BRIEFLY : POLICE INVESTIGATE BABY BOY'S DEATH.VAN NUYS - Police are investigating the death of a 2-month-old Van Nuys boy as a homicide based on the coroner's finding that the infant suffered ``forcible shaking,'' authorities said. Etzel Dean Glass III died Saturday at Mission Community Hospital after he was taken there from his home. No one has been arrested in the case, originally attributed to sudden infant death syndrome sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) or crib death, sudden, unexpected, and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant under one year of age (usually between two weeks and eight months old). , said Detective Steve Bernard of the Valley child-abuse investigation team. Bernard said investigators are trying to determine who was with the baby at the time of the injury. ``You never shake a baby - period,'' Bernard said. ``They just don't have the neck muscles.'' The coroner's office will do a complete neuropathological examination, said coroner's spokesman Scott Carrier Scott Carrier is an American author and radio producer. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Written work
?13Daily News Robbery suspect Noun 1. robbery suspect - someone suspected of committing robbery suspect - someone who is under suspicion snared in dragnet Dragnet radio show in which justice is always served. [Radio: Buxton, 73] See : Crime Fighting VAN NUYS - Commit a robbery. Get a receipt. Get busted. Police claim that is what Richard Bridges, 23, of North Hollywood did. An LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. officer on patrol at 10 p.m. Wednesday thought two men by the pay phones were behaving suspiciously in the parking lot of a Thrifty drug store at Sherman Way and Woodman Avenue, Detective Greg Demirjian said. Officer Kevin Scroggins drove around the parking lot, returned and saw what appeared to be a robbery in progress. Scroggins said customers and employees seemed paralyzed par·a·lyze tr.v. par·a·lyzed, par·a·lyz·ing, par·a·lyz·es 1. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic. 2. To make unable to move or act: paralyzed by fear. with fear. He called for backup, then saw a man run out of the store with a 9 mm gun in his hand, Demirjian said. The man saw the police cruiser and bolted into the neighborhood, but police set up a dragnet. Twenty minutes later, Bridges walked out from between houses and into their hands, police said. In his pocket, police said they found $800 from the holdup and a receipt from Thrifty tucked away in the loot. They found a gun and other evidence nearby, Demirjian said. Police said Bridges is also a suspect in other robberies. ?13Daily News Metrolink train hits rear end of trailer INDUSTRY - A Metrolink train struck the back end of a big rig Big Rig was a punk band from the San Francisco Bay Area fronted by singer/songwriter Jesse Michaels. Michaels performed with the group after the break up of his previous project, Operation Ivy, and before forming the band Common Rider. that was trying to avoid being caught underneath the crossing-guard gate, the sheriff's department said. The big rig stopped at a red light at Fullerton Road and Railroad Street about 7:30 a.m. Thursday when the crossing-guard arm came down between the truck cab and the trailer, said 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. County Sheriff's Lt. Jim Whitten. ``He tried to go forward but he wasn't able to get out in time,'' Whitten said. The westbound train hit the back 10 feet of the trailer, he said. The driver was uninjured. None of the Metrolink passengers was seriously injured, though a few complained of pain, Whitten said. He didn't know the nature of their pain or the number of passengers. The passengers were transferred to another train. A spokesperson for Metrolink did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment. ?13Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. State to investigateDornan ballot loss 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. - The California secretary of state agreed to investigate Republican firebrand fire·brand n. 1. A person who stirs up trouble or kindles a revolt. 2. A piece of burning wood. firebrand Noun Bob Dornan's claims that voter fraud cost him a 10th term in Congress, with a 984-vote loss to Democrat Loretta Sanchez Loretta Sanchez (born January 7 1960), an American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997. She currently represents the 47th Congressional District of California (map) in central Orange County. . Bill Jones sent word to Dornan of Garden Grove that he will look into his allegations of fraud, including voting by illegal immigrants, lax ballot box security, registering at phony addresses and voting more than once in the same election. ``As a result of our review, we have now opened an official investigation of these specific allegations effective immediately,'' Jones said in a letter. The Orange County Register reported that Dornan submitted a flier to Jones, bearing the name Hermandad Mexicana Nacional, which said those registering to vote or presenting proof of voting would be eligible to win a 1996 Camaro. The Orange County District Attorney's Office has opened an inquiry into the allegation the raffle was an enticement. ``I believe that is not legal, even if it is done solely for a good purpose, such as encouraging participation,'' Deputy District Attorney Guy Ormes told the Register. The immigration-rights group signed up 906 voters in Dornan's 46th Congressional District. Juan Garcia, one of the center's directors, said the group has nothing to hide. ``Hermandad would not register anyone who is not a citizen,'' Garcia told the Register. ``We're very careful about that.'' ?13City News Service Bridge beam falls, kills freeway driver LONG BEACH - A 10-ton bridge beam fell and sent construction debris crashing onto the San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. early Thursday, killing a man on his way to work and tying up traffic for hours, the California Highway Patrol said. A mini-van driven by Anjule Quintania, 36, of Carson was struck by the falling debris at about 1:40 a.m., the CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan said. A highway construction crew was moving the 66-foot beam near northbound lanes when the weight shifted, causing it to hit a second beam, which then struck scaffolding and spilled the debris onto the highway. Northbound lanes were closed during the construction, but southbound lanes were open, said CHP Officer Georgia Hiehle. ``It's a freak accident,'' Department of Transportation spokeswoman Pat Reid told reporters at the scene. ``We take every precaution, and sometimes, with construction, unfortunate things do happen.'' ?13Associated Press |
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