BRIEFLY.`Road rage' leads to driver's arrest SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. - A Simi Valley motorist was arrested after another man was hit by a vehicle during an apparent ``road-rage'' confrontation in a supermarket parking lot, police said. Douglas Crosby, 54, was arrested when a motorcycle officer stopped his vehicle and noticed it was missing its driver's door handle, which the other motorist had grabbed and broken off in the parking lot. The other motorist, Paul Wright Paul Wright may refer to:
Police said the two motorists had tried about 9:30 a.m. Saturday to turn into a driveway to the Vons shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into on Cochran Street from opposite directions. When Wright and his wife came out of the store a few minutes later, they said they saw the other motorist scratching their car with a key. When the couple confronted the man, he got in his vehicle and drove off, knocking down Paul Wright, who had stood in front of the vehicle to stop it from leaving, police said. Crosby was booked on suspicion of 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. and vandalism. - Daily News Woman dies after hits from 3 cars OXNARD - California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officers are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a hit-and-run driver hit-and-run driver n → conductor que tras atropellar a algn se da a la fuga hit-and-run driver n → chauffard m hit-and-run driver hit n who struck an Oxnard woman as she walked to work, and a second motorist who hit her after she was knocked into the street. A third motorist who also hit the woman and drove off was found near the crash and arrested, authorities said. Minerva Pena, 33, had been walking at about 6:20 a.m. Saturday along the shoulder of Rice Avenue north of Channel Islands Boulevard when she was struck by the three vehicles and killed, 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 officials said. Pena was first struck by a car identified from crash debris as a gray 1986 to 1988 Mercury Sable The Mercury Sable was originally a mid-size car, and is now a full-size car created by the Ford Motor Company and sold under the semi-luxury Mercury brand. It is the mechanical counterpart of the Ford Taurus. , which swerved onto the shoulder and knocked her into the street. A second vehicle then hit her and dragged her about 100 feet, the CHP said. Then a minivan dragged her for another 100 feet. All three vehicles drove off before CHP officers arrived, though the van and its driver were found later, officials said. CHP officers asked anyone with information about the crash or the Mercury, which suffered extensive front-end damage, to call the Ventura CHP office at (805) 477-4100 or (805) 477-4174. - Daily News Sniper attacks car dealership, police LANCASTER - Sheriff's deputies were continuing to search Saturday for a sniper who shot a showroom window at a car dealership and then opened fire on sheriff's deputies. Several deputies responded to the first shots about 8:45 Thursday night at a Mazda dealership on 10th Street West, officials said. ``During their investigation the deputies encountered fire and ran for cover,'' said Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Ed Stewart. ``They were evacuated and by the time they returned, the shooting had stopped.'' No one was injured. - Associated Press Reservoir water OK after break-in ENCINO - Vandals who broke several locks at the gates At the Gates are a Swedish melodic death metal band. They are one of the forebears of the Gothenburg sound of heavy metal along with other bands of the Gothenburg metal scene like Dark Tranquillity and In Flames. to a small reservoir that serves about 300 homes apparently made no effort to poison the water, a Department of Water and Power official said Saturday. Department security units reported the damage to the gates of the Mandeville Reservoir at 9:30 a.m. Friday. No toxicity was discovered in the water. Police are investigating the incident. - City News Service Man dies after he is stabbed at party PACOIMA - An 18-year-old man was fatally stabbed during a fight at a party in Pacoima, Los Angeles police said Saturday. The attack in the 13000 block of Van Nuys Boulevard was reported Friday night, said Los Angeles police Officer Martha Garcia. Garcia said the victim and another person had argued at the party. They went outside and the ``suspect stabbed the victim,'' she said. The victim died later at a hospital, according to Garcia. The suspect remained at large Saturday. - City News Service |
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