BRIEFLY : HEART ATTACK, CRASH KILL VAN NUYS MAN.VAN NUYS - A 77-year-old man died Thursday after apparently suffering a heart attack in his car and then crashing into a parked van, police said. The man, whose name was withheld pending notification of family members, did not appear to have extensive external injuries after the crash, said Officer James LaForce of the 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 Valley Traffic Division. The man, a longtime Van Nuys resident who police said is a high-ranking leader within the Mormon church The Mormon Church is a religious body founded in 1830 in Fayette, New York, by Joseph Smith. It is also known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or LDS Church. There are 7.7 million Mormons worldwide. , had a pre-existing heart condition, LaForce said. The crash occurred in the 6400 block of Hazeltine Avenue at 11:15 a.m. His car first hit a fire hydrant, then a street sign and the van. - Daily News Decision pending on death penalty The decision on whether to pursue the death penalty against two men accused of killing a witness and his girlfriend will not be announced until after they are arraigned in Van Nuys Superior Court next month, prosecutors said Thursday. Kenneth Leighton Kenneth Leighton (b. Wakefield, October 2, 1929, d. Edinburgh, August 24, 1988) was an English composer. Leighton was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire and was a chorister at Wakefield Cathedral from 1937 to 1942. He earned the LRAM Piano Performer's Diploma in 1946. , 36, and Randall Bruce Williams Bruce Williams is an American businessman and radio talk show host, who hosts The Bruce Williams Show on weekday evenings from 7 PM to 10 PM Eastern time. Williams has been doing his national radio show for more than 25 years. , 34, were each ordered this week to stand trial on two counts of murder with the special circumstances special circumstances n. in criminal cases, particularly homicides, actions of the accused or the situation under which the crime was committed for which state statutes allow or require imposition of a more severe punishment. of lying in wait, killing a witness and multiple murder. As charged, they could face the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole. Leighton and Williams are charged with the execution-style ambush of Jaime Navaroli and April Mahoney outside a West Hills home in November 1998. - Daily News Preliminary hearing waived by couple SAN FERNANDO San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. - A couple suspected of beating the woman's 3-year-old son and locking him in a bathroom without water or lights in 100-degree heat waived their right to a preliminary hearing on the charges Thursday. Elva Stella Huicho, 27, and her 23-year-old husband, Octavio Alberto Huicho, are charged with three counts of child abuse and two counts of false imprisonment false imprisonment, complete restraint upon a person's liberty of movement without legal justification. Actual physical contact is not necessary; a show of authority or a threat of force is sufficient. The person falsely imprisoned may sue the offender for damages. by violence. Octavio Huicho also is charged with an additional count of child abuse. Both are jailed in lieu of $200,000 bail. The couple pleaded innocent to the charges Aug. 24 but did not challenge them at a routine hearing in which a judge decides whether prosecutors have enough evidence to proceed with all charges. They are now scheduled to be arraigned as charged on Oct. 14 in San Fernando Superior Court, said Deputy District Attorney Carolyn McNary. The pair was arrested Aug. 22 at their North Hills home in the 8900 block of Burnet burnet, hardy perennial herb of the family Rosaceae (rose) found in temperate regions, usually with white or greenish flowers. The European species are sometimes cultivated for the leaves, which are used in salads, for flavoring, and formerly as a poultice to stop Avenue, after another child living in the home told a neighbor about the alleged abuse of Josue Gonzalez, police said. - City News Service |
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