BRIEFLY.Murder charged in LAX cop's death A 46-year-old man was charged Tuesday with murder for allegedly killing 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 Police Officer Tommy Edward Scott by stealing his patrol car and crashing it as the officer was dragged by the vehicle. William Sadowski, a transient who lived in Venice, also faces two counts of carjacking The criminal taking of a motor vehicle from its driver by force, violence, or intimidation. The u.s. justice department categorizes the crime of carjacking as a "completed or attempted Robbery of a motor vehicle by a stranger and one count of attempted carjacking, said Sandi Gibbons Famous people named Gibbons include:
Prosecutors filed special circumstance allegations that would make Sadowski eligible for the death penalty: murder of a peace officer during performance of his duties and murder during carjacking. Funeral and burial services for Scott will be held Friday at 9:30 a.m. at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels is a cathedral church of the United States in the City of Los Angeles in California. It is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles[1] and seat of its archbishop, Roger Cardinal Mahony. , 555 W. Temple St., followed by burial services at Forest Lawn Forest Lawn is the name of a number of different places:
- 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. Robbery suspect Noun 1. robbery suspect - someone suspected of committing robbery suspect - someone who is under suspicion identified, jailed PANORAMA CITY - A Panorama City thrift store worker was behind bars Tuesday, suspected of being the man in a surveillance video that shows an alarm company robber dragging a woman by her hair, police said. Dimetrious Campbell, 31, was arrested Monday thanks to an anonymous tip, Los Angeles police Detective Gilbert Alonso said. The robbery occurred at 5:10 a.m. April 7 at the Ace Alarm Co., 1914 W. Eighth St., police said. A surveillance video showed the suspect choking a female employee and dragging her by her hair through the office. The victim suffered a cut lip, bloody nose and face swelling, police said. Alonso credited the public and the news media for helping solve the case. After leads were exhausted, Alonso took his case to the public - and the footage was shown on local television news shows beginning April 25. - City News Service K.C. porn fugitive found in Glendale GLENDALE - A 47-year-old Kansas City man, who fled to the Southland to avoid a 15-year jail sentence for possession and distribution of child pornography Child pornography is the visual representation of minors under the age of 18 engaged in sexual activity or the visual representation of minors engaging in lewd or erotic behavior designed to arouse the viewer's sexual interest. , was arrested Monday in Glendale, police said. Police learned that Dion Devinny was living at the Glendale YMCA YMCA in full Young Men's Christian Association Nonsectarian, nonpolitical Christian lay movement that aims to develop high standards of Christian character among its members. , where he was taken into custody about 10:20 a.m., Sgt. Tom Lorenz said. Lorenz said the Police Department and the YMCA have a long-standing relationship and partnership in working together to provide a safe residential environment at the YMCA. Devinny was in possession of a DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. indicating he was once again in possession of child pornography, Lorenz said. He was booked at the Glendale City Jail and turned over to the FBI, along with the seized DVD, the sergeant said. - City News Service 2 burned at plant in San Fernando SAN FERNANDO - A man and a woman suffered severe burns Tuesday in a dust explosion at a vitamin manufacturing plant in the city of San Fernando, authorities said. An errant spark ignited a cloud of vitamin dust at the Pharmavite Corp. plant at 1150 N. Aviation Place at 12:42 a.m., said 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. spokesman Brian Humphrey. Injured were a 22-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman working in an area in which the powder that gets packaged into vitamin capsules is moved through large machinery, Humphrey said. The injuries were not life-threatening, he said. - City News Service Man grabbed girl, police officers say GLENDALE - A 42-year-old Glendale man was in custody in lieu of $1 million bail after he tried to kidnap a 7-year-old girl from outside a laundromat while her mother was inside, police said. Gabino Rosales is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday on charges of kidnapping and assault for gratification, officials said. Glendale police are investigating whether Rosales can be linked to other incidents. A man grabbed the girl near Glendale Boulevard and Windsor Road and tried to drag her to his car, but she pinched him hard on the arm and managed to escape, said Glendale police Sgt. Randy Osborne. ``Very, very brave young girl, and luckily she's safe. And she was emotionally traumatized by the event, but physically she's safe,'' Osborne said. The girl ran to her mother after the escape, and her mother took her to the Glendale Police Department. Officers went to the laundromat and arrested Rosales. - Daily News Murdered local woman identified BURBANK - A 41-year-old Burbank woman killed in a murder-suicide by her estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. husband was identified Tuesday as Tamara Kachayan, officials said. Karapet Kachayan of Los Angeles shot the victim twice last Friday in the parking lot of her apartment building in the 200 block of West Spazier Avenue before shooting himself. The couple had been separated for a year and was in the process of divorcing, officials said. Tamara Kachayan's 17-year-old daughter was present but ran from Karapet Kachayan, who chased her around the building and fired a shot at her that missed. Police did not identify the teen. - Daily News CAPTION(S): photo Photo: SADOWSKI |
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