BRIEFLY : 2 PLEAD NO CONTEST IN ALCOHOL SLAYING.Two men pleaded no contest Friday to charges in the death of a man at a North Hollywood alcohol treatment clinic, said Sandi Gibbons Famous people named Gibbons include:
Alberto Sagauche, 38, and Armando Sakaqil, 29, were charged with involuntary manslaughter The act of unlawfully killing another human being unintentionally. Most unintentional killings are not murder but involuntary manslaughter. The absence of the element of intent is the key distinguishing factor between voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. and false imprisonment false imprisonment, complete restraint upon a person's liberty of movement without legal justification. Actual physical contact is not necessary; a show of authority or a threat of force is sufficient. The person falsely imprisoned may sue the offender for damages. . They will be sentenced Sept. 28 in Van Nuys Superior Court for their part in the May 25 death of Enrique Bravo, who prosecutors claim was force-fed alcohol in an ``aversion'' therapy to kick alcoholism. Sagauche and Sakaqil are expected to face a maximum sentence of one year in county jail and three years' probation, Gibbons said. The sentencing judge will be Katherine Stoltz. Two other defendants, 33-year-old Dante Barrera and 45-year-old Jose Robert Rodriguez, are still facing charges in the death, Gibbons said. Prosecutors said Bravo was tied up and forced to drink liquor at Grupo Liberaciones y Fortaleza, an unlicensed North Hollywood clinic. - Daily News Police station set to hold open house The Devonshire Division of the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . will open its doors to the public for an open house today. From 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., the annual LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. event will welcome residents to tour the station and jail and to learn about the latest police weapons against crime and drugs. Police dogs, the mounted unit, a police helicopter, the motorcycle unit and the California Highway Patrol's newest BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. motorcycle will be on display throughout the day. Members of California Search and Rescue, the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team and the Drug Abuse Resistance Education  The neutrality and factual accuracy of this article are disputed.Please see the relevant discussion on the . This article has been tagged since September 2007. (DARE) unit also will be present. Members from the LAPD recruiting unit will be on hand to provide information about joining the department. LAPD Reserve officers and members of the Explorer program will be available to discuss their units as well. The event is to highlight the LAPD's open channel of communication with the public while continuing the tradition of community policing, organizers said. The department is at 10250 Etiwanda St., Northridge. - Daily News Metrolink to offer county fair shuttles Metrolink trains will run passengers from the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. to the Los Angeles County Fair The Los Angeles County Fair (also called simply the L.A. County Fair) is an annual event held in the Fairplex in Pomona, California, held every September. It is a carnival with rides, merchants, food vendors, cooking contests, and livestock. The 2007 L.A. in Pomona today, the first time they have run on Saturday in six years, an agency board member said. Two round-trip expresses will run today and the next two Saturdays. They will depart from Chatsworth with stops in Northridge, Van Nuys, Burbank and Glendale. Trains will leave from Chatsworth at 8:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., arriving at the fair at 10:15 a.m. and 2 p.m. Return trains will leave the fair at 6 p.m. and 10:15 p.m., arriving in Chatsworth at 7:30 p.m. and 11:55 p.m. Tickets will be sold for $10 at the Chatsworth station's Whistlestop Cafe. Fairgoers also can buy a ride for $10.50 from the automated ticket machines at each Valley station. - City News Service Jury acquits officer over falsification falsification /fal·si·fi·ca·tion/ (fawl?si-fi-ka´shun) lying. retrospective falsification unconscious distortion of past experiences to conform to present emotional needs. VENTURA - An Oxnard police officer facing up to 20 years in prison on federal civil rights charges was acquitted Friday on one charge as the jury deadlocked on the other. The jury acquitted Officer Robert Flinn on a charge of filing a false police report, while jurors deadlocked on a charge of using excessive force to subdue a burglary suspect, officials said. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Shapiro said a decision has not yet been made to refile a charge of use of excessive force. Prosecutors said the beating occurred after Juan Lopez stole battery chargers from a neighbor's garage Jan. 27, 1996, and police, including Flinn, chased him through a neighborhood. Prosecutors claimed that Flinn hit Lopez repeatedly with a flashlight as he was surrendering in a driveway. - Daily News |
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