BRIEFLY MAN ARRESTED ON SHOOTING CHARGE.WINNETKA - Several streets were blocked off Thursday afternoon after police were sent to the 19000 block of Friar Street on reports that a man was shooting at a target in his backyard, authorities said. The man, whose name was not immediately released, was arrested on suspicion of negligently shooting a gun, said 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. police Officer La Donna Cissell. It was unclear what kind of weapon was being shot. - City News Service Boy falls out of shopping cart VALLEY VILLAGE - A 3-year-old boy who fell out of a shopping cart Thursday at a market in the 12000 block of Burbank Boulevard was hospitalized in fair condition at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, a city fire official said. - City News Service Couple posts bail in pyramid case PANORAMA CITY - An Arleta couple accused of running a pyramid scheme Pyramid Scheme An illegal investment scam based on a hierarchical setup that relies on new recruits' funding as the source of money, or so-called returns, to be provided to those earlier investors/recruits above them in the pyramid. with thousands of members each posted $50,000 bail after being briefly jailed on suspicion of grand theft by false pretense false pretense n. Law False representation of fact or circumstance, calculated to mislead. Noun 1. false pretense , police said Thursday. Mercedes Navarette, 53, and Felix Maganna Navarette, 69, were booked Wednesday at Van Nuys Jail, said Los Angeles police Officer Jason Lee. - City News Service Hahn, Villaraigosa to hold 5 debates Mayoral candidates Antonio Villaraigosa and James Hahn have agreed to a series of five debates before the June 5 election, campaign officials said Thursday. The two camps and League of Women Voters League of Women Voters, voluntary public service organization of U.S. citizens. Organized in 1920 in Chicago as an outgrowth of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, it had as its original nucleus the leaders of the latter organization. officials agreed to hold hour-long sessions once a week beginning May 7, with the last on May 31. Exact dates and locations have yet to be determined. - Daily News 2 sentenced in theft case A former court-appointed conservator conservator n. a guardian and protector appointed by a judge to protect and manage the financial affairs and/or the person's daily life due to physical or mental limitations or old age. and trustee was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for stealing more than $1 million from various accounts, including that of the Walt Disney family's former nanny, authorities said. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Thomas L. Willhite imposed the sentence on Rodney Paul Swanson, 49, of Woodland Hills who pleaded no contest in September to theft and guilty to state tax evasion The process whereby a person, through commission of Fraud, unlawfully pays less tax than the law mandates. Tax evasion is a criminal offense under federal and state statutes. A person who is convicted is subject to a prison sentence, a fine, or both. . - City News Service Not guilty plea for Rampart figure LAS VEGAS - A key figure in the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . Rampart division scandal entered no plea Thursday to drug charges
stemming from a traffic stop on his way to Las Vegas last month.
Clark County District Judge Mark Gibbons entered a not guilty plea on behalf of Javier Francisco Ovando, 23, of Los Angeles, one of six people arrested in March by Nevada Highway Patrol Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) is a division of the Nevada Department of Public Safety that is responsible for law enforcement across the entire state of Nevada. The headquarters is located in Carson City with regional commands in Reno, Elko and Las Vegas. officers who reported finding marijuana and 50 grams of cocaine in his vehicle. - Associated Press DMV DMV abbr. Department of Motor Vehicles snag denies license renewals SACRAMENTO - A snag in an anti-fraud program has caused about a half million people to be wrongly denied their driver's license renewals. The glitch A temporary or random hardware malfunction. It is possible that a bug in a program may cause the hardware to appear as if it had a glitch in it and vice versa. At times it can be extremely difficult to determine whether a problem lies within the hardware or the software. See glitch attack. is due to the fact that some people have a slightly different name on their driver's license than on their Social Security card, officials said. - Associated Press 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 moratorium on car searches SAN FRANCISCO - The California Highway Patrol's commissioner ordered a ban on some car searches Thursday, a move civil liberties groups say is a tacit admission that officers single out minority drivers for unfair treatment. The commissioner issued a six-month moratorium on ``consent searches'' -- the kind that officers can conduct only if they receive permission from a driver. - Associated Press Interim federal prosecutor named John S. Gordon, chief of the U.S. Attorney's criminal division, was named interim top federal prosecutor Thursday for the Central District of California, officials said. Gordon will take over after U.S. Attorney Alejandro Mayorkas steps down at midnight today. - City News Service |
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