BRIEFLY : CHATSWORTH COUPLE CHARGED IN SCHEME.A Chatsworth couple accused of stealing more than $250,000 from the estate of an elderly millionaire was arrested Thursday. The District Attorney's Office has charged Isabel, 55, and Paul Bernstein, 56, with seven counts of grand theft, 10 counts of forgery and several counts of filing false tax returns. Prosecutors claim Isabel Bernstein was a bookkeeper for businessman Harry Popkin, who died in 1991. The couple is accused of depositing checks destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for Popkin's elderly widow into Isabel Bernstein's account. The Bernsteins, who were arrested without incident, are being held on $300,000 bail each. - Daily News Boudreaux garners ex-rival's support With the school board race in South Central 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. headed for a June runoff election, a candidate defeated this week threw his support Thursday behind the incumbent he tried to unseat. Moses Calhoun said he would back Barbara Boudreaux in her re-election bid against Genethia Hayes, who is supported by Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. . Although Hayes finished first in a field of four candidates Tuesday, she did not top 50 percent of the vote and now faces a runoff against Boudreaux. Calhoun, who pulled 4 percent of Tuesday's vote, said he would support Boudreaux because as a former teacher and principal, she understood that lax student discipline is a damaging problem. He also said he was troubled by Riordan's involvement in Hayes' campaign. Hayes, in return, announced Thursday she had won the backing of the race's fourth contender, Austin Dragon, who won 3 percent of the Tuesday's vote. - Daily News Rangers find body in car's back seat The body of an unidentified 30-year-old man was discovered by park rangers Wednesday night in the back seat of a parked car in Sherman Oaks, police said. Park rangers found the dead man, who apparently overdosed on drugs, at 10:15 p.m. on the 13000 block of Mulholland Drive For the motion picture, see . Mulholland Drive is a very well-known road in Los Angeles, California named after engineer William Mulholland. A portion of it is also called Mulholland Highway. , police said. Police are withholding his name until they can contact his family. - Daily News Ex-eatery worker held in fraud case A North Hollywood woman was arrested Thursday on suspicion of filing bogus workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. claims after quitting her job in a Sherman Oaks restaurant. Linduvina Argentina Meza, 40, was booked into the Los Angeles Central Jail on one felony count each of insurance fraud and perjury perjury (pûr`jərē), in criminal law, the act of willfully and knowingly stating a falsehood under oath or under affirmation in judicial or administrative proceedings. , state Department of Insurance officials said. Bail has been set at $25,000 for Meza, who faces up to five years in state prison if convicted, DOI (Digital Object Identifier) A method of applying a persistent name to documents, publications and other resources on the Internet rather than using a URL, which can change over time. officials said. Meza worked as a kitchen helper at Genmai restaurant for two years ending June 30, 1996, but quit after receiving numerous warnings about drinking on the job, 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. a DOI statement. She later claimed to have suffered stress-related injuries and a miscarriage miscarriage: see abortion. miscarriage or spontaneous abortion Spontaneous expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus before it can live outside the mother. , as well as injuries to her head, neck, back, left knee and vascular system, DOI officials said. As a result, the restaurant's insurer, Zenith Insurance Co., paid out $8,454 in workers' compensation benefits the DOI claims Meza was not entitled to receive, authorities said. - City News Service |
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