BRIEFLY; MAN SUSPECTED IN THEFT, ASSAULT.THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. - A 43-year-old 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. man remained in Ventura County Jail on Thursday on suspicion of robbery and assault with a cognac Cognac (kônyäk`), city (1990 pop. 19,932), Charente dept., W France, in Angoumois, on the Charente River. The French brandy to which Cognac gives its name has been manufactured and exported from the city since the 18th cent. bottle at a grocery store on Ventu Park Road, police reported. Darrell Cook, whose bail was set at $100,000, was being held on a parole parole (pərōl`), in criminal law, release from prison of a convict before the expiration of his term on condition that his activities be restricted and that he report regularly to an officer. hold, police said. Cook entered the Ralphs store at 3 p.m. Wednesday and hid four bottles of cognac valued at $335 in his socks after breaking into a locked display cabinet, police said. He hit the store manager in the head with one bottle of cognac after he was confronted, police said. Two other store employees who went to help the manager suffered minor injuries, police said. - Daily News |
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