BRIEFLY MAN HIT, KILLED AS CAR FAILS TO STOP.SHERMAN OAKS - A man walking across an unmarked intersection was killed after being hit by a car Friday, according to police. The man was hit as he crossed Kester Avenue near Magnolia Boulevard about 5:46 p.m., said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Sgt. Paul Modrell. As the man crossed, one vehicle stopped, but another motorist did not see him and hit him, Modrell said. Police say the vehicle was likely going between 30 and 35 mph. The man, whose name was not immediately released, was about 61 years old, fire officials said. The incident is still under investigation. - Daily News Man jailed after brief police chase PACOIMA - Los Angeles police arrested a 27-year-old Pacoima man suspected of stealing a car, then ramming a police cruiser during a brief pursuit Friday afternoon. Police said Marcos Cisneros was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. on a police officer. Officers said the suspect backed into a police car during a routine traffic stop at Desmond Street and El Dorado Avenue then drove off, leading officers on a short pursuit - which included going the wrong way on the Ronald Reagan Freeway for a short distance - before he was arrested. -Daily News Teen gets 4 years in beating, assault LANCASTER - Former Littlerock High quarterback Richard Newton was sentenced Friday to four years in prison for his role in the fatal beating of a former schoolmate and an assault on a friend of the victim. Newton, 17, showed no emotion as Lancaster Superior Court Judge Carol Koppel sentenced him to the maximum punishment allowed under his plea bargain plea bargain n. in criminal procedure, a negotiation between the defendant and his attorney on one side and the prosecutor on the other, in which the defendant agrees to plead "guilty" or "no contest" to some crimes, in return for reduction of the severity of the . Newton, 17, pleaded no contest Dec. 15 to involuntary manslaughter The act of unlawfully killing another human being unintentionally. Most unintentional killings are not murder but involuntary manslaughter. The absence of the element of intent is the key distinguishing factor between voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. and assault after prosecutors agreed to dismiss murder charges. Three other Littlerock High athletes have been charged. One pleaded no contest to assault and was sentenced to a year in jail. The other cases are pending. -Daily News Simi pedestrian dies in auto crash SIMI VALLEY - A 72-year-old Simi Valley pedestrian died Thursday after he was hit by a car as he crossed Galena galena (gəlē`nə) or lead glance, lustrous, blue-gray mineral crystallizing usually in cubes, sometimes in octahedrons. It is the most important ore and the principal source of lead. Avenue, officials said Friday. Jasper Bernard Woodson suffered a fractured skull and died at 5:39 p.m. in the emergency room at 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. , officials said. Arlene Marie Bieker, 63, of Simi Valley was turning left onto Galena Avenue from westbound Alamo Street when her car hit Woodson, who was in or near the crosswalk, police said. The driver was not injured. - Daily News JPL's No. 2 guy says he'll retire LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE - Larry Dumas, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's second-in-command, said Friday he will retire this summer after nearly 39 years at the NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. facility. The news came two days after Charles Elachi was named lab director, replacing Ed Stone, who will return to a full-time teaching position at Caltech. Caltech operates JPL (language) JPL - JAM Programming Language. for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), civilian agency of the U.S. federal government with the mission of conducting research and developing operational programs in the areas of space exploration, artificial satellites (see satellite, artificial), . Dumas, who turns 65 on Oct. 16, said his plans to retire have been in the works for some time. Stone, 65, said he wasn't surprised by the news because it's tradition for JPL directors and deputy directors to retire at 65. The search for a new deputy director will start immediately, lab officials said. - Daily News |
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