BRIEFLY SCHOOL BUS STRUCK BY CAR IN LANCASTER.LANCASTER - A school bus that had stopped to let off kindergartners at Jack Northrop School was hit by a car, but no injuries were reported, officials said Wednesday. Two vehicles had stopped behind the bus as its red lights were flashing about noon Wednesday, Lancaster School District Lancaster School District may refer to:
There were two kindergarten students on the steps of the bus, on their way out as the crash occurred, but the bus driver pulled them to safety, officials said. - Daily News Lone man sought in robbery at bank PALMDALE - A robber walked into a Valencia Bank branch at 520 W. Palmdale Blvd., threatened to kill the clerk, then fled with more than $1,000 in cash, officials said Wednesday. The suspect in the robbery, reported about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, was described as an African-American man, 22-25, wearing baggy clothing, a black beanie bean·ie n. A small brimless cap. [Probably from bean, head.] beanie Noun Brit, Austral & NZ close-fitting woollen hat Noun and sunglasses. Despite his threat, the teller and witnesses never saw a weapon. Anyone with information is asked to call the Palmdale sheriff's station at (661) 267-4300. - Daily News Crime show leads to parolee's arrest LITTLEROCK - After seeing a surveillance video played on ``Street Beat,'' a true-crime show broadcast on Adelphia Cable, a sheriff's deputy arrested a man in the Jan. 15 burglary of a local market, officials said Wednesday. Parolee pa·rol·ee n. One who is released on parole. Noun 1. parolee - someone released on probation or on parole probationer Jonathan Douglas Jonathan Douglas (born November 22, 1981 in Monaghan, Ireland) is an Irish football player who currently plays for Leeds United. Douglas made his debut in the Football League of Ireland for Monaghan United aged 16. King, 34, of Littlerock was being held without bail at the Lancaster sheriff's station jail on suspicion of burglary in the break-in at Gabe's Market, 90th Street East and Palmdale Boulevard. - Daily News Lancaster man, 26, sent to prison 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. - A Lancaster man was sentenced Monday to six years in prison after he pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the slaying of an Alhambra 19-year-old who was stabbed to death outside a Lancaster pool hall. Michael Soliven, 26, entered his plea before the start of his second trial. His first trial ended in a mistrial A courtroom trial that has been terminated prior to its normal conclusion. A mistrial has no legal effect and is considered an invalid or nugatory trial. It differs from a "new trial," which recognizes that a trial was completed but was set aside so that the issues could be when a Los Angeles Superior Court jury acquitted him of first-degree murder but deadlocked on lesser charges. Soliven, a hospital surgical technician, was one of three men charged in the killing of 19-year-old John Ngo. Investigators said Ngo was an innocent bystander by·stand·er n. A person who is present at an event without participating in it. bystander Noun a person present but not involved; onlooker; spectator Noun 1. stabbed during a fight started by one of the three defendants. Prosecutors had alleged Soliven did the stabbing. Charges were dismissed against 23-year-old Carroll Kuroyama after a judge ruled there was insufficient evidence insufficient evidence n. a finding (decision) by a trial judge or an appeals court that the prosecution in a criminal case or a plaintiff in a lawsuit has not proved the case because the attorney did not present enough convincing evidence. to bind him over for trial. William Leonard, 24, was sentenced to three years' probation and received credit for the 101 days he served in jail after he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery. - Daily News |
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