BRIEFLY.Teen is charged in hammer attack VAN NUYS -- Prosecutors want to try a 17-year-old student at a prestigious college preparatory school preparatory school: see school. preparatory school School that prepares students for entrance to a higher school. In Europe, where secondary education has been selective, preparatory schools have been those that catered to pupils wishing to enter as an adult in the highly publicized beating last month of a female classmate, while the defense wants the case sent back to Juvenile Court juvenile court Special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. Two types of cases are processed by a juvenile court: civil matters, often concerning care of an abandoned or impoverished child, and criminal matters, arising from antisocial and his parents want him treated at a mental hospital. Rupert Tumin Ditsworth of Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. was charged Wednesday in Van Nuys Superior Court with attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. and assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. for allegedly beating Elizabeth Barcay, 18, with a claw hammer. Both attended Harvard-Westlake School in Studio City. Ditsworth had earlier been charged in Juvenile Court, but prosecutors withdrew that case. His attorney, Patrick Smith, has asked for a hearing before a Juvenile Court judge to resist charging him as an adult. The defense motion was originally scheduled to be heard Thursday, but the hearing was postponed until June 20 so prosecutors could have time to respond to the defense move, said Jane Robison, a District Attorney's Office spokeswoman. -- City News Service Hearing delayed on Home Depot VAN NUYS -- 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. officials Thursday shut down a Planning Commission meeting, scheduled to hear arguments for and against permits to build a Home Depot in Sunland-Tujunga, because too many people showed up. About 350 people tried to squeeze into a meeting room at the Marvin Braude Center that was designed for just 199 people. The meeting of the North Valley Area Planning Commission was rescheduled for July 19. A new site will be announced later. -- Daily News Chatsworth man burned in blaze CHATSWORTH -- A 77-year-old man was seriously burned on his face and back Thursday in a fire that damaged a Chatsworth home, authorities said. The fire was reported at 11:17 a.m. in the 22000 block of West Tioga Place. It took 40 firefighters 23 minutes to knock it down, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Ron Myers. The man, whose name was not released, was taken to a hospital, where he was reported in serious condition, Myers said. The cause of the fire was under investigation. -- Daily News Singer sues over Grammy injury A professional singer and her husband sued CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. Broadcasting and Staples Center for injuries she suffered when a large video screen hit her in the head during the 2006 Grammy Awards ceremony. Nicola Kosciuk Galassi and her husband, Tom Galassi, filed the lawsuit Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging negligence, premises liability and loss of consortium. Also sued were the National Academy of Record Arts & Sciences, John Cossette Productions and Kish Rigging Inc. Kish Rigging operated the video screen, according to the lawsuit, which seeks unspecified general and special damages Pecuniary compensation for injuries that follow the initial injury for which compensation is sought. The terminology and classification of types of damages is varied, at times contradictory, and often confusing. , as well as reimbursement of medical expenses. Representatives of the defendants were not immediately available for comment. -- City News Service Metro must pay rider $14 million SANTA MONICA -- A jury Thursday awarded nearly $14 million to a passenger who suffered brain damage and paralysis injuries when a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus slammed into a parked car in Santa Monica. Metro officials admitted liability before the trial. A Metro representative was not immediately available for comment on the Santa Monica Superior Court panel's verdict, which was reached after a day of deliberations. Joseph L. Garcia, now 58, was riding on an MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. bus that was traveling on Santa Monica Boulevard on June 25, 2005, when it collided with a parked car, causing him to violently strike his head inside the bus, according to his attorneys, Geoffrey S. Wells and Browne Greene. Garcia, now 58, suffers from permanent brain injury and is paralyzed par·a·lyze tr.v. par·a·lyzed, par·a·lyz·ing, par·a·lyz·es 1. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic. 2. To make unable to move or act: paralyzed by fear. on his left side. He requires 24-hour attendant care for the rest of his life, and the court appointed a conservator conservator n. a guardian and protector appointed by a judge to protect and manage the financial affairs and/or the person's daily life due to physical or mental limitations or old age. to handle his financial affairs, according to his lawyers. -- City News Service |
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