BRIEFLY : OUTLAW ALCOHOLISM TREATMENT PUNISHED.A man charged in the death of a patient at an unlicensed alcohol detoxification clinic in North Hollywood was sentenced Friday to three years probation and the eight days he has already served in jail. Jose Robert Rodriguez, 46, pleaded no contest last month to involuntary manslaughter The act of unlawfully killing another human being unintentionally. Most unintentional killings are not murder but involuntary manslaughter. The absence of the element of intent is the key distinguishing factor between voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. . Judge Michael Harwin also ordered Rodriguez to pay $200 in restitution and prohibited him from consuming alcohol. Co-defendant Dante Barrera, 33, who also pleaded no contest to one count of involuntary manslaughter, is scheduled to be sentenced in the Van Nuys courtroom Tuesday. Both were charged last year for their roles in the death of Enrique Bravo and for force-feeding another man alcohol as part of ``aversion therapy aversion therapy n. A type of behavior therapy designed to modify antisocial habits or addictions by creating a strong association with a disagreeable or painful stimulus. .'' - City News Service Ramming squad car ends speed chase A high-speed police chase over streets packed with Friday afternoon commuters ended when officers rammed the car and arrested the driver and his passenger. No injuries were reported in the pursuit that started about 4:35 p.m. in Van Nuys when an officer recognized one of two men in the white Pontiac Grand Am The Pontiac Grand Am was originally a mid-size car and later a compact car that was produced by the Pontiac division of General Motors. The Grand Am had two separate 3-year runs in the '70s: from 1973 to 1975 and again from 1978 to 1980. It was based on the GM A platform. as a parolee pa·rol·ee n. One who is released on parole. Noun 1. parolee - someone released on probation or on parole probationer . The car wove wove v. Past tense of weave. wove Verb a past tense of weave wove, woven weave in and out of traffic and raced through red lights in West Los Angeles
The chase, which reached speeds up to 60 mph, ended in a residential area of Culver City when a police car backed into the car, spinning it around, while two other cruisers blocked the vehicle on the sidewalk. Two young men climbed out of the car with their arms in the air and were arrested. It was not clear whether they were armed. Their identities were not immediately released. - Associated Press |
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