BRIEFLY THAI DENIES TRYING TO PEDDLE HEROIN.A 48-year-old Thai national pleaded not guilty in federal court Monday to attempting to sell more than a pound of heroin at a North Hollywood Buddhist temple. If convicted, Tanat Yuvavanich, 48, could face up to 120 years in prison and $6 million in fines. No one associated with the temple is accused of wrongdoing wrong·do·er n. One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically. wrong  do . Yuvavanich, also known as Mekpongsatorn Boonsong, was arrested by 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. agents on suspicion of attempting to sell 1.5 pounds of heroin at the Wat Thai Buddhist Temple in Coldwater Canyon. Trial is set for Dec. 5. - Daily News Man sentenced in kid porn case A Sun Valley man whose wife found child pornography Child pornography is the visual representation of minors under the age of 18 engaged in sexual activity or the visual representation of minors engaging in lewd or erotic behavior designed to arouse the viewer's sexual interest. on his computer and turned it over to police pleaded no contest Monday and was sentenced to four months in jail. Christopher Van Rheen, 48, entered his plea to one count of possessing materials featuring a child under 18 engaged in sexual conduct. The judge placed him on probation of three years and ordered him to forfeit computer gear, said Deputy City Attorney Lynn Magnandonovan. - City News Service County druggists stage 1-day strike Most of the 117 pharmacists working for Los Angeles County Health Services staged a one-day walkout Monday over wages they contend lag behind the private sector. Other staffers filled prescriptions for hospital patients, and outpatients were referred to Rite Aid. The county has offered salary increases of about 11 percent over three years; the guild is seeking about 21 percent in the first year. - City News Service Hazardous waste leak contained SIMI VALLEY - A ruptured storage tank dumped more than 3,000 gallons of a hazardous material at the city's wastewater treatment plant Wastewater treatment plant also called wastewater treatment works
The ferric chloride, used to break down solid wastes, was contained in the treatment lagoon and did not leak into the adjacent Simi SIMI Sea Ice Mechanics Initiative SIMI Search for Intelligent Monkeys on the Internet SIMI Students Islamic Movement in India SIMI Society of Irish Motor Industry SIMI Smallholder Irrigation Markets Initiative Arroyo, said Doug Beach, hazardous materials manager for the county Environmental Health Division. The accident occurred Oct. 22. - Daily News Ex-PTA president pleads not guilty THOUSAND OAKS - A former president of the Lang Ranch Elementary PTA PTA or parent-teacher association: see parent education. pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of fraud and embezzlement embezzlement, wrongful use, for one's own selfish ends, of the property of another when that property has been legally entrusted to one. Such an act was not larceny at common law because larceny was committed only when property was acquired by a "felonious taking," i. in the theft last year of more than $3,200 from PTA accounts, officials said. Tracy Ross, 36, was arrested on Oct. 23, and freed after posting $10,000 bail the following day. The investigation began after officials from the Conejo Valley Unified School District Conejo Valley Unified School District or CVUSD is a school district in Ventura County. It serves Thousand Oaks, California and its subsections Newbury Park and Westlake Village. questioned the findings of an audit of PTA records. - Daily News |
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