Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Thursday rapper Coolio was charged for possessing a weapon while going through security at the Los Angeles International Airport. On September 17, Coolio, whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey, was going through the baggage screening at LAX when a handgun was allegedly found in his backpack. Ivey is 53 years old. Since Ivey has two prior convictions, he faces one felony count of possession of a firearm by a felon with two priors. In 2001, Ivey was convicted of carrying a concealed weapon in a...
A suspect in the killing of two Palm Springs police officers was arrested about 1:30 am Sunday morning. John Felix, 26, was unarmed but wearing "soft body armor" when taken into custody. Felix is accused of shooting officers Jose Vega, a 63-year-old father of eight who was due to retire in December, and Lesley Zerebny, 27, who had just returned to active duty following maternity leave. The suspect faces two counts of first degree murder with special circumstances including multiple murders and...
LA Resident Michael Fino, 44, has turned himself in to police for punching a woman and tossing other bystanders. He has been charged criminally with battery. The event occurred around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 25, near the intersection of Pacific Street and Windward Avenue. This is a very busy intersection one block from the beach and Venice boardwalk, where the old "VENICE" sign is visible. The original buildings built in Venice are on that intersection. Surveillance video captured the...
Three Palm Springs police officers have been shot just after 3 pm PST Saturday, said police chief Brian Reyes. The condition of the third officer is described as "critical." The three officers had been responding to a domestic disturbance call. As of 10 PM, police were still on scene surrounding the house, believing the perpetrator may still be inside. Saturday afternoon the two dead officers were identified as Jose Gilbert Vega, 53, and Leslie Zerebny, 27. More about them from the website bluel...
Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department officers shot a knife wielding man at the 4th Street and Colorado Expo Line Metro station at 12:55 pm Tuesday afternoon. The train was closed West of the 17th Street Station until 8 pm. Update from the LASD Public Information Office, 8 pm PST: "Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) Homicide Investigators are continuing their investigation into the circumstances surrounding the deputy-involved shooting that occurred at approximately 12:55 p.m. on...
Wednesday afternoon, Los Angeles County Sheriffs Sergeant Steve Owen and his partner responded to a 911 from a woman who said there was a burglary in progress at an apartment building in the 3200 block of West Avenue J-7. Owen, a sheriff for 29 years, went to the back of the house. There, Trenton Lovell, 27 pulled out a pistol and shot Sergeant Owen in the face. He then stood over the sheriff, and pumped 4 more rounds into him, executing him. Lovell then searched Owen's body unsuccessfully for...
A federal contractor has been arrested and charged with stealing highly classified information from the U.S. government, authorities announced Wednesday. Harold Thomas Martin III, 51, of Glen Burnie, Md., was charged with theft of government property and unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials, authorities said. If convicted, he faces up to ten years in prison. He was arrested in August after investigators searched his home in Glen Burnie and found documents and digital...
A man allegedly responsible for death of a Lyft driver in Torrance was ordered today to stand trial. Arturo Martinez Conchas, 21, of Hawthorne pleaded not guilty to one felony count of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, one felony count of driving under the influence of alcohol and causing death, and one felony count of driving with a .08 percent blood alcohol content while causing injury. A misdemeanor charge was added of possession of a controlled substance, MDMA. On Jan...
Los Angeles police said Wednesday they were looking for a man whom a security camera filmed assaulting a woman just outside a Venice Beach store. The video is embedded below. The man not only slugged the woman, who is seen sitting on the sidewalk rubbing her jaw; he also throws a man who tries to detain him over his shoulder. The LAPD says they know the man's name. But they are withholding it from the media--meaning that Police think they know where to find him. When they do, Police intend to...
9/29-- Today the Los Angeles District Attorney's office changed their case against Youtuber and LGBT rights commentator Calum McSwiggan to a felony vandalism charge. On September 26, McSwiggan, 26, pleaded not guilty to one felony count of vandalism causing over $400 of damage and one misdemeanor count of making a false report to a peace officer. The case stems from an incident on June 27 when McSwiggan was visiting Los Angeles from his native Great Britain for VidCon, an online video con...
Flomaton, Alabama police have taken one adult and two juveniles into custody in connection with a threat that put four local schools under lockdown, and they may be able to link the trio to some of the other malicious clown activity that has frightened communities over the last few weeks. Makayla Smith, allegedly the clowns' ringleader, will likely be charged with making a terroristic threat, report the Flomaton police. Smith is from Pensacola, Florida, according to information released by...
Following a multi-state manhunt for the murderers of a California woman near Gorman, the victim's stepsister and the stepsister's boyfriend were arrested in Colorado and charged today with murder and kidnapping. The victim's three children, ages 5, 3, and 2 were kidnapped by the suspects after she was murdered. Kimberly Harvill was found lying dead in the brush by the side of Gorman Post Road in Lebec by a motorist taking a rest. She had multiple gunshot wounds in her upper body and trauma to...
The Assistant Police Chief at LAX resigned hours before CBS2 was to air an investigative report into allegations of corruption in his department. Brian Walker, 52, has admitted to misdemeanor tax fraud and will be sentenced on September 26. However, the crimes he's alleged by current and former police officers under his command to have committed go far beyond tax evasion. Walker's duties at LAX involved overseeing a $130 million budget, human resources, internal affairs, training,...
Police are sweeping an East Baltimore neighborhood for three shooters thought to be in possession of a shotgun and handguns. At least eight people have been shot, including a father and his three-year-old daughter. Three suspects fled the scene, Chief of Media Relations at Baltimore Police, T.J. Smith, tweeted. Eight people were wounded, he said, but the injuries were "all non-life threatening." The shooting happened around 9 p.m. Saturday night (EST) at Greenmount Avenue and East Preston...
Four burglars engaging in "knock-knock" burglaries in Pacific Palisades received heavy sentences today after their no-contest pleas in court on Monday. Two men and two women working together were observed on June 8, 2015 by members of the LA County Sheriff's Department Major Crime Bureau Burglary Task Force entering and robbing a home in the 800 block of Oreo Place in Pacific Palisades. Donte Lamont Caldwell, 24, was the driver, using a rented Toyota. After casing the area, he parked in front...
A man whose victim wrote his name in her own blood was sentenced today for her murder. James Duane Grzeslo, 59, was found guilty on August 10 of the first-degree murder of his girlfriend. Grzeslo was convicted of slashing the woman's throat with a knife at her Beverly Hills apartment in October, 2011. His victim, Cathy Ann Carrasco-Zanini, 58, managed to write Grzeslo's name in her own blood before succumbing to her injuries and dying in her apartment. At the trial, witnesses claimed that...
As any Lyft or Uber driver knows, drinking (and drugs) are pervasive among students of all ages in Santa Monica. This is from personal observation. I mean that a significant percentage of underage students at Santa Monica High School, and probably Santa Monica College, drink, get drunk, have drinking problems. It impacts them, their families and friends, and others. Something does need to be done about it. Lt. Saul Rodriquez, Public Information Officer from the Santa Monica Police Department,...
Minnesota mall attacker referenced Allah before stabbing rampage, St. Cloud Police Chief William Blair Anderson said. ISIS claimed responsibility after a knife-wielding man injured eight people at a mall in central Minnesota Saturday evening, a bloody rampage during which he reportedly asked victims whether they were Muslim, shouting "Allah." As of Sunday morning, six of the nine victims had been treated and released from a local hospital and all were expected to survive their injuries. An off...
Dramatic video has emerged of a purse snatcher pulling a purse from a woman's hands at Main St. and Ashland Avenue in Santa Monica. As the woman struggles with the perpetrator, two men park their car to pursue the suspect. He was later caught by Santa Monica police. The incident unfolded in front of the Starbucks on Main Street on Wednesday. Video is embedded below. The woman's purse was recovered. Good Samaritans left their car illegally parked in the intersection to pursue the suspect. I...
The block of Ocean Avenue immediately North of the Santa Monica Pier was closed to traffic after a car was stolen at gunpoint from a civilian. The car was taken in the 2600 block of Ocean Avenue, then pursued by the Santa Monica Police Department to the 1500 block of Ocean Avenue. "Please stay out of the area of the 1500 block of Ocean Ave until further notice," said a City of Santa Monica online advisory. Later police issued the following press release: This morning at approximately 7:15 a.m.,...
Today the Los Angeles County District Attorney filed a $10 million civil lawsuit against a large debt collection company for violating state and federal laws against harassment. Jackie Lacey, the LA district attorney, announced the lawsuit against iQ or US, Inc. and its subsidiary, Allied Interstate LLC. The lawsuit is joined by district attorneys in Riverside, San Diego, and Santa Clara counties. The debt collection agency allegedly made illegal and harassing calls to consumers and violated...
A man accused of axing his friend in West Covina and dumping his body down a canyon pleaded not guilty today in Los Angeles Superior Court. Phillip Von Wade, 20, a resident of West Covina, is faced with one count of murder that includes the special allegation of personally using a deadly and dangerous weapon during the commission of the crime. The defendant was supposedly friends with victim Rahkeem Reyes, 27. But on September 5, Wade allegedly used an ax to bludgeon Reyes, killing him....
District Court Judge Anna Brown is probably getting a bit exasperated with bad boy Ryan Bundy. Bundy, who is being held awaiting trial for the unlawful occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge last January, has opted to defend himself rather than have an attorney. In an order filed August 24, Judge Brown threatened to strip Bundy of his pro se status because of his unwillingness to follow court orders and his open defiance of court authority. Brown wrote that by repeatedly raising...
On September 7 2016 at about 10:52 a.m. the suspect entered the Pier Burger restaurant at 330 Santa Monica Pier. The suspect demanded food from the employees. The suspect was denied service. The suspect proceeded to walk into the kitchen area of the restaurant and assault an employee with a knife. The victim was struck multiple times. The suspect attempted to attack another victim/employee but did not strike the second victim. The suspect fled the area. Officers responded to the area and...
A serial arsonist was convicted on September 1 of multiple counts of arson. Harry Burkhart, 29, a German national, was found guilty of starting more than 40 fires in the Southland during the 2011 holiday season. He was convicted of 25 counts of arson of property, 18 counts of arson of an inhabited dwelling, and 2 counts each of possession of an incendiary device, attempted arson, and arson of a structure. Estimated damage caused by the combination of fires is at least $3 million. Burkhart's...
