ANTELOPE VALLEY: BRIEFLY : AUTO DAMAGED IN EXPLOSION.PALMDALE - Sheriff's deputies are investigating a late-night explosion that scorched scorch v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. the paint on a car parked in front of its owners home. Two glass jars packed with powder, screws, nuts and other bits of metal exploded about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday under a 1978 Dodge Magnum in the 39900 block of Cyrus Avenue, but did no damage other than scorching scorch v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. paint behind a rear wheel. Deputies said the explosion, believed to be the work of juveniles, injured no one. SOURCE: - Daily News Palmdale man goes to trial A former Palmdale community activist faces 11 felony counts accusing him of lewd acts with a 9-year-old girl and attempting to commit lewd acts with other children. The trial of Richard Burriss began Monday in Superior Court. Authorities say Burriss, 51, presented himself as a Department of Children's Services worker, telling parents he needed to privately examine the children for signs of abuse. The alleged instances of abuse and attempted abuse all occurred in 1994, authorities said. But Burriss' attorney, Michael Ooley, told jurors that his client impersonated a DCS (1) See also DSC. (2) Digital Cross-connect System) A network switching and grooming device used by telecom carriers. See digital cross-connect. worker to expose how false abuse claims could destroy lives. Ooley said Burriss became obsessed ob·sess v. ob·sessed, ob·sess·ing, ob·sess·es v.tr. To preoccupy the mind of excessively. v.intr. with the agency after it began investigating him for child molestation Child molestation is a crime involving a range of indecent or sexual activities between an adult and a child, usually under the age of 14. In psychiatric terms, these acts are sometimes known as pedophilia. in 1986. Though he fought the charges, the allegations ended his aspirations to be elected to the Palmdale City Council, Ooley said. After a jury failed to reach a verdict, he pleaded no contest to two reduced charges of misdemeanor battery. SOURCE: - Associated Press Teen dies of car crash injuries LANCASTER - A teen-ager injured when his car ran off Avenue S and smashed into a concrete irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. box has died in Lancaster Community Hospital This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , a California Highway Patrol spokesman said Tuesday. Jason Martillini, 18, of Lancaster, had been hospitalized since his 1974 Ford crashed about 10:30 p.m. Sunday on Avenue S east of 92nd Street East, officials said. Martillini was pinned behind the wheel by the force of the collision, said CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan Officer Miguel Siordia. He died Monday afternoon. SOURCE: - Daily News Cousins deny guilt in two slayings LANCASTER - Two Lancaster cousins accused in the double slayings of a man and a woman in an apartment complex parking lot during a robbery attempt pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of murder. Harry Jackson Boyd Jr., 28, and Terry Tyrone Evans, 20, could face the death penalty if convicted in the March 1994 shooting deaths of Latonya Walker, 23, of Ontario and Ronald Greene, 22, of Upland. Boyd and Evans are being held without bail. SOURCE: - Daily News |
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