BRIEFLY : MAN IN JAIL SUSPECT IN FAILED ROBBERIES.A man tried twice Friday to rob Tower Records stores 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. but ended up in jail instead, according to police. The first botched botch tr.v. botched, botch·ing, botch·es 1. To ruin through clumsiness. 2. To make or perform clumsily; bungle. 3. To repair or mend clumsily. n. 1. crime occurred at 9:53 a.m. at 14570 Ventura Blvd. in Van Nuys. The second was reported an hour later at 19320 Nordhoff St. in Northridge, said Los Angeles police spokeswoman Angela Grant. In the second robbery attempt, officers arrived to find Salbano Carl Lynberg, 31, of Los Angeles being held by citizens, Grant said. Lynberg was booked at the Van Nuys station jail on suspicion of robbery, she said. Detectives from the Wilshire station took over the investigation because they believe Lynberg may be responsible for ``numerous robberies'' in their area, Grant said. ?13- City News Service Ex-bailiff sentenced for computer theft A former Van Nuys court bailiff bailiff Officer of some U.S. courts whose duties include keeping order in the courtroom and guarding prisoners or jurors in deliberation. In medieval Europe, it was a title of some dignity and power, denoting a manorial superintendent or royal agent who collected fines and was sentenced Friday to a year under house arrest after he was charged with stealing laptop computers from office supply stores in the San Fernando, Santa Clarita and Antelope valleys. John Michael Olivas, 29, also must pay restitution, perform 500 hours of community service and stay on probation for three years under the sentence Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry Fidler imposed. Olivas was arrested Feb. 9 and charged with stealing the computers between Jan. 10 and 25. He sold the laptops at computer fairs, said Deputy District Attorney Dennis Poey. In July, Olivas pleaded no contest to four counts of commercial burglary, the prosecutor said. ?13- City News Service Minor quake jostles area near Big Bear BIG BEAR LAKE - A magnitude-4.0 earthquake rolled through the San Bernardino Mountains San Bernardino Mountains, part of the Coast Range, S Calif., extending c.60 mi (100 km) NW and SE through San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Notable peaks are San Bernardino Mt. (10,630 ft/3,240 m) and Mt. San Gorgonio (11,485 ft/3,501 m). on Friday, but there were no reports of damage or injuries, authorities said. The quake struck at 3:37 p.m. nine miles south-southeast of Big Bear Lake, said Sue Pitts, spokeswoman for the seismology seismology (sīzmŏl`əjē, sīs–), scientific study of earthquakes and related phenomena, including the propagation of waves and shocks on or within the earth by natural or artificially generated seismic signals. laboratory at the California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. at Pasadena. ``It was just a bump, nothing major,'' said Gloria Street, a dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler. for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. The office received a few calls from residents wanting to know if it was indeed an earthquake, she said. ?13- Associated Press Police say suspect had been customer SUN VALLEY - One of two men suspected of holding up an auto sales Auto Sales The major producers of domestic automobiles report sales monthly. These numbers are seasonally adjusted by the U.S. Department of Commerce and are available to the public one to five business days after the end of each month. store in Sun Valley had purchased a car from the dealer only two weeks ago, police said. Scott Ridlespringer, 24, and Bobby Burgess, 24, were arrested Friday on suspicion of armed robbery after they brandished weapons and robbed workers at Statewide Auto Sales, 12039 Branford St., during the 3:45 p.m. holdup, said police. It was not clear who purchased the car. The two men took the cash register, then fled, firing a gunshot as they made their getaway, said Sgt. Gordon Wade of the Los Angeles Police Department's Foothill Division. A responding police officer saw the car as it drove off, leading to a chase and a foot pursuit. One of the robbery suspects was captured right away, Wade said, and the other was sniffed out by one of three LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. police dogs. ?13-Daily News |
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