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advertising a $100,000 reward for information leading to the capture of
Raul Garcia- Gomez, a 19-year-old suspected of killing a police officer
in Denver, officials said Friday.
Police believe Garcia-Gomez killed Denver police Detective Donald Young Donald Young may refer to:
Gangster accused of pulling handgun GLENDALE - A member of a Highland Park Highland Park. 1 City (1990 pop. 30,575), Lake co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago on Lake Michigan; inc. 1869. It is a retail business and medical center for the North Shore area. gang was arrested Friday after pulling a handgun out of his pocket as an officer was about to question him, police said. Officer Jerry Uebel saw Martin Diaz, 20, walking with a woman about 1 p.m. near a Montrose Avenue preschool, said Sgt. Tom Lorenz of the Glendale Police Department said. When Uebel tried to talk with Diaz, another officer arrived to assist. Diaz turned away from Uebel and began to remove a handgun, Lorenz said. Officer Dean Hess Dean E Hess (1917[1] - ) was an American minister and United States Air Force colonel who was involved in the so called "Kiddy Car Airlift", the documented rescue of 950 orphans and 80 orphanage staff from the path of the Chinese advance during the Korean War, on tackled Diaz, who was taken into custody, Lorenz said. Diaz was arrested on suspicion of assault on an officer with a deadly weapon deadly weapon n. any weapon which can kill. This includes not only weapons which are intended to do harm like a gun or knife, but also blunt instruments like clubs, baseball bats, monkey wrenches, an automobile or any object which actually causes death. and possession of a loaded firearm on school property. He was booked with bail set at $50,000 and is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Glendale Superior Court. - City News Service Computer foul-up cost lottery wins A computer programming error in the California Lottery's Daily Derby cost 650 players a chance to win the game's grand prize over six months, lottery officials said. To compensate, the lottery plans to triple some prizes and boost the grand prize to roughly $300,000 from May 18 to June 1, using money that otherwise would be spent on advertising. Armed man robs bank with `bomb' ENCINO - An armed man robbed the Encino branch of Manufacturers Bank at 16255 Ventura Blvd. on Friday, leaving behind a liquid substance that he said was an explosive, Los Angeles police said. A police bomb squad examined the substance, Sgt. Pete Foster said. Nobody was hurt during the robbery, and no shots were fired, Foster said. The man fled on foot about 5:30 p.m. with an unknown amount of money, Foster said. - Daily News One person dead in street shooting PANORAMA CITY - Homicide detectives are investigating a shooting at the corner of Tupper and Terra Bella streets that left one person dead, Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Kim Kempton said. Witnesses reported shots fired about 6:45 p.m. Friday, Kempton said. Officials did not release information on the victim, and Kempton said they did not have information on possible suspects. - Daily News Kidnapped girls OK; man at large VENTURA - Police are searching for James Apodaca, a 37-year-old man from Port Hueneme Port Hueneme (wī'nē`mē), city (1990 pop. 20,319), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; founded 1870, inc. 1948. It has an artificial deep-sea harbor and is the site of a huge naval construction-battalion (Seabee) center. suspected of abducting ab·duct tr.v. ab·duct·ed, ab·duct·ing, ab·ducts 1. To carry off by force; kidnap. 2. Physiology To draw away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part or limb. two girls in Saticoy on Friday afternoon, 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. Capt. Ron Nelson Ron Nelson is a composer of both classical and popular music and a retired music academic. He was born in Joliet, Illinois, on December 14, 1929. After earning bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester in New said. Police believe Apodaca took the girls, ages 5 and 7, from their home about 3:45 p.m. Friday, Nelson said. The Sheriff's Department issued an Amber Alert about 6:40 p.m., and the girls were found in Ventura near Apodaca's dark-blue 1995 Honda Civic shortly after 7 p.m., Nelson said. Apodaca has a criminal record with a history of violent crimes, Nelson said. - Daily News |
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