2 PLEAD NOT GUILTY TO DYNAMITE POSSESSION.Byline: Staff and Wire Services VAN NUYS- Two men pleaded not guilty Thursday in connection with the discovery of unstable dynamite in a Van Nuys industrial building, the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County District Attorney's Office said. Guy Fostersmith, 43, of Los Angeles and Arthur Chornuy, 35, of Marina del Rey Del Rey may refer to:
They pleaded not guilty during their arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted in Van Nuys Superior Court and are scheduled to return to the courthouse Jan. 5 so a date can be set for their preliminary hearing. A third man, James Wurth, whose residence is unknown, was scheduled to be arraigned on the same charges today at the Van Nuys courthouse. Chornuy and Fostersmith, who has two prior drug-related convictions, operated an antiques store in the building, according to the District Attorney's Office. Early Wednesday, city firefighters deliberately burned the industrial building in the 7900 block of Haskell Avenue where 60 to 70 sticks of old, unstable dynamite were found, authorities said. The San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. was closed, Metrolink service from Ventura County halted and some neighboring buildings evacuated during the hour the fire burned. The dynamite was found after police responded to a call about a suspicious package in Valley Village, which led to Wurth. |
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