BRIEFLY GANGSTER GIVEN 1-YEAR SENTENCE.VAN NUYS - A Columbus Street gang member who pleaded guilty to resisting arrest resisting arrest n. the crime of using physical force (no matter how slight in the eyes of most law enforcement officers) to prevent arrest, handcuffing and/or taking the accused to jail. and loitering Loitering (IPA pronunciation: ['lɔɪtəˌrɪŋ] is an intransitive verb meaning to stand idly, to stop numerous times, or to delay and procrastinate. for the purpose of selling drugs was sentenced Thursday to a year in jail. Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Martin Wegman also sentenced Peter Lee, 36, of Northridge to three years' probation and ordered him to stay away from the heart of the Columbus Street gang territory in the east San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . 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. legislation passed in 2000 as part of Proposition 21, Lee must also register with local police as a gang member. ``Gangs and drugs tear at the fabric of our communities,'' said Los Angeles City Attorney The Los Angeles City Attorney is an elected official whose job is to prosecute all of the misdemeanor criminal offenses within the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. Rocky Delgadillo Rockard John "Rocky" Delgadillo (born July 15 1960) is the current City Attorney of Los Angeles, California. Career
``With every victory and conviction,'' Delgadillo said, ``we send a clear message to those who terrorize ter·ror·ize tr.v. ter·ror·ized, ter·ror·iz·ing, ter·ror·iz·es 1. To fill or overpower with terror; terrify. 2. To coerce by intimidation or fear. See Synonyms at frighten. our neighborhoods that their destructive behavior will not be tolerated.'' - City News Service 3 face charges of federal fraud Three men who ran a Westlake Village firm that sold computer gear surrendered Thursday to face federal fraud charges stemming from an alleged ``cooked books'' scheme that cost investors nearly $140 million. Authorities allege that Sultan Khan of Calabasas, Asif Khan of Westlake Village and Steven Veen of Downey made now-defunct NewCom appear more profitable than it was before its initial public offering in 1997. The false accounting resulted in the huge loss to investors, and a $1 million-plus loss by a finance company, U.S. Attorney Debra Yang said. The Khans, who Yang said are unrelated, also are charged with embezzling more than $1 million from NewCom. Founded in 1994, the company sold computer peripherals, including CD-ROM drives CD-ROM drives, which today typically means a CD-RW drive that is a combo CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW drive, come in a variety of speeds. The original drive (1x) transferred data at 150KB per second. and modems, before going out of business in 1999, according to the government. - City News Service Dog club to host obedience show NEWBURY PARK - The Conejo Kennel Club Kennel Club the principal body for maintaining stud books and registering purebred dogs in Great Britain. is holding an All Breed Dog Show and Obedience trials at 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at Newbury Park High School, 456 North Reino Road. More than 900 dogs each day will compete in the outdoor judging. Admission is $3. - Daily News Officer's lawyer seeks dismissal A lawyer for an Inglewood police officer accused in a videotaped assault on a handcuffed teen said Thursday the case should be dismissed because a grand jury never heard evidence that may have cleared him. John Barnett, who represents Jeremy Morse, said in two weeks he will submit a motion to dismiss, on grounds that ``the people who trained (Morse) should have been called as witnesses before the grand jury.'' They would have testified that ``what (Morse) did was appropriate,'' Barnett said. - City News Service Woman accused of making drugs A Los Angeles police officer arrested last month for alleged drunk driving was charged with multiple drug charges, including manufacture of the ``date rape'' drug GHB GHB abbr. gamma-hydroxybutyrate GHB 1 Gamma-hydroxybutyrate, γ-hydroxy-butyrate See GABA 2 Glycosylated hemoglobin, see there GHb Glycosylated hemoglobin, see there , prosecutors announced Thursday. Heather Sinock, 25, is scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 11 in Los Angeles Superior Court. She was arrested late Wednesday in Orange County, then held on $600,000 bail following a brief court appearance. Deputy District Attorney Valerie A. Rocha, a prosecutor in the Justice System Integrity Division, charged Sinock with one felony count each of manufacturing and transporting gamma-hydroxybutyrate. Sinock has been a Los Angeles police officer for three years, prosecutors said. - City News Service |
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