BRIEFLY.FBI joining team fighting e-crimes Confronting a surge in identity theft, the Secret Service announced Wednesday that the FBI will join the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. arm of its Electronic Crimes Task Force to give it broader authority and expertise in solving electronic crimes. The task force investigates identity theft, wire fraud, money laundering The process of taking the proceeds of criminal activity and making them appear legal. Laundering allows criminals to transform illegally obtained gain into seemingly legitimate funds. and other electronic crimes. It targets thieves who use a computer to con victims out of personal information that is then used to gain access to bank or credit card accounts. Anthony Chapa, who heads the Secret Service's Los Angeles office, said the partnership will ``intensify our ability to combat all forms of high-tech crimes affecting the citizens and businesses of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, .'' Federal authorities say they've won convictions in 56 of 69 task force cases from 2004, in which suspects were indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. for various Internet crimes, telecommunications fraud and intellectual-property offenses. - Daily News Hearing delayed in tiger's escape MOORPARK - The arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted has been postponed until July 11 for a Moorpark couple charged with lying to authorities when they denied owning a 350-pound escaped tiger that was later shot and killed. This is the second time the hearing has been delayed since Gert Abby Hedengran, 56, and his wife, Roena Emma Hedengran, 52, were charged in March. Each is free on $25,000 bail. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Johns said the arraignment has been delayed at the request of defense attorneys, who declined to comment or did not return phone calls. - Daily News Missionary gets 15-life in slaying A missionary was sentenced on Wednesday to 15 years to life in state prison for slaying his estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. wife who he initially claimed was abducted abducted Distal angulation of an extremity away from the midline of the body in a transverse plane and away from a sagittal plane passing through the proximal aspect of the foot or part, or away from some other specified reference point at gunpoint and killed by two men. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Brandlin imposed the sentence on Mario Chacon Hernandez, convicted Feb. 15 of second-degree murder for killing his estranged wife, Gabrielle. Hernandez, now 47, had recently returned from doing missionary work Noun 1. missionary work - the organized work of a religious missionary mission work - activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work" da'wah, dawah - missionary work for Islam in El Salvador El Salvador (ĕl sälväthōr`), officially Republic of El Salvador, republic (2005 est. pop. 6,705,000), 8,260 sq mi (21,393 sq km), Central America. when he initially told Los Angeles police in February 2004 that he and his wife had been kidnapped from an Inglewood gym by two men. He later admitted that he had 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. her, investigators said. - City News Service Training advised for motorcyclists GLENDALE - New motorcycle riders or those who haven't been riding for a while were advised Wednesday to sign up for a state training course before they hit the road. State law requires those 21 years and younger to take the California Motorcyclist Safety Program course, said Sgt. Troy Lukkes of the California Highway Patrol. And the CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan also advised older riders to enroll for training or a brushup. To enroll in a course, call (877) RIDE-411. - City News Service $200,000 granted to shooting victim Los Angeles County supervisors agreed to pay $200,000 to a woman who was shot 10 times by sheriff's deputies and left permanently injured. Simona Wilfred was wounded on Nov. 11, 2003, when deputies fired 65 rounds at her car. She suffered nerve damage to her arms and left leg. County lawyers said the shooting was justified, but they recommended settling with Wilfred because she might have received much more money from a jury if she sued. Deputies opened fire on a car driven by Wilfred's boyfriend after following it from a house that was under surveillance. They contend that they fired because the car was backing toward them. - Associated Press At least 2 acres burn in hilly area BURBANK - A fire that consumed two to three acres in the hills above Burbank on Wednesday was being investigated as arson, according to a Fire Department captain. The fire broke out on County Club Drive and Via Montana at 4:53 p.m. and was declared knocked down at 5:27 p.m., according to a Burbank Fire Department dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler. . The fire is regarded as suspicious because it broke out along the road with no obvious sign of ignition, Capt. Ron Bell said. No homes were threatened, Bell said. Firefighters were able to fight the fire from the ground and helicopters were not needed. No injuries were reported. - City News Service |
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