BRIEFLY TASK FORCE FOUND 8,700 POT PLANTS.VENTURA - Three marijuana plantations with more than 8,700 plants valued at $26 million were seized in northern Ventura County, officials said Friday. The sites included one near Pine Mountain with 6,647 plants that were destroyed Aug. 17, another between Wheeler Gorge and Bellyache bel·ly·ache n. Pain in the stomach or abdomen; colic. Springs with 2,026 plants eradicated Aug. 19, and a smaller site near the Highway 33 tunnel with 67 plants also destroyed Aug. 19. A multiagency narcotics task force involved in the operation included 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. , Ventura County Fire Department Not to be confused with Ventura Fire Department. The Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) provides fire protection and emergency response services for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, and for six other cities within the county. , United States Forest Service “USFS” redirects here. For the figure skating organization, see U.S. Figure Skating. The USDA Forest Service is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's national forests and national grasslands. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was established in 1973 by President richard m. nixon as part of the Justice Department, thus uniting a number of federal drug agencies that had often worked at cross-purposes. . Sheriff's deputies said the two larger plantations appeared to be cultivated by organized drug traffickers, but the third was probably maintained by a local dealer. - Daily News More building site items recovered THOUSAND OAKS - Ventura County sheriff's investigators have found thousands of additional stolen items valued at over $500,000 since announcing earlier this week the arrests of 28 people in connection with a burglary ring that targeted builders and landscapers. Authorities also have received 2,300 inquiries about recovering stolen property. For information, call (805) 494-8259 or see www.vcsd.org or www.toaks.org. - Daily News Appeal rejected in nephew's death A state appellate court A court having jurisdiction to review decisions of a trial-level or other lower court. An unsuccessful party in a lawsuit must file an appeal with an appellate court in order to have the decision reviewed. panel upheld the voluntary manslaughter conviction of a former reserve police officer in the shooting death of his 35-year-old nephew. The three-justice panel from the 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected Phillip Norman Perry's claim that there were errors in his trial in Pasadena Superior Court. Perry, who was 55 at the time of the crime, shot and killed his nephew, Phillip Andrew Perry, early in the morning of Sept. 3, 2001. Perry claimed his nephew choked him and he fired at him some time later in self-defense. Perry was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in October 2002 and sentenced in January 2003 to 10 years in state prison. - City News Service MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. board votes to settle claims The mother of a woman struck by a bus while crossing a downtown street will receive $750,000 from the MTA, while another woman injured on a bus will get $450,000, officials said Friday. Candelaria Guzman, 81, sued the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and bus driver Delores Fernandez Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the last year for the wrongful death of her daughter. The suit alleged that Ana Cecilia Sanchez-Guzman was walking on a green cross signal in the pedestrian crosswalk at Broadway and Cesar Chavez Avenue on Jan. 23, 2004, when she was struck by an MTA bus. She died at the scene. MTA board members also awarded $450,000 to Ruth Ridimann, who was boarding a crowded bus last June when the doors closed on her and she was thrown backward, sustaining multiple injuries. - City News Service |
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