BRIEFLY DEPUTY ACCUSED OF SPEAKER THEFT.VENTURA - A Ventura County sheriff's deputy was charged with taking stereo speakers that fell from the wrecked car of a man killed in a crash near Fillmore. Deputy James Christopher Bridges, 29, of Santa Paula Santa Paula (săn`tə pôl`ə), city (1990 pop. 25,062), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Santa Clara River in a fertile valley that yields citrus fruits, avocados, vegetables, flowers, nursery products, and walnuts; laid out 1875, inc. faces a misdemeanor misappropriation misappropriation n. the intentional, illegal use of the property or funds of another person for one's own use or other unauthorized purpose, particularly by a public official, a trustee of a trust, an executor or administrator of a dead person's estate, or by any of property charge that could lead to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine if he's convicted. Bridges is on paid leave from his Fillmore patrol job. ``Don't believe everything you hear. There were accusations made, there was a charge filed and there will be a not-guilty plea tomorrow,'' Bridges said Tuesday. The car speakers fell from the trunk of Raymond Griffin's car during a Dec. 3, 1999, crash that killed the 22-year-old Ventura man, Deputy District Attorney Bill Redmond said. Redmond said the speakers spilled onto the roadside and were considered lost. But ``it would have been easy to determine from where or to whom they belonged,'' the prosecutor said. Griffin was driving a Mercury Tracer The Mercury Tracer was Mercury's smallest car from 1988 to 1999. It was based on the platform of the Mazda 323, replacing the European-derived Mercury Lynx. 1988-1989 The Tracer was introduced in 1987 for the 1988 model year. east on Highway 126 when he lost control of his car, veered off the road and went down an embankment. He wasn't wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the car, which then overturned on top of him. - 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. Firefighter dies in freeway crash VENTURA - A 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. city firefighter died in the early hours of Wednesday morning when he was ejected from his pickup truck after it hit a raised concrete drain in the median strip of the northbound Ventura Freeway, authorities said. Brian Paul Banthin, 42, of Santa Barbara was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash just north of Mussel mussel, edible freshwater or marine bivalve mollusk. Mussels are able to move slowly by means of the muscular foot. They feed and breathe by filtering water through extensible tubes called siphons; a large mussel filters 10 gal (38 liters) of water per day. Shoals and south of the community of La Conchita. Following an autopsy Wednesday, County Deputy Medical Examiner A public official charged with investigating all sudden, suspicious, unexplained, or unnatural deaths within the area of his or her appointed jurisdiction. A medical examiner differs from a Coroner in that a medical examiner is a physician. Mitch Breese said Banthin died of multiple blunt force injuries. The results of tests to determine whether drugs or alcohol were involved will not be known for a few weeks. CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan officer Dave Webb said officers responded to a 2:54 a.m. call about incident but the exact time of the crash is unknown as there were no witnesses. - Daily News Store fire causes $300,000 damage OXNARD - A fire at the Fabrics for Less store at 3043 Saviers Road in early Wednesday caused $300,000 in damage, Oxnard Fire Department officials said. Five fire trucks and two ladder trucks responded to the 2:43 a.m. fire that caused $150,000 in damage to the store and $150,000 to the store's contents, said Battalion Chief Clarence Slayton. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, said Slayton. - Daily News |
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