BRIEFLY WOMAN WITH RIFLE JAILED IN HIJACKING.NORTHRIDGE - Police on Tuesday arrested a woman suspected of carjacking The criminal taking of a motor vehicle from its driver by force, violence, or intimidation. The u.s. justice department categorizes the crime of carjacking as a "completed or attempted Robbery of a motor vehicle by a stranger a taxi at rifle-point after they found her hiding behind a Porter Ranch home. The woman hijacked the taxi about 12:30 p.m. at the Northridge Fashion Center Northridge Fashion Center is a large shopping mall located in Northridge, California. It opened in 1971. It was severely damaged during the Northridge Earthquake in 1994, but renovated extensively in 1995 and 1998. and forced the driver to go north, LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Officer Troy Pearson said. The cab crashed into a tree in the 19200 block of Rinaldi Street after the driver spotted a police car, Pearson said. No one was seriously injured. The woman tried to commandeer com·man·deer tr.v. com·man·deered, com·man·deer·ing, com·man·deers 1. To force into military service. 2. To seize for military use; confiscate. 3. To take arbitrarily or by force. another vehicle, but the driver refused to open the door. She then fled. - Daily News Wannabe cop gets death sentence A one-time aspiring police officer was sentenced Tuesday to death for the May 2002 murders of a business rival and three of her family members, who were strangled stran·gle v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles v.tr. 1. a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle. b. before their Hollywood Hills home was set ablaze. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy-Powell rejected a motion to modify the jury's June 4 recommendation that 37-year-old Virendra ``Victor'' Govin of Studio City be sent to Death Row, said Deputy District Attorney Eleanor Hunter. Govin was convicted May 18 of four counts of murder for the May 4, 2002, deaths of Gita Kumar, 42; her son Paras, 18; daughter Tulsi tulsi /tul·si/ (tool´se) a type of basil, Ocimum sanctum, considered sacred in India and having immunostimulant, antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral properties, used in ayurvedic medicine. , 16; and 63-year-old mother-in-law, Sitaben Patel. Govin was also convicted of robbery, burglary and arson of an inhabited structure, and the special-circumstance allegations of multiple murders and murder for financial gain and murder during the commission of a robbery and burglary. - City News Service Two city workers charged in thefts SAN FERNANDO - The city fired a veteran employee who a month earlier was charged with five counts of misappropriation misappropriation n. the intentional, illegal use of the property or funds of another person for one's own use or other unauthorized purpose, particularly by a public official, a trustee of a trust, an executor or administrator of a dead person's estate, or by any of public funds, city officials said Tuesday. Supervising mechanic Steve Hartwell, 53, was dismissed last week after city officials completed an investigation that concluded that Hartwell helped embezzle embezzle To take illegally something of value being held in custody for someone else. $30,000 in city funds. Steve Angarita was also charged with six counts of misappropriation of public funds and on Dec. 10 resigned from his post. Both men have pleaded not guilty and Hartwell has appealed his dismissal. The two face up to five years and eight months in state prison and are set to go on trial Feb. 5 in San Fernando Superior Court, Division 133. - Daily News District will sue feds over water VENTURA - The Casitas Municipal Water District plans to sue the federal government to recoup the costs of water lost to save endangered steelhead trout. Eleven days after the district hosted a celebration for the grand opening of a $8.3 million fish ladder that allows the steelhead to spawn, the district board voted Monday to sue, board member Chuck Bennett said. At issue is the amount of water the district is required to send down the Ventura River so the federally endangered steelhead trout can migrate upstream. The district needs to replace the water that it is mandated to release for the fish. - Associated Press Simi woman guilty in theft scheme SIMI VALLEY - A 36-year-old Simi Valley resident was convicted of grand theft in connection with a scheme to get family friends and business associates to invest more than $150,000 in a phony soap product, the Ventura County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday. Erin Volante also pleaded guilty Dec. 20 in Ventura County Superior Court to commercial burglary in a second scheme in which she bounced checks at several Simi Valley businesses, including two that allowed her to purchase a car, officials said. - Daily News Paint fumes fumes odorous gases and other volatile materials; inhalation of irritating fumes causes coughing and, if sufficiently severe, irreversible pulmonary edema. force workers to leave THOUSAND OAKS - The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza is a performing arts and administrative center located in Thousand Oaks, California. It was built in 1994 on the former site of "Jungleland" at a cost of $63.8 million. and City Hall was evacuated Tuesday when odors entered the building from a painting project, officials said. The first two levels were evacuated at 11 a.m. and the third and fourth at 1:15 p.m. A hazardous-materials team from the 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. declared the building safe at 2:25 p.m. - Daily News |
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