BRIEFLY.Runaway vehicle leaves 3 injured GLENDALE - A car driven by a 30-year-old woman who said she accidentally pushed the accelerator instead of the brake plowed through the front window of a Glendale bakery Monday, injuring three people, police said. The incident occurred just before 3 p.m. at the Red Ribbon Bakery at 916 E. Colorado St., said Sgt. Tom Lorenz of the Glendale Police Department. A 40-year-old customer was the most seriously injured of the three. She was pushed into a glass counter inside the bakery, Lorenz said. An employee and a 13-year-old girl were also hurt, he said, but none of the injuries was believed to be life-threatening. The incident is under investigation, he said. - City News Service Bomb hoax letter results in arrest A man has been arrested for allegedly sending a hoax letter threatening to blow up several government buildings in downtown Los Angeles, including the Federal Building, authorities said Monday. Luis Frederick San Mateo Dimen, 45, is charged with making a false threat to blow up a building. He was arrested Friday at his home in Eagle Rock and is being held without bail, according to the FBI's Laura Eimiller. Federal authorities said employees of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement received a letter this month with a threat to blow up the Federal Building - where regional ICE offices are located - as well as the nearby Criminal Courts Building. The computer-generated letter also contained a threat to blow up the Men's Central Jail, according to the FBI. - City News Service Man questioned in fatal shooting SUN VALLEY - Police were questioning a gang-member suspect from the Antelope Valley in connection with a weekend shooting outside a topless club in Sun Valley that left a man dead, police said. The unidentified man was being questioned at the Los Angeles Police Department's North Hollywood Division late Monday, but his identity was not released. Francisco Javier Herrera, 29, of Panorama City was killed at 4 a.m. Sunday during an argument at a topless nightclub in the 11300 block of Penrose Street. Members of one group opened fire on the other, and Herrera was picked up by his friends and driven to a local hospital, where he died. Anyone with information is asked to call North Hollywood homicide detectives at (818) 623-4075. - Daily News Small quake hits Castaic Lake area CASTAIC - A small earthquake hit about seven miles south of Castaic Lake on Monday, but no damage or injuries were reported, officials said. The magnitude-3.5 quake struck at 12:23 p.m. There were no reports of damage or injuries, Los Angeles County Deputy Mark Wood said. - Associated Press |
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