BRIEFLY 9-YEAR PRISON TERM FOR EX-FIRE CAPTAIN.PASADENA - A judge sentenced a former Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La captain to nine years in prison Friday for hiring his cousin to kill his ex-wife. Gary Lee Sizemore, 45, was a 15-year department veteran and a captain at a fire station in Pasadena when he was charged in April with asking his cousin to slay slay tr.v. slew , slain , slay·ing, slays 1. To kill violently. 2. past tense and past participle often slayed Slang his former wife, Judith Sizemore, after a bitter divorce. Prosecutors said Sizemore began plotting the death of his former wife and mother of their two children because he did not want to pay settlements she'd won against him. - Associated Press SLA (1) (StereoLithography Apparatus) See 3D printing. (2) (Service Level Agreement) A contract between the provider and the user that specifies the level of service expected during its term. case lawyer feeling besieged be·siege tr.v. be·sieged, be·sieg·ing, be·sieg·es 1. To surround with hostile forces. 2. To crowd around; hem in. 3. A defense lawyer castigated by prosecutors for failing to make court appearances in the case of former Symbionese Liberation Army Symbionese Liberation Army small terrorist group that kid-napped Patty Hearst (1974–1975). [Am. Hist.: Facts (1974), 105] See : Terrorism fugitive Sara Jane Olson complained Friday that he is the subject of unwarranted character attacks. J. Tony Serra, appearing before Superior Court Judge Larry P. Fidler, promised to be ready for trial April 30. Serra, who is based in San Francisco, confirmed he has a busy schedule, but assured the judge he would be present on the day now set for trial - that is unless another trial should go over longer than expected. ``What I have seen is a personal attack on my character and availability and I am aggrieved by it,'' Serra said. Attorneys estimated that unless rulings abridge TO ABRIDGE, practice. To make shorter in words, so as to retain the sense or substance. In law it signifies particularly the making of a declaration or count shorter, by taking or severing away some of the substance from it. Brook, tit. Abridgment; Com. Dig. Abridgment; 1 Vin. Ab. 109. the amount of evidence allowed in the case, the trial could last six months. - Associated Press Posters of suspect put UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX on alert The UCLA campus was dotted Friday with posters of a man believed responsible for two assaults in women's restrooms this week that have put much of the campus on edge. The posters show three versions of an African-American in his late 20s to early 30s, with medium complexion, a stocky build and no facial hair. Some of the renderings show him with shaved head, others with black hair. A campus school official said women on campus are being urged to ``take someone with you where you happen to be going. There's always safety in numbers.'' Anyone with information about the case is asked to call campus police at (310) 825-1491. - City News Service Man killed by train on Van Nuys track VAN NUYS - A Metrolink train hit and killed a man Friday about a quarter-mile west of the rail station in Van Nuys, authorities said. Paramedics sent to the 7700 block of Van Nuys Boulevard at 7:22 a.m. pronounced the man dead at the scene, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. . No one was hurt on the train. The name of the dead man was not immediately known. The circumstances of the death were under investigation. - City News Service School relocation opens library site BURBANK - The Community Day School has moved to a new location at 625 S. San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the , said Burbank Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. officials. The city of Burbank purchased the old site to build a new library and park, said district officials. The school is an alternative for students who are having attendance and discipline problems. There are two classrooms for middle and high school students. - Daily News Overpass leaper's body recovered PASADENA - Police on Friday recovered the body of a man who apparently committed suicide by jumping off the Colorado Street Bridge The Colorado Street Bridge is a historic concrete arch bridge in Pasadena, California, USA. Because it spans the Arroyo Seco, it is often incorrectly referred to in the press as the "Arroyo Seco Bridge". on Thursday. Lt. Rick Aversano said witnesses reported seeing the man standing on the bridge at 5:15 p.m. Thursday. A woman walking her dog beneath the bridge spotted the victim's body Friday morning about 100 yards south of the bridge in the wash, Aversano said. He said the victim, whose name he declined to release pending notification of the man's relatives, was a 40-year-old Burbank resident despondent over family problems. He said the man's car was also found some distance from the bridge. - Daily News |
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