effort. Without major changes, airport officials warned, traffic on an average summer day would soon resemble the bumper-to-bumper crawl on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. The changes have sparked dismay from riders, and from Uber, which warned in a letter that the new system could cause bottlenecks, gridlock and long waits for travelers.
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