BRIEFLY : COMPUTER HACKER DENIES CHARGES.Computer hacker Kevin Mitnick Kevin David Mitnick (born October 6, 1963) is a controversial computer cracker and convicted criminal in the United States. Mitnick was convicted in the late 1990s of illegally gaining access to computer networks and stealing intellectual property. pleaded not guilty Monday to sweeping charges and got a new lawyer: Donald C. Randolph, who represented Charles Keating  An editor has expressed concern that this article or section is .Please help improve the article by adding information and sources on neglected viewpoints, or by summarizing and Jr.'s top aide in the Lincoln Savings swindle swindle v. to cheat through trick, device, false statements or other fraudulent methods with the intent to acquire money or property from another to which the swindler is not entitled. Swindling is a crime as one form of theft. (See: fraud, theft) . Mitnick, a convicted hacker who is being held without bail, told U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer Mariana Pfaelzer is a U.S. District Court Judge in the Ninth Circuit. She is probably best remembered for her role in striking down California's Proposition 187, which would have denied services to illegal aliens. not to bother having the indictment read. ``Not guilty,'' he said to the 25 counts of computer and wire fraud, possessing unlawful access devices, damaging computers and intercepting electronic messages. The indictment, handed up last week by a federal grand jury, charges Mitnick with stealing millions of dollars in software from high-tech companies, damaging University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission computers and using stolen computer passwords during 2-1/2 years on the lam. SOURCE: - 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. Federal judge OKs Edison settlement A federal judge approved an $11.25 million class-action settlement Monday in a ``glass ceiling'' suit filed by nine African-American Edison employees, who claimed they were denied training and advancement. About 2,300 African-Americans employed by Edison between 1989 and the present may be eligible to file a claim against the company under terms of the settlement U.S. District Judge James Ideman approved. The claims will be used to determine distribution of the monetary award. The suit was filed in 1994 on behalf of all African-American employees in the company. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission also joined the plaintiffs. Under terms of the deal, Edison also will undertake extensive changes to stamp out to put an end to by sudden and energetic action; to extinguish; as, to stamp out a rebellion s>. See also: Stamp discrimination. SOURCE: - City News Service Prosecutor alleges Sobek sex-torture As Linda Sobek's parents listened, a prosecutor told a jury in Torrance on Monday that free-lance photographer Charles Rathbun sexually tortured the model, then killed her last Nov. 16 to keep her from telling police. But in his opening statement, Rathbun attorney Mark Werksman told the panel his client did not murder the former 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. Raiders cheerleader. He said Sobek enticed Rathbun into consensual sex, and that he has photographs to prove it. Werksman said Sobek ``wore provocative clothing ... (and) she encouraged (Rathbun) to have sex with her.'' But Deputy District Attorney Stephen Kay, the journeyman prosecutor who helped send Charles Manson to prison for life, told the jurors earlier that Rathbun, 38, ``acted out his perverted per·vert·ed adj. 1. Deviating from what is considered normal or correct. 2. Of, relating to, or practicing sexual perversion. fantasy for sexual purposes.'' SOURCE: - City News Service New lane opens on Reagan Freeway NORTHRIDGE - West Valley commuters should have an easier drive into work starting today, as an additional lane opens to traffic on a two-mile stretch of the eastbound Ronald Reagan Freeway between DeSoto and Tampa avenues. The lane is opening ahead of schedule, Caltrans officials said, adding that completion of the entire $22 million widening project is expected by the end of October. SOURCE: - City News Service Sherman Oaks man appointed to panel Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Feuer announced Monday that he has named Sherman Oaks resident Joseph Mandel to the council's advisory commission on charter reform. Mandel, who is the 10th person appointed to the 21-person commission, is vice chancellor for legal affairs at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX and is former president of the Los Angeles County Bard Association. SOURCE: - Daily News Real estate broker focuses on race Sherman Oaks real estate broker Jeff Brain said Monday he is resigning as chairman of the Ventura Boulevard Specific Plan Review Board to focus on a run for the 5th Council District seat against Councilman Mike Feuer. Brain has represented Feuer on the board, which oversaw the creation of a plan to regulate development, parking and street improvements along a 17-mile stretch of Ventura Boulevard from Studio City to Woodland Hills. SOURCE: - Daily News Valley sex offender sex offender n. generic term for all persons convicted of crimes involving sex, including rape, molestation, sexual harassment and pornography production or distribution. returns to court A 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. sex offender who fled the state after being convicted a year ago pleaded not guilty Monday to a new charge: failing to appear at his Oct. 4, 1995, sentencing. Marill Watson, arrested in Las Vegas last week, entered the plea in Van Nuys Municipal Court. SOURCE: - City News Service Teacher convicted of molesting kids A former Sunland Elementary School teacher was convicted in San Fernando Superior Court on Monday of a dozen counts of lewd acts with a child for molesting several of his third-grade students. John Sampson Njoroge, 30, a third-grade teacher for several years at the school, was found guilty of 12 of the 14 counts against him. He faces 30 years in state prison, said Deputy District Attorney Cynthia Meagher-Walker. SOURCE: - Daily News Defense attorney nabbed for drugs A defense attorney was arrested Monday after he appeared at Van Nuys Superior Court to represent a client and appeared to be under the influence of narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. , officials said. Thomas Grimes, 45, was before Judge John Fisher when the court noticed that he appeared to be under the influence of a controlled substance controlled substance n. a drug which has been declared by federal or state law to be illegal for sale or use, but may be dispensed under a physician's prescription. , according to authorities. Deputies said they found cocaine, several pills and other drugs in Grimes' pockets and briefcase, according to authorities. Grimes, who was cooperative with police, was booked at the LAPD's West Valley Division on suspicion of being under the influence and in possession of a controlled substance, police said. SOURCE: - Daily News |
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