BRIEFLY : DRUG SUSPECT SHOT IN CLASH WITH POLICE.NORTH HILLS - 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. police officers opened fire Friday on a crack-dealer suspect who tried to run them down with his pickup truck after making a deal with undercover officers, officials said. Michael Grossman, 37, of Panorama City was hit once in his arm and sped away, crashing into a motorist during a brief pursuit that ended when he surrendered in a nearby mall parking lot, said Los Angeles police Lt. Anthony Alba, a department spokesman. No officers were injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. in the shooting or chase, Alba said. - Daily News Woman to be jailed on slavery charges A federal magistrate Any individual who has the power of a public civil officer or inferior judicial officer, such as a Justice of the Peace. The various state judicial systems provide for judicial officers who are often called magistrates, justices of the peace, or police justices. Friday ordered a Woodland Hills woman jailed for failing to post a $500,000 bond, pending trial on charges of keeping two Thais as slaves. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Gennaco said Supawan ``Sonya'' Veerapol, 52, told authorities several people initially were willing to put up a total of $400,000 in real property. But they apparently were either unable or unwilling to do that, Gennaco said. Veerapol was indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. April 1 on federal charges of holding two illegal immigrants 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) from Thailand as indentured servants An indentured servant (also called a bonded laborer) is a labourer under contract of the employer in exchange for an extension to the period of their indenture, which could thereby continue indefinitely (normally it would be for seven years). for more than six years. - City News Service Welfare recipients demand own union A group of about 150 activists and welfare recipients delivered 10,000 union authorization cards to the county Hall of Administration during a protest Friday, pushing for wages instead of welfare. Chanting ``The people united will never be defeated!'' the protesters demanded that the county recognize their right to form a union to represent their interests. More than 25,000 people receive general relief checks of $221 each month in Los Angeles County. In return, they are required to work 40 hours a month at a variety of clerical and menial MENIAL. This term is applied to servants who live under their master's roof Vide stat. 2 H. IV., c. 21. jobs, from cleaning toilets at county-run hospitals to repairing potholes on city streets. - Daily News |
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