BRIEFLY COUPLE HELD IN BAR ROBBERY.PALMDALE - A man and woman were in custody on suspicion of robbing a bar at knifepoint knife·point n. The sharp end of a knife. Idiom: at knifepoint Under threat of being stabbed or cut with a knife: was mugged at knifepoint. Friday afternoon of $800, then fleeing in a taxicab, deputies said. The couple, whose names were not immediately released, were arrested at the EZ-8 Motel, where the taxi driver taxi driver n → taxista m/f taxi driver taxi n → chauffeur m de taxi taxi driver taxi n → told deputies he dropped them off. Authorities also picked up the couple's two dogs. Deputies said they were called just after 1:30 p.m. to J.B.'s Bar on 35th Street East near Palmdale Boulevard. A worker told them said a man and woman entered the bar before it opened and demanded money. - Daily News SIX ARRESTED IN PAROLE parole (pərōl`), in criminal law, release from prison of a convict before the expiration of his term on condition that his activities be restricted and that he report regularly to an officer. SWEEP ROSAMOND - Kern Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. County sheriff's deputies arrested six people during a probation and parole sweep Wednesday in Rosamond. Members of the East Area Special Enforcement Team conducted compliance checks for people on probation and parole, arresting six people, including a juvenile, for drug use or possession. Deputies said they seized seized (seised) n. 1) having ownership, commonly used in wills as "I give all the property of which I die seized as follows:...." 2) having taken possession of evidence for use in a criminal prosecution. 3) having taken property or a person by force. (See: seisin, seizure) a large amount of drugs. The special enforcement team periodically conducts compliance checks on probationers and parolees, officials said. This was the largest number of arrests. - Daily News |
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