BRIEFLY : DA'S OFFICE APPEALING DECISION TO FREE PRATT.Prosecutors on Friday appealed a judge's decision that overturned the murder conviction of former Black Panther leader Elmer ``Geronimo'' Pratt, who served 27 years in prison for a crime he said he did not commit. The basis of the appeal, filed with the 2nd District Court of Appeal by the District Attorney's Office, surrounds testimony given at Pratt's murder trial by a man who claimed he heard Pratt confess in jail to killing schoolteacher Caroline Olsen in 1968. Controversy over Julius Butler's testimony erupted when it was discovered after Pratt's 1972 conviction that Butler was a police informant - and was listed with the district attorney as such - but testified in court that he was not. - Associated Press Buses collide, injuring Jordan High students ARTESIA - Ten high school students were injured Friday night when the two buses they were riding hit each other on westbound state Route 91. None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening. Four buses were traveling in caravan from Knott's Berry Farm Knott's Berry Farm is a brand name of two separate entities: a theme park in Buena Park, California, and a manufacturer of food specialty products (primarily jams and preserves) based in Placentia, California. when the collision occurred at 7:19 p.m., said Los Angeles County fire dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler. Andrea Hawkins. One of the buses apparently sideswiped another, she said. Each of the buses carried about 60 students who were returning to Jordan High School Jordan High School could be one of several high school, including:
- Associated Press Police seek abandoned infant's mother, father LA HABRA - Police were searching Friday for the parents of a 2-month-old boy found abandoned in a parking lot. The boy, who was dehydrated de·hy·drate v. de·hy·drat·ed, de·hy·drat·ing, de·hy·drates v.tr. 1. To remove water from; make anhydrous. 2. To preserve by removing water from (vegetables, for example). and malnourished mal·nour·ished adj. Affected by improper nutrition or an insufficient diet. , was found wrapped in a blanket in a parking lot about 7:15 p.m. Thursday. The boy was described as Caucasian, weighing about 6 pounds, with blond hair and blue eyes. - Associated Press British con man given 97 months behind bars An illegal immigrant illegal immigrant n. an alien (non-citizen) who has entered the United States without government permission or stayed beyond the termination date of a visa. (See: alien) who posed as a retired British Army general was sentenced Friday to more than eight years in prison for defrauding possibly hundreds of people in a commodities scam. U.S. District Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw sentenced Marc Debden-Moss to 97 months in federal prison and ordered him to pay a total of $195,841. The British citizen was found guilty in June of eight federal counts of wire fraud, 11 counts of money laundering The process of taking the proceeds of criminal activity and making them appear legal. Laundering allows criminals to transform illegally obtained gain into seemingly legitimate funds. and two counts of tax evasion. Debden-Moss used fake names such as Col. Jonathan Hancock and told people he was a commodities broker. He also claimed to own sugar refineries in South America and cement factories in Ukraine. ``He was a classic con artist,'' U.S. Attorney Nora Manella said in a statement. - Associated Press Woman gets jail term for brandishing knife A Silver Lake woman was sentenced to 150 days in jail Friday for chasing a neighbor down Crenshaw Boulevard with a 12-inch butcher knife, City Attorney James Hahn said. Keshia Michelle Purcell, 21, also was given three years' probation, stemming from the Nov. 15 confrontation, Hahn spokesman Mike Qualls said. A jury convicted Purcell on Jan. 21 on charges of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. and brandishing a knife, Qualls said. Purcell claimed the victim owed her $50, according to Deputy City Attorney Jodi Galvin, who prosecuted the case. - City News Service |
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