BRIEFLY.Man pleads guilty to counterfeiting A 37-year-old North Hollywood man pleaded guilty Wednesday to counterfeiting and state tax evasion The process whereby a person, through commission of Fraud, unlawfully pays less tax than the law mandates. Tax evasion is a criminal offense under federal and state statutes. A person who is convicted is subject to a prison sentence, a fine, or both. in what investigators call a scheme to import thousands of knock-off designer handbags, the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. District Attorney's Office said. Gad Azoulay now faces up to two years in state prison and up to $100,000 in back taxes and restitution to manufacturers. Sentencing is expected on April 24, said Deputy District Attorney David Berton. ``I hope this sends a message to those that import or sell counterfeit handbags that the crimes are not victimless, and that local and federal law enforcement take them very seriously,'' Berton said. Azoulay was arrested in October 2004 after a four-year investigation in which federal investigators from immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. and border protection seized containers at the port of Long Beach filled with 12,000 handbags, including counterfeit Gucci and Louis Vuitton The Louis Vuitton Company (more commonly known simply as Louis Vuitton) is a luxury French fashion and leather goods brand and company, headquartered in Paris, France. It is a division of the French holding company, LVMH Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy S.A. items. - Daily News Club threatens to sue council An attorney for a Reseda strip club threatened Wednesday to file a federal civil rights lawsuit unless the city rescinds a vote taken this week to move toward closing the facility. In a letter to Councilman Dennis Zine, lawyer Roger Jon Diamond wrote that the Frisky frisk·y adj. frisk·i·er, frisk·i·est Energetic, lively, and playful: a frisky kitten. frisk Kitty did not receive proper notice before the council voted unanimously Tuesday to have city inspectors and lawyers work to shut it down, something officials said could take three weeks. Diamond said that if he had addressed the council he would have said, among other things, that the club believes it is allowed to continue operating while its litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. with the city remains on appeal. City leaders contend it violates zoning rules. Zine said the city followed public meeting laws and will not rescind the vote. ``Everything was complied 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 law, and if they're not paying attention Noun 1. paying attention - paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" attentiveness, heed, regard that is their responsibility,'' he said. - Daily News Machine failure blamed for spill A communications breakdown and mechanical failures at a South Bay sewage pumping Sewage pumping is normally done by a submersible pump. This became popular in the early 1960s, when a guide-rail system was developed to lift the submersible pump out of the pump station for repair. plant led to last month's spill, which closed beaches from El Segundo to Palos Verdes, according to a report released Wednesday. A series of unrelated failures led to the spill that dumped 1.5 million gallons of raw sewage onto county beaches, according to the report by the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts. On Jan. 15, raw sewage began bubbling up from manholes after the primary and backup pump control systems failed at the South Bay Cities Main Pumping Plant. Officials were unaware of the problem because of the failure of a telephone circuit used for remote monitoring at the Sanitation Districts' Central Alarm Center in Long Beach, according to the report. The pumping plant equipment failed at 9 a.m., officials said, and the spill began one hour later. - City News Service Witness testifies in Pandelios case A former Tujunga resident testified Wednesday that he is certain he saw a murder victim alive in the Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los two days after the 20-year-old model was reported missing nearly 14 years ago. Prosecutors say Kimberly Pandelios vanished on Feb. 27, 1992, after telling her husband she was headed to meet a man named Paul to discuss a modeling assignment. Her charred car was found the next day on Angeles Crest Highway The Angeles Crest Highway is a two-lane (one lane of travel in each direction) segment of California State Route 2 in the United States. The road is 66 miles in length, with its western terminus at the intersection at Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge and its eastern near the Monte Cristo campground in the Angeles National Forest, and her remains were found a year later about a mile and a half away. Prosecutors allege the young mother was kidnapped, sexually assaulted and drowned by David Al Rademaker of Burbank, a now-registered sex offender sex offender n. generic term for all persons convicted of crimes involving sex, including rape, molestation, sexual harassment and pornography production or distribution. . Bradley Leon, testifying for the defense, told the Los Angeles Superior Court jury that he saw Pandelios while he was driving an off-road vehicle near the Monte Cristo campground on Feb. 29, 1992. Leon identified Pandelios from a photograph of the Northridge woman shown him in court by defense attorney Kim Pearman. According to Leon, he saw Pandelios as he drove his modified 1960s-era Volkswagen in the area of the campground. He said the woman was not dressed for the outdoors and had a worried look on her face. Suddenly, three men, whom Leon described as ``biker types,'' came around his vehicle, the witness said. One of the men stood in front of his Volkswagen and told him to leave, Leon said. The witness said he tried to put his car in reverse, but the gear shift lever knob fell off and he had to retrieve it. He said he put the knob back on and escaped unharmed. Leon testified he saw a television report a year later about the recovery of the woman's remains and contacted sheriff's homicide investigators to tell them he saw Pandelios the year before. - City News Service |
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