BRIEFLY SUSPECT ARRESTED IN DEATH OF GIRL, 16.VAN NUYS - A North Hollywood man was arrested Tuesday in the slaying of a 16-year-old girl who testified against his brother and another man in a murder case, prosecutors said. Authorities said Juan Catalan, 24, was taken into custody at his home in connection with an arrest warrant filed last week accusing him of one count of murder with the special-circumstance allegations of murder of a witness and lying in wait. Catalan was accused of fatally shooting the witness May 12, a week after she testified at a preliminary hearing for his brother, Mario Catalan, 26, and co-defendant Jose Ledesma, 20. All three men are being held without bail. - City News Service Priest charged with molestation molestation n. the crime of sexual acts with children up to the age of 18, including touching of private parts, exposure of genitalia, taking of pornographic pictures, rape, inducement of sexual acts with the molester or with other children, and variations of these A visiting priest from Mexico who allegedly fondled a 15-year-old 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. girl during confessional in her home was charged Tuesday with four counts of child molestation Child molestation is a crime involving a range of indecent or sexual activities between an adult and a child, usually under the age of 14. In psychiatric terms, these acts are sometimes known as pedophilia. , District Attorney's Office officials said. The Rev. Avdon Serratos, 31, allegedly fondled the teenager and repeatedly kissed her during an 80-minute confession Saturday at her Reseda home, officials said. Investigators with 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 Department's Sexually Exploited Child Unit said the priest was assigned to the Diocese of Colima, Mexico. - Daily News Man, 21, killed in one-car crash CAMARILLO - A 21-year-old Oxnard man died when the car in which he was traveling westbound veered off Potrero Road, hit a dirt embankment and flipped over, California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officials said. Francisco Alcala Heredia died at the scene of the crash on Potrero Road near the California State University, Channel Islands California State University, Channel Islands (CSUCI) is a university located in Camarillo, California, in California's Ventura County. CSUCI opened in 2002 as the twenty-third campus in the California State University system, succeeding the Ventura County branch campus of , campus, officials said. The car's driver, Jaime Amezuca, 23, of Oxnard was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, authorities reported. - Daily News Security review following blaze Los Angeles city officials called Tuesday for a review of security at police facilities in the aftermath of a fire last week at the Van Nuys Division police station. Councilmen Dennis Zine and Greig Smith asked for a report within three weeks on whether more needs to be done to protect the facilities. A transient was arrested on suspicion of setting fire to six squad cars, motorcycles and bicycles, causing an estimated $1 million in damage in the incident Aug. 6. - Daily News Compact trash workweek eyed In a new look at ways to save money, a Los Angeles city official asked on Tuesday for a study on whether trash pickup schedules could be changed to accommodate a four-day workweek. Councilman Tom Labonge said the city should look at whether going to such a program would result in savings by having fewer trucks on the street than under the current program, as well as by reducing noise and air pollution. - Daily News Measure proposed to help fight fraud With workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. costs continuing to soar, Los Angeles officials asked on Tuesday for a review of whether it could refuse to hire people convicted of workers' compensation fraud. Councilman Dennis Zine asked the City Attorney's Office to develop an ordinance that would give the city the power to refuse to hire anyone convicted to filing a fraudulent workers' compensation claim. - Daily News Kids get million for foster horrors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
``It's been a horrible and devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. experience for these children to be abused in the system after they were taken from their parents' protective custody An arrangement whereby a person is safeguarded by law enforcement authorities in a location other than the person's home because his or her safety is seriously threatened. ,'' Century City attorney Linda Wallace Pate said. - Daily News Valley woman ID'd in weekend crash CLAREMONT - A woman who died in a crash on the 210 Freeway on Sunday was identified as Yaneisi Dencas, 18, of Panorama City, California Highway Patrol officers said Tuesday. Dencas was sitting in the back seat of a 1994 Honda when the driver, Jose Carpio, 20, of North Hollywood, lost control and the car overturned, said CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan Officer John Escobedo. - Daily News |
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