BRIEFLY.Murder suspect awaiting hearing WOODLAND HILLS -- A man arrested on suspicion of stabbing another man to death during a fight outside the Westfield Promenade sits in Twin Towers Correctional Facility The Twin Towers Correctional Facility, also referred to in the media as Twin Towers Jail, is a complex erected in Los Angeles, California to house inmates of the Los Angeles County Courts. It is the world’s largest jail. awaiting his court hearing next month, authorities said Monday. Shane Savage, 25, is being held on $1 million bail on suspicion of killing Michael Torbron, 26. His next court appearance is Oct. 3. Savage was arrested Sept. 16 after an argument inside The Rack, a restaurant and billiard bil·liard adj. Of, relating to, or used in billiards. n. See carom. Adj. 1. billiard - of or relating to billiards; "a billiard ball"; "a billiard cue"; "a billiard table" parlor, said Rick Swanston, homicide detective for the Los Angeles Police Department's West Valley Division. Swanston said the argument continued outside and escalated into a fight among Savage, Torbron and others. Then Savage pulled out a knife and stabbed Torbron, Swanston said. Torbron's friends drove him to West Hills Hospital where he died. -- Daily News Man charged in impersonation Impersonation Patroclus wore the armor of Achilles against the Trojans to encourage the disheartened Greeks. [Gk. Lit.: Iliad] Prisoner of Zenda, The GLENDALE -- A man police say impersonated one of their own with a fake badge and then pulled over a real detective on the road is facing multiple charges, authorities said Monday. The Los Angeles District Attorney's Office has charged Shahbod Hooseini, 22, of Glendale with impersonating a police officer, false imprisonment false imprisonment, complete restraint upon a person's liberty of movement without legal justification. Actual physical contact is not necessary; a show of authority or a threat of force is sufficient. The person falsely imprisoned may sue the offender for damages. and reckless driving reckless driving n. operation of an automobile in a dangerous manner under the circumstances, including speeding (or going too fast for the conditions, even though within the posted speed limit), driving after drinking (but not drunk), having too many passengers in . He is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 23 at Glendale Superior Court. Police say Hooseini, carrying a fake gold shield, pulled over a motorist Aug. 28 on the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. near Western Avenue. The driver turned out to be a Glendale police detective, and Hooseini allegedly fled. -- Daily News School opens despite break-in SUN VALLEY -- Sun Valley Middle School Sun Valley Middle School is located in Sun Valley, a section of Los Angeles, California, and is part of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). In April 1948, school officials announced that "the most charming of all the new junior high schools" in the Los Angeles system would opened as usual on Monday after a fire and a break-in over the weekend, authorities said. A fire thought to be caused by vandals started around 6:50 p.m. Sunday on the first floor of a two-story office building on the school's campus, said Brian Ballton, Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman. There were no reported injuries. It appeared that the person or people who broke into the building placed a cup in a microwave, which sparked the blaze, said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Sgt. Larry Poehls. -- Daily News Smog-check help will go to more MODESTO -- More people can qualify for assistance with smog certification after state officials changed the income requirements for a special program. Under the new guidelines, a family of four in California that makes $45,000 or less annually can get help from the Consumer Assistance Program for smog checks. Previously, $40,000 would have been the cut-off level. Russ Heimerich, a spokesman for the California Department of Consumer Affairs The California Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) is a government agency in the U.S. state of California dedicated to consumer protection and ensuring a fair and competitive marketplace. , said those who qualify will have to pay the first $20 for repairs, and the state will pay up to $500 for the rest. For more information, go to www.dca.ca.gov. -- The New York Times Board declines action on hospital The Board of Supervisors declined to take any action during an emergency session Monday on Martin Luther King-Drew Medical Center, which is scheduled to lose federal funding for repeated lapses in patient care. County supervisors met behind closed doors for 2 1/2 hours, and will reconvene reconvene Verb to gather together again after an interval: we reconvene tomorrow Verb 1. reconvene - meet again; "The bill will be considered when the Legislature reconvenes next Fall" in closed session today to discuss legal options, according to health services director Dr. Bruce Chernof. The county-owned hospital was notified by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), previously known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) that administers the Medicare program and late Friday that it had failed a ``make-or-break'' inspection and would lose its federal funding -- some $200 million, or about half the hospital's budget -- at the end of the year. -- City News Service Charges are filed in dog dragging SAN FERNANDO -- A Sunland man accused of dragging his dog to death after the canine jumped out of his truck was charged Monday with felony animal cruelty and drunk driving. Julio Humberto Perez, 40, is scheduled to be arraigned today in San Fernando Superior Court on four felony charges. The criminal complaint alleges that he has three prior convictions for driving under the influence between 1997 and 2004. Perez's German shepherd -- which was attached to the truck by a metal cord tied to the dog's collar -- was dragged at speeds of up to 50 mph after jumping from the bed of his truck, authorities said. -- City News Service N. Ireland man sent to homeland A man from Northern Ireland who was convicted of aiding in the 1988 killings of two British soldiers has been deported to Ireland after a two- year effort by U.S. officials to remove him from California, where he immigrated and established a family. Sean O'Cealleagh, 37, flew to Dublin on Sunday, escorted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is the largest investigative arm of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and is responsible for identifying and dismantling vulnerabilities regarding the nation's border, economic, transportation and infrastructure officers. -- Associated Press |
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