BRIEFLY : LAPD OFFICER KILLS SUSPECT IN ROBBERY.HAWTHORNE - An off-duty 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 . officer shot and killed one of three men suspected of trying to rob a man at gunpoint at a Wells Fargo Wells Fargoarmored carriers of bullion. [Am. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1147] See : Protectiveness Wells Fargo company that handled express service to western states; often robbed. [Am. Hist. Bank automated teller machine automated teller machine (ATM), device used by bank customers to process account transactions. Typically, a user inserts into the ATM a special plastic card that is encoded with information on a magnetic strip. , authorities said. The robbery occurred about 7:30 p.m. along 136th Street and Hawthorne Boulevard Hawthorne Boulevard, once known as "Hawthorne Avenue", is the name of a major Southern California thoroughfare also signed as California State Route 107 (and as Los Angeles County Route N7 through the Palos Verdes Peninsula). , said Deputy Henry Garza of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. . The Wilshire Division officer, a three-year veteran, who was not immediately identified, witnessed the robbery and at some point interrupted it and a shooting resulted, Garza said. The officer shot the unidentified robbery suspect Noun 1. robbery suspect - someone suspected of committing robbery suspect - someone who is under suspicion , who died a short time later at a hospital. The two other suspects, who also were not immediately identified, were arrested shortly after the incident, Garza said. No other injuries were reported in the shooting, authorities said. ?13Daily News Insurance agent sentenced in fraud PASADENA - An insurance agent was sentenced to two years in state prison for stealing about $50,000 from clients by charging them insurance premiums but never issuing the coverage. Alfred Austin Davis, 57, was sentenced Friday in Municipal Court. He also was ordered to pay $50,000 in restitution to the six victims. He is expected to surrender to authorities Friday. Davis operated C&A Commercial Insurance Agency from January 1989 through May 1995 even though his fire and casualty insurance license had expired, the state insurance commissioner's office said in a statement Monday. Davis charged his clients premiums for general liability or workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. insurance policies, but he never sent the applications to insurance companies, leaving the clients without coverage. ?13- Associated Press Man sold bogus policies, state says A former Los Angeles insurance agent has been arrested on suspicion of selling fake automobile insurance policies. David Allen Brownstone brownstone, red to brown variety of sandstone. Its unusual color is caused in some instances by the presence of red iron oxide which acts as a cement, binding the sand grains together. , 35, was arrested Friday on a warrant charging him with 18 felony counts, including grand theft and forgery. He was being held on $200,000 bail. The state Department of Insurance began investigating Brownstone after receiving more than 30 complaints from policyholders, who alleged he failed to issue coverage and refund premiums. Brownstone's insurance license had expired in August 1995, but he continued in the business, the Insurance Department said in a statement Monday. ?13- Associated Press Teen denies guilt in woman's death A 15-year-old reputed gang member denied charges Monday that he fired the shot that killed a woman while she was watching television in her home. At a juvenile court juvenile court Special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. Two types of cases are processed by a juvenile court: civil matters, often concerning care of an abandoned or impoverished child, and criminal matters, arising from antisocial hearing in Los Angeles, prosecutors said they would seek to try the teen as an adult. A hearing was scheduled for Dec. 2 on that issue, said Deputy District Attorney Farrell Lebenzon. The teen-ager, whose name was withheld because of his age, also was charged with allegedly attempting to kill two others Wednesday, stealing a car and receiving stolen property. Juanita Palacio was at her Athens Park home, sitting on her blue leather couch, when several shots were fired from outside her front room window. The fatal slug punched through a window, hitting the 42-year-old Belize immigrant in the heart, the Sheriff's Department said. She died at the hospital. No one else was hurt. ?13- Associated Press |
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