BRIEFLY : JURY CLEARS DISNEY IN SHOPLIFTING ERROR.SANTA ANA Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. - Guards at Disneyland did nothing wrong when they grilled a shoplifting Ask a Lawyer Question Country: United States of America State: Florida caught shoplifting at sears 12/05/05, first time, 20yearsold, have no criminal record. suspect as her two children waited in the cold, a jury decided Friday. The Orange County Superior Court jury deliberated less than three hours before finding in favor of the Walt Disney Co. in a lawsuit claiming false arrest and 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. . C. Taylor Canada said her children, Spenser, 9, and Cashel, 7, were kept waiting in the outside cold Sept. 24, 1996, while guards at the Anaheim theme park wrongly accused her of stealing a sweat shirt that she had brought from home. ``I'm absolutely devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. ,'' said Canada's attorney, Neil Newson, after the verdict. ``I cannot get over it. It's absolutely incredible. Disney attorney Richard McCain said he was pleased with the verdict. ?13- Associated Press Sting nets 6 arrests in check scheme THOUSAND OAKS - Detectives arrested six people in connection with a crime ring that allegedly passed counterfeit $100 travelers checks to local businesses for more than a year, officials said. A sting operation conducted last week led to three arrests and the seizure of $53,000 worth of phony checks, Thousand Oaks police Detective Mike Christensen said. Three other people were arrested Thursday in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , Christensen said. Arrested were George Bahamondes, 35, of South Gate; Mojes Mora MORA, In civil law. This term, in mora, is used to denote that a party to a contract, who is obliged to do anything, has neglected to perform it, and is in default. Story on Bailm. Sec. 123, 259; Jones on Bailm. 70; Poth. Pret a Usage, c. 2, Sec. 2, art. 2, n. , 32, of Hawthorne; Pedro Mejia, 22, of Van Nuys; Emilio Viota, 48, of Moreno Valley; Juan Pena, 32, of Culver City; and Pedro Villarroel, 37, of Santiago, Chile. They were charged with conspiracy and counterfeiting and were being held on $1 million bail each, Christensen said. ?13- Associated Press School official joins statewide alliance Los Angeles Board of Education member Jeff Horton has been named vice president of the California School Boards Association and is the first Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. board member to serve on the executive board of CSBA CSBA California School Boards Association CSBA Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments CSBA Canadian School Boards Association CSBA California Small Business Association CSBA Canadian Swedish Business Association CSBA Customer Service Benchmarking Australia in more than 20 years. The California School Boards Association is a collaborative group of more than 5,000 school board members from nearly 1,000 school districts and county offices of education statewide. ?13-Daily News Body of slain youth found in Pacoima PACOIMA - A 17-year-old boy was found shot to death Friday night in the 13000 block of Carl Street, police said. The Pacoima resident, whom police did not identify, was found dead 6:14 p.m. on a sidewalk, according to Lt. Joseph Garcia of the Los Angeles Police Department's Foothill Division. No suspects were in custody, and the motive for the killing has not been determined, police said. |
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