BRIEFLY : ARRAIGNMENT SET FOR EX-CSUN COACH.Michael J. Abraham, the former California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an women's basketball coach accused of distributing cocaine, will face the charges in Nebraska, a federal judge ruled Friday. A grand jury in Nebraska unsealed an indictment against Abraham last week, after looking into evidence that he helped move three kilograms of crack cocaine through Burbank Airport last year. U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Block ruled that Abraham will answer the charges in Omaha, Neb., and scheduled an 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 there for Nov. 23. Abraham, 39, is free on $200,000 bail. Abraham resigned his position as coach at the university Friday. Suspects arrested in vandalism case A tagger tag·ger n. 1. One that tags, especially the pursuer in the game of tag. 2. taggers Very thin sheet iron, usually plated with tin. Noun 1. whose moniker (1) A name, title or alias. See alias. (2) A COM object that is used to create instances of other objects. Monikers save programmers time when coding various types of COM-based functions such as linking one document to another (OLE). See COM and OLE. has been found all over 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. and a second suspect were caught in the act by a California Highway Patrol officer Friday, a 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 official said. The officer saw the men tagging a storage building while he was driving south on the Hollywood Freeway near Whitsett Avenue about 12:30 p.m., said Officer Dwight McDonald of the West Valley CHP. The officer and a colleague arrested Lafayette Hill, 23, of North Hollywood on suspicion of felony vandalism. Also arrested was Michael Hynes, 20, of Hollywood, on suspicion of having a concealed weapon concealed weapon n. a weapon, particularly a handgun, which is kept hidden on one's person, or under one's control (in a glove compartment or under a car seat). , McDonald said, adding that Hynes also was wanted for assault. Hill could go to jail as a third-strike tagger, the officer said. His moniker, ``Demon,'' has been found throughout the Valley, he said. The graffiti cleanup cost is estimated at $12,000, McDonald said. - City News Service Food donors to get free football tickets NORTHRIDGE - Matador fans can take part in the second annual Touchdown for Hunger food drive today. Sponsored by California State University, Northridge athletics and the Los Angeles Daily News The Daily News of Los Angeles, also known as the Los Angeles Daily News, is the second largest circulating daily newspaper of Los Angeles, California. It is published by the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, which owns eight other Southern California newspapers , Touchdown for Hunger '98 benefits needy San Fernando Valley families. Any person donating two or more nonperishable food items will receive one free ticket to today's CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge vs. Portland football game. Contributions will be accepted at the North Campus Stadium off Devonshire Street and Lindley Avenue. Donations can also be dropped off at the Daily News in Woodland Hills, Kaiser Permanente hospitals, and Matador Athletics office located on campus at Zelzah Avenue and Plummer Street. The food will be distributed by Meet Each Need With Dignity, or MEND. For information, call (818) 677-2683. - Daily News Murderous gunman sentenced to life An ex-fugitive was sentenced Friday to terms of 30 years-to-life and life in prison for the 1989 murder of a Sun Valley woman. Gregory Smith, 40, was sentenced by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza. Smith was convicted of shooting Marie Thorne, 22, on April 25, 1989, as she sat in a car at a gas station with Shannon Thames, from whom Smith was trying to collect a $40,000 drug debt. Thames survived five gunshots, but the five fired into Thorne's chest were fatal. Authorities caught up with Smith two years ago while he was serving a four-year, drug-related prison sentence in Riverside County. - City News Service |
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