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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
September 7, 2017 |
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Law Enforcement News
Murder Conviction Reached In 91 Freeway Crash Near Anaheim That Killed L.A. Sheriff's Deputy, Caused By Stolen Stove Blocking Lanes
A Long Beach man who let a stolen stove fly off the back of his pick-up truck on the 91 Freeway and left it there, causing a crash that killed a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy, was convicted of murder on Wednesday, the Orange County District Attorney's Office said. The case was retried after the Supreme Court tossed out a previous conviction due to “the trial court failing to give a required jury instruction,” the DA's office said.
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Paramedic Saves Police Officer Being Attacked By Murder Suspect
A paramedic rushed to help a police officer who was being attacked by a murder suspect. KDVR reported that Paramedic Lt. Otis McKay Jr. and Officer Jonathan Davis responded to an assault call June 16. They found two teens with severe facial injuries and another victim lying in the street with a man standing over his motionless body. “Lt. McKay and Officer Davis quickly recognized that the situation may possibly be a homicide in progress,” officials said.
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Pregnant Woman, Man Shot In South Los Angeles
A pregnant woman and a man were shot in South Los Angeles late Wednesday, according to authorities. The victims were sitting in a vehicle when a gunman opened fire just before 11 p.m. in the 7700 block of Denker Avenue, according to Lt. Angela McGee of the Los Angeles Police Department's 77th Street Division. One of the victims is a 28-year-old woman who is 28 weeks pregnant and the other victim is a man in his 20s, who was struck in his head and back. The woman received surgery with her condition unknown while the man is in stable condition.
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Woman Killed After Being Struck By Two Hit-And-Run Vehicles In Van Nuys
A woman was killed when she was struck by two vehicles while crossing a Van Nuys street and neither vehicle stopped, authorities said Thursday. An officer was flagged down by members of the public at 11:23 p.m. Wednesday and directed to the intersection of Sepulveda Boulevard and Stagg Street where the woman was lying in the roadway, said a desk officer at the Los Angeles Police Department's Valley Traffic Bureau. The woman, who was pronounced dead at the scene, was struck by one vehicle and fell to the roadway as the vehicle continued on, police said.
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Hit-And-Run Driver Killed In Hancock Park Crash That Sends Debris Into Sleeping Baby's Crib
The driver of a pickup truck was killed when he slammed into another vehicle in Hancock Park after striking a pedestrian early Wednesday morning, authorities said. The first collision happened about 12:45 a.m. at the intersection of Normandie Avenue and Beverly Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. A witness told the fleeing driver to stop and return to check on the victim. The driver, a man in his 50s, then got back into his truck and sped away, investigators said. About 2 miles from the initial scene, the suspect struck a blue Ford Bronco and a light pole and was ejected from his vehicle.
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Does the LAPD treat celebrity burglaries differently from the average home break-in?
Thieves who crept into Alanis Morissette's Brentwood home in February made off with a stash worth $2 million, including the singer's treasured vintage jewelry. A week later, someone broke the window of former Lakers guard Nick Young's house in Tarzana and stole a safe stocked with $500,000 in valuables. At both crime scenes, LAPD investigators meticulously dusted for fingerprints. They did the same after a burglar stole valuable watches and jewelry from Dodger Yasiel Puig and after former Laker Derek Fisher reported a loss of $300,000 at his home in Tarzana.
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Police Search For Mentally Ill Sylmar Woman
Los Angeles police are trying to find a 24-year-old mentally ill woman last seen Aug. 13 in Sylmar. Alyssa Anne Lewis was last seen in the 13100 block of Hubbard Street, the Los Angeles Police Department said. Her mother Linda Lewis said on Wednesday her daughter suffered from “negative symptoms” of schizophrenia. “It's a really scary thing. She's practically non-verbal,” her mother said. “It's the absence of any emotion. The absence of any social interaction. The absence of verbal skills.
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Man Caught On Video Throwing Dog Off Cliff Sentenced
A man who was caught on video throwing his dog off a cliff in Southern California has been sentenced to five years in prison. Los Angeles County prosecutors say Andres Spancky Raya was sentenced Wednesday after pleading no contest on Aug. 9 to a felony animal cruelty charge. Prosecutors say the 21-year-old threw his female pit bull mix, Mary Jane, off a hillside cliff in the 1300 block of Luella Drive into a ravine below on two different days last year. They say the dog was tossed about 145 feet down.
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Lawsuit Targets Gang Shootings Near Elementary School
The City Attorney's Office filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the 88-year-old owner of a Boyle Heights triplex and her grandson, alleging that gang-related shootings have taken place at the property despite it being "perilously close" to an elementary school. The Los Angeles Superior Court complaint seeks an injunction and abatement of an alleged nuisance against Esther M. Oregon and her grandson, Manuel Oregon Martinez, both of whom are residents of the Sheridan Street triplex.
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LA County Sheriff's Detectives Discuss Cracking Case In South Pasadena Boy's Murder
Two Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department detectives who helped crack the case of a South Pasadena father murdering his 5-year-old son spoke exclusively with Eyewitness News about their investigation. Ana Estevez, who called her son Piqui, made a rare smile when she talked about the two detectives who brought her son's killer to justice. "I've affectionately referred to them as the twins," she said. "They worked tirelessly on this case, and I knew that it meant a lot to them."
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Coroner IDs Man Killed By CHP Officer At Reagan State Building In Downtown L.A.
Authorities have identified the man who was shot and killed by a California Highway Patrol officer after he appeared to threaten bystanders with a concealed a weapon at the Ronald Reagan State Building in downtown Los Angeles. Timothy Elam, 42, was pronounced dead at the scene following the shooting Wednesday, the Los Angeles County coroner said Thursday. The coroner said it was unclear where Elam was from. The state building was closed to the public Wednesday morning, when officials say Elam followed an employee into the building just after 6 a.m. and kept his hands concealed in a bag.
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Ex-Manson Disciple Must Get Past Governor To See Freedom
Getting the approval of a parole panel was the easy part for Leslie Van Houten, the youngest of Charles Manson's murderous followers. Between her and her release stands a governor who has shown zero willingness to allow anyone involved in the Manson killings to go free. Van Houten, now 68, was found suitable for parole by the two-person state panel after a hearing on Wednesday. Now, she must still be approved by the state Parole Board, which is likely, but then must hope Gov. Jerry Brown won't block her release as he did last year.
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This Group Is Putting Women At The Center Of The Battle To Fix California's Bail System
As a public defender in New York City, Gina Clayton realized the cash bail system used in most state courts across the country was placing a heavy burden on women. The grandmothers and mothers who visited her office bailed relatives out so often that they knew several bond agents by name. Often the women navigated complicated contracts and paid high fees alone, she said. Many ended up swimming in debt. Some lost their homes. Frustrated with the daily churn of cases, she moved back to her hometown, Los Angeles, four years ago. She had a mission.
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'More Dead Cops' Banner Hung On NY Overpass
Police are looking into the source of a disturbing banner tied to an overpass. Police received a call Sunday that a banner reading “more dead cops” was hanging over a busy highway, News 10 reported. Authorities are unsure of how long it was up, but it was removed shortly after police received the call. Retired police Capt. John Cooney said whoever hung the sign is “ignorant.” “They put the sign on the overpass, but it's insignificant. The police are resilient,” he said.
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Public Safety News
LAFD Members Leave Hurricane Harvey Effort, Head To Alabama For Hurricane Irma
Members of the Los Angeles Fire Department preparing to return from Texas after assisting with Hurricane Harvey rescue efforts were redeployed to Alabama to prepare for Hurricane Irma Wednesday. More than 70 members of LAFD who were deployed as part of a Federal Emergency Management Agency Urban Search & Rescue Task Force were deployed to Texas on Aug. 27 in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Known as FEMA's California Task Force 1, the team rescued people, pets and livestock in the storm-battered region.
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Local Government News
LA Street Sweep Pilot Program Aims To Reduce Citations
The City Council approved the development of a pilot program Wednesday that could reduce the number of parking citations issued for street sweeping by informing residents via a text or online tool when sweepers have finished cleaning a street. The pilot program still needs to be fully developed and does not have a direct source of funding for its estimated cost of $573,316, but the motion approved today with a 14-0 vote directs various city departments to report back on the progress of the development of the pilot and to identify possible funding.
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Angry Voters Nudge LA City Council To Consider Changes To RecycLA
In response to widespread anger and complaints over the soaring cost of the new RecycLA program, the Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to study the possibility of allowing businesses to share waste bins. The motion was approved with a vote of 11-0 and authorized the Bureau of Sanitation to report on the feasibility of the bin sharing option as a way to reduce costs for some businesses. Councilman Mitchell Englander, a co-author of the motion, said he had spoken to two waste collection providers and they both were supportive of the idea.
MyNewsLA.com |
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2028 Olympics News
L.A. Olympics Organizers To State Senator: Please Take Us Out Of Your Bill
The organizing committee for Los Angeles' bid to host the 2028 Olympic Games wants the summertime sports event removed from last-minute state legislation that would ease its ability to build transit projects. On Friday, state Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) unveiled a bill that would exempt any bus, rail or other transit project related to Los Angeles' 2028 event from the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, the state's primary law governing development.
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California Would Cover Over-Budget Costs For 2028 Olympics Bid
Under New Bill State lawmakers will provide up to $270 million in guarantees under legislation unveiled last week should Los Angeles' 2028 Olympic bid go over budget. The measure, AB 132, aims to fulfill a promise from Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount) and Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) to give state support for the Olympic bid. Cost concerns were the major worry when the Los Angeles City Council approved the 2028 bid last month.
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