BRIEFLY : WOMAN, 72, VICTIM OF HOME INVASION.NORTH HILLS - 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. police are seeking a man and woman suspected of a home invasion home invasion n. Burglary of a dwelling while the residents are at home. Noun 1. home invasion - burglary of a dwelling while the residents are at home robbery on Lassen Street early Tuesday morning. The victim was a 72-year-old woman who told 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 . officers that the incident occurred after she answered her
doorbell about 1 a.m. Tuesday.
``It appears that she was accosted ac·cost tr.v. ac·cost·ed, ac·cost·ing, ac·costs 1. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request. 2. To solicit for sex. at the door of her house. They detained her inside the house so they could ransack ran·sack tr.v. ran·sacked, ran·sack·ing, ran·sacks 1. To search or examine thoroughly. 2. To search carefully for plunder; pillage. it and take money and jewelry,'' said Detective Ken Crocker. ``She's an elderly lady who didn't have a lot.'' Police said the two suspects covered the woman's face and tied her to a chair before ransacking ran·sack tr.v. ran·sacked, ran·sack·ing, ran·sacks 1. To search or examine thoroughly. 2. To search carefully for plunder; pillage. the master bedroom. They would not say how much money was taken or the value of the jewelry taken. - Daily News UC teaching aides unite in walkout Hundreds of teaching assistants at the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). took up the cudgels for collective-bargaining rights once again Tuesday, walking out at all eight UC undergraduate campuses. Strikers said they were confident the walkout, the fourth such action in six years, would force UC to back off its contention that the assistants are students, not employees. - Associated 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. Judge: Probation over for ex-politico A judge ruled Tuesday that former Los Angeles County Supervisor Pete Schabarum completed the terms of his probation. Schabarum, 69, pleaded no contest on June 11, 1997, to three felony counts of tax evasion The process whereby a person, through commission of Fraud, unlawfully pays less tax than the law mandates. Tax evasion is a criminal offense under federal and state statutes. A person who is convicted is subject to a prison sentence, a fine, or both. . He was convicted of shifting leftover campaign funds to a charity he founded, then using the money to pay for international travel. But in June, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charles Horan reduced the felony convictions to misdemeanors after the former politician admitted he ``made a mistake.'' Schabarum has performed 250 hours of community service and paid more than $30,000 in fines. He had been placed on three years' probation. - City News Service Mother turns in son wanted by police GLENDALE - The mother of a grand theft auto suspect who escaped from a Glendale hospital while undergoing drug testing turned her son in to police Tuesday morning, authorities said. Robert Edward Sias, 43, of Los Angeles is suspected of stealing a 1985 brown four-door Mercury and was spotted by police at 4:20 p.m. Monday driving in the 1000 block of East Palmer Avenue, said Sgt. Robert MacLeod of the Glendale Police Department. After a chase, Sias was arrested and taken to Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center for a blood sample to determine whether he was under the influence of drugs, police said, but he escaped. On Tuesday morning, Sias' mother turned her son in to police without incident, MacLeod said. Sias was arrested and booked on suspicion of grand theft auto, police said. - Daily News Lawsuit thrown out against lead singer A federal judge Tuesday threw out a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by a Los Angeles songwriter against Trent Resnor, lead singer for the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. ``We're celebrating,'' Resnor attorney Jamie Broder said. ``We're very happy about this.'' Plaintiff's attorney plaintiff's attorney n. the attorney who represents a plaintiff (the suing party) in a lawsuit. In lawyer parlance a "plaintiff's attorney" refers to a lawyer who regularly represents persons who are suing for damages, while a lawyer who is regularly chosen by an Michael Blaha could not be reached for comment. U.S. District Judge William Rea indicated at a hearing last week that he planned to dismiss the case. Mark Nicholas Onofrio claimed he met Resnor in an online chat room. But he was unable to produce a Federal Express receipt to show that he'd sent a demo tape to Resnor, as he claimed. - City News Service |
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