BRIEFLY.Con man Roblee gets prison term An Encino man who conned a Baptist minister and other victims out of a total of about $4.8 million, then used part of the money to finance an adult-film business, was sentenced Monday to five years in prison. Nicholas Roblee, 36, also known as Nicholas Richmond, pleaded guilty in May to fraud and 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. . He admitted that he and others conned more than 40 investors by telling them their money would go into short-term promissory notes, real estate loans and precious-metals trading programs that supposedly had high returns. More than $2 million was returned to the investors, but the rest was spent by Roblee, prosecutors said. - City News Service Actor under probe before drug death Actor Robert Pastorelli was under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . for the 1999 killing of his girlfriend when he died
from an overdose in March, police confirmed Monday.
The New York Daily News New York Daily News Morning daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson and his cousin Robert McCormick as a subsidiary of the Tribune Co. of Chicago. The first successful tabloid-format newspaper in the U.S. initially reported Sunday that Pastorelli was under investigation, citing an ``Inside Edition'' story broadcast Monday. Lt. Paul Vernon of the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. confirmed the ``Inside Edition'' report. ``The district attorney was reopening the case and asking police to re- examine the evidence, which we did,'' Vernon said. ``Pastorelli, as the boyfriend, was a person of interest from the get-go.'' The case has been closed since Pastorelli's death, Vernon said. Charemon Jonovich, 25, who had a daughter with Pastorelli, was found shot in the head of the actor's Hollywood Hills The Hollywood Hills, an unofficial designation of part of the City of Los Angeles, California, are part of the eastern section of the low transverse range of the Santa Monica Mountains, which extends from the Los Feliz District and Hollywood, on the south side of the Valley, to home. - City News Service Palmdale woman stabbing victim PALMDALE - An apparent stabbing victim whose body was found curled up on the front seat of a vehicle in Palmdale was identified Monday as a 21-year-old Palmdale woman, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the coroner's office. Maria Lourdes Carranza was found when authorities checked out a report of an abandoned vehicle at the intersection of Fifth Street East and Avenue R-8 about 4:45 p.m. Sunday, said David Campbell David Campbell may refer to:
An autopsy was pending, he said. - City News Service Bomber to go free with medication The first person in the Southland charged with a Patriot Act Patriot Act: see USA PATRIOT Act. terrorism- related count was sentenced Monday to 21 months for making a pipe bomb that exploded outside a campaign office of Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Garden Grove. Hai Duc Le, 36, pleaded guilty to the count, was sentenced to time he already served while awaiting trial, and is expected to be released from the Santa Ana City Jail on Friday. As conditions of his release, he must continue taking medicine for mental illness and immediately begin getting psychiatric treatment, U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney said. - City News Service Families can get help on gas bills Families needing help with their natural-gas bills can apply for a one-time grant of up to $150 from the Southern California Gas This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Co.'s assistance program for limited-income customers, the utility reported Monday. The utility offers other assistance programs - such as a 20 percent discounted rate for income-qualified customers - through the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program. For more information, visit the Web site www.socalgas.com or call The Gas Co. at (800) 427-2200. - City News Service Tipped coffee cup gives boy burns ARLETA - A 16-month-old boy suffered second-degree burns Monday morning when he overturned a cup of coffee onto himself, authorities said. The boy was taken to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History with burns to his face, chest and arm, said Melissa Kelley, a spokeswoman for the 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. . His condition was unavailable. The boy was with his grandmother in the 13200 block of West Reliance Street when he tipped over the coffee cup about 9:55 a.m., Kelley said. - Daily News |
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