BRIEFLY : A.V. MAN SENTENCED FOR SOLICITING MURDER.LANCASTER - An Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley truck driver who tried to hire a tenant to kill his estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. wife and her boyfriend was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison. Martyn John Haggett, 35, had earlier pleaded no contest to solicitation of murder and a drug charge after prosecutors agreed to dismiss charges of attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. and kidnapping, officials said. Haggett was arrested last October after the tenant alerted authorities shortly after the contract was made, sheriff's deputies said. Deputies said Haggett wanted the pair killed because he didn't want to lose property to his wife in a divorce settlement. - Daily News Suit alleges YMCA YMCA in full Young Men's Christian Association Nonsectarian, nonpolitical Christian lay movement that aims to develop high standards of Christian character among its members. made harmful hire LANCASTER - The mother of a young boy sued the YMCA because a teen-age counselor allegedly humiliated hu·mil·i·ate tr.v. hu·mil·i·at·ed, hu·mil·i·at·ing, hu·mil·i·ates To lower the pride, dignity, or self-respect of. See Synonyms at degrade. and abused the boy at a Big Bear-area camp last summer. The Superior Court lawsuit filed on behalf of Terri Acquilano and her son claimed the YMCA of the Antelope Valley should have known of the teen counselor's ``dangerous propensity.'' It seeks unspecified damages. The counselor allegedly wouldn't let the youngster, who was in a group of 8- to 12-year-olds at Camp Whittle, use the bathroom. It caused the then-8-year-old boy to wet his pants, which the counselor allegedly forced the boy to wear, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the suit filed by attorney Jeffrey Hacker. YMCA executive director Laura Mayo, named as a defendant, said Tuesday that she hadn't seen the suit and couldn't comment. The name of the counselor wasn't released. Besides making the boy wear his soiled pants, the lawsuit alleges, the counselor then left the pants ``outside, collecting ants'' and laughed and made fun of the boy. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Palmdale carnival to benefit shelter PALMDALE - A weekend carnival will benefit the Valley Oasis Domestic Violence Shelter. Paul Mauer Shows' carnival will be open from noon to 11 p.m. today and noon to 10 p.m. Sunday on Fifth Street East, south of Palmdale Boulevard. Proceeds will go toward the nonprofit Valley Oasis. - Daily News |
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