BRIEFLY REARRAIGNMENT SET IN MURDER CASE.VENTURA - A Russian immigrant was rearrested on murder charges after the original charges were dismissed Tuesday because it was determined he was mentally incompetent during his preliminary hearing. Mikhail Khaimchayev, 31, who remains in custody without bail, is scheduled to be rearraigned Thursday on charges that he gunned down 36-year-old Sheldon Snyder at the Postal Innovations software firm in Camarillo in January 1999. Snyder, a Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. resident who co-owned the firm, had hired Khaimchayev in 1998, but later fired him due to poor computer and English- speaking skills. Khaimchayev recently spent time in Patton State Hospital History Patton State Hospital is located located in San Bernardino county, California. First opened in 1893, it was renamed Patton State Hospital after Harry Patton in 1927. Patton opened in 1893, as a state run, public sector forensic hospital. , where doctors declared him competent to stand trial. But Deputy Public Defender public defender, governmental official who represents indigent persons accused of crime. U.S. Supreme Court decisions expanding the right to counsel to pretrial proceedings and holding that a person cannot be sentenced to even one day in jail unless a lawyer was Howard Asher said that status could change again, adding that he has not ruled out a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity not guilty by reason of insanity n. plea in court of a person charged with a crime who admits the criminal act, but whose attorney claims he/she was so mentally disturbed at the time of the crime that he/she lacked the capacity to have intended to commit a crime. . - Daily News Motorcycle rider airlifted from 101 AGOURA HILLS - Traffic was backed up for an hour when a helicopter landed on the Ventura Freeway on Monday night to transport a motorcyclist to the hospital after he rear-ended a sport-utility vehicle, authorities said. Basey Jackson Shane, 35, of Sherman Oaks remained in serious condition Tuesday at UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. where he was being treated for leg fractures and evaluated for injuries, said hospital spokesman Dan Page. Authorities said Shane was heading eastbound just west of Liberty Canyon Road at 7:25 p.m. when the cycle rear-ended a blue 1998 Ford Explorer. He was arrested at the hospital Monday night on suspicion of drunken driving, said California Highway Patrol Officer Lydia Martinez Prous. The SUV driver, M. Anna Tyminski, 39, of Moorpark was not injured. - Daily News Owners, workers deny elder abuse Elder Abuse Definition Elder abuse is a general term used to describe harmful acts toward an elderly adult, such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional or psychological abuse, financial exploitation, and neglect, including self-neglect. VENTURA - The former owner of four Thousand Oaks elder care facilities and two of her employees pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony counts of neglect for failing to seek medical help for an 86-year-old woman who later died. Grazyna Baran, 29, and employees Bronislawa Zachhrczuk and Stanislawa Wisla, both 51, were ordered to appear at an Oct. 24 preliminary hearing to determine if they will stand trial on felony elder abuse charges Ask a Lawyer Question Country: United States of America State: California Yesterday, police took my wife to jail on the basis of a warrant. The warrant was for a felony account of elder abuse, where the incident is dated 1996. , authorities said. Baran and Wisla are also charged with a special allegation of inflicting great bodily injury on an elder over 70 - in this case, Dorothy Malven, who died in one of the facilities. Baran and Wisla face nine years in prison if convicted of the charges and special allegations, while Zachhrczuk faces four years. Judge Art Gutierrez released the three woman, all natives of Poland, on personal recognizance recognizance In law, obligation entered into before a court or magistrate requiring the performance of an act (e.g., appearance in court), usually under penalty of a money forfeiture. The most common use of recognizance is in connection with bail in criminal cases. . - Daily News |
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