BRIEFLY : FECES-TAINTED TREAT GETS TEENS ARRESTED.CAMARILLO - Two juveniles were released to their parents after being arrested on suspicion of giving a girl Halloween candy tainted taint v. taint·ed, taint·ing, taints v.tr. 1. To affect with or as if with a disease. 2. To affect with decay or putrefaction; spoil. See Synonyms at contaminate. 3. with animal feces. The girl received a lollipop wrapped in white paper while trick-or-treating with her mother in the area of Leatherwood Court and Japonica japonica (jəpŏn`əkə): see quince; camellia. Place at about 6 p.m. Saturday, sheriff's deputies said. The girl was suspicious of the treat and handed it to her mother, who unwrapped it and discovered it had been smeared with excrement excrement /ex·cre·ment/ (eks´kri-mint) 1. feces. 2. excretion (2). ex·cre·ment n. Waste matter or any excretion cast out of the body, especially feces. , authorities said. She reported the incident to sheriff's deputies, who identified the juveniles, ages 13 and 14, during an investigation. The youths told authorities the tainted sucker was intended for a different person but was inadvertently given to the girl because she was wearing a similar costume, 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. sheriff's deputies. It was determined the youths had not handed out other tainted candy, sheriff's deputies said. - Daily News Man pleads guilty to terrorist threat VENTURA - An alleged member of a Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. gang pleaded guilty Tuesday to making a terrorist threat toward witnesses of a gang shooting at a party in Newbury Park last August that left five people wounded. Elias Medina Jr., 26, of Newbury Park, pleaded guilty to two charges each of making terrorist threats and intimidating witnesses. He is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 8. Harold Pitts, 20, of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. is charged with one count of each crime in the same Aug. 5 incident and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Thursday. Five teen-agers suffered minor injuries to their legs from bullet fragments after a gunman fired shots into pavement at the party. Sheriff's deputies have also arrested two minor suspects in the shooting. - Daily News |
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