BRIEFLY : VERDICTS COMPLETED IN EX-COP'S TRIAL.A jury that convicted former LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Detective Michael Brambles of more than two dozen counts of robbery, rape and other assaults, concluded their deliberations Friday. The panel had announced partial verdicts on all but one count Thursday and finished Friday morning. Jurors found Brambles not guilty of an assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. charge stemming from an incident at a Los Angeles-area store in 1994. They found the victim's description of the suspect too inconsistent with Brambles' appearance. Brambles, 47, had presented a defense based on claims of shaky suspect descriptions and suggestions that someone else committed the 19 robberies of small businesses in the Mid-Wilshire and 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. areas. But jurors, who previously convicted Brambles of 26 felony charges, didn't buy it - despite the defendant's 23 years with LAPD, 40 commendations and other accomplishments. ``Today,'' said jury foreman William Fifer, ``you find corruption in every walk of life.'' Brambles faces a maximum sentence of more than 100 years in prison. SOURCE: - Daily News Latino music show set for Sunday LAKE VIEW TERRACE - The fifth annual Latino Music Festival will begin at 10 a.m. Sunday at Hansen Dam Hansen Dam in Los Angeles County, California was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District in 1939 and 1940. The project is located near the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley on Tujunga Wash, about one mile below the confluence of the Big Tujunga Wash Recreational Park where organizers expect a crowd of 50,000 people. The festival is a fund-raiser for Jeopardy, a San Fernando-based gang-prevention program run by the 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 . . All the proceeds will go to the program, officials said. ``Sin Fronteras,'' Spanish for ``Without Borders A number of NGOs have adopted the "Without Borders" tag, inspired by Doctors without Borders.
The park is at 11770 Foothill Blvd. Admission is $5 for adults and children over 12 years old. Opening ceremonies will begin at noon and the festival ends at 7 p.m. SOURCE: - Daily News Members sought for women's group TARZANA - The San Fernando Valley group of the National Women's Political Caucus The National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC) is a nationwide multi-partisan, grassroots organization dedicated to increasing women's participation in the political process by recruiting, training, and supporting women who seek elected and appointed offices. is holding a potluck brunch at a home in Tarzana on Sunday for new and prospective members. People interested in attending the brunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. should telephone (818) 705-1505. SOURCE: - Daily News Seminar scheduled on child support ENCINO - A nonprofit child-support enforcement group will sponsor a free seminar today to educate parents about their legal rights regarding child-support collection. The Association for Children for Enforcement of Support's (ACES) seminar will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Balboa Sports Center, 17015 Burbank Blvd. in Encino. ``There's a tremendous backlog in the child-support system especially in Los Angeles and if you know exactly what you want done on your case you have a much better chance of being successful,'' said ACES President Geraldine Jensen. ``About 88 percent of the people who attend our seminars who become involved and learn their legal rights successfully collect child support. It makes a big difference,'' she said. ACES has more than 350 chapters and 35,000 members nationwide, according to Jensen. SOURCE: - Daily News |
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