BRIEFLY DRUG SUSPECT DIES IN CUSTODY OF LAPD.VAN NUYS - A narcotics suspect who complained of stomach pain died while in Los Angeles police custody early Friday. The man was in the process of being booked into the Van Nuys Jail at 5 a.m. for possession of a controlled substance controlled substance n. a drug which has been declared by federal or state law to be illegal for sale or use, but may be dispensed under a physician's prescription. when he complained of pain in his stomach, said Officer Don Cox. Police summoned an ambulance but the man died while en route to a nearby hospital, Cox said. The Los Angeles Police Department's Critical Incident Investigation Division is handling the investigation. - Daily News Prosecutors won't charge L.A. official Prosecutors concluded Friday that there would have been enough evidence to charge LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Deputy Chief David Kalish with molesting two teenage police Explorer Scouts more than 20 years ago, but the deadline for prosecution has passed. Because the legal deadlines have elapsed e·lapse intr.v. e·lapsed, e·laps·ing, e·laps·es To slip by; pass: Weeks elapsed before we could start renovating. n. , prosecutors in the office of District Attorney Steve Cooley have rejected a request by police internal affairs investigators to file criminal charges against Kalish, authorities said. Prosecution is ``precluded'' by a U.S. Supreme Court decision last summer that struck down California's attempt to bring to justice older cases of sexual molestation molestation n. the crime of sexual acts with children up to the age of 18, including touching of private parts, exposure of genitalia, taking of pornographic pictures, rape, inducement of sexual acts with the molester or with other children, and variations of these , authorities said. The court decision has forced Cooley to drop 11 ongoing prosecutions of priests charged with molesting youths, and to drop investigations of dozens of other cases. - City News Service Driver to face DUI, murder charges SAN FERNANDO - Murder and felony DUI charges were filed Friday against an ex-con arrested after a rear-end, 100 mph-plus crash killed a man and two young children on the Ronald Reagan Freeway early Wednesday. Authorities said a Chevrolet Corvette corvette, small warship, classed between a frigate and a sloop-of-war. Corvettes usually were flush-decked and carried fewer than 28 guns. They were widely employed in escorting convoys and attacking merchant ships during the great naval wars of the late 18th and driven by Timothy Whelan, 35, struck a Honda Prelude whose driver apparently was trying to maneuver out of the way. Whelan is accused of three counts of murder and two felony driving under the influence counts, and is being held without bail at Men's Central Jail. Authorities said the victims - a 35-year-old man, a girl about 8 to 10 years old and a boy about 5 - are still unidentified because their bodies were badly burned. - City News Service Police name man killed by ATF ATF Molecular virology Activating transcription factor A cellular protein that stimulates transcription of adenovirus E4 transcription unit, which acts early in infection at any of several 'enhancer' binding sites agent Police on Friday identified the fugitive shot and killed by a federal agent during a surveillance in Van Nuys as Raymond Paul Aguirre, 25, of Van Nuys. Officials said an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (abbreviated ATF, sometimes BATF or BATFE) is a United States federal agency; more specifically a specialized law enforcement and regulatory organization within the United States Department of Justice. shot Aguirre when he tried to run him down with his car near Sepulveda Boulevard and Erwin Street about 1:20 p.m. Thursday. - Daily News Rick James sued by Arizona woman A Phoenix-area woman who claims she and her young daughter were sexually assaulted by Rick James at his Woodland Hills home last November sued the singer Friday. Police investigated the allegations brought Nov. 7, 2002, by Sarah Celestine cel·es·tine n. See celestite. [German Zölestin, from Latin caelestis, celestial; see celestial.] , 26, of Mesa, Ariz., but no criminal charges were ever filed. The 51-year-old James, best known for his 1981 hit ``Super Freak,'' was convicted in 1993 of assaulting two women at his house in West Hollywood. Representatives for James could not be reached for comment on the allegations. - City News Service Angeles Forest opened to visitors ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los - The Angeles National Forest, closed since Oct. 27 due to the wildfire danger, reopened Friday to visitors. However, officials warned that if conditions should worsen during the rest of November or December, the forest will be closed again. Outside developed recreation sites, a California Campfire Permit is required, and only stoves with gas, jellied jel·lied adj. 1. Chilled or otherwise congealed into jelly. 2. Coated with jelly. 3. Prepared or cooked in or with jelly. petroleum or pressurized pres·sur·ize tr.v. pres·sur·ized, pres·sur·iz·ing, pres·sur·iz·es 1. To maintain normal air pressure in (an enclosure, as an aircraft or submarine). 2. liquid fuel are allowed. - City News Service Long terms given for gang shootings VENTURA - A judge has ordered two gang members to spend what amounts to life in prison for killing a teenager and wounding two others in a shooting last year. Jose Centeno and Heriberto Arevalo, both 19 and from Oxnard, were previously convicted of first-degree murder for the July 6, 2002, drive-by shooting drive-by shooting Public health A phenomenon in which one or more persons–commonly members of street gangs, open fire à la Al Capone from moving vehicles, often in retaliation for an alleged wrong-doing by a rival gang of 18-year-old Eric Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
Each defendant was sentenced Thursday to 50 years to life for the murder, plus additional time for their conviction on attempted murder and weapon and gang enhancements. - Associated Press Pilot killed in crash in Ventura County The pilot of a small plane was killed Friday after his aircraft plunged into the Santa Clara riverbed near Ventura, authorities said. A witness saw the plane go down about 3:25 p.m. near Los Angeles Avenue in the community of Saticoy, Ventura County sheriff's Capt. Bruce Norris said. The unidentified pilot was alone in the plane when it went down. No one on the ground was injured. The cause of the crash is under investigation. - Daily News |
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