BRIEFLY.Man accused in sex assaults A sexual predator The term sexual predator is used pejoratively to describe a person seen as obtaining or trying to obtain sexual contact with another person in a metaphorically predatory manner. posing as an AT&T executive enticed young women with offers of high-paying jobs and company cars, but sexually assaulted them when they arrived for interviews in North Hollywood and El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , police said Thursday. Oscar A. Corea, 37, who appears on California's Megan's Law Megan's Laws are named for Megan Kanka, a seven-year-old girl from New Jersey who was sexually assaulted and murdered in 1994 by a neighbor who, unknown to the victim's family, had been previously convicted for Sex Offenses against children. list of registered sex offenders, was arrested Thursday in Richmond in connection with the crimes, El Segundo police Lt. Bob Turnbull Robert Hamilton "Bob" Turnbull (June 22 1894 – 1946) was a Scottish footballer. Turnbull was originally a soldier, serving in the Royal Corps of Signals, and joined Arsenal in 1921 as an amateur. said. In the North Hollywood crime, Corea allegedly went to an employment agency, talked with a woman and offered her a job interview. He set up a meeting Jan. 4 and sexually assaulted her, Turnbull said. -- Daily Breeze The Daily Breeze is a 70,000-circulation daily newspaper published in Torrance, California. It serves the South Bay cities of Los Angeles County, and produces a weekly supplement in San Pedro. Body discovered near school PACOIMA -- The body of a woman was found Thursday in a Pacoima neighborhood, less than a mile away from Telfair Elementary School elementary school: see school. . The unidentified woman, described in her late 20s or early 30s, was discovered at 4:30 p.m. on the 10500 block of Telfair Avenue, said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Officer Martha Garcia. -- Daily News Burbank drafts smoking ban BURBANK -- The city is one step closer to butting out in public areas. The City Council has ordered staff to draft an ordinance that would restrict smoking in outdoor shopping areas, apartment and condominium common areas, restaurant and bar patios, parks, transit stations and the downtown district. -- Daily News Two boys hurt in park attack LA CRESCENTA -- Police are investigating an attack at a park that left one 16-year-old boy shot and another stabbed -- both in buttocks buttocks /but·tocks/ (but´oks) the two fleshy prominences formed by the gluteal muscles on the lower part of the back. . The victims were found Wednesday at Dunsmore Park, 4700 Dunsmore Ave., where gunshots were reported just before 9 p.m., officials said. -- Daily News Genocide topic of TV broadcast GLENDALE -- A meeting between congressman Adam Schiff
Adam B. Schiff (born June 20 1960) is an American politician. He first served in the California State Senate. and a 100-year-old survivor of the Armenian Genocide will be broadcast at 7:30 tonight on Channel 55 in Glendale and Burbank. Siraipi Khoyan, who recently turned 100, and Rose Baboyan survived the killing of an estimated 1 million to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915. The Turkish government has denied that a genocide occurred, and blamed the slaughter of Armenians on the social upheaval during the Ottoman Empire's collapse. Schiff plans to introduce a resolution seeking federal recognition of what many have deemed the first deliberate massacre of an ethnic group in the 20th century. -- Daily News Families offered credits on taxes Low- and moderate-income families with children may be eligible to receive $4,500 thanks to the Earned Income Tax Credit The United States federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a refundable tax credit that reduces or eliminates the taxes that low-income married working people pay (such as payroll taxes) and also frequently operates as a wage subsidy for low-income workers. , officials said Thursday. To claim the credit, taxpayers must be U.S. citizens or legal residents with valid Social Security numbers. A married couple with an income of less than $38,348 and two or more children is eligible for a $4,536 credit. A family earning less than $34,001 with one child can receive a $2,747 credit. Single workers between the ages of 25 and 64 who earn less than $12,120 and do not have children can receive a $412 credit. Families can call the county hotline at 211 or visit the Web site at www.eitc-la.com to see if they qualify for the credit. -- City News Service Body of man found in Gorman GORMAN -- The body of a male was discovered at Hungry Valley State Park Thursday in Gorman, according to the sheriff's department. The body was found in some bushes at the park at 2:43 p.m., said Capt. Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. Sheriff's homicide detectives were sent to investigate the circumstances of his death. -- City News Service |
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