BRIEFLY.LAX, LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. issue on May 17 ballot The City Council agreed Wednesday to ask voters to approve a plan that could lead to the merger of the LAX and 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 . forces. By an 11-3 vote, the council voted to place a measure on the May 17 ballot to allow officials to merge the two agencies. LAPD officials have said such a merger would increase security at Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX , while Airport Police officials worry it could mean less coverage at the facility. - Daily News Council candidate arrested in spam Former Thousand Oaks City Council candidate Daniel Avila was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of felony computer fraud, identity theft, false personation The crime of falsely assuming the identity of another to gain a benefit or avoid an expense. The crime of falsely assuming the identity of another person in order to gain a benefit or cause harm to the other person can be referred to as false personation or false and election fraud charges, according to the Ventura County District Attorney's Office. A joint investigation by the Sheriff's Department and the Southern California High Technology Task Force found that Avila, 25, allegedly sent thousands of text messages to local cell phone subscribers. The messages appeared to have been sent by former Thousand Oaks Mayor Bob Wilson, who was ousted in the Nov. 2 elections. More than 100 people sent e-mails to Wilson angry over being awakened by the spam call. Avila was released after posting a $50,000 bond. He is scheduled to be arraigned March 4. - Daily News Panel will focus on gang problem In an effort to focus more attention on the city's gang problem, Los Angeles officials on Wednesday created a special panel to coordinate various programs. Councilman Martin Ludlow will chair the new Ad Hoc Committee ad hoc committee A committee formed with the purpose of addressing a specific issue or issues, which theoretically is disbanded once its raison d'etre is finished on Gang Violence and Youth Development, which will include council members Wendy Greuel and Ed Reyes. - Daily News Man riding moped moped: see motorcycle. dies in collision SUNLAND - A 62-year-old man on a moped died after a collision with a vehicle in Sunland, police said. Detective Bill Bustos, with the Valley Traffic Division, said the moped driver was traveling west on Foothill Boulevard near Hillrose Street about 7:10 p.m. Tuesday when he was struck from behind by a 1997 Toyota Avalon driven by an 86-year-old female driver. The moped driver was transported to a local hospital, where he died about 11:20 p.m. Tuesday. Police are still investigating the incident, Bustos said. The identity of the victim is being withheld pending the notification of relatives, according to the Los Angeles Coroner's Office. - Daily News Brothers charged in tax check scam A 39-year-old Woodland Hills man and his brother were among 20 Southern Californians indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. in an $18 million federal tax refund Tax refund Money back from the government when too much tax has been paid or withheld from a salary. check theft scheme, officials said Wednesday. Authorities believe Benjamin Marsh of Woodland Hills worked with his brother, Talcum tal·cum n. See talc. talcum talc, talcum powder. Marsh III of Los Angeles, in the scheme. The indictment alleges that the defendants conspired to steal U.S. Treasury checks from a postal facility and, with the help of employees at financial institutions and other businesses, to cash those checks. If convicted, the defendants could face up to 25 years in federal prison. The Marsh brothers also are charged with five counts of money laundering and five counts of structuring cash transactions to avoid federal reporting requirements. - Daily News College district salvages paper The Los Angeles Community College District The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California and some of its neighboring cities. In addition to typical college aged students, the LACCD also serves adults of all ages. has put 3,000 surplus blueprint documents to good use, recycling them into 50,000 scratch pads. The blueprints, part of the district's $2.2 billion Proposition A/AA bond construction program, were chopped into 5 1/2-by-8 1/2-inch sheets and bound together. Ford Graphics did the work at no cost to the district. - Daily News Small-plane crash leaves eight dead Eight people were killed Wednesday morning when a small plane en route to Southern California crashed just outside Pueblo, Colo., about 120 miles south of Denver, as it approached the local airport. The plane is registered to Circuit City Stores, and four of its employees were among the dead. ``We have no indication at this time as to why the plane crashed,'' said Deputy Steve Bryant of the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office. The plane, a twin-engine Cessna Citation 560, crashed about five miles east of Pueblo Memorial Airport Pueblo Memorial Airport (IATA: PUB, ICAO: KPUB, FAA LID: PUB) is a public airport located five miles (8 km) east of the central business district (CBD) of Pueblo, a city in Pueblo County, Colorado, USA. , where it was stopping to refuel re·fu·el v. re·fu·eled also re·fu·elled, re·fu·el·ing also re·fu·el·ling, re·fu·els also re·fu·els v.tr. To supply again with fuel. v.intr. before continuing to Irvine, Bryant said. ``It is pretty much barren prairie out there,'' he said. ``There is one farmhouse several hundred yards from the crash, and an individual there heard three loud pops. Then, that's when he saw a plane had crashed and that it was on fire.'' The fire was quickly extinguished. Bryant said there were no confirmed eyewitnesses to the crash, which occurred just after 9 a.m. in ``very overcast'' conditions and ``kind of a drizzly rain.'' - The New York Times |
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