BRIEFLY NOT GUILTY PLEA ENTERED IN ATTACK.BURBANK - A man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he broke into a house last summer and attacked a 12-year-old girl in her bedroom. Jhonny Carias, 22, was arrested Dec. 7 in Burbank in connection with the Aug. 5 attack on the 12-year-old girl. The youngster screamed, scaring the intruder away and alerting her father, who struggled with the assailant, according to police. Carias was charged Dec. 9 with one felony count each of committing a lewd act upon a child and first-degree burglary and one misdemeanor count of prowling prowl v. prowled, prowl·ing, prowls v.tr. To roam through stealthily, as in search of prey or plunder: prowled the alleys of the city after dark. v.intr. . The latter charge involves a separate incident on Dec. 1 of last year, according to the complaint. - City News Service Simi man arrested in men's shooting SIMI VALLEY - A 23-year-old Simi Valley man has been arrested in the shooting of two brothers wounded during an argument outside a Simi Valley bowling alley, officials said Wednesday. Virgil Poe was arrested at a motel 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. and booked on suspicion of attempted murder at the Ventura County main jail, the Simi Valley Police Department The Simi Valley Police Department (SVPD) is the police department of the city of Simi Valley, California. The department currently has over 120 sworn officers, and more than 65 support personnel[1]. The department has a patrol area that covers over 39 square miles. reported. Poe and the Simi Valley brothers had been involved in a verbal dispute over the telephone on Sunday evening. When the brothers went into the parking lot of the Brunswick Bowling Alley on Cochran Street about 10:30 p.m., a group of men confronted them and one of them fired a handgun, police said. The brothers were both treated 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. . - Daily News Buyer protection bill reintroduced Assemblywoman Cindy Montanez, D-San Fernando, on Wednesday reintroduced legislation that she says would provide the strongest protections in the nation for car buyers, including a three-day ``cooling-off period An interval of time during which no action of a specific type can be taken by either side in a dispute. An automatic delay in certain jurisdictions, apart from ordinary court delays, between the time when Divorce papers are filed and the divorce hearing takes place. .'' The bill was vetoed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sept. 30. Montanez said she is determined to get the ``Car Buyer's Bill of Rights'' passed this time around. In addition to giving car buyers three days to reconsider, the legislation would cap auto dealers' markups of loan interest rates at 2.5 percent, or 2 percent for longer loans. The bill would also require dealers to inform potential buyers of their credit scores and would set minimum standards for ``certified'' used cars. - City News Service Man enters plea in serial killings An imprisoned im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- man who police say could be one of the most prolific serial killers in Los Angeles history pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he has killed 10 women since the late 1980s. Police linked Chester D. Turner, 38, to the unsolved cases earlier this year through DNA evidence Among the many new tools that science has provided for the analysis of forensic evidence is the powerful and controversial analysis of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, the material that makes up the genetic code of most organisms. . The charges include the special circumstances special circumstances n. in criminal cases, particularly homicides, actions of the accused or the situation under which the crime was committed for which state statutes allow or require imposition of a more severe punishment. of murder during a rape and multiple murders, which could make Turner eligible for the death penalty if convicted. He was ordered held without bail until his next court appearance on Feb. 23. - Associated Press Man pleads guilty to making threat A Tanzanian man pleaded guilty to making a phony telephone terror threat against a West Los Angeles
Zameer Mohamed, 23, was charged with making the false threat last spring. He pleaded guilty Monday in federal court and faces up to 10 years in prison. His sentencing is scheduled for February. The threat forced authorities to beef up security at the outdoor mall and led to losses for retail businesses in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, said Richard Garcia, head of the FBI's Los Angeles field office. - Associated Press Ex-schools chief dies of bee sting bee sting injury caused by the venom of a honey bee (Apis mellifera). Multiple stings cause local swelling, pain and excitement, and may cause dyspnea if the head is affected. FILLMORE - Former school district superintendent Neil C. Schmidt died after being stung by a bee while working in his avocado orchard. Schmidt, who retired two years ago after 20 years as superintendent of the Fillmore Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. , was extremely allergic to bee venom, his wife, Julie, said Tuesday. He was stung on Dec. 15 and managed to walk home, where his daughter Sarah injected him with epinephrine to counteract his allergic reaction, but he went into anaphylactic shock anyway. - Associated Press |
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