BRIEFLY DEPUTY PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO ASSAULT.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. County sheriff's deputy pleaded not guilty Monday to allegations that he forced three women to have sex with him and grabbed a fourth woman's breasts. Gabriel Gonzalez, who worked in Compton before he was suspended by the Sheriff's Department, is charged with multiple federal counts of violating the women's civil rights under color of authority Under color of authority is a legal phrase used in the United States indicating a person is claiming or implying the acts he or she is committing are related to and legitimized by his or her role as an agent of governmental power. . He was arrested Thursday, and bail was set at $900,000. If convicted, the 36-year-old deputy could face up to life in prison, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. prosecutors. He is set to be tried Oct. 19 before U.S. District Judge J. Spencer Letts. - City News Service Landlord fatally shot in his garage A 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. apartment manager died at a hospital more than three hours after being shot inside his garage, authorities said Monday. Rafael Arreguin, 42, was shot in the torso about 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the apartment complex in the 200 block of South Steckel Drive, Santa Paula police Cmdr. Mark Hanson This article is about the Lutheran bishop. For the Islamic scholar formerly named Mark Hanson see Hamza Yusuf Mark S. Hanson (1946- ) is currently the Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, having been elected in 2001 and reelected in 2007. said. No arrests have been made, and the motive for the shooting is unknown, Hanson said. - Daily News Barricaded man commits suicide GLENDALE - A 35-year-old man who threatened suicide and holed up overnight in a woman's Glendale apartment shot himself to death Monday morning, police said. The standoff ended about 8:40 a.m., when some six hours of negotiations with police broke down and officers tried to use tear gas tear gas, gas that causes temporary blindness through the excessive flow of tears resulting from irritation of the eyes. The gas is used in chemical warfare and as a means for dispersing mobs. to get the man to emerge, Glendale police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said. The man, later identified as Vanik Tergalstyan of Glendale, shot himself in the chest and was declared dead at County/USC Medical Center, authorities said. Glendale police Detective Keith Soboleski said it appeared Tergalstyan may have intended to kill the woman from statements he made beforehand, but the motive was unclear. - City News Service Cops: Girl killed 35 years ago SANTA ANA Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. - Thirty-five years after Michelle Pulsifer vanished, authorities Monday said they know what happened to the 3-year-old. She was killed by her mother and the woman's then-boyfriend, who moved halfway across the country to cover up the crime, Orange County authorities alleged. ``We've concluded that Michelle never left that home in Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. alive,'' District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said at a news conference. The girl's body has not been found. |
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