BRIEFLY MAN SENTENCED FOR SEX ASSAULTS.VAN NUYS - A 20-year-old North Hollywood man, who pleaded no contest to rape and kidnapping in a series of attacks on young women and teenage girls in the 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. , was sentenced Tuesday to 58 years to life in prison. Andrew Saethong pleaded no contest Oct. 20 to nine felony charges, including two counts of forcible rape, four counts of attempted kidnapping for rape and one count each of kidnapping for rape, forcible sodomy sodomy Noncoital carnal copulation. Sodomy is a crime in some jurisdictions. Some sodomy laws, particularly in Middle Eastern countries and those jurisdictions observing Shari'ah law, provide penalties as severe as life imprisonment for homosexual intercourse, even if the and committing a lewd act on a child. The crimes involved nine victims between the ages of 14 and 26, and occurred between December 2001 and October 2002. Five of the victims were under 18. - City News Service Teen is arrested for fatal stabbing NEWBURY PARK - An unidentified 17-year-old was arrested on suspicion of stabbing a Newbury Park man who interrupted a car burglary, officials announced Wednesday. Investigators said they had not determined if the Dec. 1 stabbing of Brett Cook Brett Cook (born April 19 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He is best known as the replacement ruckman in the 1997 AFL Finals Series in the absence of Peter Everitt and Lazar Vidovic. was connected to another fatal stabbing of a Newbury Park man Dec. 3 about a half-mile away. In the Dec. 3 attack Larry Phifer, 61, was stabbed to death in his home on Wendy drive when he apparently discovered an intruder, officials said. Eric Nishimoto, a spokesman for the Ventura County Sheriff's Department The Ventura County Sheriff's Department (VCSD) provides law enforcement for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, USA, as well as several cities within the county. The cities that VCSD serves are Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, and Thousand Oaks. , said investigators are looking into whether Phifer's killing might be connected to the slaying of Cook, 32. - Daily News L.A. police panel backs cops issue The 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 Commission on Tuesday went on record asking the City Council to place a half-percent sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. measure before voters on May 17. In a letter to the council, commissioners said they believe voters should be given another chance to consider a measure that would dedicate the funds to be used to hire more police officers. On Nov. 2, a countywide sales tax measure fell short of getting the two- thirds vote necessary. - Daily News Web site is adding Megan's Law Megan's Laws are named for Megan Kanka, a seven-year-old girl from New Jersey who was sexually assaulted and murdered in 1994 by a neighbor who, unknown to the victim's family, had been previously convicted for Sex Offenses against children. data VENTURA - The Ventura County Sheriff's Department has updated its Web site, www.vcsd.org, to include Megan's Law information about high-risk sex high-risk sex Safe sex practices, see there offenders living in the county, including names, photos and areas of residence. - Daily News Big rig-car crash leaves one dead A semitruck collided with a small vehicle at 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon east of Piru, killing at least one person. Two people were trapped inside the car and a fire erupted, officials said. The second person was transported to a local hospital with substantial injuries, officials said. - Daily News Detectives seek owners of jewelry Los Angeles police detectives said Tuesday they hope to locate the owner or owners of a necklace valued at $100,000 and a pendant appraised at $50,000. The jewelry was taken to a Wilshire Boulevard Wilshire Boulevard is one of the principal east-west arterial roads in Los Angeles, California, United States. It was named for H. Gaylord Wilshire (1861-1927), an Ohio native who made and lost fortunes in real estate, farming, and gold mining. area pawn shop by a known residential burglary suspect on Nov. 16, according to the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations office. One of the pieces is described as a 3-foot-long platinum necklace with 196 half-carat diamonds, and the other is a diamond cross pendant with two dozen diamonds, police said. Anyone with information about ownership of the jewelry was asked to call the burglary section of the LAPD's Commercial Crime Division at (213) 485- 2524, or (877) 529-3855 on weekends or after-hours. - City News Service Molina to serve as head of board Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina on Tuesday was named chairwoman of the Board of Supervisors as part of the annual rotation of the position. The supervisors voted unanimously to elect Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San as chairman pro tem [Latin, For the time being.] An abbreviation used for pro tempore, Latin for "temporary or provisional." A person who acts as a temporary substitute serves pro tem. . That means he will become board chairman next year. - Daily News |
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