BRIEFLY.Mom, son get life for man's slaying A mother and son were each sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole for killing a Granada Hills businessman, five years after the two received an identical sentence for the murder of a wealthy New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of socialite. Sante Kimes Sante Kimes (born July 24 1934) is an American woman infamous for the murder of Irene Silverman, an 82-year-old New York City socialite. She also was convicted of killing David Kazdin in early 1998, a business associate of her husband, in California. , 71, was convicted in July 2004 of first-degree murder in the death of David Kazdin, whose body was found in a trash bin near Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX in 1998. Her son, Kenneth Kimes, pleaded guilty to the murder in 2003 and agreed to testify against his mother. On Monday, Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy-Powell called Sante Kimes ``one of the most evil individuals'' she has encountered. She added that the younger Kimes was brutalized and manipulated by his mother, but must take responsibility for his crimes. The sentencing was the latest in a bicoastal bi·coas·tal adj. 1. Relating to both the east and west coasts of the United States, as: a. Traveling frequently between coasts as part of a business or living arrangement: saga in which the mother- son team murdered Kazdin and New York socialite Irene Silverman to secure a multimillion-dollar town house and cover up a fraudulent loan. Kenneth Kimes, 29, testified at his mother's July trial that she decided to kill Kazdin, an old friend, after he discovered that she had fraudulently taken out a $280,000 loan by forging his signature. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Motorcyclist dies in crash on 134 A motorcyclist was killed Monday after possibly colliding with a commuter bus on the Ventura Freeway just east of Cahuenga Boulevard, the California Highway Patrol said. The 23-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. The 4:23 p.m. crash shut down two freeway lanes, leading to a SigAlert, said CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan Officer Vince Ramirez. - Daily News State high court says no to killer The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld a man's death sentence for murdering a woman after offering her a ride home from a San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. bar in January 1990. In a unanimous ruling, the state's highest court rejected Richard Stitely's claim that errors were made in his trial. Stitely was convicted of first-degree murder for the slaying of Carol Unger, along with the special-circumstance allegation of murder during the commission of unlawful sodomy sodomy Noncoital carnal copulation. Sodomy is a crime in some jurisdictions. Some sodomy laws, particularly in Middle Eastern countries and those jurisdictions observing Shari'ah law, provide penalties as severe as life imprisonment for homosexual intercourse, even if the . He also was convicted of a separate charge of forcible rape involving a June 1989 attack on a 16-year-old girl who was 5 1/2 months pregnant. - City News Service Part of LAX plan ready for takeoff An airport panel voted unanimously Monday to move forward on part of the Los Angeles International Airport modernization plan before receiving federal approval of the $11 billion revamp. The Board of Airport Commissioners will begin seeking bids for the project, which involves moving the southern runway closer to the city of El Segundo. The improvements would be the first to be made as part of the renovation plan. - City News Service Woman in hospital after attack by dog QUARTZ HILL - A woman was airlifted to a local hospital Monday night after being attacked by a pit bull-retriever mix, which authorities shot and killed, officials said. Officials responded to the 4700 block of West Avenue L-14 at 7 p.m. after hearing reports of the attack, authorities said. The unidentified woman was airlifted 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 in Mission Hills, suffering injuries to both of her arms, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. Lt. William Hindman. Her wounds did not appear to be life threatening, he said. - Daily News |
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