BRIEFLY : FIVE MEN INDICTED IN PLOT TO KILL AGENT.A federal grand jury indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. five Los Angeles-area men Wednesday on charges of conspiring to kill a U.S. Secret Service agent who investigated one of them in a wire fraud case, a prosecutor said. Sahak Mazmanyan, 39; Robert Kazarian, 33; Rafael Kazaryants, 43; Panos Zhamkochyan, 29; and Arshak Kazarian, 37, will be arraigned Tuesday, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Zweiback. 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. the indictment, the men paid a ``cooperating witness'' $15,000 as a down payment on a $50,000 fee to kill the agent who investigated Robert Kazarian of Glendale. ?13- City News Service Officer must resign over sex with teen A Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . lieutenant was ordered to resign
Wednesday after pleading no contest to charges that he had sex with a
17-year-old girl and used the LAPD's computers for illegal
purposes.
Municipal Court Judge Elva Soper also placed Lt. Steve Twohy, 43, on three years' probation and ordered him to perform 100 hours of community service. Twohy was charged in July with having unlawful sexual intercourse sexual intercourse or coitus or copulation Act in which the male reproductive organ enters the female reproductive tract (see reproductive system). with the girl between November and January. He had met the girl in October 1996 through an Internet chat room, said prosecutor Bill Seki. ?13- 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. (the following Briefly Item only ran in Final edition) Suspect arrested in Van Nuys killing A Sherman Oaks man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of fatally stabbing a woman at her home late last month, authorities said. Travis Bone, 20, identified as a stockroom clerk at a department store, was arrested at about 6 p.m., said Detective Steve Fisk Steve Fisk is a Washington-based audio engineer, record producer and musician. His early sound collage releases were largely using uncleared samples and he was sued by the Scientologists[1] . He joined the instrumental rock band Pell Mell in 1982. of 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 Department's Van Nuys Division. The victim, Cindy Fry, was an unemployed woman who lived in the the 6200 block of Mary Ellen Avenue in Van Nuys. Fisk Fisk , James 1834-1872. American railroad financier and speculator who attempted in 1869 to corner the gold market with Jay Gould, leading to Black Friday, a day of nationwide financial panic. said she was killed Sept. 21. ?13- Daily News Council may review after-school budget City Councilman Mike Feuer proposed this week that the City Council review whether it can make up a $300,000 shortfall and expand the L.A.'s Best after-school program for elementary school elementary school: see school. students. Currently, the program is operating at two dozen schools with an annual budget of $3.3 million, but Feuer's motion submitted to the council Tuesday asks for a study to evaluate the effectiveness of the program and whether it should be expanded to other schools. ?13- Daily News City enacts series of gun control laws The City Council formally approved a series of gun control ordinances Wednesday aimed at closing loopholes regarding firearms and ammunition sales. One ordinance requires that customers leave thumbprints when they buy ammunition, so police can track them down if the bullets are used in a crime. Also controversial is a requirement that trigger locks or similar devices be sold with every handgun. Other components of the ordinances Councilman Mike Feuer authored include limiting ammo clips to 10 rounds, mandating background checks for anyone who sells guns, and barring gun dealers from acting as intermediaries for sales of inexpensive Saturday night specials Saturday Night Special A slang term used to refer to a surprise takeover attempt. Notes: The term alludes to the fact that many takeover bids are announced over the weekend in order to avoid too much publicity. . ?13- City News Service Pair to stand trial in theater slaying The live-in companion - and sole beneficiary - of the slain owner of the nation's only silent movie theater was ordered Wednesday to stand trial for allegedly contracting the killing. The alleged gunman also was ordered to go on trial. Municipal Court Judge Stephen Marcus Stephen Marcus (born Stephen Mark Scott, 18 June 1962) is a British actor, best known for his role as Nick the Greek in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Marcus plays American football in the UK for the BAFL One team Sussex Thunder. ruled prosecutors have sufficient evidence to try the pair in the Jan. 17 fatal shooting of 74-year-old Lawrence Austin, owner of the Silent Movie Showcase. Authorities allege defendant James Vansickle, a theater projectionist who had a seven-year personal and business relationship with Austin, hired co-defendant Christian Rodriguez to kill Austin and make it look like a robbery. ?13- Associated Press |
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