BRIEFLY 4 CRYPTS DAMAGED IN DURING BREAK-IN.KAGEL CANYON - Four crypts at the Glenhaven Memorial Park received $400 in damages when vandals apparently attempted to break into the the wall vaults, sheriff's deputies said Thursday. Apparently the vandal or vandals tried to pull two crypts out sometime between Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, 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 Deputy Steven Toly. The vandals only dismantled the face plates because an inch of concrete acted as a buffer to the crypts. Deputies believe the break-in was a random act of vandalism, unrelated to a hate crime. The crypts are located in a nondenominational non·de·nom·i·na·tion·al adj. Not restricted to or associated with a religious denomination. Adj. 1. nondenominational - not restricted to a particular religious denomination; "a nondenominational church" section at the north end of the park, Toly said. - Daily News 3-year-old boy dies trying to cross road PEARBLOSSOM - A 3-year-old boy died after being hit by a car as he was trying to cross Pearblossom Highway on Thursday, the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. said. The boy was apparently trying to follow his grandfather from a parked 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. to the Town and Country Market in the 13000 block of Pearblossom Highway when he darted into traffic at about 7:19 p.m. Los Angeles County firefighter/paramedic Jeff Britton said the man had told the boy to stay but ``the child bolted into traffic.'' Britton said the driver had no time to react. - Daily News Victim of mugging dies of his injuries WINNETKA - A 25-year-old Van Nuys man, knocked to the street Sunday during an attack by two male suspects and then hit by a passing vehicle, died Thursday at Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a hospital in the Northridge town of Los Angeles, California, USA. It is currently operated by Catholic Healthcare West. History The hospital was founded in 1955 by Dr. , police said. His death is being investigated as a homicide, police said. Ignacio Cruz was beaten and knocked into the street unconscious at Roscoe Boulevard and Winnetka Avenue on Sunday in an apparent robbery attempt. The suspects went through his pockets and fled on foot westbound on Arminta Street. He was then hit by a car. The driver, who called 911, was questioned and released. No description of the suspects was available. Anyone with information about suspects is requested to contact detectives Dave Szabo or Todd Hankle at (818) 756-8546 during business hours BUSINESS HOURS. The time of the day during which business is transacted. In respect to the time of presentment and demand of bills and notes, business hours generally range through the whole day down to the hours of rest in the evening, except when the paper is payable it a bank or by a or (213) 485-2504 - Daily News Whistle-blowers sue LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. brass Nearly 200 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 have joined a lawsuit alleging LAPD brass retaliated and discriminated against them for reporting misconduct. The officers are asking a federal court to declare their claim a class- action lawsuit and a crowd of officers is expected in court for a status hearing today. The plaintiffs' attorney, Bradley C. Gage, said officers have been retaliated against for blowing the whistle on other personnel for planting drugs, beating people and reporting other wrongdoings. The Police Department declined commenting on pending litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. . - Daily News Suspect in slaying pleads not guilty A 27-year-old man pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he murdered a jewelry store owner during a robbery last month in Northridge. Gaik Papazyan is charged with murder and a special circumstance allegation of murder during a robbery, which makes him eligible for the death penalty. He also is charged with one count of second-degree robbery. He is being held without bail and is due back in San Fernando Superior Court on Feb. 15, when a preliminary hearing date is scheduled to be set. - City News Service Abusive 'coyote' faces 121 months A teen who helped illegal immigrants cross the border, then held them hostage and abused and raped them in order to extort To compel or coerce, as in a confession or information, by any means serving to overcome the other's power of resistance, thus making the confession or admission involuntary. To gain by wrongful methods; to obtain in an unlawful manner, as in to compel payments by means of threats of money from their families in Mexico, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges. Obed Estudillo Martinez, 17, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge George H. King to a charge of conspiring to commit hostage-taking. He is expected to be sentenced April 23 to 121 months in federal custody, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Tracy Wilkison. Martinez was part of a ring of so-called ``coyotes,'' reportedly led by Mario Arenas-Morales, that brought a group of about 20 undocumented immigrants into the country to 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. in November 1999. - City News Service |
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