BRIEFLY VENTURA COUNTY POT SUSPECTS HELD.Four suspected leaders of an international drug syndicate that sold millions of dollars of marijuana across the country were arrested Wednesday, authorities announced Friday. The arrests of Felix Magna, 28, of Santa Paula; Ruben Estrada, 31, of Fillmore; Miguel Vega, 24, of Santa Paula; and Peter Lozano, 28, of Oxnard follow a three-year investigation by federal and local authorities into a drug ring that has trafficked nearly two tons of marijuana valued at $25 million, said Sgt. Fred Bustillos of 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. . The men are believed to have operated the ring between Northern Mexico and Santa Paula, then distributed the drugs to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Florida, Ohio, Utah, Colorado, Washington and North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , Bustillos said. - Daily News Gunman shot, killed by deputy A 43-year-old man died Friday after being shot by a sheriff's deputy while standing on the balcony of a home near Ojai, authorities said. The man, whose name was not released, was pronounced dead about 1 p.m. at Ojai Valley Hospital, Ventura County sheriff's Sgt. Ron Nelson said. Deputies were called to the home in the unincorporated community of Meiners Oaks about 9 a.m. by neighbors who said the man was firing a gun, Nelson said. The man held police at bay for about three hours, yelling obscenities and firing several rounds from a rifle, Nelson said. The man emerged onto a balcony just before noon and was shot once by an unidentified deputy, Nelson said. - Daily News Halloween display built by producer SHERMAN OAKS - A Halloween display designed by a producer of ``The Simpsons'' has been set up in the front yard of his Sherman Oaks home. The ``humorous'' Halloween display features 4-foot animated pumpkins that sing and skeletons that come to life. The display is located at 4602 Morse Ave., two blocks south of the Ventura Freeway and two blocks west of Coldwater Canyon Boulevard. It will continue through Nov. 1. Donations will be accepted for Food on Foot, a nonprofit agency that feeds the homeless. - Daily News Huge LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. sweep nets 29 arrests A massive South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. sweep by police netted 29 suspects, 13 guns and a substantial amount of narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. , authorities said Friday. The sweep was sparked by the fatal shootings of Quinesha Dunford, 15, and Demario Moore, 13, near 54th Street and Normandie Avenue on Sept. 10, said Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . Officer Jason Lee.
The sweep began in the LAPD's 77th Street Division about 7 p.m. Thursday and focused on the area between the Harbor Freeway to the east, Halldale Avenue to the west, Slauson Avenue to the south and 48th Street to the north, Lee said. - City News Service Paramedic par·a·med·ic n. A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. paramedic saves infant from fire PASADENA - A paramedic whose ambulance crew happened to be in the area rushed into a burning house Friday and saved a 6-month-old girl who was burned over 30 percent to 35 percent of her body, authorities said. Two of the girl's sisters, who are toddlers, were hospitalized for treatment of smoke inhalation Smoke Inhalation Definition Smoke inhalation is breathing in the harmful gases, vapors, and particulate matter contained in smoke. Description Smoke inhalation typically occurs in victims or firefighters caught in structural fires. , said Lisa Derderian of the Pasadena Fire Department. - City News Service |
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