BRIEFLY BOARD ASKS REVIEW OF INMATE POLICY.The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
The three inmates who escaped last week had one-year sentences. One had been convicted of being a felon An individual who commits a crime of a serious nature, such as Burglary or murder. A person who commits a felony. felon n. a person who has been convicted of a felony, which is a crime punishable by death or a term in state or federal prison. in possession of a firearm. Another was convicted of robbery and 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. . ``The trustee program is intended for low-level offenders, and the inmates who escaped were violent offenders,'' Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San said. ``The criteria for participation in this program must be re-evaluated to maintain the safety of our communities.'' - Daily News Divorced woman pleads not guilty VENTURA - A Simi Valley woman who reportedly shot her ex-husband in the back and claimed he ruined her life pleaded not guilty Tuesday to attempted murder charges that could make her eligible for life in prison. Juanetta Dunlap, 51, is accused of attempting to kill her ex-husband, Anthony Thomas, 45, of West Hills, on Oct. 24. In an earlier preliminary hearing, Thomas said he went over to Dunlap's house that night with the intention of helping her fix her car. But when he arrived, he said, she started rehashing their divorce and her financial situation, then shot him. - Daily News Richie convicted of rape, robbery SHERMAN OAKS - Brian Richie, 26, one of two men who abducted abducted Distal angulation of an extremity away from the midline of the body in a transverse plane and away from a sagittal plane passing through the proximal aspect of the foot or part, or away from some other specified reference point a couple in a 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. alley in 1999 and sexually assaulted the woman, was convicted Tuesday of nine criminal charges, including rape and robbery. The couple was kidnapped from an alley in Sherman Oaks the evening of Feb. 15, 1999, and forced to go to an automated teller machine automated teller machine (ATM), device used by bank customers to process account transactions. Typically, a user inserts into the ATM a special plastic card that is encoded with information on a magnetic strip. . The sexual assaults occurred at isolated locations over a few hours, according to the prosecutor. - City News Service Firefighter sees charges dropped VENTURA - Murder charges were dropped Tuesday against a Los Angeles County firefighter after prosecutors determined that he acted in self-defense when he fatally shot his wife's former boyfriend during an argument. William Ernest Oney, 29, had been charged in the Oct. 17 slaying of Todd Michael Thies, 28, following a dispute at Oney's Waco Drive residence in Simi Valley. Deputy District Attorney Chris Harman said that a person who kills another person who has entered his home unlawfully or violently is presumed to have acted in self-defense. - Daily News Girl videographer A person involved in the production of video material. Videographers shoot the images with a video camera (analog or digital) and may perform minimal or extensive editing of the resulting footage. awaits sentence POMONA - A Burbank man could be sentenced next month to six years in prison after pleading no contest to charges that he videotaped girls and touched one of them at Raging Waters in San Dimas, officials said Tuesday. Russell Alan Noriega, 34, remains in custody pending his Feb. 19 sentencing. In exchange for his plea, two other counts of lewd conduct with a minor and one charge of child pornography Child pornography is the visual representation of minors under the age of 18 engaged in sexual activity or the visual representation of minors engaging in lewd or erotic behavior designed to arouse the viewer's sexual interest. possession were dropped. - Daily News Dedicated mom joins torch ranks SAN FERNANDO - Gloria Osorio of San Fernando was among more than 60 local residents who participated in the Olympic Torch Run through California. Because Osorio was an alternate torch runner, she was not on the list provided by the Salt Lake Organizing Committee. Known by her family as a ``miracle worker,'' Osorio has been a special education teacher for over 30 years and has cared for her adult son with cerebral palsy cerebral palsy (sərē`brəl pôl`zē), disability caused by brain damage before or during birth or in the first years, resulting in a loss of voluntary muscular control and coordination. all his life. - Daily News CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge room unites deaf, hearing folk NORTHRIDGE - California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , will unveil a high-tech meeting room today that was designed to facilitate communication between deaf and hearing people. The meeting room, located inside the campus' National Center on Deafness, is outfitted with linked computers, an overhead projector and group communication software. It cost about $100,000 to build, according to university officials. - Daily News Ranch discussion moved to April 23 The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to postpone a hearing scheduled Tuesday for the stalled 21,600-home Newhall Ranch project until April 23 out of concern about a court ruling that calls for new developments to spell out how they will secure enough water. - Daily News Center foundation to buy Tarzana lot TARZANA - After two years of fund-raising, the Tarzana Community Center Foundation announced Tuesday it is in escrow to purchase a small building and 1-acre lot on Ventura Boulevard for $1.8 million. The new community center will open at the former home of Garden Statuary stat·u·ar·y n. pl. stat·u·ar·ies 1. Statues considered as a group. 2. The art of making statues. 3. A sculptor. adj. Of, relating to, or suitable for a statue. , which filed for bankruptcy last month after 55 years of business. The foundation expects to close on the property in late March and have the building renovated, landscaped and open to the public by late spring, Baker said. - Daily News Furniture store fire investigated VAN NUYS - Arson investigators on Tuesday night sifted through the charred rubble of a furniture store, searching for clues to the cause of a blaze that left one man injured, authorities said. The blaze, reported about 6 p.m., occurred at Del Sol Furniture in the lower half of a five-story building in the 7100 block of Sepulveda Boulevard. One man was rescued and treated at a local hospital for smoke inhalation. Investigators were going to question the unidentified man to find out what he was doing inside the building after hours, said 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. Capt. Steve Ruda. It took more than 100 firefighters about 30 minutes to douse douse 1 also dowse v. doused also dowsed, dous·ing also dows·ing, dous·es also dows·es v.tr. 1. To plunge into liquid; immerse. See Synonyms at dip. 2. the fierce blaze that was being fueled by 30 mph winds. - Daily News |
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