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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
December 9 |
Law Enforcement News
Arkansas Officer ‘Ambushed And Executed' Outside Station
Police in Arkansas say an officer was ”ambushed and executed" by a gunman as he sat in his patrol vehicle parked outside his police station. Fayetteville police said Officer Stephen Carr was shot and killed late Saturday by a suspect identified as 35-year-old London Phillips, of Fayetteville. Police said in a news release Sunday that gunshots were heard behind the police department at about 9:42 p.m. Saturday. When officers responded, they heard additional gunshots, then found an armed suspect behind the police department. They said the suspect had a confrontation with the officers, who shot and killed him. Officers then found Carr shot inside his patrol vehicle. Carr was hired by the Fayetteville Police Department in April 2017 and was assigned as a patrol officer in the Dickson Street entertainment district. Police called him a “hero,” and said he served with dedication and professionalism for 2 1/2 years.
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Alabama Officer Killed In Drug Task Force-Related Shooting
Authorities on Saturday identified an Alabama police officer who was killed during a drug enforcement operation and said the man's father was also an officer with the Huntsville Police Department who died in the line of duty. Billy Clardy was shot in the heart Friday during a drug buy set up by authorities at a residence where they expected a suspect to drop off a large amount of drugs, Huntsville police said. The suspect immediately shot Clardy on the porch and was captured after a short foot chase, authorities said. Police Chief Mark McMurray said at a news conference on Saturday that Clardy joined the Huntsville police force in 2005 after serving in the military and as a law enforcement officer in other agencies. He had served as a community resource officer in Huntsville — a role in which he worked closely with the city's homeless population. He was selected for a drug task force in 2018.
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Man Killed In Drive-By Shooting In Downtown Los Angeles
A man was shot and killed Sunday morning during a drive-by shooting in downtown Los Angeles. The shooting occurred at 5:51 a.m. in the area of 14th and Hill streets, according to Officer Rosario Cervantes of the LAPD's Media Relations Section. the victim was shot in the head, police said. The man was walking in the area when a shooter drove up and fired several shots. The man died at the scene, Cervantes said. The shooter's car is described as a 2008 Nissan Sentra. It was last seen heading south on South Hill Street toward the 10 Freeway, according to sources at the scene.
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Man Has Paycheck, Christmas Money Stolen While Shopping In Downtown Los Angeles
A man doing his Christmas shopping in Santee Alley had what was left of his paycheck and all his shopping money stolen Friday. Trinidad Madrigal was shopping at Westside Jewelry when he dropped an envelope with $940 in cash. Surveillance footage shows a woman picking up the envelope and putting it inside her purse. "I can't believe that people are so cold-hearted especially during Christmas time. They can't at least say, 'Hey, did somebody drop something?' You could tell that they were really happy sticking it in their pocket," Trinidad said. Madrigal went back to the jewelry store where he'd dropped the money and he and the store owner reviewed surveillance footage. Video shows a woman picking up the envelope and placing it in her purse, before the woman and a man walked out together. The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating.
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Teen, 17, Goes Missing From Home In East Los Angeles
Authorities asked for the public's help Sunday to find a 17-year-old boy who went missing from his home in East Los Angeles. Christian Medrano was last seen about 2 p.m. Thursday at his home in the 4700 block of Hammel Avenue, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reported. Medrano was described as a 6-feet-tall, 200-pound Latino male with curly brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a red sweater, black pants and carrying a blue leather backpack. The sheriff's East Los Angeles station Detective Bureau asked anyone with information regarding Medrano's whereabouts to call them at 323-264-4151. Tipsters can also call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.
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2 L.A. Men Sentenced For $4 Million Luxury Car Sublease Scam
A judge sentenced two Los Angeles men to state prison Friday for running a luxury car sublease and theft scam that netted nearly $4 million, authorities said. Arman Mave Hazarian of Tarzana and Afshin Hashemi of Hollywood, both 48, each pleaded no contest in October to three felony counts of grand theft auto and one felony count of grand theft, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. Hazarian additionally admitted taking property valued at more than $3.2 million, as well as taking more than $500,000 through fraud and embezzlement. Prosecutors say Hazarian was also known as Dean Hazarian, while Hashemi sometimes went by the name Al Hashemi. Hazarian received a prison term of nine years, while Hashemi was sentenced to four years in county jail, prosecutors said. They ran a scheme between 2017 and 2019 in which they would persuade investors to lease luxury cars, then turn them over to the defendants to be subleased at a profit, according to prosecutors.
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L.A. Truck Driving School Owner Who Bribed DMV Workers For Licenses Is Sentenced To Prison
The owner of a Los Angeles truck driving school was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in prison for his role in a bribery scheme that allowed truckers to obtain driver's licenses through the Department of Motor Vehicles without passing mandatory state tests. Jagpal “Paul” Singh, 61, of Los Angeles pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy to commit bribery, identity fraud, unauthorized use of a computer and identification document fraud for paying two DMV employees to change test scores for driver's license applicants, according to federal court records. Singh, who owned Calcutta Truck School in North Hollywood, and others allegedly involved in the scheme paid thousands of dollars to the two DMV employees between September 2014 and June 2017 to get them to access the agency's computer system and change scores, prosecutors allege.
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Southern California Man Made 10,000 Harassing Calls To Government Offices, Officials Say
A Southern California man has been arrested on suspicion of making more than 10,000 harassing phone calls to government offices, including some that included death threats against those answering the phone, federal prosecutors said. Robert Stahlnecker, 48, was arrested at his home in the Mojave Desert town of Twentynine Palms on Friday and held in federal custody after making an initial court appearance, the U.S. attorney's office said. He was charged with threatening federal officers and employees, making interstate communications with the threat to injure a person and anonymous telecommunications harassment. There is no listing for his home phone number, and it couldn't immediately be determined if he had an attorney. His arraignment was scheduled for Dec. 26. According to a 20-page complaint filed in federal court, the calls included three he made within five minutes on Aug. 28 to a congresswoman's office in San Mateo. Prosecutors said he threatened to come to the office and kill the staffer who answered the phone.
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Public Safety News
Firefighters Rescue 40-Year-Old Man From LA River
A 40-year-old man stranded in the Los Angeles River near Atwater Village was rescued by firefighters Sunday, narrowly avoiding the 20 mph waters. After a patrolling LA Fire Department rescue team discovered the man at about 3 p.m, about 40 rescuers were called to the location, near Los Feliz Blvd, according to LAFD spokesperson Brian Humphrey. A helicopter was also overhead in case the crew couldn't get to the man. As the 2-foot-deep waters continued to rise, the rescue team reached the man, trapped on a narrow piece of higher ground near the trees. He was harnessed and loaded onto an inflatable boat before being taken to safety. The man was rescued within two minutes of the crew's arrival. It remains unclear why he was stuck in the river. But firefighters believe he may have been one of the homeless people who encamp near the river.
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16 Flu-Related Deaths Reported In California As Widespread Influenza Activity Is Seen Across State: CDPH
Flu activity in California is already widespread and has reached levels not normally seen until later in the season, state health officials said Friday. Sixteen people, including two children, have died of influenza-released causes since the season began Sept. 29, according to the California Department of Public Health. The last influenza report issued by the department in mid-November showed elevated activity of flu in every county around the state except for Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial counties. The majority of cases that resulted in hospitalizations were in patients older than 65 years old, according to the agency. Five outbreaks have been reported since the beginning of the season. “Flu activity is starting earlier than usual in California this season,” Dr. Sonia Angell, the state's public health officer and director of CDPH, said in a news release Friday. Nationally, the flu season is off to its earliest start since 2003-2004, which was particularly severe, the Associated Press reported.
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Local Government News
Los Angeles Committee Takes Step Forward In Banning Flavored Tobacco Products A Los Angeles City Council committee advanced a proposal to ban flavored tobacco products, but it voted to make some exceptions. The City Council's Health, Education, Arts, Parks and Neighborhoods Committee voted to advance the proposal to the full council unanimously. Councilman Mitch O'Farrell proposed exempting existing legally operating smoking lounges, specially permitted by the city attorney's Tobacco Enforcement Program, that would be limited to people 21 and older and for on-site consumption only. O'Farrell said he also wanted to make sure those business licenses were not transferable. The councilman also laid out recommendations for working with different business source centers to conduct assessments as a result of any laws that are adopted. And he proposed those businesses be required to check IDs with scanners for on- and off-site consumption.
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