BRIEFLY FOREST RAID NETS MARIJUANA PLANTS.VENTURA - About 4,300 growing and harvested marijuana plants with a street value estimated to be $4 million to $5 million were removed from the Los Padres National Forest Los Padres National Forest is a forest located in southern and central California, which includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to Monterey, extending inland. Elevations range from sea level to 8,831 feet. , authorities said Tuesday. The Monday raid was conducted by sheriff's deputies, Ventura police and U.S. Forest Service law enforcement personnel at an area near Tule tu·le n. 1. Any of several bulrushes of the genus Scirpus, growing in marshy lowlands of the southwest United States. 2. tu·les Northern California Marshy or swampy land. Creek, just north of Ojai. No suspects were arrested, authorities said. Authorities said they also found water lines running to the plants from natural water sources, as well as four camp sites that contained food, clothing, ammunition and other supplies. - Daily News Dad denies guilt in infant's death VENTURA - A 25-year-old Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. father pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony felony (fĕl`ənē), any grave crime, in contrast to a misdemeanor, that is so declared in statute or was so considered in common law. child abuse in the death of his infant son by ``shaken baby syndrome Shaken Baby Syndrome Definition Shaken baby syndrome (SBS) is a collective term for the internal head injuries a baby or young child sustains from being violently shaken. .'' Brian Trelatsky has been in custody in lieu of $250,000 bail since his arrest Friday by Simi Valley police, who completed a six-month investigation into the case of 2-month-old Tyler, who died in March from brain swelling brain swelling n. A localized or generalized increase in the bulk of brain tissue due to congestion or edema. and hemorrhaging. Trelatsky was ordered to appear for an Oct. 25 preliminary hearing to determine whether he will stand trial. If convicted, he could be sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. - Daily News New trial ordered in office slaying VENTURA - An immigrant from the former Soviet Union has been ordered for a second time to stand trial in connection with a Camarillo workplace shooting. Ventura County Superior Court Judge Allan Steele found Monday that there was enough evidence to have Mikhail Khaimchayev stand trial on murder charges in the January 1999 killing of Sheldon Snyder of Simi Valley. Khaimchayev, 31, is accused of walking into Snyder's office at Postal Innovations Inc., shooting him nine times and firing a round into his own stomach. Snyder, 36, was co-owner of the computer software company. Monday's preliminary hearing marked the second time Khaimchayev has been ordered to stand trial in the case. After his initial hearing, a judge found him unfit unfit not properly prepared, e.g. physically incapable of performing hard work as in racing, because of lack of training. Said also of food prepared unhygienically. unfit for human consumption to stand trial and sent him to a mental hospital. Last month, he was ruled competent, which means he has to go through the same court proceedings again. - Scripps-McClatchy News Service Woman bleeding, baby found dead MOORPARK - Officers checking on the well-being of a Moorpark woman Tuesday morning arrived at her home and found her bleeding on the floor next to a deceased newborn. Police were not releasing the woman's name, but said the 30-year-old had been taken to Simi Valley Hospital Simi Valley Hospital (SVH) is a Seventh-day Adventist hospital located located in Simi Valley, California. SVH is a member of Adventist Health. New Construction Simi Valley Hospital is in the process of building a new wing to the hospital. for treatment. It was unclear whether the infant was stillborn stillborn /still·born/ (-born) born dead. still·born adj. Dead at birth. stillborn, n an infant who is born dead. stillborn born dead. or had died after birth. ``We are currently investigating the circumstances to find out about the newborn and figure out what the situation was,'' said police Sgt. Ron Nelson Ron Nelson is a composer of both classical and popular music and a retired music academic. He was born in Joliet, Illinois, on December 14, 1929. After earning bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester in New . Nelson said police were notified by the woman's boss that she had not shown up for work that morning and had not called. - Daily News Shed fire injures 3 in Simi Valley SIMI VALLEY - Three people suffered minor injuries in a fire that destroyed a shed and slightly damaged a house on Yosemite Avenue, officials said Tuesday. The three, including one policeman who kept the fire at bay until firefighters arrived, were treated at a local hospital and released, officials said. The fire broke out at 1:09 p.m. Monday in a field and spread to the shed, officials said. Damage was estimated at $10,000 to the structures and $15,000 to their contents. - Daily News |
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