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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
September 17, 2019 |
Law Enforcement News
Georgia Officer Takes Part In 5K Race One Year After Being Shot In The Head
Last year, officer Matt Cooper was shot in the head while responding to a 911 call. He survived but is in the midst of a long recovery. He made further progress this weekend when he participated in his department's yearly 5K run. Taking part in the Covington Police Department's annual Fuzz Run was one of Cooper's goals during his hospital stay that included multiple surgeries and months of physical therapy. I was so mad I missed [last year's run], Cooper told The Rockdale Citizen. I said I was doing it this year. My main goals were to get my feeding tube out, my skull put back on, and run the Fuzz Run this year. To be able to finish with a quick jog for at least 10 feet meant the world to me, he said. And to have everybody cheer me on... I'm beyond humbled by this city.
New York Daily News |
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LAPD Searches For Driver In Pico-Robertson Hit-and-Run Crash That Killed 30-Year-Old Man
The driver in a Pico-Robertson hit-and-run crash that killed a 30-year-old man last month remained at large Monday, according to police. Street racing or road rage are being probed as possible causes of the Aug. 29 crash as it remains under investigation, authorities said. Two vehicles were both driving westbound along Pico Boulevard at a high rate of speed just before 6 a.m. when one of the cars a dark blue 2015 Infiniti Q70L lost control and slammed into a building at the corner of Pico and South Crest Drive, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Ernest Jordan was later identified as the driver of the Infiniti by his father, William Jordan. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the other vehicle, a gray SUV, never stopped. Surveillance video appears to show the two vehicles driving alongside each other just before the crash.
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2 People Shot In Fairfax Area; LAPD
Investigating Police in the Fairfax area of Los Angeles are investigating a shooting that left two people wounded Monday night. It happened in the 300 block of Stanley Avenue near Beverly Boulevard. Los Angeles police say one person was shot in the arm and another in the leg. The shooting happened near a Jewish Center and not far from The Grove shopping mall. Police say the shooting has nothing to do with the Jewish Center and is not believed to be a hate crime. The immediate area is closed to traffic for the investigation. Suspect information was not immediately available. This investigation is ongoing.
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Truck Driver Pleads Not Guilty In Crash That Killed Two Young Sisters
The driver of a truck that fatally struck two young girls walking to school in the Exposition Park area pleaded not guilty Friday to two misdemeanor counts stemming from the collision. Stanley Bernard Randle, 32, was charged in May with two counts of vehicular manslaughter in connection with the deaths of Marlene Lorenzo, 14, and her 12-year-old sister, Amy. Police said the girls were crossing a street on a green light near 37th Street and Broadway about 8 a.m. April 4 when they were struck by a big rig. The girls were on their way to nearby Clinton Middle School. Marlene died that day. Amy was hospitalized with severe injuries, and police announced April 22 that she also died.
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Man Pleads Guilty In East L.A. Hit-and-Run That Killed 74-Year-Old Grandmother
A man pleaded guilty to killing a 74-year-old grandmother in a hit-and-run collision in East Los Angeles last December, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said in a news release Friday. Raul Juarez Carranza, 78, of East Los Angeles, pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. He faces up to four years in state prison, authorities said. The driver, who was in a stopped pickup truck, suddenly accelerated and turned left toward Williamson Avenue on the morning of Dec. 8, 2018, according to California Highway Patrol. The vehicle struck 74-year-old Matiana Maty Sanchez as she crossed the street in an unmarked crosswalk at the intersection near Whittier Boulevard, CHP said. Investigators said Carranza paused for a moment after hitting Sanchez, but then drove away from the crash site. Sanchez died from her injuries.
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San Pedro Man Arrested In 2006 Fatal Shooting Of Girlfriend In Long Beach
A San Pedro man was arrested Friday on suspicion of killing his then-20-year-old girlfriend 13 years ago in Long Beach, according to police. Carl Mayes, 41, was taken into custody after detectives reviewed new evidence in the case, which police have described as a domestic violence-motivated killing. The body of Tyquesha Myers was discovered by officers responding to the 710 freeway near the Pacific Coast Highway just before 8 a.m. on July 15, 2006. Mayes has been described by police as the former live-in boyfriend of Myers. He is being held at Long Beach City Jail on $2,000,000 bail, according to police, who plan to present the case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office early next week. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Long Beach Police Department detectives at 562-570-7244. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call 800-222-8477, text TIPLA plus your tip to 274637 (CRIMES) or visit www.lacrimestoppers.org.
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Georgia Couple Poses As LA Sheriff's Deputies In $16K Scam
Authorities say a Georgia couple, posing as Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies, bilked six victims out of $16,000 in gift cards in a telephone fraud scam. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says Nicolas Brady Kennedy and Ashley Marie Walker of Loganville, Georgia, told nine people there were warrants out for their arrests and they could be satisfied by paying them in gift cards. Six paid; the victims were mostly elderly residents of northern Los Angeles County. Officials say Kennedy is in custody in Georgia on a probation violation and a warrant is out for Walker's arrest. They both face extortion and attempted extortion charges. The sheriff's department says detectives believe there may be more victims. Authorities say police departments will never ask for gift card payments over the phone.
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During Traffic Stop, Passenger Tells California Deputies The Driver Kidnapped And Raped Her
A Sacramento woman who said she had been kidnapped and repeatedly raped was found by Mendocino County deputies inside a vehicle during a traffic stop over the weekend, authorities said. The Mendocino County Sheriff's Department stopped Thao Vang, 33, on a Ukiah road Saturday night, citing vehicle code violations. Christine Maxwell, also 33, was in the passenger seat of Vang's car. During the stop, deputies noticed another woman in the back seat, who was shaking and crying, with bruising on her body, sheriff's officials said. The 34-year-old woman, who was not identified, told deputies that Vang had kidnapped her in Sacramento four days earlier and had taken her to a home where he had repeatedly raped her, physically abused her and held her against her will. She said she had been forced to travel with Vang and Maxwell to Ukiah, authorities said, adding that she believed her kidnappers were going to kill her. Vang, who was wanted on a Butte County warrant on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance while armed, was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and rape. Maxwell was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and conspiracy.
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Public Safety News
As Illnesses Spread, Fake Vape Gear Sells On LA Streets
A short walk from police headquarters in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, a cluster of bustling shops are openly selling packaging and hardware that can be used to produce counterfeit marijuana vapes that have infected California's cannabis market. Bootleggers eager to profit off unsuspecting consumers are mimicking popular, legal vape brands, pairing replica packaging churned out in Chinese factories with untested, possibly dangerous cannabis oil produced in the state's vast underground market. The result: Authentic-looking vape cartridges sold by unlicensed dispensaries and delivery services, along with rogue websites. The deceptive rip-offs on the street could be linked to an emerging public health crisis.
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More Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus In L.A. And Orange Counties
New samples of mosquitos found in Los Angeles and Orange counties have tested positive for West Nile virus, bringing the the total number of infected samples found this year up to 140 in both counties, health officials said Friday. In Los Angeles County, infected samples were found in Boyle Heights and Whittier last week, raising the county's total up to 28 so far this year. Infected samples found in Anaheim, Buena Park, Fullerton and Stanton brought Orange County's 2019 total up to 114. The virus is transmitted to people and animals by the bite of an infected mosquito, and is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At least 89 people have contracted West Nile in the state this year as of Sept. 2019. Four of the cases were in L.A. County, according to a report by the California Mosquito-borne Virus Surveillance and Response Program.
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Local Government News
Where Could Homeless People Sleep Under L.A. Plan? Activists Take To Streets To Check
When Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch O'Farrell laid out a proposal that would bar people from sleeping on streets and sidewalks near schools, parks and other targeted facilities, local activists lined up at a City Hall hearing to denounce the idea and showed up at O'Farrell's home in Glassell Park to protest. Now they have taken to the streets again this time with pens and maps. Homeless advocates and activist groups, including the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project and members of the Services Not Sweeps Coalition, launched a joint effort to walk the streets and assess where homeless people could be barred from sleeping if the proposal passed. Their analysis, which looks at a patch of Echo Park stretching half a mile in radius around an O'Farrell district office, marks banned areas around parks, schools and day-care centers. Under the proposal, people would be prohibited from sleeping on streets and sidewalks within 500 feet of those and other targeted locations.
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LA Public Works Board Approves New Sidewalk Encroachment Policies For Further Consideration
The Los Angeles Board of Public Works on Monday approved changes to a policy that would require people to obtain permits for planters, railings, fences and other items placed on city sidewalks. The changes are significant since planters and other installations were put in some neighborhoods to deter homeless people from sleeping in front of businesses. The policy will be reviewed by the Mayor's Office, City Council, LAPD and the City Attorney's Office before any changes are implemented. Board members considered giving applicants a three-month window to obtain a right-of-way R-permit. Some fixtures have affected accessibility for people with disabilities and can block bus stops, board members said, and the installations could also cause a safety hazard. Bureau of Engineer representatives said they've identified about 300 installations that would be out of compliance with the policy changes.
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