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Police Protective League
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
November 18 |
Law Enforcement News
Man Gets 40 Years In Prison For Shooting At NYPD Cops
A Queens man will spend the next 40 years behind bars for shooting at two plainclothes NYPD housing cops inside a public housing stairwell, police said. Jamel Ethridge, 40, was convicted in March of attempted murder and weapons possession for the Oct. 28, 2016 encounter with the two officers inside the Baisley Houses in South Jamaica. NYPD Lt. Melody Robinson and Officer Rafi Mashriqi were patrolling the area when they saw Ethridge outside a building on Guy R. Brewer Blvd. about 9:30 p.m., prosecutors said. Ethridge ran into the building stairwell, then turned to fire at the officers with a loaded gun. The cops returned fire, striking Ethridge in the leg, authorities said.
New York Daily News |
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Indiana K-9 Fatally Shot Pursuing Suspect Through Woods
A K-9 in Indiana was shot dead Wednesday while tracking a suspected impaired driver who tried to evade police in the woods. According to a Fishers Police Department news release, K-9 Harlej was assisting in the manhunt for Richard Garrett Jr., who had run from his vehicle after a brief vehicle pursuit. Harlej's handler, Officer Jarred Koopman, ordered Garrett to surrender, then deployed Harlej when Garrett Jr. did not stop. The Indianapolis Star reports police found Garrett Jr. after several hours of searching. He had suffered a leg injury believed to be from a dog bite. Officers then found Harlej dead of a gunshot wound. “It is my belief he saved lives last night, and we're thankful for his sacrifice,” Chief Ed Gebhart said of Harlej during a press conference, Fox 13 reports. Garrett is facing at least 10 charges, including striking a law enforcement animal, criminal recklessness and resisting law enforcement with a vehicle, according to Fox 13.
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Saugus High School Shooting: 3 Off-Duty Officers Were First On Scene Of Deadly Rampage
Authorities say off-duty officers whose children attend Saugus High School were the first on scene of the deadly shooting rampage on campus that lasted mere seconds. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Detective Daniel Finn, Inglewood police Officer Sean Yanez and Los Angeles police Officer Gus Ramirez were dropping off their children Thursday morning at the Santa Clarita school when they saw scores of children rushing off campus. Finn said he was taking his girlfriend's son to Saugus High when he saw "several hundred" students fleeing. He got out of his vehicle and stopped a teenager, who said students heard gunfire on campus. The detective and officers immediately ran toward the sound of the gunshots and within moments found several students, including the gunman, in the quad area suffering from gunshot wounds from the 16-second shooting.
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In The Dysfunction Of L.A. Homeless Policy, One Cop Tries To Make A Difference LAPD
Det. Shannon Geaney reports daily to what looks like anarchy, bedlam, madness. She works Hollywood, and her beat is homelessness. On a recent morning, her first call of the day sent her to a small park near Selma Avenue Elementary School, where a man known as Papa Smurf had overdosed on opioids. A nurse from the nearby LGBT Center was summoned before Geaney, and she had administered two shots of naloxone, but Papa Smurf wasn't responding. Geaney handed the nurse a third dose of nasal spray, and it saved the man's life. On another morning in that same neighborhood, Geaney was on foot patrol, making sure an array of tents had been collapsed and sidewalks were cleared, as required by a city ordinance. One remained, and as a sanitation crew cleaned up around the campsite's periphery, Geaney told the tent's occupant she would have to clear out. The woman did not respond. Geaney repeated the demand. No response.
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2 Teens Killed In Winnetka Pickup Crash, 20-Year-Old Driver Arrested On Suspicion Of Murder
A pickup crashed into oncoming traffic in Winnetka early Sunday morning, killing two teenagers who were passengers in the truck and leading to the arrest of the driver on suspicion of murder, Los Angeles police said. The 20-year-old driver lost control of the 2007 Chevrolet truck as he drove west on Parthenia Street toward Lurline Avenue at around 12:55 a.m., veering into the eastbound lane and smashing into a white van. The truck then rolled over and struck two parked cars, LAPD traffic detectives said in a statement. The crash left the truck driver and his two occupants trapped inside. The coroner's office identified the passengers as 16-year-old Luis E. Perez and 19-year-old Cesar A. Perez. Trujillo was taken to a hospital where he was checked for minor injuries. He was released and arrested on suspicion of murder, Smith said.
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1 Killed, 1 Wounded After Shots Fired During Boyle Heights Bar Fight
One person is dead and another was left wounded Monday after a bar fight ended with gunfire in Boyle Heights. The shooting at Las Palomas, 1837 E. 1st St., was reported just after 10 p.m. Investigators say bloody clothes were left on the street in front of the bar. According to police, two suspects were arguing with people in the bar, and after the argument spilled out onto the sidewalk, one of the suspects pulled out a gun and shot the two victims. One of the victims died at a hospital. The second is in stable condition. The two suspects are at large. Investigators are scouring surveillance video for clues as to where the two suspects may have gone and for a possible motive. “There's nothing at this point to suggest it's gang related,” LAPD Lt. Ryan Rabbett said. “Again, appears this all stemmed from a dispute that happened inside the bar.”
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Suspect Detained In Murder Of Taxi Driver In Downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles police have detained a suspect in the brutal stabbing death of a 68-year-old taxi driver. The suspect has not been formally arrested and booked yet, so his name was not immediately available, LAPD Sgt. Anthony Costello said. Oganes Papazyan of Burbank was killed Friday evening in the parking lot of a Burger King restaurant at Grand and Cesar E. Chavez avenues. Officers responded to the area after a call from the fire department requesting backup. When officers arrived on scene they say a crowd had gathered around the area. Papazyan died at the scene. An autopsy was pending, coroner's officials said. A motive for the attack is not known.
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18-Year-Old Arrested In Suspected DUI Crash That Killed Teen, Injured 2 Others Near Highland Park
An 18-year-old was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated when his vehicle crashed into a light pole and killed another teenager near the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, police said Sunday. Jeremy Espinosa of Los Angeles was arrested and booked on a murder charge in the death of 18-year-old Eddie Sanchez, according to the Los Angeles Police Department's Central Traffic Collision. LAPD said Espinosa was under the influence of both drugs and alcohol and was driving recklessly when the vehicle slammed into the light pole in the 3800 block of North Figueroa Street on July 25, 2019. The collision trapped three people inside the car and firefighters had to extricate them before taking two victims to a hospital in critical condition, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Sanchez was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Woman In Panorama City Struck And Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver
A 69-year-old woman in Panorama City was struck and killed Saturday morning by a hit-and-run motorist in a dark-colored sedan. The crash occurred a little before 5:40 a.m. in the area of Nordhoff Street and Tobias Avenue, said Officer Tony Im of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section. The motorist in the dark-colored sedan was going eastbound on Nordhoff Street when the car struck the pedestrian, who was walking southbound in the crosswalk, Im said. The vehicle fled eastbound on Nordhoff Street and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene, he said. The victim was identified as Juana DeJesus Rodriguez, according to the coroner.
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L.A. Prosecutors Use Genealogy Search To Make Arrest In 1980s Killings Of Two Women
Los Angeles County prosecutors have filed two counts of murder against a man linked to a pair of decades-old cold cases by connecting the suspect through a genealogy match, a first for the office, Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey said Friday. Horace Van Vaultz Jr., 64, was charged with the 1986 killing of Mary Duggan in Burbank and the 1981 slaying of Selena Keough in Montclair. He will appear in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom Monday. The victims were both strangled and sexually assaulted, according to investigators, who have been in touch with other law enforcement agencies about Vault's possible links to other cold cases. “Thanks to advances in technology and forensics, we are now able to virtually reach back in time and find those responsible for these vicious crimes,” Lacey said. Vaultz was arrested Thursday after a traffic stop in Los Angeles, said Burbank Det. Aaron Kay, the lead investigator on Duggan's killing.
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California Uses Minors To Bust Illegal Tobacco And Alcohol Sales. It Hasn't Done The Same With Pot
California state agencies send minors into thousands of liquor stores and bars each year to attempt to buy alcohol or cigarettes. The stings catch hundreds of clerks and bartenders selling to underage customers. But two years after the state began licensing marijuana shops, the agency tasked with enforcing cannabis laws in California has not conducted similar stings targeting the state's multibillion-dollar pot industry, the largest in the country. Proposition 64, which was approved by voters in 2016 to legalize the sale and cultivation of of pot, does not require the state to use sting operations to enforce the law. But proponents of the initiative promised aggressive action to keep marijuana out of the hands of minors, and experts and critics of marijuana legalization say the state is failing to use an important method to hold the industry accountable, even as stings using minors as decoys have become standard practice in other states that legalized marijuana.
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Public Safety News
LAFD Conducts Hollywood Hills Evacuation Drill, Tests Mobile Phone Alerts
The Los Angeles Fire Department performed a public training exercise in the Hollywood Hills on Saturday morning, accompanied by alerts sent to mobile phones throughout the area, the department said. The drill came as the National Weather Service issued a fire weather watch in Ventura and Los Angeles counties. The training simulated the voluntary, mock evacuation order of three neighborhoods, similar to what would occur if there was a real wildfire or emergency situation, the department said. The training was for select streets in Los Feliz, Hollywood and Hollywood Hills West. The community exercise also tested neighborhood notifications through a text message sent to all wireless phones in the area of the drill at approximately 10 a.m., according to LAFD.
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Local Government News
LA Councilman David Ryu Wants To Declare ‘Local Homeless Emergency' And Let Mayor Choose Shelter And Housing Sites
Los Angeles City Councilman David Ryu introduced a proposal Friday to speed up the process of providing housing for the city's homeless population by declaring a “Local Homeless State of Emergency.” and giving the mayor the power to choose the locations and fast-track the building of homeless housing developments across the city. “We have long called homelessness the crisis of our time, but we have not delivered a crisis-level response,” Ryu said. “I have spent time looking at what slows these needed solutions down, and it's the structure of our city government itself. We need a central, citywide and FEMA-like response to the emergency of homelessness. That means reforming the way we build homeless housing in Los Angeles and reforming our city's governing documents to allow red tape to be swept away.”
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Plans For $1 Billion Complex At North Hollywood Metro Red Line Station Take Shape
When Los Angeles' Red Line subway was completed in 2000, its northernmost station appeared desolate above ground. People arriving in North Hollywood on the underground train rode up a grand escalator past tile murals to find themselves on an expanse of asphalt parking lots, where commuters could rush through free of temptation to linger over so much as a cup of coffee. It looked like what it was — the end of the line. Thousands of apartments and some plush office buildings have been added nearby in intervening years, but the prime real estate around the portal is still mostly bare, waiting on a long-imagined development where people might live, work, shop for groceries and have drinks or dinner. That vision is finally taking shape, with developers and transit officials set to apply Monday for city permission to build a $1-billion mixed-use complex that would surround the subway entrance and adjacent hub for connecting bus routes, including the well-traveled Orange Line to Warner Center and Chatsworth.
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