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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
February 25, 2016 |
Judge blocks California governor's prison population plan
A state judge on Wednesday blocked Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed ballot initiative to reduce California's prison population, despite warnings that her decision could effectively stall its consideration by voters until 2018. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Shelleyanne Chang sided with district attorneys who argued that Brown improperly bypassed normal procedures. She barred Attorney General Kamala Harris from issuing documents — the title of the initiative and a summary of what it would do — that would let supporters begin gathering signatures for Brown's proposal.
Associated Press
Compton Councilman Insists Shooting That Killed Brother Is Case Of Mistaken Identity
An East Los Angeles community held a rally Wednesday night, days after a shooting claimed the life of one of the brothers of a Compton councilman. The shooting unfolded Monday in the 900 block of South La Verne Avenue and left another brother of Compton Councilman Isaac Galvan wounded. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's office called it a targeted, gang-related shooting, but Galvan hopes to clear his brother's name. “My brother was not a gang member,” said Galvan, who says it was a case of mistaken identity.
CBS 2
Defense attempts to discredit DNA evidence in Grim Sleeper trial
Prosecutors continued to press their case Wednesday that DNA evidence linking the deaths of several women to the man accused of being the “Grim Sleeper” killer was overwhelming. That DNA evidence has been the focus of testimony this week in the trial of Lonnie Franklin Jr., who prosecutors say is responsible for a series of slayings in South Los Angeles spanning more than 20 years. Franklin faces 10 counts of murder in the deaths of nine women and a 15-year-old girl and one count of attempted murder.
Los Angeles Times
Phony Catholic priest pleads guilty to grand theft and is sentenced to 1 year in jail
The man who allegedly posed as a Roman Catholic priest at Los Angeles-area parishes and sold bogus trips to see Pope Francis pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of grand theft, prosecutors said. Erwin Mena, 59, entered his plea in a downtown courtroom and was sentenced by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David M. Horwitz to one year in county jail and one year of mandatory supervision. As part of his plea agreement, Mena must pay about $53,700 in restitution, L.A. County Deputy Dist. Atty. Tracey Stevens said.
Los Angeles Times
Two Men Accused of 'Shoulder Surfing' at ATMs
Proescutors planned to to charge two men with allegedly looking over patrons' shoulders at ATMs, also known as 'shoulder surfing,' possibly for the first time in Los Angeles history. The two men were arrested by police in Tarzana. The scam involves people looking over someone's shoulder as they wait at an ATM to complete a transaction. Some ATMs ask customers to remove their card once they begin a transaction. If they forget to press cancel or end the transaction, the account may stay open after they leave the ATM, which is when scammers could take over.
NBC 4
Prosecutors decline to charge man held in killing of 1-year-old Autumn Johnson
Los Angeles County prosecutors on Wednesday declined to file charges against a 23-year-old man arrested earlier this week on suspicion of killing 1-year-old Autumn Johnson in Compton, a district attorney's spokeswoman said. Prosecutors have "asked for further investigation from the investigative agency," spokeswoman Sarah Ardalani said in an email. Ardalani said the office would not comment further. Ray Howard Patterson was taken into custody Monday in Compton by sheriff's investigators. Authorities said detectives suspected him of being the gunman in the child's killing, which drew widespread outrage. He was released Wednesday evening.
Los Angeles Times
LASD Hoping Public Can Help Lead Them To Suspect Who Killed Father Of 4 In 2015
Detectives with the LA County Sheriff's Department are hoping the public can help lead them to the suspect who shot and killed a father of four as he rode his bike on a Compton sidewalk last year. Carlos Ortiz, 45, was riding his bicycle north on the 400 block of North Santa Fe Avenue on Tuesday, June 9, around 6:35 p.m. when a black vehicle believed to be a four-door, 2008 Audi A6 with stock rims and tinted windows, drove up next to him.
CBS 2
Defendants no longer asked to hand over passwords
San Diego county prosecutors have stopped asking to have defendants in criminal cases sign a controversial waiver of rights form that allowed police to search cellphones, computers and other types of electronics without a warrant. The judges began issuing or granting the waivers in early January, which came as a surprise to local defense attorneys, many of whom first learned of the new document during court hearings. The Public Defender's Office was particularly vocal in its objection to the waivers, and filed a challenge in appellate court.
San Diego Union-Tribune
Brown's Judicial Appointments Reflect Shift Away From Harsh Sentencing Policies
California's criminal justice system has undergone a host of dramatic changes since Gov. Jerry Brown was elected to his third term in 2010 — many of them engineered or supported by Brown, in large part to ease crowding in the state's prison system. Most recently, he proposed a ballot measure that aims to let thousands of nonviolent offenders qualify earlier for parole if they participate in rehabilitation programs while behind bars. Previously, he pushed realignment, which shifted thousands of offenders from state prisons to local jails.
KQED
Hollywood Nightclubs Come Under Scrutiny
Hollywood nightclubs have under come under heavy scrutiny, with the city revoking two permits amid allegations of rampant drug use and other activity at the venues. An attorney for one of them says they are being persecuted and local leaders say despite an uptick in crime, nightclubs by and large are good for Hollywood. It was already accused of multiple violations, but then last August a 20-year-old DJ was killed in a fight at Cashmere nightclub, which changed its name to Day After. Now, the city has revoked the club's permit. The Hollywood Supper Club was also closed after multiple violations.
NBC 4
Mystery Developer Could Put Two-Towered Hotel Across from the LA Convention Center
The Los Angeles Convention Center is at a crossroads. City officials held a big, flashy design redesign competition that led to the selection of one victorious design, but that winning design might be thrown out altogether in favor of an entirely different, and larger, mixed-use development created by a private developer. Whichever version of the convention center moves forward, though, it's intended to have some company in the form of a hotel with about 1,000 rooms spread across two towers, plus "ground-level retail space, parking, sky lobbies and amenities for hotel guests." There is already a developer selected for the project, but weirdly they haven't been named yet.
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L.A. seizes tiny houses from homeless people
Escalating their battle to stamp out an unprecedented spread of street encampments, city officials have begun seizing tiny houses from homeless people living on freeway overpasses in South Los Angeles. Three of the gaily painted wooden houses, which come with solar-powered lights and American flags, were confiscated earlier this month and seven more are planned for impound Thursday, a Bureau of Sanitation spokeswoman said. Elvis Summers, who built and donated the structures, was out Wednesday with a flat-bed trailer, trying to move houses scattered up and down Harbor Freeway bridges into storage.
Los Angeles Times
Why Sacramento leaders are fighting a homeless-rights bill
The city of Sacramento and a downtown merchants group are fighting state legislation that would prohibit police officers from arresting or ticketing people for sleeping outdoors. The bill from Sen. Carol Liu arrives as the controversial issue of “urban camping” heats up in Sacramento, with demonstrations held at City Hall last month in defiance of the camping ban. As focus grows on removing blight from the central city, local lawmakers have heard an increasing clamor from both businesses and homeless advocates about the actions Sacramento is taking to help people living on the street. Liu casts her Senate Bill 876 as a civil rights measure.
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