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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
December 10 |
Law Enforcement News
Suspect Charged With Capital Murder In Death Of Houston LEO
The man accused of killing a Houston police sergeant Saturday night is being held without bond on a capital murder charge. Arturo Solis, 25, is accused of fatally shooting 32-year-old Sgt. Christopher Brewster during a domestic disturbance call near Magnolia Park in east Houston. A judge Sunday morning granted a request from Harris County District Attorney's Office prosecutors that Solis not be granted a bail, citing the brazen nature of the shooting and his lengthy criminal history. “This offense was committed in a cold cowardly manner, where the defendant shot [Brewster] without provocation of any kind,” senior prosecutor Jim Leitner wrote, in their no-bail request. “The officer was shot without warning before he could even touch his own weapon.”
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Retired NYPD Chief Dies From 9/11-Related Cancer
Vincent DeMarino, a retired NYPD deputy chief who raced to Ground Zero after the World Trade Center attacks, has died of 9/11-related cancer, relatives and colleagues said. He was 61. DeMarino succumbed to the disease on Friday, his wife told the Daily News, after being diagnosed less than a year ago. “It took him within a year,” a heartbroken Charlene DeMarino said. “He was an amazing, amazing man. Everyone that knew him loved him dearly.” “There was never a ‘no,'" she said, reflecting on her husband's giving spirit and contagious can-do attitude. “Family and the job came first. Everything he did he did it 100% and did it with 100% pride.”
New York Daily News |
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LAPD Chief Michel Moore Gets Lassoed By New Restraint Device That Will Soon Hit The Streets
Standing before 20 cameras, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore stood motionless as a sergeant pointed a laser at the chief's leg to demonstrate a new gadget that will hit the streets next month. A loud boom echoed across the Police Academy grounds, and a Kevlar cord wrapped itself around Moore's legs to prevent him from running away. He could only shuffle his feet and needed scissors to cut the cord from his dark blue pants. The new device, called the BolaWrap 100, fires a Kevlar cord that ensnares an individual's body to restrict mobility, giving officers seconds to swarm the person without using more drastic measures such as a Taser or gun. The device resembles a gadget on a superhero's utility belt and will soon be in the hands of several hundred officers to help detain individuals without using force. The Times reported last week that the Los Angeles Police Department would test the devices for free for several months. The department began rolling them out Monday. Moore volunteered to be lassoed to show the devices cause minimal, if any, pain when it's fired at combative people.
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Suspect Arrested After Chase Ends In Hollywood Hills
A burglary suspect was taken into custody Monday evening following a police pursuit that ended in the Hollywood Hills. Officers began following the suspect — who was driving a 2018 or 2019 Toyota Camry — at about 5:50 p.m., according to Officer Tony Im of the Los Angeles Police Department. A pursuit began and the suspect surrendered near the intersection of Oak Crest Drive and Cahuenga Boulevard at about 6:10 p.m. It was unclear where the pursuit began, Im said. The name of the suspect was not disclosed.
MyNewsLA.com |
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Graffiti Threatening ‘Mass Shooting' Found Near Topanga Elementary School
Officials are investigating threatening graffiti that was found near Topanga Elementary Charter School on two occasions over the last three weeks. Someone scrawled a message that included a swastika and the phrase, “mass shoot everyone,” on a vinyl banner for a production of “Matilda, the Musical,” which was posted near Topanga School Road and Highway 27 last month, according to a letter from the school's principal that was sent to families on Thursday. A student saw the graffiti and reported it to a parent, who took down the banner and brought it to the school office on Nov. 21. There also was a swastika drawn on the button of the pedestrian crosswalk, the letter stated. Because the banner was not on school property, it was returned to the play's producer, who reported the graffiti to law enforcement, according to the letter. Nearly two weeks later, on Tuesday, a student notified the school's office after finding more graffiti on the Topanga Elementary School sign at the bottom of the hill leading to the campus.
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LA City Attorney Talks Scooter DUIs, Porch Pirates And Whether Homeless People Have Right To Sleep On Sidewalks
Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer spoke with Eyewitness News about the penalties for DUI on a scooter, how to protect yourself from porch pirates, and whether homeless people should have the right to sleep on sidewalks. Please watch the video above for the full interview.
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Missing East Los Angeles Teen, 17, Found Dead
A 17-year-old boy who went missing from his home in East Los Angeles has been found dead, authorities said Monday. Christian Medrano had last been 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 department reported Monday that Medrano had been “`located deceased” but offered no further details. The sheriff's department said that the Los Angeles Police Department would be handling the investigation. Anyone with information about the case was asked to call the LAPD's Hollenbeck Division at 323-224-4100, or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.
MyNewsLA.com |
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L.A. Woman Sentenced To Federal Prison For Robbery Of Postal Carrier
A Los Angeles woman who stood by taking cell phone video of her then-boyfriend as he robbed and attempted to strangle a female letter carrier was sentenced Monday to six months behind bars for helping steal mail from the postal worker. Sherrie Shaw, 32, must also serve three years on supervised release following her federal prison term for receiving property obtained in the April 2018 robbery of a United States Postal Service carrier. Prior to imposing the sentence, U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney described the video in which Shaw was heard “mocking and ridiculing” the struggling victim as evidence “that obviously troubled me.” Co-defendant Tommy Lee Jones, 44, of Los Angeles was sentenced in September to four years and three months in prison after pleading guilty to a charge of assaulting a federal employee resulting in bodily injury.
MyNewsLA.com |
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California Man Arrested After Posting YouTube Videos Appearing To Show Mass Shooting Practice
A Southern California man has been arrested after posting graphic YouTube videos shot at a downtown San Diego hotel in which he appears to be practicing for a mass shooting with assault-style weapons. Steven Homoki, 30, Spring Valley, was taken into custody Thursday in connection with the videos, according to reports. The videos show him loading and unloading the assault weapons which he then points down at pedestrians passing below the window. He can also be heard describing to himself what he is doing. "You drop one mag, you pick up another, right? Then you pick up another,” he is heard saying in one of the videos. “Then you drop it, you drop the gun, pick up another gun. What you do, this is what you do." Homoki appears to have recorded himself with a body camera, NBC 7 San Diego reported. He was booked into San Diego County Jail for possession of an assault weapon, possession of a high-capacity magazine and child endangerment, Fox 5 San Diego reported.
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Why It's Illegal To Text While Driving, Even At A Red Light
Q. Honk: My impression is texting on a cellphone while stopped at a traffic signal is still against the law. Correct? – Mike Matthiessen, Pasadena A. You might think otherwise when cruising around your fine town, because plenty of motorists everywhere are playing with their cellphones, but that is indeed a no-no. “You do see a lot of violations,” said Rodrigo Jimenez, an officer and spokesman for the California Highway Patrol assigned to the Baldwin Park station house. “You are only permitted one tap or one swipe to activate or deactivate the cellphone.” That state law, of course, applies to any time a driver is driving. “I am an enforcer of it,” Jimenez went on to say. “When you come to a red light and you're looking down at your phone, you're not paying attention to your surroundings.” He told Honk about the time he pulled up to a stoplight next to a woman with her eyes glued to her cellphone. Jimenez was headed somewhere, so he waved and then whistled to try and get her attention – he just wanted her to pay attention to traffic.
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Public Safety News
Health Official Extends Beach Water Use Advisory For LA County
The Los Angeles County health officer Sunday extended a beach water use advisory cautioning people to avoid swimming in ocean water around discharging storm drains, as well as creeks and rivers, until 5 a.m. Wednesday morning. The advisory was issued due to the recent storms soaking the Southland. "Bacteria, chemicals, debris, trash and other public health hazards from city streets and mountain areas are likely to contaminate ocean waters at and around these outlets after a rainfall. Individuals who enter the water in these areas could become ill,'' according to a county Department of Public Health statement. "Discharging storm drains, creeks, and rivers only comprise a small portion of the beach; therefore, anybody who wants to go to other areas at the beach can still enjoy their beach outing."
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Local Government News
Mayor Garcetti Says City Will Receive More Than $3.5 Million For L.A. River Projects
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the city will receive more than $3.5 million to create multi-use pathways and make improvements to the ecosystem along the Los Angeles River. "The Los Angeles River is central to our city's history, and our investments now will ensure that it's a natural treasure far in the future,'' Garcetti said. The grant money will help the city create 2.2 miles of pedestrian, cyclist and equestrian access, and support the river's wildlife habitat. Garcetti's office said there are two state grants that make up the total. The first secures $2.2 million from the California Natural Resources Agency for the city's Bureau of Engineering for a multi-use path along the North Atwater East Bank Riverway, between Los Feliz Boulevard and the 134 Freeway. This will connect pathways to the North Atwater Multi-Modal Bridge, the future bridges over the Verdugo Wash and the banks of the river between the Glendale RiverWalk and Ferraro Fields.
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Whirlwind Of New Residential Development In San Pedro Brings Opportunity, Loss And Challenges
San Pedro is about to get a little — and maybe a lot — more crowded. It's hard to miss the surge of construction going on in the port town these days. A whirlwind of development is sweeping through the community, with new residential projects alone potentially bringing more than 3,000 new units online in the coming decade, about 2,000 of them in the downtown San Pedro area. One of the first projects, a seven-story, 375-unit apartment building that began construction in 2017 at 550 Palos Verdes St., is set to open in the spring of 2020. Especially in and around the downtown shopping district, mid-rise apartment and condominium buildings are going up or being planned — as developers have discovered the working-class community on the Los Angeles coastline.
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